Moore Stuff is really “Good Stuff”
If you have not added Moore Stuff to your Bloglines account,
you need to. He has posted a few nice comments here on this blog. I
took the time the other night to browse his site and I absolutely love
the way he is sharing his ideas and this post made me soar! The post is Getting students to help define a class. He has asked his senior
students, and as he so aptly states, the world, to think about what
they know now, what they knew then, and what he might be able to teach
to a class of freshmen and sophomores next winter semester. He’s
open to learning from his students and has put it all out there to get
many people involved. I can only imagine where it all might lead but
the learning along the way has got to be empowering for both student
and teacher. He has created a wiki. He has asked them to contribute and
reward his faith in them (I especially like the way he is honoring his
students here.)
The main areas in the wiki are:
- Course Info: Basic policies and information about the course.
- ElevatorPitch: How a student might summarize what he/she learns in this course.
- CoursePhilosophy: Underlying philosophy guiding the structure and content of this course.
- UseOfTechnology: How I plan on integrating technology into the course.
- Interactions: Thoughts about wikis, blogs, collaboration, peer review, etc.
- Lectures: All resources for the course are listed here.
- Assignments: Information about each assignment.
- InstructionalDesignProcess: related decisions.
I am learning so
much! He is sharing so much of the design of his class, his
thinking, his goals, hopes and plans. Also, check out his Moore BBA Stuff
blog. You get an inside view of his school. And you feel like you’re
right there! Will had posted earlier welcoming Scott Moore to the
ed-blogger list in his Curriculum as Conversation post. Read that, too.
Yep, Moore Stuff is really “Good Stuff”!
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