Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Symptoms of Successful Online Learning

Presenter: David McGeary, Harris County Dept of Education WONDERFUL PRESENTER! VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND INTERESTING!

Key features of effective online educational environments and successful models of existing online classrooms . . .

  • have consistent expectations and enforce them--THIS IS KEY
  • by 2014 all students will be taking at least one online course
  • online teacher cannot be gatekeeper like face-to-face
  • conceptual learning is key
  • build a sense of community
  • courses with open social spaces are best by far
  • to make courses better: additional support and additional resources
  • "It's about information . . . not technology."
  • Information Validation--very important skill to teach in all courses
  • cultural validity--like wikipedia
  • use alternate media rather than lots of text
  • innovation is greatest motivator
Kathy Sales

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