New Year's learning objectives

Oh, there are lots and lots and lots! So much to learn, so little time!

1.  The newest version of Adobe Connect and Adobe Presenter are high priority. Significant changes in Presenter and I really like the looks of the breakout rooms and some of the redesign of the meeting space changes in Connect. Our upgrade should be in place soon and then I'll have to teach others how to use it most effectively...the teacher should be at least one step ahead!

2.  Open Content - I need to learn to work through the process so I can help others use this amazing (and rapidly growing) resource. I think the best approach will be to select one of the newer versions of Open Learning with a full complement of collaborative development and sharing tools - maybe UK's OpenLearn site?

3.  Participate in Scott Leslie's OER discussion in SCOPE (and I'm in the middle of it now).

4.  Develop a Managing (Facilitating?) Online Discussions course for instructors. I've found an open course in just this subject from  Otago (Facilitating Online Communities) so that is now part of my PLE and my learning objectives for 2009!

5.  Adobe Captivate 3 - mastering the ability to map learning options within a module and creating the quizzes, inserting flash video etc. Designing interactive learning can be more challenging than it looks at first!

Another learning objective....

6.  Figure out how to introduce and built commitment towards flexible learning design - funny that I blogged about it last year and only rediscovered the post this year...but Otago Polytechnic in New Zealand is way ahead of me...I'll be exploring their Designing for Flexible Learning course and repurposing it for us soon!

.... S

 


# - SylviaR - 1/26/09; 7:09:28 AM -