As a computer technology teacher my material requires contant revision.
I have kept all of my teaching material for 20+ years. I have used a great deal of that material to enhance the online experience. I believe the Formative evaluations benefit the students a great deal. I do incorporate a fair amount of dynamic content in my courses.
Nothing worse than not being willing to change. You have to be able to modify instruction, assignments, feedback and so on to fit the current environment.
Revisions should be tracked and archived.
Continually develop your online course during the term. Do a summative evaluation at the end. Keep traack of your changes. Ask for imput from several sources.
Online courses must be evaluated and reevaluated on a constant basis to maintain up to date content and give the students the best education possible.
Teachers need to be open to reflecting, altering, and updating content to keep things interesting for the students. Gather data about your assignments to determine effectivness.
Making a plan and gathering data by using the ADDIE Model will be important in evaluating the outcomes of the course.
As you develop your course it is important to create a history of all your revisions to which you can fall back on if necessary.
I have learned thet it is important to keep track of course updates and revisions (Develop a content repository for this management). Also, do not change requirements part way through the course.
Archiving your work is important because sometimes the change that you were looking for was not achieved, by having this backup you can more easily correct the changes made.
Keeping the older versions (course history) in an archive can help if and when you need to use the information again. You are able to create banks of information that can be reusable and can be distribute quickly.
Always be open to updating content and keep track of what changes are made. As the instuctor, I should look back at changes to gauge whether they were effective in benefitting the student experience.
I learned in this module the iimportance of Professional Devlopment, the use of Dynamic Elements in online learning formative and summative course revisions and course management. All things learned will be utilized in my classroom.
When reqources are filed appropriately, they can be used from year to year.
If there is a negetive post, don't repond quickly. Wait a little then respond.
With professional development for instructors it enhances their ability to improve the different areas in any course
Formative and summative assessments of the courses are essential. Always be open to changes that can be made. This in itself is workload management as some of the changes can save the instructor time in the end and help hone the focus of the course for the students.
Take the time to gain more knowledge and sills, manage your workload, and plan ahead to provide for necessary course revisions. And every 3-5 weeks should ask the STOP, START & CONTINUE questions.
Instructors should continue professional development that enhances the knowledge and skills needed to manage their online courses. This will enhance instruction and the learning process.
