post 3 – Online Teaching and Learning

So the learning activities we post here are for strategies for social interaction?

I’m confused about this section of the lesson but anyway, here is a learning activity, not for only for student, for me as instructor. It is an article on offering and receiving constructive feedback from University of Waterloo. For it is important to realize that feedback is not a 1 way street and students have to be receptive to feedback, and take the time to consider it without feeling defensive. Skilled feedback would minimize the potential for defensiveness though. This webpage sould be part of the introductory materials for a course.

https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/teaching-resources/teaching-tips/assessing-student-work/grading-and-feedback/receiving-and-giving-effective-feedback

Learning portfolio post 2

The course, I am using as reference, is an advanced writing course with LOs that reflect high-level cognitive skills like explain, evaluate, produce, organize, compare. The student is assessed on the production of documents that require synthesis of research, rhetoric, and strategy (white paper, communications plan). The assessment is built right into the LOs therefore aligned. For example: Explain the unique challenges associated with using social media for professional purposes and apply social media effectively in a communication strategy.

To re-write an assessment, I would change: Evaluate a complex communication challenge, and organize and execute a communication strategy. Into: Evaluate a complex communication challenge, and strategize, organize and design a communication strategy using text and visuals. While originally multi-structural, it is now more precise in its actions.