Our work in this area is really interesting and grabbing much of my attention. I have taken one independent learning course in the old days of paper and snail mail. I've taken several online courses - both for Act 48 credits and for college credit. I've never been part of a face to face class with an online component - I missed that wave. Now as we are looking at offering online courses and as teachers are becoming interested in offering their courses online, I've become much more aware of the workings of an online course.
What makes an effective online course?
Am I part of a cohort or am I an Island?
Do I have a schedule to maintain or do I set my own schedule?
And what does the answers to these questions mean as I'm designing my online content?
Now that we are gathering more experience about the workings of online courses I am ready to try my hand at building a course in Scoodle for training teachers which is stand alone and robust enough to award Act 48 credit. Maybe I'll begin with SchoolWires.....
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