| Desired Competencies |
Rationale |
Related Activities |
Potential Technologies |
| Information literacyGlobal practice
Digital literacy
Ethical practice
Preparation for success |
- Exposure to, awareness of , contribute to external
- activity
- conversations
- resources
- techniques and approaches
- Appropriate referencing
- Appropriately equip the 21st Century graduate
- Managing information load
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- Multi-dimensional evaluation
- Sharing and reviewing online resources
- Connecting with outside experts/communities
- Check for plagiarism
- Media making/mashups
- Digital storytelling
- Copyright/Creative Commons discussions
- Activities relevant and authentic to discipline
- Embedded activities for generic attributes
- Contextual prompts to evaluate sources
|
- Social bookmarking
- RSS feeds/aggregators
- Blogs
- Slideshare
- Media (YouTube or podcast)
- Library
- Social Bookmarking/Diigo
|
| Self-directed learningReflective practice
Engaged learning
Co-learning
Quality learning environment & experience |
- Negotiate understanding
- Feedback on the course
- Reflection on learning
- Global practice
- Consistency of experience (equity)
|
- Problem/case-based learning
- Flexible access to material
- Project planning and management
- Student self-tests
- Teacher (& technology) as facilitator of learning
- Choice of modes and activities
- Access to technology (eg mobile devices)
- Agreed code of conduct
|
- Wiki
- BB groups
- Quiz/survey
- Media (YouTube or podcast)
- Choice of (ability to explore) media
- Online resources
- Mobile learning (iPhone)
- Library
|
| Giving & receiving feedback |
- Multiple perspectives
- Feedback on performance
|
- Collaborative writing
- Group negotiation and planning
- Assessment of team work
- Review (eg groupwork)
- Publishing
- Reflection
|
- Wiki
- Blogs
- Discussion forum
- Peer review (BB)
- Voicethread
|
| Working in teamsCollaborative practice |
- Negotiate understanding
- Multiple perspectives
- (for instructor) management of group work
- Digital literacy
- Inclusivity
|
- Collaborative writing
- Group negotiation and planning
- Project planning and management
- Problem/case-based learning
- Assessing team contribution
- Media based projects
- Variety of communication styles supported
|
- Wiki
- Blogs
- BB groups
- Peer review (BB)
- Media (YouTube or podcast)
- RSS
- Moderated discussion
|
| Critical reviewingCritical thinking
Independent learning |
- Negotiate understanding
- Multiple perspectives
- Feedback
- Practice in critical reviewing and thinking
|
- Reflecting
- Debating
- Reviewing
- Social knowledge building
- Review/commentary of online material
- Give & receive feedback
|
- Blogs
- Discussion forum
- Voicethread
- Media (YouTube or podcast)
- RSS
- Peer review
|
| Synthesis of learningApply learning (at high-level) |
- Able to solve new problems
- Application of knowledge in integrated way
|
- Experience ‘authentic’ practice
- Integrative (could be group) project
- Problem/case-based learning activities
|
- Authentic voice via video/audio
- Simulations eg virtual experiments
- Animations
- Group tools
|
| Written communication |
- Negotiate understanding
- Contribute to external
- activity
- conversations
- resources
- Appropriate referencing
|
- Reflecting
- Debating
- Reviewing
- Publishing
- Check for plagiarism
|
- Blogs
- Discussion forum
- Slideshare
- Twitter
- RSS
|
| NumeracyTechnical competency
|
- Quantitative reasoning
- Logic
- Computational competencies
|
- Problem solving
- Pattern recognition
- Computer software
|
- Webassign
- Graphing calculators
- (Fly, Geogebra)
- Online mathematics tools
|
| Oral communicationPresentation skills
Language proficiency |
- Multidimensional compentency oral English
|
- Sharing audio/video material
- Presenting
- Digital storytelling
- Audio/video discussion and feedback
|
- Voicethread
- Media (YouTube or podcast)
- Slideshare
- Podcasting
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