I am an
instructional designer, currently I am working with Henry Ford College to help
design e-learning courses for the Industrial Technology department.
Substitution
Henry
Ford College has received funding to form a Multi-State Advanced Manufacturing
Consortium (M-SAMC) with other colleges to transform manufacturing education
delivery to meet the needs of today’s students and employers. Henry Ford
College is changing and revising the delivery of courses that are offered to
students.
One
of the projects we are working on is creating demonstration videos for the
welding lab. The demonstration videos
will show safety protocols or welding demonstrations. These videos will be
available to students that are not able to attend class and to students that are
taking welding courses at other colleges or technical schools. The videos will
be uploaded to a YouTube channel for viewing.
The classes are usually paid for by an employer, for certification or a
requirement for their job. Each class only run for a period of time, so the
videos will be set-up to keep the student from falling behind.
Augmentation
In
addition to developing the e-learning courses, we are also developing
supplemental materials for the students. We use Google docs to collaborate with
each other. I share the information that I have complied with the Subject
Matter Expert (SME) and corrections are made instantly, instead of printing and
making corrections on copies.
Modification
In
addition to developing demonstration videos, we will also be using a software
called Tegrity to capture class lectures. The lecture captures will give
students that are not able to attend class the ability to view class lectures
at their convenience.
Redefinition
In
one of my classes that I took last semester, we were placed in groups where we
had to design a 15 minute learning module and do a presentation on the phases
and design process we went through from start to finish. We collaborated weekly
on Google hangouts to come up with our project plan and to design module. One
group member wrote content for the module, one group member created the module
in Captivate software and one group member put audio of presentation and slides
together in Camtasia and uploaded it to YouTube for viewing.
It seems that many people use google docs to share information, and to collaborate with others. I am somewhat familiar with google docs, but I never use it with my students because my school district uses OneDrive. I am wondering if sharing is easier with google docs because I have had many issues sharing documents (particularly PowerPoint) in OneDrive. Have you had any similar experiences?
ReplyDeleteTo be quite honest last year when I first started this program was the first time I used the Google platform. I have used both Google docs and OneDrive, however, I have only shared Google docs and never had an issue.
ReplyDeleteSo far, with this class, I haven't had ay issues with google docs so that's a good sign! Hopefully my sharing issues with One Drive will be resolved soon. I like the idea of creating demonstration videos, and I have been getting my older students involved in make them for other classes.
DeleteI really enjoyed reading your blog and the examples you provided. You gave me ideas of how to use some new programs with the model. I took notes! Great information.
ReplyDeleteYour R allowed an entire group project to be completed without one f2f meeting since you were able to use the technology to collaborate.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting that your A has been everyone else's M in terms of Google Docs. However, everyone's model can be different.