Bob’s Project One and Info-graphic, version two, ED 653

Bob’s Project One Original Post February 24, 2015 Week 5, Project 1, “make an infographic” 5 thoughts on “Bob’s Project One” Tatiana February 25, 2015 at 10:52 am Hi Bob, this is a very nice attempt at creating a graphic. I like your use of colors. They work well for bringing attention to important elements…


Bob’s Assessment, ED 653

Original Post The performance I really need to assess occurs in the workplace, at the service desk, in employees various interactions. Wiggins and McTighe define “authentic performances” in six ways: Is realistically contextualized…. Requires judgment and innovation…. Asks the student to “do” the subject…. Replicates key challenging situations in which adults are truly “tested” in…


Communication, ED 653

Original Post Right now, I am imagining a section that precedes this that focuses on “Taking the Step up….” I expect this communication section to take about a month. I am still toying with what to follow this section with – right now, I am thinking of shifting to very pragmatic elements of supervision, delegation,…


Short-lived befuddlement, instead, perhaps… ED 653

Original Post So much for deadlines. The young people who work for me are traditional college age students 18-21. Many come from preparatory schools, though not all. The libraries actually do a good job of recruiting students of color, and international students. The international students are perhaps as privileged as our majority students are. Frequently…


Eureka: discovery of a topic, ED 653

In our coursework for last terms Online Pedagogy class I discovered the following article. It gelled the whole project selection process for me in an instant. See, A. & Teetor, T. S., (2014) Effective e-Training: Using a Course Management System and e-Learning Tools to Train Library Employees, Journal of Access Services, 11:2, 66-90, DOI: 10.1080/15367967.2014.896217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15367967.2014.896217 Between…


Orientation, ED 653

Original Post Just running two weeks behind here Owen generously let me come and play.   I work at Colby College in Maine.  Have done so since 1991.  I am in the application process to the ONID program.  And, per my usual am taking the program backwards.  However, if our text authors are right then this…


Online Pedagogy: Personal philosophy — Bob, ED 655

Original post. Often times we are significantly formed by negative role models – positively.  I mean, that we define ourselves positively in opposition to bad, weak or shabby experiences.  For me K-12 was a shabby, at best, series of experiences.  Fortunately, college and then graduate school were valuable and positive experiences — that I attended…


Final Project: Rational and Method — Bob, Online Pedagogy, ED 655

Original post. I suspect that most academic libraries struggle with similar problems, limited permanent staff, multiple locations, extensive hours of operation, and many part-time student employees with frequent turnover, and schedules that do not overlap with supervisors.  The work consists of customer service, technology support, providing directions, basic research assistance, and building security.  Our part-time…


6.1 tool survey — Bob, Online Pedagogy, ED 655

Original post. So, I didn’t read the assignment closely enough to understand the difference between the two tool assignments — my bad.  Hence, this is some makeup work. I found, JoyTunes, and more specifically their apps, PianoMeastro and Piano Dust Buster.  Since I have slightly more musical aptitude than a sack of potatoes but, a…


New(ish), cool, tool review — Bob, Online Pedagogy, ED 655

Original post. Review of Quia.com.  Quia is pronounced “kee’ah” if it matters… it is a mnemonic for “Quintessential Instructional Archive”.   I sensibly read the “About Quia” page first after landing on the site.  Quia is more than a site to make quizzes, or learning activities it is an archive of such objects.  The site has…