3.3 Online & Blended Learning
Candidates develop, model, and facilitate the use of online and blended learning, digital content, and learning networks to support and extend student learning and expand opportunities and choices for professional learning for teachers and administrators. (PSC 3.3/ISTE 3c)
Artifact: Online Course Syllabus, ITEC7480.
Reflection:
This artifact was designed as part of the ITEC7480 course that prepares online teaching candidates to be able to design detailed syllabus for online instruction. In this syllabus, 9th grade students in the Cobb County school district engaged in an eight-week fully online visual art class where students learned about techniques in drawing and painting. The syllabus contains the course information, the students who were to take part in the online course, how students could communicate with the instructor, the course description, learning outcomes, topics by week, how students are expected to participate in the class, communication expectations for students, late work policy, grading policy, assessment, academic honesty, acceptable use policy, information for students right to privacy, technology requirements, copyright statement, and information for students with disabilities.
The syllabus was developed from uniquely to help 9th grade students meet the Georgia state performance standards in visual art education and with a consideration of what students in the district already know and want to achieve. The drawing and painting fully online class did not exist in the district, and this course was therefore developed to provide opportunities for students who saw online learning as the best option or an alternative to access instruction in art education.
The syllabus provided the opportunity to learn about the importance of knowing about the students for the course. Students read course syllabi and it important for them to know that the course was designed specifically with their needs and level of readiness in mind. A student participating in a course that was not designed with his or her needs in mind will feel alienated and may withdraw from the class. The syllabus should therefore be updated yearly to reflect the needs and preparedness of the current crop of students.
This artifact was designed as part of the ITEC7480 course that prepares online teaching candidates to be able to design detailed syllabus for online instruction. In this syllabus, 9th grade students in the Cobb County school district engaged in an eight-week fully online visual art class where students learned about techniques in drawing and painting. The syllabus contains the course information, the students who were to take part in the online course, how students could communicate with the instructor, the course description, learning outcomes, topics by week, how students are expected to participate in the class, communication expectations for students, late work policy, grading policy, assessment, academic honesty, acceptable use policy, information for students right to privacy, technology requirements, copyright statement, and information for students with disabilities.
The syllabus was developed from uniquely to help 9th grade students meet the Georgia state performance standards in visual art education and with a consideration of what students in the district already know and want to achieve. The drawing and painting fully online class did not exist in the district, and this course was therefore developed to provide opportunities for students who saw online learning as the best option or an alternative to access instruction in art education.
The syllabus provided the opportunity to learn about the importance of knowing about the students for the course. Students read course syllabi and it important for them to know that the course was designed specifically with their needs and level of readiness in mind. A student participating in a course that was not designed with his or her needs in mind will feel alienated and may withdraw from the class. The syllabus should therefore be updated yearly to reflect the needs and preparedness of the current crop of students.