Kristen Beal

I, personally, enjoyed portfolio projects in my last program, so I will use the following discussion about the components of a portfolio:  The components should also reflect the various concepts of the course and their application in real life and work settings. 

I have printed the major learning style models and their specific differences and characteristics, by Felder for future reference. 

I really enjoyed the distinctions of the types of relevant learning scaffolds (including instructor intervention, collaborative knowledge building, and meaningful, self-directed research).

I actually copied this and put it on a sticky note, as I find it so important: 

The evaluation process for an online course should include the following steps:

Develop an overall evaluation strategy that helps the instructor plan how and when to evaluate the effectiveness of the instruction.
Develop a formative evaluation strategy that can be used to revise instruction as the course is being developed and implemented.
Develop a summative evaluation strategy that is conducted after instruction is completed and provides information for course revision and future planning.
Collect data from students using both quantitative and qualitative methods.… >>>

I learned that objective assessments can be summarive or formative.

New learning for me was the three types of diagnostic assessment, 1) pre-test, 2) muddiest point, and 3) the 1-2-3 list.

I appreciate the discussion about the pros and cons for each type of technology tool. 

I will implement making a game out of the simulation questions. 

This was all new learning for me, and I so very much appreciated this unit.  I was mainly motivated by the suggestions to assist students with their time management. 

"...time, planning, and creativity."