Sunday, February 27, 2005
Reflection on Fifth Meeting
“Awakening/facilitating a paradigm shift”
Autumn asked us to begin our reflection this week from our one sentence statement summarizing our experiences in FDW thus far. My statement reflects those ideas that I elaborated on last week. I truly believe that this workshop is not only opening a new portal onto the learning and assessment process but also providing some very useful skills and techniques.
My feedback session based on the +/delta CAT that used last week went well. I believe that the students appreciated discussion of the various topics based on their interaction and comments by several of the students after class. I also incorporated one of Bill Wall’s suggestions for using WebCT. I’ve asked the class to post at least two questions related to their readings per week and to respond to at least two other questions per week. I hope that this will facilitate further discussion of the topics we’ve addressed in class and serve as a modality for clarifying any additional points that might need further elaboration. In another class, I also used the “one sentence summary” and “muddiest point” in relation to media clips that I shared. I plan to finish reviewing them and providing feedback to that class at our next meeting.
As I look toward upcoming semesters, I’m thinking about how I will use the assessment cycle and various CATs in those classes. I believe that I will stick with some of the more basic techniques for now but may try to incorporate a portfolio within a year’s time depending on my experiences with the more basic techniques. I also want to look at some of the critical thinking resources that Steve Payne shared and will try to incorporate related activities, maybe specific “ill-defined” problems, possibly addressed in a small-group format.
As I prepare for our final presentation, I need to identify ways in which I can 1) best illustrate some of the principles that we’ve discussed and ideas that I’ve had and 2) do so in succinct and timely manner as we will only have about 7 minutes for our presentations. ¶ 7:36 PM
Autumn asked us to begin our reflection this week from our one sentence statement summarizing our experiences in FDW thus far. My statement reflects those ideas that I elaborated on last week. I truly believe that this workshop is not only opening a new portal onto the learning and assessment process but also providing some very useful skills and techniques.
My feedback session based on the +/delta CAT that used last week went well. I believe that the students appreciated discussion of the various topics based on their interaction and comments by several of the students after class. I also incorporated one of Bill Wall’s suggestions for using WebCT. I’ve asked the class to post at least two questions related to their readings per week and to respond to at least two other questions per week. I hope that this will facilitate further discussion of the topics we’ve addressed in class and serve as a modality for clarifying any additional points that might need further elaboration. In another class, I also used the “one sentence summary” and “muddiest point” in relation to media clips that I shared. I plan to finish reviewing them and providing feedback to that class at our next meeting.
As I look toward upcoming semesters, I’m thinking about how I will use the assessment cycle and various CATs in those classes. I believe that I will stick with some of the more basic techniques for now but may try to incorporate a portfolio within a year’s time depending on my experiences with the more basic techniques. I also want to look at some of the critical thinking resources that Steve Payne shared and will try to incorporate related activities, maybe specific “ill-defined” problems, possibly addressed in a small-group format.
As I prepare for our final presentation, I need to identify ways in which I can 1) best illustrate some of the principles that we’ve discussed and ideas that I’ve had and 2) do so in succinct and timely manner as we will only have about 7 minutes for our presentations. ¶ 7:36 PM
