domingo, 21 de abril de 2013

My Action Plan on a blended learning course

Goals.
That content in  the Moodle learning platform,  which is  part of   the blended learning  course   for  our Saturday´s students ,  can be  more  manageable and understandable  for students,  so they  can  efficiently use content and tools in such platform towards   their language learning and towards the  encouragement and development  of  independent  learning  .
 Objectives:
Units Objectives and instructions will be modified looking for improvement unit by unit in the Moodle learning platform to match general syllabus goals and to meet clear understanding.
Content will be reorganized and updated,  if necessary, in each unit  to aid student  during  their  learning process in the course
Tutorials will be carried out during class and  through Skype  on how to use new content .
New changes in content and instruction will be under constant observation and analysis during fate-to-face  in class, through Skype  and  during online participation.

IMPLEMENTATION
EVALUATION
What needs to be done?
By whom?
When? (
What resources (human and material) are needed?
What evidence indicates progress?
How and when will that evidence be collected?

Step 1
Set up clear and visible  titles and subtitles  for unit 5



Norma Hernández Nava




April 19 to May 6th,2013.

( See dates  at the end of this column for  the continuation of the Action Plan in units 6,7 and 8)



































Saturday April 20th. (unit5)

Saturday May 11th (unit 6)
Saturday May 18th (unit 7)
Saturday May 25th (Unit 8)
From April 19 to May 6th,2013
























Unit 6:May 7th to May 14th
Unit 7: May 14th to may 21st
Unit 8: May 21st to June 8st

 Final evaluation and comments on the Online Learning
Platform Action Plan Project June 10th     to June 20th.

End of English course June 20th.








Human resources: 

-Teacher in charge   of Blended learning course level 1  and Social Service, Norma Hernandez  Nava.
-Colleagues from the blended learning course  with in the same institution.
- Coordinator.
- Students  and colleagues from the Blended Learning course  students
- Staff from the Computer Systems Engineering  Department

Other resources:
Internet Access.
Moodle  Learning platform.
Skype software applications.
 Projector
Laptop computer
Desk computer
Printer
Audio recorder
Video recorder
Areas; classroom, and coordination office.







-The  kind of questions students might have  on  what to do and their efficient participation on line.


Fulfilment of assignments following the requirements specified in the unit instructions.  



Students using platform content to participate during  the face-to-face  class
 Comments and suggestions made by students all along the project implementation

Comments and suggestions made by  colleagues who will help evaluating the changes done in the platform.

Through Registered or recorded students’ online work.


Questions and doubt expressed by students during the tutoring (stgep7)


Through   constant Interviews and surveys with students.

The applications of questionnaires  in other blended learning classes with in the same institution

Observations
Step 2
Set up clear instructions on how to use content and how to carryout assignments.



Norma Hernández Nava




Step 3

Upload content of unit 5


Step 4


Norma Hernández Nava



Set up due days to handing in assignments.




Norma Hernández and coordination

Step 5
Ask  a colleague to test the content of units 5 and 5 in the platform and give some feedback.


Norma Hernandez Nava and  a colleague teacher.


Step 6

Carry out a quick tutorial in class. This tutorial will  allow students to visualize unit 5 content in the learning platform



Online tutorials 
Through Moodle Platform or Skype. 


Step 7

 Observe  and monitor students  participation and performance in unit 5  in the online work and during the face-to-face classes

Step 8

Review the process, look for comments and make necessary changes in platform.



This Action Plan   project process is meant to be implemented   in three other units (units 6,7, and 8 )   So steps one to nine will be also carried on in  each unit separately giving each unit an average of nine to ten days  to complete the 9 steps process.




Norma Hernandez Nava, students and an assistant form the computer system department.

Norma Hernandez Nava





Adapted from the World View Action Plan (University of North Carolina)



3 comentarios:

  1. This looks like a very interesting project, Norma - it is almost an action research project!

    I don't have many comments on the plan itself, but I would be interested to know how much support you can get from the computing department - I think this will be essential.

    I also wondered if you had considered using screencasts to help the students learn how to use the platform:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screencast
    Might this be a suitable option?

    ResponderEliminar
  2. Thanks so much for the suggestion on using Screencast; I had not heard of it before. I will look into it, I am sure I can get some support at work.

    ResponderEliminar
  3. Hi Norma:
    I really like your action plan. Is the Moodle learning platform user-friendly?

    ResponderEliminar