ecology online class

Ecology: Theory in Action

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Outline

Preparation for the course

Course components

Student response

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Background

ZOL 355 -- majors Ecology course

80 students

7 week course

2 TAs


Backward DesignNot an insult


Tools

Backward Design

Blooms Taxonomy

Fink

Taxonomy Table

Haladyna Question Shells


Developmental sequence

Objectives Assessment Materials

Alignment


Priorities

Ranking your information

Important to know/do

Familiarity

EnduringKnowledge

Fink, 2005


Objectives (educational-instructional)


Bloom’s Taxonomy

Recall

Understanding

Application

Analysis

Evaluation

Creation

Region 1

labelrecognize

identify list

explainmatch

summarize

applyinterpret

showsolve

contrastexamineanalyze categorize

distinguish

assesscritique

judge

constructdesign

formulateinvent


Question Shells

Understanding -- Concepts

Which is the best definition of this (concept)?Which is the meaning of this (concept)?Which is synonymous with this (concept)?Which is like this (concept)?Which is characteristic of this (concept)?Which is an example of this (concept)?

Understanding – PrinciplesWhich is the best definition of …?Which statement below exemplifies the principle of …?Which is the reason for or cause of …?Which is the relationship between … and …?Which is an example of the principle of …?

Critical Thinking – Predicting Using a Principle.What would happen if …?If (there is an action), then what happens?What is the consequence of (an action)?What is the cause of a (result)?Information given. What is the expected result?Which distinguishes (one concept from another concept)?

Understanding

Application

Analysis

Evaluation

Creation

Recall

Multiple choice, T/F, Mulitple select, fill in the blank

Short answer, essay, projects


Materials


Remember Understanding Apply Analyze Evaluate Create

Factual

Conceptual

Procedural

Metacognition

Knowledge Dimension

Cognitive Process

Taxonomy TableThursday, January 12, 2012

Objectives Assessment Teaching Materials


The Narrative:Paper-Pusher Productions


Charting for Text


Lecture


Simulation


Case Studies/Discussion


flickr


flickr considerations

Authentic assessment

Outward facing information

Online reporting not online doing


Low Stakes Approach

Discussion Forum

Simulation

flickr exercise

Short answer assessment

Multiple select assessment

Evaluation

Time on task (too much?)


Capstone Experience

Grid Exercise

Paper

Evaluation of sites

Discussion

Authentic


Miscellaneous

Discussion forum

Reducing emails


Miscellaneous

Discussion forum

Reducing emails

Student awards

A touch of gamification


Lecture

Podcasts

Discussion Forum

Evaluations

Assessment

Simulation

Activity

COURSE COMPONENTS

Active

AssessmentReflective

Passive


Most important element

0

5

10

15

20

Simulation Lecture Animation Exams Capstone Discussion Book

2009 2010 2011


Least important element

0

7.5

15

22.5

30

None Discussion Simulation Structure Capstone Book Exams Lecture Animations

2009 2010 2011


Case Studies/DiscussionFOR YOUR INITIAL POST:Describe how the concept of metapopulations applies to gypsy moth spread? Give a couple of examples of questions you have / things you find confusing / things you want to more on. In your responses to others, help them with their questions, confusions, or interests.


Case Studies/DiscussionFOR YOUR INITIAL POST: You have the chance to donate your $100 to one of these organizations or leave the fair and give your money to another organization. Would you donate your money to any of these organizations? If so, which one and describe the reasons driving this decision. If not, where would you donate your money and why?


Multiple Select Assessment

The growth rate of a population (dN/dt) in nature… (choose all that apply)

will always be slowing down because the population must be approaching carrying capacity

must have a positive slope when graphed

may be limited by abiotic factors

should be modeled as geometric growth when the organism has a discrete reproductive season.

will likely be higher for an r-selected species compared to K-selected species of a similar population size


Objective realignment

New concept inventory

Pretest-posttest


Scavenger Hunt:Connecting concept to location


Gigapan


Principle

Model

Model

Model

Example

Example

Example

Example

Novel Situation

Choose correct model

based on variables

Choose correct data/variables and

apply


Thinking Maps


Strengths

Time on task

Multi-modal

Transparent

Authentic

Weaknesses

Time commitment

No cumulative test

Technological barriers

Peer-peer interactions

Overview


AcknowledgementsThe Adams Academy

VUDAT

FLC

Department/College

Libraries Computing and Technology


ecology online class

Technology

sites discussion

scavenger

case studiesdiscussion

initial post

connecting

population

concept

action