Instructions

How to use this document:

One Guild member needs to create the your document in Google Docs
(http://drive.google.com) and share with Guild Members. If anyone in your Guild is
struggling with Google Drive/Docs, I recommend looking to the upper right, click Share
and set the permissions so that anyone with the link can edit.
Copy the below information into your own document.
Collaborate with your team to complete this document. Make sure that each person adds
his or her own name in a different color. This supports individual accountability.
When you have completed this activity, share it in the conversation titled, Online Models.
Make sure that your Share settings are now set for anyone with the link can view.

Quest for Online Models
Guild Name: Guild 5 - Activity 4
(We can make it fancier after we rate our topic, I guess!)

Guild Members Names
Amy Collins
Nate Shaver
Merdan Zomov

(each person, add your own name in a different color please)

In your Guilds you have the opportunity to further explore what is being said in the world
about online teaching and learning, online K12 education, online higher
education, and online learning models, models for online course design, MOOCs,
etc. As you do so, work with your Guild to identify which resources are most relevant to
the needs of you and your Guild.

For this activity, you can explore your library, Wikipedia, Educause, Edutopia, Google
http://google.com, Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com, Bing http://bing.com, your
PLN, etc. Remember to consider there could be other related terms and concepts to
explore.

Share below, at least 5 favorite things that you found and make sure to provide the
titles, links, and explanations as to what made you choose these things.

1. Thing 1
Title: Universal Design for Learning in an Online Teacher Education Course: Enhancing
Learners' Confidence to Teach Online
Link: http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=823a58fa-f006-4a5e-
ba3e-83051eb2d6c8%40sessionmgr4005&vid=3&hid=4101
Explanation: I found this interesting based on the preparation of individuals offering
online courses, including factors such as self-efficacy and professional preparedness.
The study assessed the use of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL). I found that
the content directly related to this course as we are learning about development and
design of online courses.

2. Thing 2
Title: Strategies for Smooth and Effective Cross-Cultural Online Collaborative
Learning
Link: http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=823a58fa-f006-4a5e-
ba3e-83051eb2d6c8%40sessionmgr4005&vid=5&hid=4101
Explanation: This article assesses strategies for online collaboration between two
different countries (America and China). This directly related to the group work we are
conducting in our MOOC using multiple tools. The groups used the Blackboard LMS for
the course and had 3 items they were assessing regarding collaboration. One of the
items was discussions and responses. I found this article interesting - based on the
fact that it involved China and America and that they were assessing the effectiveness
of tools we are using and learning.

3. Thing 3
Title: A professional development framework for online teaching
Link: http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=823a58fa-f006-4a5e-
ba3e-83051eb2d6c8%40sessionmgr4005&vid=12&hid=4101
Explanation: This article explors the many factors that are needed for successful online
teaching. The main reason I selected this article was the emphasis on the professional
developmental framework. The frameworks emphasizes three factors - organization,
community and teaching. This article directly relates to our topic as we learn about the
tools for developing online courses, but we also must have the support from the
organization for the class to be successful.


4. Thing

Title: The Future of online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Link
https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EQM0644.pdf
Explanation: In this article online education is increasing and rapidly rising in colleges
and universities. and number of students enrolled each semester, and many states,
institutions, and organizations been working on strategic plans to implement online
education.


5. Thing 5
Title: The Challenges to connectivist Learning on Open Online Networks: Learning
Experiences during a Massive Open Online Course.


6. Thing 6
Economics of Open
Explanation: The economics behind online courses and the monetary gains from
hosting and teaching online courses.
SITE : http://edtechfrontier.com/2012/03/04/the-economics-of-open/


7. Thing 7
Title: Money model for MOOCS
Explanation: Shows how MOOCS make money and what the people taking the course
are actually paying for.
SITE: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2333924


Now as a Guild, identify the top, the number 1, el numero uno, thing and why you, as a
Guild, chose this: Here is my 2 cents - I would choose the future of online learning in
Higher Education. From what we have gathered, many of the articles could be useful
in learning more about this topic - from teacher training to the cost and expense of
online learning. That would be my #1 - How about the rest of you????