Wednesday, May 28, 2008

What made you want to take this course?

My goal for this entire degree program is to help me to develop online materials for the Library. Most of these materials will take the form of self-contained, online tutorials, which are essentially small scale "online courses". Therefore, I think that the content of this class will give me a better sense of the process and resources for creating more effective tutorials.

While I feel pretty proficient in the technical aspects of online instruction, there's plenty left to learn about the planning and design, from an educational standpoint. Ultimately, this course is another piece in the puzzle for creating effective and engaging online lessons for my work.
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5 comments:

-jdom said...

Hi Tony,

Oh cool. Two think I like are books and cheese. We should get along fine!

On another note, we have an Online Library here at my University that serves over 35k online students.

If you need to network or are interested in how we are serving such a large 100% online population look me up. Best wishes Tony.

Cheers!
Jason

May 29, 2008 at 7:11 AM
elearningEllen said...

Tony, I agree. This course is another piece of the puzzle. Its not that hard to know lots about online course design, but creating EFFECTIVE and ENGAGING online courses is quite another matter.

What are the online tutorials in the library about?

BTW I'm from Caldwell, NJ, and my mother got an MAT at Patterson State, as it was know back then.

May 29, 2008 at 11:06 AM
Anonymous said...

Hi Tony,

Thanks for the welcome - I'm glad that I'm not the only newbie in the class! I always loved the library and still do. What a great profession. Your post reminded me that I loved the book "The Time Traveler's Wife". I'll be tapping you for good book references.

Talk soon,

Margaret

May 31, 2008 at 12:32 PM
Teri said...

Tony...

Nice to see a familiar name on the roster. I believe we took a class together last semester, though I found myself falling into the "last minute" mode a lot. Hopefully that will change this semester and I will be more engaged in this class.

-Teri

June 2, 2008 at 6:08 PM
Deb said...

Hi Tony!
I remember you from 601 last semester, although we didn't "connect" much. Good to see you in this class.

I agree about this course being another piece of the puzzle....however, I am really a newby with on-line courses so this should be an interesting class.

I like cheese too!

I like your adventurous traveling spirit!

-Deb

June 3, 2008 at 7:55 PM

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