Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Week Seven - planning for flexible teaching & learning


As I mentioned last week ,I intend to cover unit 13285 Knives with a flexible learning package based on my blog linked photostory, powerpoint, Utube & flickr media.
Im hoping to use this for existing students as not only a teaching tool but a comprehensive revision presentation.

Introduction

Project Name: Knives 13285

Date: 1st May 2008

Organisation: Otago Polytechnic -Cromwell campus


Project plan author contact details :
csmith@tekotago.ac.nz

Executive summary:
This unit will be delivered as part of flexible cookery program to be undertaken by students prior to attending cookery workshops at Cromwell catering campus.
Is is envisaged that many of the core units will also be offered as a distance package so as only the practical component of the program requires attendance.

Aims, objectives, outcomes
Aim - To provide Internet & technology based information to enable students -To demonstrate knowledge of knives, knife safety, maintenance and usage.
List of objectives - To enable students off campus to enrol, study and achieve competency in the unit 13285 Knives
List of performance indicators (outcomes) - To demonstrate knowledge of knives, knife safety & handling.
Flexible learning analysis: To offer cookery theory units to people unable to attend classes due to work commitments or remote locations.

This package will enable the student to enrol, study via online videos, blogs, quizzes, photos, undertake assessment, receive feedback and technical support from tutor via email.
This program will be sustainable for many reasons as their is no need for costly printouts , no need to travel to attend classes and will save energy from heating and lighting classrooms.
This program could be translated into many languages to attract students abroad insuring unlimited access across the cultural spectrum.

References: NZQA

Budget: To be explored
List of potential funding agents: TEC
Time line for development: 2 months

1 comment:

Bronwyn hegarty said...

woah Chef the blue text turned my eyes inside out. Great to see your plan up. Some excellent ideas there. Knives sounds dangerous! :)

this is a great start to your plan - and I realise this is an exec summary and I offer the following feedback from my perspective.

The following appear to be your objectives and under each, I suggest you describe what you will need to do to achieve them and why - that will provide more detail for your FL analysis section as they will be your strategies.

The objectives of the FL plan are to:
1. "get students to demonstrate knowledge of knives, knife safety, maintenance and usage.
2. provide Internet & technology based information to learners
3. enable students off campus to enrol, study and achieve competency
4. offer cookery theory units to people unable to attend classes due to work commitments or remote locations."

The outcomes will be the performance indicators ie the things you will achieve.

Use of a range of multimedia to provide content e.g. online videos, blogs, quizzes, photos - why these choices?
flexible assessment e.g.??, electronic feedback (timely, weekly etc?) via email
technical support from tutor via email

Have you thought about how you will cater for students with no Internet access and how you will ascertain the type of technologies which are going to suit your prospective students?

are they all expected to have a computer and broadband for example?
I am looking forward to seeing how your plan develops.