Guiding Principles redux

Here are my original thoughts:
Work with it first on my own
Consult with others
Must find ways to measure learning
Interactive/Collaborative in a way that supports learning
Helps students with discernment of sources and information
Potential development of Open Educational Resources (OER)

I think that I still feel pretty good about these, but within the scope of this class measurement and development of OERs kind of went out the window! I definitely think these are important and are perhaps part of the second and third stages of develpment on projects and use. Now that I know a little more about how I want to use the tools I can begin to think about how to assess their efficacy in increasing student attitudes, engagement, and hopefully learning. Honestly, if the learning is about the same, but student attitudes and engagement increase I think that's a win. I know that using the Create an Argument model will definitely increase student learning on how to use and interpret data. After a couple of semesters of using the Blog and a few tools on projects I think I'll have a better idea of what kind of OERs I would like to develop. I've just found out that we have money to pay instructors to do OER development and that we have staff to do things like video, animations, etc. so that instructors don't have to spend as much time on this part and more time on the curriculum side. So I may do a couple of things this fall--some videos on techniques in our micro lab that students could watch and review with.

I also need to incorporate information on good sources and good behavior online. The latter isn't really a problem, but it is important to help students develop and cultivate their professional online persona. Since I do teach online, I sometimes have issues with students who think we are all on fb together and not in a class. I want students to understand the value of good collaboration and powerful idea exchange, not just fun, social commentary.

Finally, I think I would add some things to my list that other's have said: Have fun! Don't be afraid! Be an agent of change (when change means better!). Promote original and higher order thinking skills....I should look back at all this again after the fall semester!