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TWO JOBS

Instructional Designer: https://aect-jobs.careerwebsite.com/job/instructional-designer/55283688/?utm_campaign=jobseeker-job-alerts&utm_medium=email&utm_source=weekly-alert&utm_term=new-job Product Development Coordinator: https://aect-jobs.careerwebsite.com/job/product-development-coordinator/55321818/?utm_campaign=jobseeker-job-alerts&utm_medium=email&utm_source=weekly-alert&utm_term=new-job  

Survey study recruitment

Are you a teacher who uses or has used Teachers Pay Teachers? If so, we'd love to hear about your opinions and experiences via this survey, conducted by Elon University and Northern Arizona University. It takes about 10 minutes to complete and can be accessed at this link:     http://bit.ly/tptstudy   There is not much research out there about how teachers use online sources for curricular support, so this study is important. We want to hear from you!     Catharyn C. Shelton, Ph.D. Assistant Professor | Department of Educational Specialties | College of Education Bldg. 27, Rm. 207J | PO Box 5774 Flagstaff, AZ 86011 catharyn.com   |   @catharynshelton   | She/Her/Hers   ( What's this? )   Northern Arizona University sits at the base of the San Francisco Peaks, on homelands sacred to Native Americans throughout the region. We honor their past, present, and future generations, who have lived...

Professional Development Webinars in Coding and Robotics

 COE's Center for Science Teaching and Learning (CSTL) is hosting a series of Professional Development webinars in Coding and Robotics this month. Please see flyer below (also attached). Feel free to share. Visit: https://tinyurl.com/registerCSTL to register.         Office of the Dean | College of Education Bldg. 27, Rm#179 | PO Box 5774 Flagstaff, AZ 86011 928.523.7145  |  COE-Dean@nau.edu              

ETC655 Online PD Recordings Available Now

Thanks for the many educators participating in ETC655 Online Professional Development Session for Educators Series. All recordings are available now. See below.   We had many excellent sessions.  They were informative, engaging, and fun to learn new technologies and effective instructional strategies.   All groups would appreciate that you fill out their survey.   Any topic that you would like the future ETC655 PDs to cover? Let us know Suggested PD Topics   To access current and previous recorded sessions . 10/26/2020, Monday 5:30-6:00 pm ·          Presenters: ETC655 Group 2 Flipgrid: Video discussions, reflections, and community building: Intro/Intermediate Recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ca24MWbB_wpU81YWr2O8CXSfcTLPw9ou/view?usp=sharing   6:30-7:00 pm ·          Presenters: ETC655 Group 3 Kahoot! Making Le...

FREE Online PDs: Integrating Emerging Online Technology for Teaching & Learning

What: ETC Free Online Professional Development Session for Educators Series When: October 16 & 27, 4:30-9pm AZ Time (Seven separated sessions; 30 Min. each.) Where:   BBLearn Ultra: ·          https://us.bbcollab.com/guest/dab035da3a13433fbc70bde0344116fb ·          +1-571-392-7650 PIN: 412 582 7942 As educators, we have a "moral and ethical obligation to … model use of digital media in a socially responsible way, and maintain a participatory and inclusive attitude in pedagogy and in learning environment design" (Alam & McLoughlin, 2010).  ETC655 students at Northern Arizona University are providing several Online Professional Development sessions for educators in integrating emerging technologies, sponsored by ETC Community. These free online professional development sessions are open for all to attend. If you have any questions on the sessi...

Final Grade Posted

The final grades have been posted in the BBLearn grade book.  Please check your grade ASAP.  If you have questions about your grade, please contact me by 10/06/2020 Tuesday noon .  I will assume that you agree with your grade if I don't hear from you.   I highly recommend that you print/save a copy of your grade book and save a copy for your own records.  From now on, please forward your correspondence to my NAU email account at Chih.Tu@Nau.Edu.   During the semester we have joined various Web 2.0 groups, please feel free to leave the groups, such as ETC645 Twitter or ETC645 Facebook Page etc.  We will use the same groups for upcoming ETC645 instructions.  If you would like to get updated on educational technology trends and news and ETC Community events, I encourage you to join ETC Community Twitter at: http://twitter.com/ETCCommunity ETC Community Facebook Page at: https://www.facebook.com/ETCNAU   It has be...

ETC645: Lesson 8 Highlights

(same message posted to the discussion area & the announcement) Dear ETC645 students,   Congratulations! A few more days to complete ETC645! Don't give up!   Here are a few highlights for your references. Assignment 6 : ETC Program Portfolio: ETC645 Reflections (10 points) Lesson 8 Discussions: Due to incomplete week. Two-posting periods don't apply to this lesson. Respond to ALL key discussion questions. Total at least six postings. Our responses (your and others') are good resources for your ETC645 Portfolio. Complete all course requirements by midnight, 10/01/2020, Thursday , unless the special arrangement. Participate the course evaluation (Close September 29, 2020, 11:59 pm, Tuesday ): Share your thoughts with ETC, so ETC can improve its program.  Because of your feedback, ETC is ranked in the top 25 online Educational Technology program. Send proof: By going to nau.edu/course_evals > Sur...

JOB: FUSD Native American Indian Education Program Job Posting

See: https://www.fusd1.org/page/9793    

Common feedback for Assignment 3

Below is the common feedback for Assignment 3 to help us to improve ideas, designs, and development.  Several of you found this assignment challenging. This is likely originated from that we are not used to such detailed design for an online learning community. In addition, Harasim's OCoP model strengthens both quantitative and qualitative designs and assessments. There were several classmates' designs that were creative and effective. Design Ideas: I like many of your design ideas.  Some of you challenge yourself with very innovative and creative ideas, such as mobile learning and augmented reality. OCoP: Be sure to read: Harasim's Chapter 9: OCL Scenarios Online Communities of Practice . Our final PD should integrate, support, and sustain OCoP.  Harasim's model covered several indicators, areas/elements. Apply them closely to guide your design by addressing your ideas or activities etc. Some of your designs were too general. OCoP Framework ...

Lesson 5: Instructor’s Notes #1

We have finished Lesson 2, 3 and 4 instructions.  I hope it gave you better ideas on how our class works. Here are my reflections to help you to enhance your further learning.  Please do continue your good work in the upcoming lessons. ·          Lesson Discussions o    What did right? §   We shared very solid and robust postings.  Many had strong references to support our arguments. o    What is your interconnectivity level based on Social Network Analysis (SNA)? §   See: our class discussion community development . o    What can we improve? §   Go beyond your experiences in online technology and OCL. As graduate students, we need to be able to apply learning theories, learning paradigms, learning psychology, theoretical framework, literature etc. to support our argument in addition to our own experiences.  This is how it distinguishes...