TGIF: Applying what we are learning about MOOCs, FridayLive: April 12

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Fourteenth issue, Volume Six	TLT Group TGIF 4.9.2013
From TLT Group World Headquarters	How can we apply what we are learning from our MOOC experience to TLT FridayLive and to your own educational setting? On April 12th we will talk again with Amy Woodgate, University of Edinburgh’s project director. There have been some changes to the FridayLive schedule.  Check this out below along with the great Member Exchange events.
	Synchronicity Online: Educ/Entertainment/MOOCs Report/Guidelines FridayLive! 4/12 2pm ET tlt.gs/frlv free online #TLTGfrlv
	Members Only Exchange Silver Cloudians Transitioning to Teaching Online: the planning continues April 10, 2013 2:00 pm Eastern Time Register Here Leaders:  Steve Gilbert, Beth Dailey, Dale Parker, Charles Ansorge, Michael Dabney and others Join our Silver Cloudian group as we continue to explore how best to expand consulting and mentoring opportunities and roles. Take a look at the draft document about transitioning to online teaching. Also we'll explore how to extend volunteer roles in TLT Group activities. Social Media Tools/Designated Learner Experiment: Learn and Use Evernote for Educational Purposes using the Designated Learner Approach April 17, 2013 2:00 pm Eastern Time Register Here Leaders: Featuring Irene Knokh, Steven Grinde and Celeste Smith along with Steve Gilbert, Beth Dailey, and others Evernote may be just the application we need to help us organize all of our digital resources. Irene Knokh will show us how using the Designated Learner instructional strategy. This link will take you to what we are learning about the Designated Learner instructional strategy. We will add to this based on your input during the session. In addition, we will explore how Evernote is being used to support learning. In preparation for our session, you will need to create an account with Evernote and download the application. You are encouraged to have a working USB headset and/or desk USB microphone so you can participate via voice as well as chat. During the session you will have the option to watch or follow along. Social Media Tools/Designated Learner Experiment: Online Introductions Using Animoto May 1, 2013 2:00 pm Eastern Time Register Here Leaders: Featuring Lisa Star, Beth Kiggins and Denise Hyde with Steve Gilbert, Beth Dailey, and others
	FridayLive! sMOOChers Continue Debrief on MOOCs with Amy Woodgate April 12, 2013  2:00-3:00 pm Eastern Time - free to all. Register Here Amy Woodgate, University of Edinburgh MOOC project director, rejoins "sMOOChers" who participated in THE INTENTIONALLY EXPERIMENTAL #EDCMOOC "eLearning and Digital Cultures," https://www.coursera.org/course/edc.  This is one of six MOOCs offered by the University of Edinburgh.  Edinburgh was offering this "course" both as a MOOC and as a more traditional course simultaneously. Amy will share insights gleaned from participant feedback and you are invited to join in conversation regarding some of the questions raised during her last session. This link will take you to those questions. We will continue to add to the MOOC guidelines that are emerging. Other questions to explore: Is TLT FridayLive a MOOC? How can TLT FridayLive learn from MOOCs and incorporate changes in form and function? For the last 15 minutes, participants will be invited to discuss emerging plans for the TLT Group to offer a MOOC-ish experience based on John Sener's recent book "Seven Futures of American Education:  Improving Teaching and Learning in a Screen Captured World." Up-coming  FridayLive! schedule: (NOTE: schedule changes) April 12 sMOOChers Continue Debrief on MOOCs with Amy Woodgate April 19 When Bad Things Happen in Good Online Courses: Part 2 April 26 Experience First: A Model for Active Teaching and Learning Strategies May 3 Designing Your Courses for Significant Learning vs Covering the Content with Dee Fink May 10 Voice & Sound
MOOCs Round Two The learning continues....	sMOOChers (Smart MOOCs Higher Education Research Subgroup) Still thinking about MOOCs.  It really helped me to establish my own learning goals before I started the MOOC. The one thing I did not do was to figure out how to assess my own learning.  The need to do this became evident when I was faced with submitting an artifact, a requirement of the MOOC.  This notion of MOOC assessment is carefully explored by Felicia Sullivan in this white paper, submitted to Tufts University, CIRCLE (The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement)
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