Reflections on Jan 2019 OC21 Symposium

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Many insights captured from students during the January 4, 2019, OC21 Symposium activities. During the share out led by Greg, I strived to listen closely and transcribe verbatim comments shared by students about their course experience this past fall (Fall 2018). We were also successful in utilizing course-by-course Flipgrids for end-of-semester celebrations. Here are the collected student comments.

STUDENT PERSPECTIVES ABOUT ONLINE LEARNING

What aspect of your OC21 course experience was the most impactful?

  • learning how to communicate in an online course where there's not a teacher around you everyday.

  • time managements was really important. Avoid pushing everything to end of the week. We learned how to not to do this.

  • What we learned, how to teach ourselves things -- didn't always have a teacher around to tell us what to do.

  • Learned to be independent.

  • Learned time management.

  • A course we all enjoyed. Not a typical class we would have had offered in our school.

  • the fact that for all of us it was our 1st online course.

  • How assignments are handled.

  • How we communicated.

  • Everyone talked about our guest speaker -- a real anthropologist, were able to see what they actually do.

  • was not only the fact that was an online class, but being able to talk to and build friendships with other teenage writers.

  • how diverse even such a small group can be.

What advice would you give a friend who was interested in taking an OC21 course?

  • how important to organize your time.

  • have a scheduled work time.

  • aim to get things done before it's due.

  • You get out of this course what you put into it.

  • If you're passionate about the course you'll get the reward.

  • The reward is what you put in.

  • time management.

  • was a lot harder to keep up with stuff because not a teacher you see everyday. Reminding you that you even have an assignment.

  • make sure you're passionate about the subject of the course. It’s a lot of work and easy to forget about so make.

  • how to juggle your time -- balance with other school/life activities

  • there’s not always a teacher reminding you.

OC21 Faculty Meeting - Reflections & Strategic Planning

This was our first full semester using Schoology as new learning management system. Diane Cunningham and I designed a two-part “reflection & next steps” activity for faculty & staff for this meeting.

3 FOCUS AREAS

  • Assessment & Feedback

  • Community & Collaboration

  • Learning Experiences & Materials

1 — Proud ofs! YESes! Woo-hoos!
2 — Do New, Do More, Do Better, Need Support

Sharing successes & desires for next steps - OC21 Faculty Meeting - Jan 2019 symposium

Sharing successes & desires for next steps - OC21 Faculty Meeting - Jan 2019 symposium

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Randy Hall

Learning. Teaching. Designing. Creating.
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I currently serve as a Senior Facilitator in the Instructional Technology team at the Lower Hudson Regional Information Center (LHRIC) in Harrison, NY. As a Senior Facilitator, my work is focusing on active learning environments and strategies, online and blended learning approaches using learning management systems, building relationships with other New York State agencies and vendors, and designing and delivering professional learning programs and services for schools and districts in Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam counties.