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Does the platform depiction communicate with ALL the learners?

Important First Steps!

What is this course about? What will we do in this course? And when? Why this course now? What should I know before this course? What will be happening in this course? What about the assignments? Why is this course important for the program? … COURSE QUESTIONS:

Key Unit/Weekly Questions

Unit/Week KEY Thinking QUESTIONS: Questions that engage the students in thinking about the unit Questions that help students understand the ideas Questions that challenge the students to draw the ideas together Questions that encourage the students to make connections among the ideas Questions that promote student discussion of the ideas Questions that foster student extensions of the ideas Questions that enhance student understanding of the ideas

Introduction Questions

What do you do with the questions?

Question Think Poll Discuss Re-poll Explain Instructional Model Professor Eric Mazur Peer

Experience the actions!

Question What order should the online activities for the unit be arranged to provide students with the best opportunity for meeting the learning outcomes? 1.Engagement, Explanation, Exploration, Evaluation, Elaboration 2.Exploration, Engagement, Elaboration, Explanation, Evaluation 3.Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Elaboration, Evaluation

Think 1.Engagement, Explanation, Exploration, Evaluation, Elaboration 2.Exploration, Engagement, Elaboration, Explanation, Evaluation 3.Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Elaboration, Evaluation

Poll 1.Engagement, Explanation, Exploration, Evaluation, Elaboration 2.Exploration, Engagement, Elaboration, Explanation, Evaluation 3.Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Elaboration, Evaluation

Discuss 1.Engagement, Explanation, Exploration, Evaluation, Elaboration 2.Exploration, Engagement, Elaboration, Explanation, Evaluation 3.Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Elaboration, Evaluation

Re-Poll 1.Engagement, Explanation, Exploration, Evaluation, Elaboration 2.Exploration, Engagement, Elaboration, Explanation, Evaluation 3.Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Elaboration, Evaluation

Explain 1.Engagement, Explanation, Exploration, Evaluation, Elaboration 2.Exploration, Engagement, Elaboration, Explanation, Evaluation 3.Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Elaboration, Evaluation

Bybee, R. W. (2009). The BSCS 5E Instructional Model and 21st Century Skills. Paper submitted to The National Academies Board on Science Education.

Question Think Poll Discuss Re-poll Explain Key Questions- Needs to challenge their thinking Think: Needs to be risk-free Poll: Needs to be risk-free Discuss: Join a group that was not your selection Re-poll: In whole class Discussion board Explain: Small groups + submit explanation in assignment

Think about this student experience!

Instructions: Color the wagon blue. What I remember seeing: Color the wagon So what I did was to color the wagon like my wagon

Using third party videos!

Provide a day by day task schedule

Examples of Instructional Practices supporting ALL students’ learning! Shared and individual knowledge development activities Working as teams in productions Individual reflections on the work; assess this effort Ideas based on this publication: Niess, M. L., & Gillow-Wiles, H. (2013). Developing asynchronous online courses: Key instructional strategies in a social metacognitive constructivist learning trajectory. The Journal of Distance Education, 27(1), Awarded 2013 Journal of Distance Education Editor’s Award, March 2014.