I was recently asked how online accounting classes could be collaborative. I recalled
learning about EditGrid in one of my early instructional design classes and
decided to explore it some more. In the IDD blog of DePaul University’s
posting of February 4, 2010, Melissa Koenig encourages on-line instructors to
make use of EditGrid. EditGrid is an online spreadsheet that makes data easily accessible to workers or learners. It can be linked to a web site or a personal blog.
Koenig states that one of her frustrations is the time consuming process
of having students sign up for groups or indicate what book will be read for a
book review assignment. Rather than e-mailing one another or waiting until others post on a discussion board, students can immediately sign-up for groups or tasks via the use of
EditGrid.
I can see EditGrids usefulness in tracking data for collaborative student
projects. In the current on-line psychology course at the college where I teach, students work in groups to gather data for a research project. The data gathered is usually the results of surveys. Each student in a group is responsible for seeing that a set number of
surveys are completed. Once their respondents have completed the surveys, students then need to pass on their survey data to one group member who tallies all the surveys.
Papers are often late or unfinished because a group did not get data
totaled, analyzed, and back to all group members. EditGrid would help speed up
the process as learners could enter data as soon as a survey is
complete.
I work during the summer as a hotel auditor. Various employees add data to a spread sheet that gets e-mailed or copied as it travels from person to person.
EditGrid would make the process easier as each department could enter
financial figures at the end of the day and would not need to wait for the
spreadsheet to arrive. Googledocs could also be used in a similar
manner.
While revisiting the IDD blog, Alex Joppie’s blog of January 18th, 2010
also caught my attention as he pointed out the errors in most course
redesign: instructors try to take a face-to-face course and make the on-line course a carbon copy. When the on-line course does not work, then the frustrated instructor
reverts to ye old trial and error method. Hmmm. Save time and frustration and follow an
ID process from the beginning. Some food for thought: maybe another factor that accounts for poor student performance is that the SME tried to replicate the f2f course.
While there needs to be consistency so that course TAGS and objectives are meet, an on-line course is a different animal.
JLK
learning about EditGrid in one of my early instructional design classes and
decided to explore it some more. In the IDD blog of DePaul University’s
posting of February 4, 2010, Melissa Koenig encourages on-line instructors to
make use of EditGrid. EditGrid is an online spreadsheet that makes data easily accessible to workers or learners. It can be linked to a web site or a personal blog.
Koenig states that one of her frustrations is the time consuming process
of having students sign up for groups or indicate what book will be read for a
book review assignment. Rather than e-mailing one another or waiting until others post on a discussion board, students can immediately sign-up for groups or tasks via the use of
EditGrid.
I can see EditGrids usefulness in tracking data for collaborative student
projects. In the current on-line psychology course at the college where I teach, students work in groups to gather data for a research project. The data gathered is usually the results of surveys. Each student in a group is responsible for seeing that a set number of
surveys are completed. Once their respondents have completed the surveys, students then need to pass on their survey data to one group member who tallies all the surveys.
Papers are often late or unfinished because a group did not get data
totaled, analyzed, and back to all group members. EditGrid would help speed up
the process as learners could enter data as soon as a survey is
complete.
I work during the summer as a hotel auditor. Various employees add data to a spread sheet that gets e-mailed or copied as it travels from person to person.
EditGrid would make the process easier as each department could enter
financial figures at the end of the day and would not need to wait for the
spreadsheet to arrive. Googledocs could also be used in a similar
manner.
While revisiting the IDD blog, Alex Joppie’s blog of January 18th, 2010
also caught my attention as he pointed out the errors in most course
redesign: instructors try to take a face-to-face course and make the on-line course a carbon copy. When the on-line course does not work, then the frustrated instructor
reverts to ye old trial and error method. Hmmm. Save time and frustration and follow an
ID process from the beginning. Some food for thought: maybe another factor that accounts for poor student performance is that the SME tried to replicate the f2f course.
While there needs to be consistency so that course TAGS and objectives are meet, an on-line course is a different animal.
JLK