Eight Questions To Ask When Designing Your Course | Steve Denniston | MI Moodle Moot | January 10, 2014

Eight Questions To Ask When Designing

Your CourseSteve Denniston

Technology Integration SpecialistRavenna Public Schools

Eight Questions To Ask When Designing Your Course | Steve Denniston | MI Moodle Moot | January 10, 2014

Question 1

Where Do You Plan To Begin?

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Eight Questions To Ask When Designing Your Course | Steve Denniston | MI Moodle Moot | January 10, 2014

Question 1

Where Do You Plan To Begin?BEGIN

Include multiple ways to engage students?

Build opportunities to check for understanding?

Enrich learning with resources for extended practice?

Grab attention with effective learning objectives?

Need to provide assessment (formative and summative) of student learning?

Eight Questions To Ask When Designing Your Course | Steve Denniston | MI Moodle Moot | January 10, 2014

Question 1

Where Do You Plan To Begin?

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Door #1

Door #2

Door #3

Locate all of the

supporting

resources first

Develop the

course modules in exact

order

Tackle the most difficult module

first(or last)

Eight Questions To Ask When Designing Your Course | Steve Denniston | MI Moodle Moot | January 10, 2014

Question 1

Where Do You Plan To Begin?

Image of a Moodle module with welcome elements (point D of outline)

As you explain each part, underline and show explanation on the right

Eight Questions To Ask When Designing Your Course | Steve Denniston | MI Moodle Moot | January 10, 2014

Question 2

What are the objectives for each module?Teacher

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Teacher standing with arms folded tight – speech bubble “it’s my secret and you will NEVER find out!!!!” Stands sideways (to the right) and looking at camera with angelic hands and big smile.

Eight Questions To Ask When Designing Your Course | Steve Denniston | MI Moodle Moot | January 10, 2014

Question 2

What are the objectives for each module?

Eight Questions To Ask When Designing Your Course | Steve Denniston | MI Moodle Moot | January 10, 2014

Question 2

What are the objectives for each module?

DDefine

Target statement, capture attention, real life scenario that needs to be solved

DevelopShare content in a variety of ways that will help students remember, understand, apply and analyze.

Design

Create a project or work as a group to solve a problem based on what has been learned.

Debrief

Assessment and/or reflection.

Eight Questions To Ask When Designing Your Course | Steve Denniston | MI Moodle Moot | January 10, 2014

Question 2

What are the objectives for each module?

Eight Questions To Ask When Designing Your Course | Steve Denniston | MI Moodle Moot | January 10, 2014

Question 3

How will you support student navigation within Moodle?3 images that replace each other

(one goes away, the next appears …first image does not appear until done talking about first two points.

Teacher pointing to screen of demo on how to do something in Moodle

Example within Moodle course of a tutorial related to assignment

A student helping another student

Eight Questions To Ask When Designing Your Course | Steve Denniston | MI Moodle Moot | January 10, 2014

Question 3

How will you support student navigation within Moodle?H

ow

to

…… navigate around Moodle … view personal Gradebook and/or reports… participate in a discussion forum… submit an assignment… participate in a chat… submit an item to the glossary… use “completion tracking”… edit your profile… take a quiz

Eight Questions To Ask When Designing Your Course | Steve Denniston | MI Moodle Moot | January 10, 2014

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Question 4

How will you manage your time?

• Clearly defined start and end time• Classes are slotted into

segments within each day• In some schools, even a bell

rings to indicate time to change classes• Doors are closed on

weekends and holidays

Eight Questions To Ask When Designing Your Course | Steve Denniston | MI Moodle Moot | January 10, 2014

Question 4

How will you manage your time?

Eight Questions To Ask When Designing Your Course | Steve Denniston | MI Moodle Moot | January 10, 2014

Question 4

How will you manage your time?

Eight Questions To Ask When Designing Your Course | Steve Denniston | MI Moodle Moot | January 10, 2014

Question 4

How will you manage your time?

Eight Questions To Ask When Designing Your Course | Steve Denniston | MI Moodle Moot | January 10, 2014

Question 4

How will you manage your time?

Eight Questions To Ask When Designing Your Course | Steve Denniston | MI Moodle Moot | January 10, 2014

Question 4

How will you manage your time?

Eight Questions To Ask When Designing Your Course | Steve Denniston | MI Moodle Moot | January 10, 2014

Question 5

What types of interaction will students experience in this module?

Eight Questions To Ask When Designing Your Course | Steve Denniston | MI Moodle Moot | January 10, 2014

Question 6

Will you do it alone or ask others to help you?

Eight Questions To Ask When Designing Your Course | Steve Denniston | MI Moodle Moot | January 10, 2014

Question 7

How will you accommodate students with different learning styles?

Eight Questions To Ask When Designing Your Course | Steve Denniston | MI Moodle Moot | January 10, 2014

Question 8

How will you evaluate the course?