Final Reflection for Assessment in E-Learning

I just finished UW Stout's survey for Assessment in E-Learning with the comment that the course "exceeded my expectations."  The course not only deepened my understanding of e-learning it also stimulated my reflection on assessment in my f2f history classes.  Additionally, I began to develop proficiencies with additional e-learning tools.

Although my AP Euro students were not enthusiastic about their first wiki essays, I think this collaborative format has promise.  I have also enjoyed blogging here and plan to incorporate blogs into any online or blended class that I teach. I found creating an intro survey easy and intuitive and also plan to incorporate it into e-teaching.  Finally, I am intrigued by the possibilities of eyejot, WebEx, and Adobe Presenter, and would look into them more if I were teaching fully online.

Final Project

I happy with how my final project came out.  I'm fortunate that I have been able to combine work for this course with both my f2f Global Studies class, where I tested the first three activities, and with a professional development work group that I am leading on uncovering history.  This group just started, but inspired by my e-learning course work I have incorporated a blog. 

This has all provided another opportunity to reflect on how e-learning's potential for constructivist learning makes it natural for authentic history instruction.  Students learning history online can do the work of historians by constructing their own knowledge from primary sources.  This is equally possible f2f, but the change in formats seems to make it seem more possible online.