Saturday, May 8, 2010

Session 9 Note Taking

This is the area where we can distribute the note taking from today's class. Since these notes are formatted like a discussion this means other students (besides the main note taker) can add elaborations or corrections to the posted notes.

How do you keep up with the newly posted notes? Just reload your webpage every few minutes. On most browsers you can use the shortcut of control-R (for Windows) or command-R (for Macs).

Today's note taking will begin with Meighen and then the work will be distributed amongst several different students over our two hour "regular" session. (From 3 to 5 and beyond students can audio record, audio edit, and get technical help from me.)

If you are asked to be a note taker then the key will be to post your updated notes in reasonably timed chunks. That is, rather than a very long set of notes taken over 20 minutes, it would be better to add new "comments" or chunks of notes every 5 minutes or so. However, if you are a primary note taker you'll have to decide what a reasonable "chunk" of notes is and when to post a new "chunk."

Friday, April 23, 2010

Knowledge Dig 9

Amazingly we're at the last Knowledge Dig of the semester. Yikes!

As you already know, the main purpose of a knowledge dig is to encourage students to dig beneath the surface of the readings and audiobook (and any other relevant learning materials for a specific session). Towards this end digs are formatted like a discussion.

Over a 14 day period you'll submit at least one comment and one response based on the learning materials for Session 9 on Notetaking. This dig gets completed in two stages: Dig 9a and Dig 9b.

Dig 9a: The deadline for this portion of the dig is Monday May 3 at midnight. By this time you need to have posted at least one comment about multimedia learning.

Dig 9b: The deadline for this portion of the dig is Wednesday May 5 at midnight. By this time you need to have posted at least one response to another student's post.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Knowledge Dig 8

The main purpose of a knowledge dig is to encourage students to dig beneath the surface of the readings and audiobook (and any other relevant learning materials for a specific session). Towards this end digs are formatted like a discussion.

Over a 14 day period you'll submit at least one comment and one response based on the learning materials for Session 8 on Worked Examples. This dig gets completed in two stages: Dig 8a and Dig 8b.

Dig 8a: The deadline for this portion of the dig is Monday April 19 at midnight. By this time you need to have posted at least one comment about worked examples.

Dig 8b: The deadline for this portion of the dig is Wednesday April 21 at midnight. By this time you need to have posted at least one response to another student's post.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Knowledge Dig 7

The main purpose of a knowledge dig is to encourage students to dig beneath the surface of the readings and audiobook (and any other relevant learning materials for a specific session). Towards this end digs are formatted like a discussion.

Over a 14 day period you'll submit at least one comment and one response based on the learning materials for Session 7 on Diagrams. This dig gets completed in two stages: Dig 7a and Dig 7b.

Dig 7a: The deadline for this portion of the dig is Monday April 5 at midnight. By this time you need to have posted at least one comment about diagrams.

Dig 7b: The deadline for this portion of the dig is Wednesday April 7 at midnight. By this time you need to have posted at least one response to another student's post.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Knowledge Dig 6

The main purpose of a knowledge dig is to encourage students to dig beneath the surface of the readings and audiobook (and any other relevant learning materials for a specific session). Towards this end digs are formatted like a discussion.

Over a 14 day period you'll submit at least one comment and one response based on the learning materials for Session 6 on Multimedia Learning. This dig gets completed in two stages: Dig 6a and Dig 6b.

Dig 6a: The deadline for this portion of the dig is Monday March 22 at midnight. By this time you need to have posted at least one comment about multimedia learning.

Dig 6b: The deadline for this portion of the dig is Wednesday March 24 at midnight. By this time you need to have posted at least one response to another student's post.

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Knowledge Dig 5

The main purpose of a knowledge dig is to encourage students to dig beneath the surface of the readings and audiobook (and any other relevant learning materials for a specific session). Towards this end digs are formatted like a discussion.

Over a 14 day period you'll submit at least one comment and one response based on the learning materials for Session 5 on Self-Regulated Learning. This dig gets completed in two stages: Dig 5a and Dig 5b.

Dig 5a: The deadline for this portion of the dig is Monday March 8 at midnight. By this time you need to have posted at least one comment about self-regulated learning.

Dig 5b: The deadline for this portion of the dig is Wednesday March 10 at midnight. By this time you need to have posted at least one response to another student’s post.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Knowledge Dig 4

The main purpose of a knowledge dig is to encourage students to dig beneath the surface of the readings and audiobook (and any other relevant learning materials for a specific session). Towards this end digs are formatted like a discussion.

The spirit of this type of assignment is to have a rich e-discussion before our class session. Then, based on issues that are raised in this discussion, I’ll choose how to focus our live class session meeting.

You can submit more than one question or more than one comment.

Over a 7 day period you'll submit at least one comment based on the learning materials for Session 4 on Self-Explanation. The deadline for Dig 4 is Wednesday February 15 at midnight. By this time you need to have posted at least one comment about self-explanation.

Dig 3b: The deadline for this portion of the dig is Wednesday February 24 at midnight.