First Year Artifact - ETEC 632 STEM in Secondary Education Mini-course
Project Details and Reflection
This project was an assignment for ETEC 632 to develop an e-learning environment. It was a group project by Davilla Riddle, Kevin Takayama, and myself. Davilla was teaching 7th grade life science, Kevin was teaching high school math, and I was teaching high school Biology. Based on our experience as teachers secondary education, we decided to focus on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) in secondary education. We designed this mini-course for 9th grade Biology students for the ecology unit. The main goal is to increase quantitative literacy - to be able to collect, analyze, and present scientific data in population ecology. This hybrid mini course was developed using Wikispaces http://etec632s12stem.wikispaces.com/ The team worked well together and collaborated using Skype, Google Docs, and e-mail. We designed the mini course to be conducted over a 5 week period if implemented during a school year. Kevin developed the learning objects and assignments for Week 3 since these units contained more math content. Davilla developed content and assignments for Weeks 2 and 4, while I developed materials for Weeks 1 and 5. This was a great learning experience. I gained skills in building a course on Wikispaces and how to frame content for online delivery. It was helpful to start with outlining the goals and objectives for the course first, then drafting a course outline before developing the content and assignments on Wikispaces. Peer feedback was critical in helping our team refine the look and feel of the Wikispaces site. It also helped us target broken links as well as making sure the embedded object work appropriately. Our group presented at the TCC conference in April 2012. It was a valuable experience to present at an online conference. It was also nice to get helpful feedback to modify the course for implementing in my Biology course. I've included below the deliverables for the project: planning documents, syllabus, instructors guide, and the presentation at TCC.
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AECT Standards
This project addressed the following AECT Standards: Standard 1: DESIGN 1.1 Instructional Systems Design (ISD) 1.1.1 Analyzing: process of defining what is to be learned and the context in which it is to be learned. 1.1.2 Designing: process of specifying how it is to be learned. 1.1.3 Developing: process of authoring and producing the instructional materials. 1.1.4 Implementing: actually using the materials and strategies in context. 1.1.5 Evaluating: process of determining the adequacy of the instruction. 1.3 Instructional Strategies 1.4 Learner Characteristics Standard 2: DEVELOPMENT 2.0.1 Select appropriate media to produce effective learning environments using technology resources. 2.3 Computer-Based Technologies 2.3.1 Design and produce audio/video instructional materials which use computer-based technologies. 2.3.2 Design, produce, and use digital information with computer-based technologies. 2.3.4* Incorporate the use of the Internet, library online catalogs and electronic databases to meet the reference and learning needs of students and teachers. 2.4 Integrated Technologies 2.4.1 Use authoring tools to create effective hypermedia/multimedia instructional materials or products. 2.4.2 Develop and prepare instructional materials and products for various distance education delivery technologies. 2.4.5 Develop effective Web pages with appropriate links using various technological tools (e.g., print technologies, imaging technologies, and video). STEM mini course TCC Presentation View more presentations from nankching. |