Jeanne Green

Lots of great information with Universal Design. With having to do this myself for every module for every 16-week course was very time consuming, resources were limited so challenging, yet obtainable. I have incorporated all of the tps offerened in one format or another; very informative and validating to my overall course structure and design, thank you.

New learning was the use of WAVE to check for images and web pages for accessibility, sound like a great tool to utilize in my online courses. Lots of software available; however, the cost may be prohibited for many so need to include multiple formats with course content

Since I have been teaching for a while, I have had to take many training sessions in regards to the process when students disclose a disability. THe 'tricky' part is what thes student vs. leadership view as reasonable accommodations and this is often a point of debate as to what the request may be from the student. With testing accommodations, the extreme end of accommodations is rather impractical, at times, so a that a one hour exam is taking upwards of -6 hours to proctor just one student based on all of the 'requirements' in the plan as devised by… >>>

I have used Universal Design principles in all of my theory based courses with a high level of retention and successful outcomes.  My MSN students who are taking courses with being a nurse educator are often surprised, unaware of what constitutes a 'disability' for a student in their own classrooms so a steep learning curve with curriculum design.

Microblogging needs to have well structured guidelines to fit the purpose of why it is being incorporated as supplement learning. If following, must be professional organizations related to nursing.

Social media hosting/sharing sites can only be effective with learning when guidelines are established for use as an assessment activity for evaluation learning outcomes. Thus, social media polices are a valued part with using this strategy in your own course; this includes addressing integrity, roles, expectations and consequences for compromising the guidelines.  I have used blogs and wikis in courses and they were only effective with a firm set of guidelines for professionalism and monitoring of the site as some students wanted to use them a social, personal means of networking.

Use of social media can be effective learning when it is well defined with how it will be incorporated into the course content and must have a purpose as it pertains to assessment and evaluation with meeting learning outcomes

Esch course requires multiple assessments to effectively evaluate competency with mastering the outcomes. The goal is determining what is really needed a to 'fit' with assessing that learning.  Formative assessments is a solid tool in which to provide authentic feedback to enhance the level of the learning and with processing the key concepts. It is about striking a balance for both the educator and the student.

Technology is only as good as it can be when the type of selected activities in the course map back to the learning objectives and outcomes. It all must fit together with the overall process of assessment and evaluation in education

A good rubric needs to measure the intended outcomes with the end result being fair, reliable and valid with 'fitting' the assignment criteria. The educator needs to evaluate their own rubrics as to the purpose of it and specific type to use that best correlates to the assignment.