For my 9th blog post, I am going to discuss "The Flipped Classroom," open educational resources, and my PowerPoint assignments!
"The Flipped Classroom" is a new approach to education, that heavily relies on technology. Instead of the teacher introducing material to his or her students in class, the material is presented to students at home, and they are able to practice it at home. Students watch an instructional video at home and come to school to do the homework and ask questions. The flipped classroom allows teachers to be there when students really need them, while completing assignments pertaining to the material so that they can demonstrate their understanding of the content. If a student doesn't understand the homework, the teacher can guide them through it and answer any questions they have. It is a very interesting approach, but seems very useful!
Open educational resources, or OERs, are materials for teaching or learning that are accessible to everyone. These may include anything from a video to a lesson plan to a full course. Education Week posted an article about OERs discussing what they are, how they're different from other online materials, what the law says about them, how they're used, and their downsides. OER are legally able to be reprinted and altered in any way, so not all resources would count as OER. Regarding the legality of OERs, the Every Student Succeeds Act includes "openly licensed content" in its definition of digital learning, mentioning that it can better the educational experiences of students. The law allows federal grants to be used to support projects making these educational resources widely available. Most school districts use OERs as supplements to existing programs to add an enrichment activity for students or provide them with extra practice material. Though many OERs are high-quality, some are not, which makes it difficult to find the best resources for each school district and keep the level of quality equal amongst school districts. Check out the article below!
https://www.edweek.org/ew/issues/open-educational-resources-oer/index.html
Assignments 4 and 5 for my EME2040 class were PowerPoint projects! I learned a lot about PowerPoint in the process of these two assignments, implementing some features that I have never used before. I learned how to do a voiceover, use the animation pane, and disable the linear navigation. In the past, I have always just used PowerPoint for simple presentations, so these projects took a very interesting approach to using the software. I am proud of how both of my projects turned out, however, I wish that I would have had a bit more time to clean them up and make them more professional looking, especially with the interactive story project I did for assignment 5. Ideally, I would have also included more opportunities for the participant to answer questions leading to different paths. However, I really love the graphics, images, and color schemes I used in these projects. I am proud of what I created, and I learned a lot throughout the process. Check out the screenshots of my projects below!
"The Flipped Classroom" is a new approach to education, that heavily relies on technology. Instead of the teacher introducing material to his or her students in class, the material is presented to students at home, and they are able to practice it at home. Students watch an instructional video at home and come to school to do the homework and ask questions. The flipped classroom allows teachers to be there when students really need them, while completing assignments pertaining to the material so that they can demonstrate their understanding of the content. If a student doesn't understand the homework, the teacher can guide them through it and answer any questions they have. It is a very interesting approach, but seems very useful!
Open educational resources, or OERs, are materials for teaching or learning that are accessible to everyone. These may include anything from a video to a lesson plan to a full course. Education Week posted an article about OERs discussing what they are, how they're different from other online materials, what the law says about them, how they're used, and their downsides. OER are legally able to be reprinted and altered in any way, so not all resources would count as OER. Regarding the legality of OERs, the Every Student Succeeds Act includes "openly licensed content" in its definition of digital learning, mentioning that it can better the educational experiences of students. The law allows federal grants to be used to support projects making these educational resources widely available. Most school districts use OERs as supplements to existing programs to add an enrichment activity for students or provide them with extra practice material. Though many OERs are high-quality, some are not, which makes it difficult to find the best resources for each school district and keep the level of quality equal amongst school districts. Check out the article below!
https://www.edweek.org/ew/issues/open-educational-resources-oer/index.html
Assignments 4 and 5 for my EME2040 class were PowerPoint projects! I learned a lot about PowerPoint in the process of these two assignments, implementing some features that I have never used before. I learned how to do a voiceover, use the animation pane, and disable the linear navigation. In the past, I have always just used PowerPoint for simple presentations, so these projects took a very interesting approach to using the software. I am proud of how both of my projects turned out, however, I wish that I would have had a bit more time to clean them up and make them more professional looking, especially with the interactive story project I did for assignment 5. Ideally, I would have also included more opportunities for the participant to answer questions leading to different paths. However, I really love the graphics, images, and color schemes I used in these projects. I am proud of what I created, and I learned a lot throughout the process. Check out the screenshots of my projects below!
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