In this episode of “
Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Nick discuss several things a Tech Coach should do when creating online courses and self-paced learning modules.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Six Steps You Need To Take to Create a Successful Online Learning Experience For Your Teachers
- Step 1: Identify Learning ObjectivesDirectly or indirectly correlate to District Goals, Building Goals, and Initiatives.
- Content vs. Skills
- What vs How PD
- How will learning objectives be assessed?
- Step 2: Decide where to host your modules.What should you do before opening the module?Sketch in Google Docs
- Mindmapping SoftwareLucid Chart
- MindNote
- ApplicationsSchoology
- Canvas
- Google Sites
- Google Forms
- WordPress
- Step 3: Integrate teacher needs and wants into module creation.
- What topics do they want to learn about?
- Allow time to collaborate/share/discuss as a group
- Step 4: Decide on a proper framework or workflow
- How will the module go?
- Utilize BLOOMS
- ** This is the most important step and can save you A LOT of time when creating future modules.
- Self-created videos vs random YouTube videos
- Step 5: Give time to reflect/share creations/ and implement
- Let teachers create something and implement in their classroom
- Have them share the creation
- Let them come back and reflect. How did it go? What did you like/dislike? What else do you want to learn to help you more?
- Step 6: Highlight their accomplishments with a badge (micro credentialing)
- Credly
- Schoology Badges (integrated)
- Padlet Share Board
- Twitter
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