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Sunday, March 8, 2015

Planning for Action Research

Initial planning for action research includes:
Identifying and limiting a topic
Gathering information related to the topic
Reviewing related literature
Early stages are crucial in any research project

Lays the “groundwork for all that follows
Nothing shapes the remainder of a study as much as specifying the topic or problem
Problems with being too broad or vague, or being too narrow
Possible topic areas:
A teaching method or instructional materials
Classroom management
Identifying a problem
Examining an area of interest
Once a topic has been identified, it should be evaluated against several practical considerations:

Personal interest in the topic
Importance of the topic
Time requirements for conducting the study
Anticipated difficulty of the study
Potential monetary costs
Issues related to ethics in conducting research

http://www.uk.sagepub.com/mertler4e/study/default.htm

Saturday, March 7, 2015

Spring Blog Festival 2015



Spring Blog Festival (SBF) is a one day event that will take place on Saturday March 21, 2015. The aim of the festival is to showcase bloggers and their work. The links to the webinars and content of the presentations will be available in the courseware.
Topics range from transformational blogging and reflective blogging to connectivity, history, evolution, teaching tools, multi-media, thinking & creativity, families, schools, and content curation.
Presentations of the Spring Blog Festival
Spring Blog Festival (SBF) is a one day event that will take place on Saturday March 21, 2015. The aim of the festival is to showcase bloggers and their work. The links to the webinars and content of the presentations will be available in the courseware. Join and get ready for the webinars and the recordings: https://www.wiziq.com/course/100157-s...

Topics range from transformational blogging and reflective blogging to connectivity, history, evolution, teaching tools, multi-media, thinking & creativity, families, schools, and content curation.

Why You Now Need a Team to Create and Deliver Learning - e-Learning Feeds

Why You Now Need a Team to Create and Deliver Learning - e-Learning Feeds


"There are ample issues to consider, for example a team-based approach could raise the possibility of more affordable business models: Core content could be repurposed or remixed. The use of teams and pooled resources (even with other institutions or consortia) could help deliver the basic content and do much of the heavy lifting of teaching a given course.
Another big advantage to the team strategy is that having multiple team members fosters diverse perspectives. Decision making power shifts to a team of people, not just one person; this brings in additional and potentially fresh ideas. Teams may delegate the responsibility of tracking certain trends to member X or member Y; they might even add a new "hat" to the collective team membership if they want to employ a new technology that's been on their radar screen."

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Teaching with Technology




Course Description

The course offers new, veteran, and future teachers theoretical and practical knowledge on how to teach and learn using technology. The course will include weekly synchronous live online classes, course material, and video tutorials.
Participants will learn about and apply:
  • E-portfolios (blogs, websites, wikis)
  • Learning theories
  • Transformational learning
  • Transformational teaching
  • Teaching as a way to learn
  • Project-based learning
  • Collaborative learning
  • Instructional design theories
  • Assessment theories
  • Reflective practice
  • Blended learning
  • Blended online learning
  • Teaching in a live online class
  • Course design
  • Syllabus development
  • Lesson plans
  • Course and Learning Management System
  • Micro teaching
Created by Dr. Nellie 

Monday, March 2, 2015

Action Research Spiral

Any systematic inquiry conducted by

1. teacher researchers, principals, school counselors, or other stakeholders …
              2. in the teaching/learning environment …
              3.to gather information about how their particular schools operate,

                how they teach, and how well their students learn.
Research done by teachers for themselves