course assignment

1. Task: Review and critically evaluate one of your own existing learning activities in your teaching practice, for the
purposes of identifying where new online learning strategies could be used to improve the learning and teaching
experience.
Assignment 2a
Learning to Teach Online MOOC

2. Tertiary institution with vocational focus
Professional development for 600 teachers
Institution has blended learning imperative
Context
Current PD offerings

3. Focus: one existing PD workshop
Topic: eLearning for student
engagement
Length: 2.5 hours
Learning outcomes: not explicit
Delivery: learner-centred ie focused
on teachers' classroom experiences,
responsive to their needs
Online content/delivery: none

4. Workshop context
Mode: face to
face
Place: used to be in
computer lab but now in
classroom with laptops and
iPads available for use
Led by academic advisor with
specialty in eLearning
Content:
responsive to
teachers' needs
and queries

5. So, what's the problem?
Over the last
year, only one
person has
enrolled for this
workshop each
semester. Both
attendees work
in a support role.
Something is not
working for
teaching staff!

6. What to change?
Click to see proposed changes Teachers may see the
topic as too generic?
Need a topic that is both
interesting AND relevant
to all.
Topic: eLearning for student engagement
Length: 2.5 hours
Learning outcomes: not explicit
Delivery: learner-centred
- focused on teachers' classroom
experiences
- responsive to their needs
Online content/delivery: none
Too much time commitment in a busy week?
Reduce f2f time.
Give specific outcomes
Include online component so
teachers can experience learning
online
Keep this focus

7. Reasons for changes?
Now read Assignment 2b, which details how this workshop
would benefit from an online component, and gives justification for
making changes based on the literature, on input and discussions in
this MOOC and on my personal teaching experience.
Assignment 2b also details four tasks which will inform Assignment 3.