Module 2 Journaling (Assessment in E-Learning)

After reading the Weblog Case Study: Case study of weblog use in an online Rhetoric and Writing class. I see how blogs can better assist us in many ways to allow learners to be the creator of their learning instead of traditional instructor centered learning. I especially enjoyed how they stated that this is not perfect and not all students participate equally or take away the same experience as others. And as all learning experiences, blogging will only be as effective to the learner if they are fully engaged and take full control of their own learning. They did this by surveying each student.

I do have a few questions about how we are going to utilize blogging.
How are we going to create the collaborative learning environment (Small groups, or class groups)
How are we going to locate each other. Is the discussion board the only way to do this? If there was no discussion board what would the alternative be?
How are you able to evaluate our use? Do we have to give you access or do you automatically have access to blogs because you are apart of each type of blog. Do you find it difficult to manage each bog if you had an account?
Linnea

Partner Interview of Linnea Dolan

I am Linnea Dolan I have been in Stouts Graduate school since fall 2007 and I started, hopping to get my masters to teach Culinary Arts in a Technical college and I have been chefing since I was 14. However after getting married and working with my husband for 3 years I took the responsible job as a workforce training specialist in a Trucking Company to get health insurance for us both, Little did I know that I would enjoy the job so much that I am now contemplating my full return to the restaurant that my husband currently works at.
I started the E-Learning certificate because I learned that I had a talent in web design and a passion for teaching and this seemed like a great opportunity in this technology driven world. Not only that but this class also will count towards my master’s degree and any step closer is something that I defiantly want.

From this class I want to learn how to gauge my student’s success without actually observing face to face. And I hope to apply this knowledge to the training program that I built at work that is 50% online which the company has never seen before.
One thing that you may never guess about me is that I recently got my husband his first dog which was a Saint Bernard puppy. And it was the best decision that I ever made and she makes us laugh and enjoy life more than I ever expected a dog could do. And she, my husband and family is something that I would never want to give up.