Readings

You are NOT required to purchase a textbook for this course. All readings will either be freely and openly available on the web or will be accessible through the University of Victoria library.

Course Outline

 

Date	Session, Topics, Activities, Reading	Assessment
Weeks 1&2 May 12-25 (two weeks combined; including Victoria Day)	Orientation & Learning, Motivation, and Theory	Blog Post #1: Learning, Motivation, and Theory/Assessment
Week 3 May 26-June 1	Learning Design I & Learning Design II	Blog Post #2: Learning Design Assgt 1: (Group) Learning Design Blueprint 20%
Week 4 June 2-8	Assessment	Blog Post #3:
Week 5 June 9-15	Designing for Inclusion & Designing for Interaction	Blog Post #4: Inclusive Design Assgt 2: (Group) Community Collaborations – Interactive Learning Resource (Draft) Peer Review15%
Week 6 June 16-22	Technology in Learning	Review of Peer’s draft resource
Week 7 June 23-27	Making Accessible Content Open Education and Pedagogy	Choose Best Blog (to be marked)   Assgt 3: Contributions to the community; (blog posts (Ongoing), comments: Choose one post and show all comments by June 27) 25% Assgt 4: (Group): Interactive Learning Resource 40%

 

Topics, readings, and schedule are approximate and may be changed. Since this outline is subject to change, please see your instructor’s schedule on the course website for updates.

 

EDCI 335 A01 / CRN 31202 (Jess)

Topics, readings, and schedule are approximate and may be changed. Please check back regularly for updated information

Week 1&2 (Combined): Orientation & Learning, Motivation, and Theory

• Read any announcements on Brightspace > found on the Homepage.
• Read the syllabus.
• Read the privacy, FIPPA, and consent tutorial.
• Review the opened.ca Code of Conduct, then,
• Sign up for a WordPress blog  –  then add a link to your blog in the following Google Doc Blog List.
• Customize your blog > Post a self-introduction to your blog
• Form your learning pods and put them onto the Google Doc and think about a topic for your Interactive Learning Resource collaborative project
• Join Mattermost and introduce yourself in the Town Square of our Mattermost (everyone will see your message):
  https://chat.opened.ca/f24-edci335-a01/ You can join by clicking the link below, and then creating an account name and password. NOTE: this link should only be clicked on a laptop or desktop machine. Using a phone or tablet may throw errors. Once an account is created, Mattermost works well on mobile devices, including apps if you want them. The “official” documentation is as good as any in explaining how to join or start channels, notifications, etc… and only takes a few minutes to look over the essentials. https://docs.mattermost.com/guides/use-mattermost.html
• Craft your Blog Post 1 and cite any resources used by Sunday
• Meet with your learning pod to introduce yourselves and begin planning a topic for your Learning Design Blueprint and Interactive Resource
• Read the Blueprint assignment, a template for the Blueprint, and another page with some further clarification.
• In your learning pods, discuss your response to the blog prompt. Please comment on the blog posts of your learning pod members. Try to aim to share feedback on the posts of one or two other classmates each time we blog. Make these comments as posts on your own blog and hyperlink back to the original authors.

Week 3: Learning Design I & Learning Design II

• Complete an independent inquiry on one of the following instructional approaches within your learning pod (each of you should pick a different one) – Inquiry, Project-Based, Design Thinking, Direct Instruction, and Open Pedagogies.
• As you research, connect with other peers in class who will be exploring the same topic. Share information and resources! Give credit for the ideas, information, or resources you receive. Consider posting on Mattermost which approach you will be researching.
• Craft your Blog Post 2 and cite any resources used by Sunday share:
  • An overview of the characteristics of the approach
  • A discussion of how the approach does or does not align with your chosen topic.
  • If it has a place in your final Interactive Learning Design (why or why not)
  • It is fine if you post this one after the suggested timeline because the Blueprint is due on the same day. I encourage you to complete that task first.
• Please comment on the blog posts of your learning pod members. Try to aim to share feedback on the posts of one or two other classmates. Make these comments as posts on your own blog and hyperlink back to the original authors.
• Meet with your Learning Pod to discuss the above instructional approaches and select one that aligns best with your topic in Blueprint.
• Hand in your Blueprint. If you used Google Docs, please copy/paste a link with commenting privileges.

Week 4: Assessment

• Meet with your Learning Pod to begin drafting your Interactive Learning Resource, focusing on Assessments. Begin with the end in mind to revise your assessments in your Blueprint and align them even better with identified outcomes. What assessment pieces will you include in your Interactive Learning Resource? Begin by isolating the verbs in your outcome statements and planning related verbs in your assessment piece(s). Consider how you may conduct formative assessment throughout and if you plan to include any learner self-assessment.

Week 5: Designing for Inclusion & Designing for Interaction

• Craft the Blog Post 3 and cite any resources used. Make sure you use the title Post 3.
• Please comment on the blog posts of your learning pod members. Try to aim to share feedback on the posts of one or two other classmates. Make these comments as posts on your own blog and hyperlink back to the original authors.
• Meet with your Learning Pod to continue drafting your Interactive Learning Resource, ensuring accessibility and inclusion

Designing for Interaction

• Craft your final Blog Post 4 entry based on this prompt . Make sure you use the title Post 4.
• Please comment on the blog posts of your learning pod members. Try to aim to share feedback on the posts of one or two other classmates. Make these comments as posts on your own blog and hyperlink back to the original authors.
• When you have completed all four posts and comments for peers, choose the post that represents your best work and copy/paste it to Brightspace
• Meet with your Learning Pod to continue drafting your Interactive Learning Resource, focusing on interaction design.

• Complete your first draft of your Interactive Learning Resource and share your resource with the peers who have signed up to offer you feedback
• Start reviewing one other group’s Interactive Learning Resource you’ve signed up for.
• Complete a peer review of one Interactive Resource as a post on your own site.

Week 6: Technology in Learning

• Post your final blog entry if you have not yet done so. Use the title Post 4.
• Meet with your Learning Pod to continue drafting your Interactive Learning Resource, focusing on the alignment of learning outcomes and activities/assignments with the affordances of technology
• Signup for a peer review

Week 7: Making Accessible Content & Open Education and Pedagogy

• Read the module about creating accessible content and review each of the linked resources
• Only create accessible content moving forward
• Read Open Education Pedagogy module and the linked readings
• Incorporate these concepts into your final Interactive Learning Resource

• Choose which best blog post you would like to submit for assessment,  and then copy/paste the url in a text file to Brightspace
• Meet with your Learning Pod to polish, revise, and submit your final Interactive Learning Resource . All members of the Learning Pod should submit the same document/link on Brightspace