Pedagogy and principles of blogs and wikis 2

Instructions

1. One member of the team should be the scribe (the recorder and editor of this page).

2. The other members should search for resources, negotiate content, and advise the scribe on what to include.

PART A

Imagine that you need to design a blog-based activity for training. Suggest some strategies you might use.

(Hint: You might search for blogging ideas or reflective learning strategies.)

Topic: Improve presentation skills

Objective(s): Do a good presentation

Brief description of activity: Post content in slides or video mode and let ppl critique

Strategy:

(a) Embed presentation slides.

(b) Embed video of presentation for others to playback.

(c) Allow others to critique presentation on video - moderating facilitator to provide "rubrics" for critique.

Topic: Advertising to Monetize

Objective(s): Make money

Brief description of activity: Post interesting stuff and constantly improve traffic. Put up ads to make money from viewers.

Strategy:

(a) Post interesting stuff,

(b) Generate mass interest

(c) Solicit high volume of traffic

(d) >> use high volume to get advertisers.

Topic:Learning outcomes for blog-based courses

Objective(s): Using blogs in educational settings

Strategy: Define / Reflect / Present / Share ideas

Brief description of activity: Students are expected to define their personal learning goals for the courses in their personal course-related blogs, present a self-analysis and perform assignments on topics and comment on peers blog post. And eventually to present a course related project.

Topic: tbd

Objective(s):

Strategy:

Brief description of activity:

PART B

Imagine that you need to design a wiki-based activity for training. Suggest some strategies you might use.

(Hint: You might adapt principles of Surowiecki's Wisdom of Crowds or search for collaborative learning strategies.)

Topic: Understanding SAR 21

Objective(s): To able to understand the capability and drills of handling SAR 21

Strategy:

Think-pair-share (TPS) is a collaborative learning strategy in which students work together to solve a problem or answer a question about an assigned reading. This technique requires students to (1) think individually about a topic or answer to a question; and (2) share ideas with classmates. Discussing an answer with a partner serves to maximize participation, focus attention and engage students in comprehending the reading material.

http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/think-pair-share/

Brief description of activity:

- Think: Each individual will be issue a laptop/ipad preloaded with SAR 21 software; The individual will have to read up and do some simple research;

- Pair: Buddy level will group up to share their findings and understanding of the weapon through their reading and research.

- Share: Section Level will group up to share the learning and reinforced by their section instructor.

Topic:

Objective(s):

Strategy:

An instructional strategy is a method you would use in your teaching (in the classroom, online, or in some other medium) to help activate students' curiosity about a class topic, to engage the students in learning, to probe critical thinking skills, to keep them on task, to engender sustained and useful classroom interaction, and, in general, to enable and enhance their learning of course content. The goal of an IS is to enable learning, to motivate the learners, to engage them in learning, to help them focus.

http://www.cpt.fsu.edu/eseold/in/strmain.html

Brief description of activity:

- Actively help students understand how key concepts across the curriculum relate to each other as you are teaching.

- Connect new information or skills to what students have already learned. Provide additional instruction or support to students who lack necessary background knowledge.

- Provide support (scaffolding) while students are learning new knowledge and skills, gradually reducing the level of support as students move toward independence

- Teach students to follow a specific set of procedures to solve problems or use a process.

- Give students many opportunities to practice what they have learned and receive feedback on their performance to ensure knowledge is retained over time and can be applied in different situations.

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