Blog entry instructions:
After creating your blog, you will then make your first reflection entry. Based on the readings during Module 1, please select two questions to answer from below. Write your answers and reflections on your blog.
- Define online teaching and learning.
- What is involved in designing effective online course?
- Describe the various models used in online teaching and learning (blended/hybrid), fully online, web-based, LMS, etc).
- What is andragogy and how does andragogy relate to online teaching and learning?
- What are the primary criticisms of andragogy and where do you stand on the issue(s)?
- Summarize the six key assumptions about adult learners as described by Malcolm Knowles.
- Discuss 2 – 3 critical issues you discovered in the SLOAN-C report entitled, Changing Course (2012).
- Are learning outcomes in online courses/programs comparable to face-to-face courses/programs? Why or why not?
- Does it take more faculty time and effort to teach online? Why is it the case?
- Where are you on the Grow's Staged Self-Directed Learning Model described in Stavredes (2011)? What is the implication of this model for you as an online teacher?
- Summarize 2 - 3 important concepts that you learned from the reading and how you plan on applying this new information.
