Jasmeet Virk's ETEC 565A journey

Assessment is a very crucial part of the learning cycle. It shows up intermittently during the learning process in various forms to inform the learner where he is and where he needs to go and to inform the teacher how to guide the student reach that goal. These assessments could come from the teacher, a classmate, or even from the student themselves! Its main objective being to guide learning .

In our course we had the opportunity to create an online assessment using the LMS Moodle. It was a great experience to explore the affordances of Moodle to create hints and feedbacks for the students. Here is more about my cognitive and creative journey…

Assessment

Our assignment at the end of Module 2 was to create a proposal for the LMS project we will be doing in the course.

Though our only choice was Moodle [no complaints!] we still had to justify why we were opting for it. Sounds silly- right? A simple answer would be…” because the teacher said so!”

But as I dug deeper into the relevant literature to write my comprehensive proposal, I got a better understanding of the affordances of Moodle  and I started creating mental pictures about the framework of my LMS.

A solid start to my Moodle journey? I sure hope so!

Here is my proposal…..

Planning my itinerary for the 565A trip was a reflective process. I has to examine where I had already been and where I want to go and why. I have thoughtfully planned it but I have a feeling, plans might change in-flight. A woman’s prerogative – I believe…

Flight path

We were asked to examine Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education by Chickering and Gamson’s (1987). This is a suggested framework for post-secondary classrooms to encourage higher student participation and learning. Bates and Poole (2003) also developed The Sections framework as a guide to help educators and institutions make informed choices about the selection and use of technologies. In our examination of the two frameworks we needed to analyse the one which appealed to us the most and provide a rationale for it.
For me Chickering and Gamson’s principles had an immediate appeal for many reasons.

Applying The Seven Principles in an Elementary Classroom

Though simply stated as an ice breaker, this activity really made me examine very closely as to where I presently stand in the digital world and where do I want to go from here. It really helped me narrow down my focus…
Here is my Self Analysis