The week we were asked to discussion what new approached in activities for our EdWeb's we'd come up with because of the reading. We all threw out various ideas: blogs, wikis, discussions, variety, etc.
Two people that influenced me more this week were Lesley and Mae. Lesley opened up the week with a comment about bringing more of a Social aspect to her EdWeb. This really hit home for me, because this is how I'd been feeling for a while. And we had a bit of a back and forth on how to incorporate "social" into to a tutorial-type course. Mae stated that "a well developed EdWeb cannot simply ask the students to memorize facts it needs to use reflective thinking to gain comprehenion." I think this is a very important idea to keep in the forefront of my mind while I develop this EdWeb. Students need an outlet to reflect, be forced to reflect, that is when the best learning takes place is when students make the information their own.
During this week, I'd been doing a lot of questioning about my EdWeb. I wasn't feeling comfortable with it and that is very apparent in all my post. My main post was probably more blog like and I got bunch of "thing off my chest." But I think my analysis of various online "classes" was still important to show the need for the facilitator or teacher to have balance in the class and guide the students.
I have since completed a formalative evaluation, realized that my teachers are still on board and that the students are really excited about my EdWeb. These were my main factors of doubt, which was bringing my whole thinking process down. I mean, what's the point if no one is going to use it?
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