The e-classroom is about utilizing digital technology in the classroom. This page shows you some topics and how they may benefit learning.
The e-classroom is not just about utilizing digital technology in the classroom. It also refers to digital classrooms themselves. Through this website I strive to better my understanding of education, elementary education and technology integration in education. Like technology evolves at an incredible rate, I too am evolving into the educator I want to be as I gather knowledge and experience through each class and each experience.
The e-classroom is not just about utilizing digital technology in the classroom. It also refers to digital classrooms themselves. Through this website I strive to better my understanding of education, elementary education and technology integration in education. Like technology evolves at an incredible rate, I too am evolving into the educator I want to be as I gather knowledge and experience through each class and each experience.
ED308 Reflection:
ED308 Curriculum Design and Assessment is a course intended to teach how to build an online class along with all of the components involved, from initial outlines to assessment creation. As students of online classes we only saw one side of the digital classroom. This course allowed the student to become the instructor of a digital course that has been designed by the student from the ground up. This course has given some amazing insight into what it takes to create, deliver and manage an online course.
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One of the first topics the course covered was a course design model called the ADDIE Framework. This framework serves as a guide to assist in developing or redesigning a course. The model is defined by the following:
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There are instructional videos on youtube about the ADDIE design model and a simple search will show them. I have one here for you to view.
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Throughout the course, each student was required to make periodic blog posts about the current topics. The whole class proved to be engaging and interesting and the blog posts were no different. You can find my blog by clicking on the button to the right entitled Vic's Course Design.
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Each of the students in our class created an outline for an online class that we would be creating from scratch. These outlines detail all of what will be in the course and serve as a guide for implementation. Here is the outline I created for the online course that I designed:
My overall experience with ED308 has been positive. I have learned so much about what goes into designing, creating and managing an online course. Most of the information will carry over into other aspects of education as well. This has been one of the more interesting and engaging courses I have ever taken. I have had enjoyed it and I am very pleased that I had the opportunity to take it. The world is becoming ever increasingly connected digitally and, as educators, we will need to keep up. If you plan to teach in today's world, I highly recommend planning to add this course or one like it to your list of things to do.