1. Team work of which I am proud.
In presenting our training session on managing collaborative learning environments, I felt our team worked extremely well together. We divided the training session up into three sections. Each person contributed to the sessions planning and development in a timely manner. We were able to rehearse and revise the presentation without any difficulties. At the time of the training session, members contributed to the management of the Elluminate learning environment without having to actually assign each person to a specific task. It was very natural.
2. Team work which I found exceptionally challenging.
With the flu rampantly spreading and various holiday activities, it has been more difficult to make the meeting time in Elluminate each week. However, making this a priority had made our group work seamless and easily manageable.
3. Reflections on technology and instructional strategies that you and your team learned from this lesson.
The differences in presenting a training session in an online environment versus a face to face session, presented unique opportunity for an adjustment in instructional strategies. Thinking about ways to check for understanding without being able to roam the classroom and view student work was challenging. I was able to integrate the unique feature of collaborative editing in the google docs feature to view student work products to provide for that check. Pacing also was another consideration in instructional strategies while conducting an online training session. While providing for questions intermittently throughout the training, I realized that the student must take more responsibility in voicing concerns than in a face to face class where the instructor is more able to see the lack of understanding.
4. Anything your team would like to share:
Even though we lost one member to our team during the semester, we are still able to seamlessly manage all tasks related to our assignments. We are able to support each other in the learning process and help each other understand parts of the class or assignments that any one of us may have had difficulties with. I feel fortunate to be part of this team.
Yes, online training is very unique. In fact, it requires different and effective designs, strategies, and activities to engage audiences.
ReplyDeleteYour group has done outstanding job on Network training session. It was very informative and interactive. I enjoyed it very much. I know many our classmates learned a lot for your sessions as well. In fact, we have ETC alumni told me your session was excellent.
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