Key Concept 12

12.1 Candidates will be able to develop an online facilitation plan based on best practices of online learning and teaching that demonstrates their ability to teach in the online environment.

In ET631, I created a Google Slides presentation of an Online Facilitation Plan that I developed from a previous assignment in ET630. I took my Digital Literacy Plan from ET630 (featured below as my second artifact) and, using the R2D2 Model of effective online instruction, crafted a more fully fleshed out plan that English instructors could use to develop digital citizenship skills. I based this plan around a reading of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, set during The Salem Witch Trials. The concept was to look at the Trials as one of the first crises of "fake news" in AMerican history. The plan the follows history through the Red Scare of Joseph McCarthy to the contemporary controversies over "fake news."

Using the R2D2 Model, learners will progress through this plan with a solid structure. In each module, they will have Readings and Viewings, followed by a Reflective assignment, and then opportunities to Display and Do. These four categories help every type of learner excel and succeed. Assignments are available for verbal learners, for kinesthetic learners, and for students who like to create. I worked diligently to ensure that a diverse group of learning styles would all be served by this plan, and I feel as if I succeeded, based on the feedback from my course instructor, Dr. Kelly Keane, who suggested (almost insisted) that I add this artifact to my portfolio.

My second artifact is my Digital Literacy Project from ET630, the initial iteration of the Online Facilitation Plan exhibited above. This plan facilitates teachers assisting students learning about critical information literacy and walks them through modules that build on one another. Built from an R2D2 perspective, this multimedia experience allows teachers and students to examine different concepts of fake news throughout the centuries and how critical thinking and simple fact checking can help students better discover what is truth and what is manipulation. These modules take place completely online, though for the blended classroom, there is room for discussion, presentation, and inquiry. This multimedia experience uses such asynchronous tools as Flipgrid, G Suite for Education, and discussion boards, either through Google Classroom or an LMS, to help each learner contribute on his or her own schedule but still be a part of a class. These asynchronouos tools hallmark the online learning experience and give students choice and voice of how they will be able to contribute to their fullest.