Hi, Here are suggestions for improving participation as well as comments on the course in general. Just about everyone in the MET has a background in education or technology or has experience in instructional design. The consequence is that, as individuals, we have a lot to start with in most ETEC courses. In this course […]
Continue reading Suggestions Posted in: Venture Forum
It was a pleasure working with you all this term. I really enjoy MET courses as they allow us to learn from each other, work collaboratively and share insights on a variety of topics in our field. As a suggestion for improving participation in future cohorts, I think having a greater opportunity to work with […]
Continue reading Constructive Suggestions… Posted in: Uncategorized
I was quite happy to see that this course was not going to be heavily based on postings and comments as my last course had over 6000 submissions and felt overwhelmed by the amount of reading and writing. I did find, however, that each blogging platform used throughout the course had positive and negative characteristics. […]
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Dennis,
I do agree that the quality of postings did seem higher than in other courses (I am sure many of those 6000 posts were “thanks” and emoticons). As I felt that there were less opportunities to participate, I felt pressure to ensure I made the most of the opportunities I did have.
gillian
I found ETEC 522 quite challenging yet extremely helpful for my daily work. The course content and interactivities along with venture pitches and the experience shared by all, furthered my understanding of ventures in educational technology and gave me some really good “food for thought”. In addition to improvements around navigation and usability that have […]
Continue reading Course wrap up Posted in: Venture Forum
I agree that having had the opportunity to get feedback earlier on our pitches would have been really useful for producing a better end product.
Hi Leonora,
I like the idea of doing the pitches earlier. But…..mine and other people’s pitches related to OER that people had done and the disadvantage would be that we might not be able to integrate this new learning if the pitches were too early.
Denise
Thank you for your responses Denise and Dave,
I feel that the process of going through the experience is very important and going through that process more than once would have been helpful for the learning and for developing a viable venture pitch.
Thanks,
Leonora
Leonora
Hi Leonora,
Totally agree with you that we should start early to prepare the elevator pitch. I have little concept of what the pitch should be like, even after watching the Pitch Polls. I realized my problems soon after I launched the pitch in the forum. So it there were a few days left the result would be improved better.
Ping
As many of you have noted, this course has been quite a journey or ‘venture’ in itself. I did, however, find that my own participation came in ebbs and flows and fits and starts. After some reflection, I think that the weblog platform and missed opportunities for further engagement could be improved. When it comes […]
Continue reading A few final thoughts and suggestions … Posted in: Blog Café, Uncategorized
Hi Gillian,
Great comments – I, too, found the navigation in the blog format a little off-putting at times. I also found that there were more individual comments about concepts, but far less interactive discussion about them than in other courses.
I also agreed with your comment about “the Ask” part of a venture. I was stumped on that, too. I also had no idea what is generally considered acceptable for both amount and timeline on the Return, so more guidance on those would have been helpful.
Thanks for your post,
Janet
Thanks for your reply Janet – it was nice to know I wasn’t alone :). I was happy to have the opportunity to express my thoughts.
gillian
Hi Gillian
Great suggestions to facilitate greater participation! The format of the blog did not lend itself to interactive discussions but instead as Janet said posts were mostly comments about concepts covered. For me a LMS offers more structure, ease of use and facilitated more collaborative learning opportunities.
Enjoy the rest of your summer
Valerie
Valerie,
Thank you. Best to you for the rest of your summer as well.
gillian
Gillian;
Great ideas. I did like that this course was not “post heavy” as some courses eat too much time reading and posting comments. I believe the amount of time on discussions should match the weight of the mark given to it but that seems to rarely be the case. I agree that some things were difficult to navigate and I am aware of a few instances where directions were unclear.
Enjoy what is left of your summer.
Dennis
Dennis,
I agree that there have been some courses where participation expectations have been overwhelming and the value placed on them rather … um … underwhelming. The value in this case does seem to match the time and effort allotted; however, I do feel that there were missed opportunities for learners to give and receive constructive feedback which would have helped to build a more supportive and active community.
Cheers to the rest of your summer as well.
gillian
Hi Gillian,
I agree with your comments about navigation. I found it time consuming to locate the posts I was supposed to provide feedback on this past week. I had the same problem in weeks two and three of the course before the group presentations started. While it may have been easier to administer the course in a LMS, I was happy to get experience with this blogging tool and I’m certainly feeling more confident with it than I was at the start of the term.
Deborah
Deborah,
It certainly was a valuable learning experience in regards to using a weblog as a learning platform. While I still prefer the accordances of an LMS, weblogs are a less costly alternative.
Thanks for your comments and I hope you enjoy the rest of your summer.
gillian
Hi Gillian,
I agree that it would have been useful to have more information about estimatiing the value of the “ask” and “return”. I was able to estimate some values, and having watched Dragon’s Den a few times, I had a bit of an idea of values that were reasonable. Perhaps references or a video on cost and profit estimates would have done the trick.
Before you publish your posting, please make sure that you select a category (eg. Introductions) as well as assign some meaningful tags (keywords).
gillian 10:27 am on August 5, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Sheza,
Your suggestions for increasing participation in the OERs make a good deal of sense. Many of the groups offered significant content that needed to be reviewed before participation of any value could be made. I found in some cases this took a considerable amount of time leaving me until near the end of the week before I could reply and respond to the comments of others. By allowing a little more time for each might help alleviate some of that pressure.
gillian
Danielle Dubien 9:51 pm on August 5, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Sheza and Meggan,
I agree that 3 extra days to deal with each OER would have been very useful. Often, it seemed that just as discussions were warming up, the week was ending. Having two overlapping OERs at any time would be manageable.
Danielle Dubien 9:59 pm on August 5, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Oops, I meant Gillian instead of Meggan. I mixed up my team mates.