Six Steps Instructional Coaches Take when Creating Successful eLearning Experiences

In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Nick discuss several things a Tech Coach should do when creating online courses and self-paced learning modules. In this episode, we discuss:

• Six Steps You Need To Take to Create a Successful Online Learning Experience For Your Teachers
  • Step 1: Identify Learning ObjectivesDirectly or indirectly correlate to District Goals, Building Goals, and Initiatives.
    • Content vs. Skills
    • What vs How PD
    • How will learning objectives be assessed?
    
    
  • Step 2: Decide where to host your modules.What should you do before opening the module?Sketch in Google Docs
    • Mindmapping SoftwareLucid Chart
    • MindNote
    • ApplicationsSchoology
    • Canvas
    • Google Sites
    • Google Forms
    • WordPress
    
    
  • Step 3: Integrate teacher needs and wants into module creation.
    • What topics do they want to learn about?
    • Allow time to collaborate/share/discuss as a group
    
    
  • Step 4: Decide on a proper framework or workflow
    • How will the module go?
    • Utilize BLOOMS
    • ** This is the most important step and can save you A LOT of time when creating future modules.
    • Self-created videos vs random YouTube videos
    
    
  • Step 5: Give time to reflect/share creations/ and implement
  • Let teachers create something and implement in their classroom
    • Have them share the creation
    • Let them come back and reflect. How did it go? What did you like/dislike? What else do you want to learn to help you more?
    
    
  • Step 6: Highlight their accomplishments with a badge (micro credentialing)
    •  Credly
    • Schoology Badges (integrated)
    • Padlet Share Board
    
    
  • Twitter
  
  

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