After learning about SCORM and eXe, I approached a fellow teacher who is also in the CTER program but not in my current class (he needed a semester off) about an idea. We both teach math and are very interested in educational technology. He is definitely a huge step ahead of me but that’s ok, he’s pretty awesome with his tech gear in the classroom. We have decided to (next semester) try to design an online version of our Algebra I course by using SCORM and eXe. We are going to collaborate on this together and try to design a whole unit that could be learned and accessed via the web. We feel that this would be valuable for those students on homebound and/or who have truancy issues related to outside problems. This can also be valuable for students who are suspended for extended periods of time. After we design a whole unit, we are going to write a proposal and propose our course to our curriculum coordinator and see what we can get. We have no idea what kind of response we will get but if anything, we will gain experience in designing this course which can benefit us probably somewhere in the future. I’m really excited to work on this project with him. I’m a huge fan of online self-learning. I do not think it is for everyone but classroom learning isn’t for everyone either. The main skeleton of our unit will have a lesson recorded of one of us teaching, then there will be practice worksheets, self-checks, quizzes, and assessments. We will probably also make one of us available for “office hours”, well, it was just an idea anyways….
With that being said, I’m really looking forward to working on this with him and if you have any suggestions or ideas, I’m very welcoming of them!!
