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Staying true to the 3-big questions I now ask my students to answer, PATCH THIRTEEN: “EXCUSE ME, WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?” June 7, 2017 by Associate Professor Keisha G. Tracy post caught my eye and peeked my interest. What struck me was the profile of her learners. The courses I teach were often viewed by more… »
https://bank.ecampusontario.ca/response/whats-your-vector-victor/
I recently had a great conversation with a respected colleague and unofficial mentor on how mandated learning objectives should be replaced with performance objectives. He asserted that the key concepts are supported by the performance outcomes which encompasses learning, resources, and guidelines. He is on a Nick Shackleton-Jones kick. But shouldn’t our mandated learning objectives more… »
https://bank.ecampusontario.ca/response/step-by-step-the-art-of-mastery-in-writing/
I have always been a fan of Understanding By Design by Wiggins and McTighe. I found it to be a useful framework that I could easily apply to lesson planning that would improve my students learning. I found that it allowed me to navigate within the systems standardization framework, but allows me to tie in more… »
https://bank.ecampusontario.ca/response/concept-mapping-seeing-the-past-present-future/
I was pleasantly surprised and impressed with this search. Many of my students in my healthcare quality improvement class have reached out to me asking if there are any online courses they can take to enhance their knowledge in the area of six sigma. These links above have curated the links to a variety of more… »
https://bank.ecampusontario.ca/response/learning-more-about-quality-improvement-and-six-sigma/
Patch Nine: shifting the design of assessments sends a powerful article about student-directed learning… As someone who has been in school for twenty years, I know I speak for more than myself when I say that I do not remember or value the content of my classes as much as I do the learning moments more… »
https://bank.ecampusontario.ca/response/the-implications-of-shifting-assessment-design/
I teach academic writing, and one of the foundational pillars of my first-year seminar peer review. Weekly, students are reading each others’ drafts, commenting on them, and creating revising plans. Students resist thist at first; most of them have had bad-to-neutral experiences with peer review in other classes, and they will say “but you’re the more… »
https://bank.ecampusontario.ca/response/learning-from-peers/
I attended a training session about how to set up quizzes for a course and in the process the instructor said that he would set the quizzes so that the students could do two attempts and be graded on the best attempt. When asked why he felt two attempts were better, he identified that if more… »
Why is this Relevant? Learning Curve. Math focus rather then learning concepts
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https://padlet.com/extend_ecampusontario/nis016u27mla How to create an inclusive practical experience for students. Finding ways to remove barriers to knowledge access and sharing.
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Learner Challenge: My students prefer hands on learning in the physical space. I often incorporate experiential learning into my theory classes. How can I ensure my students get the same benefits and understanding, with a virtual approach?
https://bank.ecampusontario.ca/response/learner-challenge-8/