Off-campus Assessment is about Growth

On Monday, I met with the off-campus folks to lead them in similar activities as we did on-campus. We held an audio conference while using Elluminate because some folks could hear more easily on the phone and one person did not have a internet connection where they participated.

Abram's "nutshell" was a very interesting take on how the balloon could be a reminder of assessment.

The balloons made it to almost everyone by the time class met. Lucia and Rick send me photos of their balloons. I love those teeth on Lucia!

I'm sending out another small "prop" this afternoon that I hope reaches them by Monday.

This next week, I will meet with the off-campus folks first for the first run of my lesson. Last week, I had met with the on-campus folks first and that resulted in some changes to my next lesson. One change is evident on the screen below - I did not give the on-campus folks specific sections in the texts to look at in terms of assessment...I directed them to certain chapters, but not page numbers. I found that many on-campus students chose activities instead of assessments for their work. For the off-campus folks, I DID provide specific pages where they could look for support for their plans which worked much better. I also plan to put up my reflection for the students to read on Blackboard.

The video stream of Thank you, Mr. Falker did not go as well as I hoped. I cut the video up into episodes that were too short. Also, some students were unable to download the streams at all. I did ask everyone what their capabilities were in terms of video conferencing and only 2 out of the 6 would be able to to that easily. Maybe next year, everyone will have that capability.....