Reflections on Learning
Having (almost) completed the 10-week Designing and Delivering e-Learning Environments course, I conclude that the course has convinced me of the power of e-learning. I now have a strong appreciation for the amount of planning involved in any e-learning course. I also have a better understanding of what it takes to facilitate group work and group discussion in an e-learning setting, and I feel that e-learning can be a powerful tool in any course. This course has changed my perception of e-learning by giving me a better understanding of how e-learning works and how e-learning can encourage deep learning for all participants.
Having (almost) completed the 10-week Designing and Delivering e-Learning Environments course, I conclude that the course has convinced me of the power of e-learning. I now have a strong appreciation for the amount of planning involved in any e-learning course. I also have a better understanding of what it takes to facilitate group work and group discussion in an e-learning setting, and I feel that e-learning can be a powerful tool in any course. This course has changed my perception of e-learning by giving me a better understanding of how e-learning works and how e-learning can encourage deep learning for all participants.
The initiative that I developed for the course is intended to help the Algebra I teachers at my school develop a collaborative planning space. My initiative would be extremely relevant to the Algebra I team at Northwestern, and I am confident that most teachers would find the online sessions and f2f meetings useful to their work. I am not sure if I will implement the initiative because don't know if I will return to Northwestern next school year and I also don't know if my department chair will support the initiative.
In any case, I think that my e-learning initiative is a strong model for developing a shared online collaborative space, and the outline of the initiative would work with any team of teachers at any school. Perhaps it is something that I can bring with me to another school or to another department in the future.
As I look forward and think about the use of e-learning in my future teaching and professional career, I think that it will be important for me to stay abreast of tools and practices in e-learning. I will certainly need to develop e-learning initiatives in the future, either for my students or for other staff members, and this course has helped me to learn about tools and strategies for e-learning that I can apply to these future initiatives.
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