Nishele Lenards
Practicum Experience
In the practicum for the UW-Stout E-learning and Online Teaching Certificate Program, the emphasis was on understanding practical applications of theory, methods, skills, as we did the real work of teaching online during our E-Learning Internship.
"Each of you will be either teaching in one of UW-Stout's online classes or working directly with me as you teach a course for another institution".
Practicum Internship Assignment:
Course: Collaborative Communities in E-Learning (UW-Stout)
Instructors: Kay Lehmann & Lisa Chamberlin
Dates: June 9 - August 1, 2008
Pre-Course Activities: review course layout and materials to check for typos, grammar, and clear instructions for students. Do links work? Do the assignments make sense and can the students find what they need?
Week 1 - 4 Activities: participate in discussion forum as a facilitator; review student reflection assignments for overall feedback to be provided to instructors; communicate with "missing" students or ones that had started to "drift away" from the course; update and re-order "news" on home page; re-order discussion forum for current week.
Week 5 - 8 Activities: participate in discussion forum as a facilitator; review student reflection assignments for overall feedback to be provided to instructors; review portfolio assignments for feedback to be provided to instructors; facilitator for module 7 synchronous chat for small group assignment; update and re-order "news" on home page; re-order discussion forum for current week.
Mod 7: Synchronous Chat Facilitator Role: I was the facilitator of the red group in my internship course. We discussed the topic of the module and the pros/cons of synchronous chat. After the chat, we had a "debriefing" in the course discussion forum.
The PDF transcript of the chat is posted below. All student participants gave permission to post the transcript with their names. A summary of the debriefing discussion is also posted below.
Transcript of Synchronous Chat
Summary of Debriefing Discussion of Chat
Copyright 2008 by Nishele Lenards