Module 2
Objectives, Assessments, Resources, and their Alignment
1. Overview & Objectives
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Estimated time to complete Module 2:
~7 hours per week, for two weeks
Video Overview of Module 2
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Topics
- Distilling course-level topics and learning goals into focused and interrelated module-level learning objectives
- Designing high-stakes activities (i.e. assignments) that effectively, efficiently, and in varied ways assess student learning with respect to the defined objectives
- Tightly aligning objectives, assignments, and resources
- Exploring video and synchronous online-interaction tools
Objectives
- Recognize the relationship between learning goals and objectives and the reasons for defining clear and focused learning objectives
- Identify the features of effective learning objectives
- Identify, interpret, and apply the learning-objectives standards outlined by Quality Matters
- Recognize whether sample learning activities (i.e. assignments) are tightly aligned with learning objectives and clearly assess student accomplishment
- Compose assessments that effectively, efficiently, and in varied ways address a given set of learning objectives, using the Quality Matters standards for online assessments, resources, and engagement
- Participate in asynchronous student-student and student-instructor interactions, in low- and high-stakes contexts
- Get acquainted with your PC's webcam and with Viddler, an easy-to-use, Web-based, video sharing service
- Get acquainted with Wimba, the synchronous online-communication tool available through Blackboard
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