User:Vtaylor/Open Online Teaching and Learning

Open Online Teaching and Learning * overview * pedagogy * activities * discussions * assignments * framework * Learning management system features * SAMR * creating and facilitating engaging and social open online learning experiences * review summarize curate rss.feed app.smash self-directed responsibility * vt cis2 89a posts

Facilitating the course of 20+ students is the highest priority. Late coding assignment submissions are very time consuming to grade. They will be graded as time permits.

The Assignment page is just a guide. There are references to more detailed instructions and tutorials in the Media section. Everyone learns differently so there are many resources provided so you can find the ones that are best for you.

Thimble is specifically for learning HTML and CSS. It isn't suitable for "live" sites. Many web developers write all their own code and upload it to their server. Just like we did with Voyager. So learning to deal with Voyager or something similar is essential.

Messing around and finding answers to your questions is great.

Posting the web address of your assignment in the discussion enables everyone to see what others are doing. This is really helpful to see other examples. The assignment is also graded with feedback.

There are several small activities to provide flexibility so you can arrange your time.

See Wikimedia Commons a collection of freely usable media files including videos.

This not a lecture course. There are plenty of excellent online video resources and tutorials available.

Most web development is done by groups, so it is important to have some experience working in groups as part of the course.

Thanks for the information about ipadpeek.com.

Keep your layouts simple for now. Find layouts you like and do something similar that is appropriate for you pages. Experiment.

Like the Q&A suggestion. "Live" is a big problem for a class like this as it is impossible to find a good time. Maybe 1-2 people will "attend" no matter what time we pick.

coding assignments * Look at the work of other students. You can look at the source code for their pages to see what they have done. The links are posted in the discussion to help you.

You can make changes and resubmit assignments to improve your grade. The rubric helps to identify specific areas that need work. You can ask specific questions.

setting - 1 announcement on home page * news that students and reply to is default otherwise important information updates like Thimble outage and extension provided

-1 replace default Thimble title * check the head section for every page title search keywords

-1 use .css file for styling * required expect to see some styling practice in .css file for every assignment only way to learn this easy to avoid with on page with style elements

Unix based web server * Voyager is provided by DeAnza for all its CIS course. Most of the the hundreds of students taking programing and IT related courses create a student account and store course related files on the this service. There is a web server as well so any files placed in a students public_html subdirectory are web accessible. Common Unix web conventions are followed. .htm and .html extensions will display in a browser. File names ar case=sensitive. To simplify the URL to files, DeAnza provides a shortcut of ~username followed by the name of the file in the public_html directory. For students with some programming or computer science background, this works pretty well. The notion of directory structures, file transfers, applications to provide the file transfer service, file naming, file extensions are understood or will be explicitly taught in the course. For Web Development, many students come from graphic design or general interest backgrounds. They don't already know all this and they probably don't need to know much of this now or in the future. Fortunately Mozilla introduced Thimble as a web development teaching aid several years ago. Before Thimble, only a few students got through the first couple of week of course that were all about setting up Voyager accounts and getting file to display in a browser. This process is till part of the requirements for the course. Now it comes once students have had some success creating basic web pages with Thimble. It is still a really difficult task for many. It is very confusing for many. The instructions provided by DeAnza are pretty basic. Providing simple step-by-step instructions helps. If there is a problem, students had a hard time describing where they are in the process becuase they have no idea what is happening behind the scenes. Very frustrating for all.

videos * many students prefer videos * Please provide links to any videos that you find particularly useful.

technology in teaching * Someone did a real study and found that younger people new to teaching were far less likely to experiment with technology in their teaching practice than more experienced educators. Experienced teachers were more confident and comfortable with how technology could engage and provide new and interesting learning opportunities. They were willing to take some risks themselves and learn from these activities.

Training video * Yup. We have a similar problem. It isn’t that students are ignoring your training video. Many just aren’t very skilled self-directed learners. They just don’t get it that there is some value to them in watching it. Try awarding a very small grade for watching it. I hate to do it, but it works.

perception - online degrees * student: Will a fully online school or degree ever hold as much weight as maybe let's say a degree from a prestigious school? It's important to me because I have seen first hand at my job at the hospital that HR just tosses away resumes from online colleges. University of Phoenix? Trash can. Heald College? Trash can. * Thanks for the information about the HR department. That is pretty shortsighted on their part IMHO. Where a degree is from doesn't necessarily mean the holder knows much. It is too bad that HR doesn't bother to find out. If students in this course are any indication, they are too busy working, taking care of families, socializing in addition to wanting to further their education to spend the time and money to have the luxury of a degree from some prestigious in-person college.

life skills * Lying on your resume is a really dumb thing to do. You can get fired for this! Yes, it can happen and it does. People are fired for lying on their resume. It is often heart breaking for the hiring manager, who would have hired the person without the lie on the resume. Not only did the person not have a job, they now had a "record" of being untrustworthy. * A student "graduated" from college and worked for 10 years before it was discovered that he needed 2 more courses to complete his degree, He was fired from his very successful high tech job for "lying" on his resume. So he was back at DeAnza taking those courses and shared his story.

low / zero-cost course materials * I required the textbook again after having it optional for a couple of semesters. It is $40 at the bookstore or $20 from Amazon - paperback or Kindle so it qualifies for low-cost designation. If it is way better to be zero cost, I could do that. Students new to programming, web development didn't get the whole CSS idea just relying on web resources. I think it is a bit better when the textbook is required. However I'm not entirely sure about that. The book isn't very expensive, so it wasn't a big factor in the past. Now the zero-cost / low-cost designation is available, I'm wondering what is the best plan. I'm a big supporter of open free course materials. I'm delighted that DeAnza is taking this step to promote these options.

OERs in WikiEducator * Thanks. This comes up every semester I teach this course with this assignment. I relay this information to the main folks at WikiEducator. Yes, they know this. But being a searchable resource isn't the main purpose of WikiEducator. It is a place for people like me to put stuff that anyone can access and use. * Did you notice the little block in the top right corner of the page? That was a suggestion - use this to say that this is a complete open resource page, so viewers can limit their search to formal OER resources. It is available to any WikiEducator user. I think I'm the only one who uses it.

personal experience, mobile, group work * In addition to providing something specific based on a resources, students often add a note about a personal experience to their descriptions. These add depth and often provide great insight into learning skills and practices. In addition to highlighting a useful resources, students add new and useful insights. "Mobile learning could make people willing to work together for school assignments if the teacher assigns group work." Wouldn't have thought of that aspect of mobile and group work. Learning to work in groups is important. Anything to help make this a better learning experience is great.

keywords research * for most of the topics, the scope is so broad that is not possible to address all the "facts" in any one area, let alone the entire range. By having students select a couple of interest either from some provided resources of from original research, we get some good coverage. Sharing these and then having a requirement to review the work of others provides a broad and diverse view of the topic. This is more engaging and provides some interesting conversations about important issues that wouldn't come up in a "sit and git" classroom.

Time to compose a contribution * for shy or second language learners, time to compose a response provides an opportunity to participate in class discussions. It is surprising to learn from a delightfully engaging and active online course participant that he had never actually contributed to a discussion before in his entire academic career. I could in the course because could take as long as he needed to thinks about his answer, translate it and look up words as necessary., think about and edit it before posting.

I know... * This is an opportunity to think about what you already know about the topic and get you thinking about what you might not know. Although some students research for their answer, that isn't the point. It is to get you to see where you currently are in your understanding and start thinking about what more you might like or need to know.

I wonder... assignments * Important questions. I hope you will continue to try to get answers to these questions.

creative commons licensing * example https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alice-white-rabbit.jpg Check out the Licensing section of the page. Some important information for great old pictures and illustrations. Yes, you can use them AND there is more you need to include if you do.

code error detection * Thimble detects allows you to make coding errors and points them out - something in the code turns red. It may be directly where the error is or it could be somewhere else. No spaces between attributes - the line number is a red block. Remove the close head tag and the close html tag at the bottom of the code turns red. Don't ignore these.

assignments * I allow re-submissions. Students who want to learn, practice and improve get that opportunity. However, I reserve the right to find stuff I missed in the previous review. If there are a number of problems in a submission, I may only point out the worst ones and give credit for what was ok, giving 4/8 even though there are more problems that could have justified a score of 0-2/8. If you resubmit and don't fix all the problems I point out the first time, expect to be graded more thoroughly.

cis2 slo * in each module * main topic keywords media selections * digital learning literacies * social media test drive * research review summarize discuss *

cis89a slo * web literacy * digital learning literacies * lots of different web sites notice inspect * discussion about techniques, coding * share help * rubrics required elements properties attributes *

moodle discussions * 4 different displays * post title * forum / topic / post * subscribe * notify if reply to my post * read unread

canvas discussion * can be nested not very obvious in display * subscribe * read/ unread *

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So much to cover, so little time * With a mandate as broad as covering the subject of Computers and the Internet in Society in a 12 week 4 unit class, it is difficult to provide a cohesive theme overarching throughout each topic in the same way of a logically-flowing curriculum. But we try. Some of the curriculum is set by the important transfer agreement in place so you can include this course for UC or CSU credit. To qualify as a DeAnza "Zero Cost Course Materials" course, we have eliminated the textbook which provided structure but was out of date even though it was revised every 3-4 years. We expect you to be flexible and effective self-directed lifelong learners, so accepting and dealing some chaos should be part of your "new normal".

Examples, right answers * I review all the discussion posts, so these are all "good examples" of answers. The people writing the articles about website safety are experts. There are many experts in this very broad field. This is the best advice available.

No direct instruction * The topics for assignment activities are important because they are evolving. There isn't one right answer. I'm learning along with you.

Online research * Find was the learning literacy in Module 1. Look back through that discussion. There were several suggestions for doing online research. Learning to pick good keywords is one tip.

Reduce time reading and researching * With practice, you will be able to complete this type of assignment more quickly. Skim potential articles. Learn to pick keywords that produce fewer more appropriate results.

Limit discussion post length * There are guidelines for the length of posts. Many students have exceeded these this semester.

College level writing * The writing is a requirement for transfer credit.

More video resources * Some videos are included. You are welcome to suggest videos for the research selections. Please suggest any videos that would add to the course.

Assignment activity descriptions, expectations * Most of the discussion posts from other students are within "expectations". After seeing several others, in addition to the assignment descriptions, there are examples to guide you. If you have questions or need clarification, please ask.

Due dates * All the due dates are published in the Syllabus. Due dates have been added to the main assignment for each Module. All other activities for the module are also due then.

Course content organization * Suggestions for organizing the flow of the content are welcome.

Discussions - more than just posting * There is more actual discussion in a regular 12 week semester. More time for responses and replies. Even though students are advised to log in daily, in a 6 week summer semester that doesn't allow much time for asynchronous discussions to develop.

Notifications of replies in discussions * Check your notifications settings - Canvas does provides a lot of control over notifications.

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cis89a

css stylesheet and style element * You can include a style element in a page head section. However, the style definitions in the .css are somewhat different. Your visited styling is either misplace or in the incorrect format. The reason for insisting that some styling be included in the .css file is because it is different and you need to practice using both the internal and .css effectively. * draft introduction with links to really good resources https://wikieducator.org/User:Vtaylor/CIS_89A_HTML_and_CSS/HTML_(Markup)_and_CSS_(Presentation)

Web development for absolute beginners with no programming or html experience * This isn't easy. You are starting from zero and the learning curve is pretty steep.

Course materials * The information provided has to target 40 people all at different levels. The only way to do this is to provide some general guidance and outline for the assignments. Students have to help me and the other students help them. That's why all these assignments also have discussions - so you can ask questions, and so you can see what other students do.

Use the rubric * The grading rubric and the assignment requirements provide a framework for covering the essential functions in the module topic. It is a way for you to ask specific questions so others can make suggestions and offer help. Ask others to preview something specific in your page. Ask specific questions about something you see but don't understand in the work of others.

Coding assignments * Note - the grades for the coding assignments are a relatively small percentage of your total grade for the course.

== students say... == summer 2018

information providers * I think the explosion of the Internet and the rapid development of information and communication technologies have created opportunities for all to become information providers. The world of information has become more diverse and richer than ever. However, along with the blossoming of blogs, wikis, and various online publishing channels is an inevitable fact: information becomes mixed and users may have to pay for the use of poor quality, lack of credibility, even misleading. The question is how do you evaluate the reliability of information you find on the web? How do you evaluate the methods compare to the way you evaluate information from other sources?

technology in class * using a smartphone or tablet or computer for class/homework * By using technology it may get students more motivated to do work. I believe this method works. One reading class I took in De Anza we were given iPads to do online work for assignments.

online class discussions * The opportunity to learn the responses from others is very helpful. I learn a lot from the other students and the articles recommended.

flexibility in online course design * I find the work pace gives you the freedom and time to work on the assignment when you're ready. It allows me to comfortably work when I'm able to. The deadlines or due dates fit well with how many assignments are within each module. This course from what I can tell at this moment has been thought out strategically and well executed, kudos to you professor.

works well for some students * I have sort of feeling that I love this hard work. The pace of work for this class is perfectly right, makes me think I am getting more full of knowledge for class. Nothing needs to be changed yet more resources or studying material would help me learn more. I love this class so much ! there are a lots of things I can learn !

student responsibility, engagement * This is my first time taking a class online. I was not sure that i would like it but so far its been very interesting. I actually think that i'm learning more because it feels like i'm more engaged in the work. It seems that i'm putting more effort into researching information which help me to understand certain subjects better. When responding to assignment on the subject it forces me to gain a better understanding than i other wise would have because i must spend time trying to express my understand of the subject. I'm not a fast reader and it takes me forever to gather my thoughts but i'm adapting, its working for me.

stsudent - student interaction * I am actually learning a lot with these modules and peer reviews, I personally think the set up helps me with the way I learn.

research summaries * I am not writing as long post regarding research as before, since you don't require lot of detail. [Link + summary only - writing a summary is more challenging, more useful to share in class discussion]

open online course materials * I think doing all this research is a good way to learn about computers and society, because it cause you to read several articles on each topic and get ideas from others articles as well. I find this very interesting and I am definitely learning things I never knew before.

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2018.7.12 Module 3 Text

Copyright Images, use, attribution * If you just use images from open sources and use the links they provide, you will not have any copyright issues.

WikiEducator accounts and images * W: image uploads to ensure that only CC-BY, CC-BY-SA or PD images are uploaded and properly attributed. If not - please delete the image files on the wiki. Typically students don't understand the requirements of copyright for images on the Wiki until they get the hang of it. In the past student groups have resulted in scaling up admin on our end watching image uploads and I always ask the instructor to keep an eye on this to help us out. * V: We talk about copyright and Creative Commons licensing. The WikiEducator accounts are part of that. The wikimedia commons copy-and-paste links by use make adding library images easier. Students should not have to upload their own images. Will watch out for student uploads as well.

storytelling * If you want people to understand and identify with a complicated concept, tell a story about it. Telling a story often creates a “clicking experience” in a person’s brain allowing them to suddenly understand what someone else is trying to say. As such, those who can tell good stories will create faster, stronger connections with others. - Donald Miller

2018.7.10 Module 2 Feedback

Canvas functionality * This module went more smoothly. Thanks everyone for putting the effort to become familiar with Canvas, Modules, Discussions, Assignments and the course structure.

Online learning * Many of you are new to online courses. This course is apparently quite different from other online course than many of you have taken. This is a self-directed learning community approach to online education. Not your standard lecture and quiz format or just do the problems in isolation format.

Sharing assignments * Everyone has so much to offer. The research activities are always amazing. One person would never find all this great information on their own. Sharing the results benefits all including your instructor!

Search summaries * While it is great that many of your are comfortable writing extensive reviews and descriptions of the sites you report, please be aware that these should be limited to summaries - think movie trailers - enough to let others know that this is interesting in just a few sentences, without giving away the entire "plot". Consider your time to write these summaries and the time for others to read all the discussion posts as well as find and summarize their own. Better to review a lot of short posts than just a few comprehensive descriptions. If others are interested, give them just enough information to access the site - the link and the summary.

Discussion topics * Rather than have you just turn in assignments that only the instructor gets to see, posting your work to a discussion is better for everyone. You have a real audience for your work. Everyone in the course gets the benefit - lots of interesting additional resources, personal experiences, and descriptions and reviews from a college student's perspective.

Time management * To keep the workload manageable and flexible, the module topics are divided up into an number of discussion activities. Most of these can be completed in 15-20 minutes each. This is to encourage you to spread the work out into chucks of time, rather than try to complete all the module in a single sitting right before the due date.

Selected media * To provide the breadth of coverage required for the course with online resources, each module included a number of activities with links to selected media sites, articles, tutorials and/or lectures

general

 * Open course * The course is open. You can do any activities any time in any order with a few limitations. * Participate in the discussions in the time the Module is current. You can post early, but check in during the Module to see what others are doing. This is an important part of the course. Late posts aren't seen by others so they don't contribute to the class. * Course project - yes, you can start any time AND...


 * questions * I didn't understand the assignment instructions * Please ask! A lot of this stuff is new to many students. That is why you are taking this course. It is best if you ask a specific question. You can also look at the work of others in the class and ask them how the did it. That is why everyone links to their work in a discussion - so everyone sees what others have done. This is one of the best ways to learn web development skills. If you don‘t let me or others in the class know, we can’t help. Self-directed learning puts this responsibility on you the learner. * Do you have the textbook?  * There are plenty of people and resources available, but we need to know you need help. * Please ask questions for clarification either in the discussion or in a Canvas mail or an email to me.


 * Discussion post guidelines * There are no minimum word counts for discussion posts. The appropriate length for your posts is usually provided Assignments discussion activity description. eg. 2-3 sentences. For these discussions, try to keep your posts to summaries of a few important points. If others are really interested in the topic, they can read the article that you linked.


 * Due dates associated with Modules * In the Syllabus, those dates are the due dates for ALL the activities within that module as described in the Assignments for that module.


 * General questions, comments, feedback * Use the Questions discussion topic "pinned" to the top of the Discussions page to share information with the rest of the class.


 * College level writing * Complete sentences. Grammatically correct. No spelling errors or phone abbreviations. Thoughtful observation. This requirement was prompted by some student responses that were more like chatting with friends rather than submissions for graded assignments for college transfer courses. * Here are some examples of college papers. However, these are longer and more detailed than anything required for this course. https://web.colby.edu/farnham-writerscenter/college-essay-sample/ (Links to an external site.


 * Grading * You will notices that many discussions, assignments and quizzes are graded before the due date. In Canvas it is easier to just grade as your submissions are reviewed. If you don't get full points, you will get some feedback. If you want to resubmit your work before the due date with corrections or additions, you can do that.


 * Privacy I wonder... * Assume there is a record of everything somewhere. There is no question that the search engines are keeping a lot of information about any and all search requests. How much exactly? There are several web archives that endeavor to keep a record of every web page ever. Can all this information be tied together and connected with you? Good question.

student suggestions, feedback

 * What is interesting to me is that the educational system is unable to keep up with the advance of technology. Which lead to my question, why didn't the education system abandon hard-copy textbook already? The benefit of having textbook online is much higher than a hard print copy. Ads can be put on the textbook website to create revenue which make more profit than selling hard copy, better for the environment, and it's accessible to everyone. Students don't have to worry about forgetting their book at home or their locker or running to their locker to pick up the book. It's basically a win-win situation. Also by education system, I'm primarily focuses on public high school, and middle school.


 * how to achieve a better environment that stimulates learning if we just stay inside the classroom? We are encourage to think outside of the box, I wonder if the technology could take us out of the ordinary classroom into a more advanced learning environment for all of the students. 2m18 cis2 summer 2018


 * it’s the instructor job to clarify his/her instruction, it’s the student responsibility to inform the instructor if direction were unclear. Nobody here is a mind reader so it’s important to have communication within the course.


 * i think people must take more of a active role in there learning. We must not leave learning and developing our skills only to the school and teachers. I have always felt that in some classes they only teach you how to find answers. It seems as society wants you to be a follower and not a leader in this world. We must try to understand the "HOW" and "WHY".

cis89s

 * cis89a Course project - yes, you can start any time AND... We go through a development process in Modules 10-12. The process, planning and rubric activities are just as important as the final deliverable.


 * cis89a coding assignments * Usually it is better to develop your site in parallel with the course. Just create a simple page and stylesheet for the course coding assignments. Even the final project can be pretty simple. It is a demonstration of the application of the web development process. This isn't likely to be much like your personal "dream" site.

learning literacies

 * Learning Literacies * You can review one of the articles provided or you can find another article about the same topic and provide a review of that article. We are always looking for new and interesting articles.

canvas

 * Canvas Calendar and Notification features * handy for managing your time and assignments, especially in Summer when the time is limited.


 * Canvas apps * Canvas provides smartphone and tablet apps that you can download and install. These seem to work ok for all the work for this course. If you have any problems, please share your comments in the Questions discussion for everyone else to see.


 * Assignment submissions * Text - All activities are submitted as discussion posts or text responses to quizzes or assignments.


 * Course format * The course follows the Modules in Canvas and the activities outline in the Module Assignment page. In addition to specific information about the activities, there are links to resources - articles, tutorials including videos. As you can see from the introductions, there is a huge range of prior knowledge and background experience in the class. If you have specific questions or need help, please ask.

= activities =
 * discussions * everyone shares results * some surprises * stories * reviews summaries explanation of choice * participant discussion questions


 * my name * search * interesting people with my name


 * evaluating sources of information * howmanyofme.com * Several people expressed doubts about the validity of the howmanyofme results. Did you actually look at the information they provide about their site? It is based on US Census data from before most of you were born and before your family came to the US. The population demographics of the US have changed dramatically in that time. They make this clear in several places - the date on the home page, information in the FAQs linked from the home page. It wasn't hard to find. * As web developers, you are expected to be more critical of the information in sites on the internet.