The Assignment: Discourse Leadership for Historical Foundations of Educational Technology
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Terms of Reference:
Discourse Leadership (20%)— Choose one week and topic on the schedule to coordinate the module. It will be your responsibility to clearly re/present the topic and reading(s), and to coordinate the discussions. Please use the approach indicated below. Format: Group Project— groups of 3-4. For the discussion that you lead, please prepare to:
- Outline the readings (primary and secondary sources) and post this outline to the group.
- Provide a brief overview of the readings based on the outline.
- Define key terms or methodological and theoretical concepts that are challenging.
- Design handouts, discussion questions and presentation media for clarifying the readings.
- Design activities for the group with attention to inclusive participation. Possible activities include:
- Discussion focus questions and moderation of discussion forums
- Chat / Live Forums or Live Classroom
- Wiki / Interactive
- WebVoice & Podcast, etc.
6. Moderate and bring closure to the topic for the week.
*After completion, please upload note indicating completion to the Assignment Dropbox.
Discourse Leadership
Low————Avg————High
Addresses key concept(s) in readings
1—————5.5—————-10
Sufficient examples from readings are provided & synthesizes with previous readings
1—————3—————-5
Communication and media are professional in format—
Style is clean and coherent
1—————3—————-5
Total: xx / 20