We have weekly online classes using Adobe Connect where all the students log into class and we discuss content, do groupwork etc. The assessments are downloaded by the students from the live classroom ( what you see here) to their computer/USB. We also have a Learning Management Platform (LMS)(Moodle) which allows students to interact with content, do quizzes and revision. This LMS allows students to log in at any time of the day. Does anyone else use Moodle or Adobe Connect??
Our region is very large and this method of delivery allows students who live is remote areas the chance to come to class and gain a qualification that they can use in their own towns/villages.
The Leisure and Health course teaches students to become Recreational Activities Officers. This role is an important one in Aged Care as Activities Officers provide meaningful, valid and enjoyable activities for individuals and groups of people at Nursing Homes, Hostels, and in the Community. Is there an equivalent course of job role such as Activities Officer in Sweden?? I would love to hear!
Hi, We doesn't use Adobe Connect in the school were I teach, but me and my group used it in our studies. Indeed super when you study distance education! I wonder, thoose who have distance study in your school, don't they ever come to class and have some practical training? As taking blood samples, making the bed etc?
ReplyDeleteAs well as Adobe Connect and Moodle (which I have used but not very well), we use Edmodo, which is an easy-as-anything web-based program designed especially for education. It looks a little like Facebook, so many students find it very familiar. I set an assessment where each week the students had to be part of a "community of practice" and share their thoughts with one another about a question that I set. I found it very successful.
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of such a course in the programme, to become activities officer in Sweden. But there is no doubt that the skills could be needed, I think. Every township have activity centers, that elderly people can apply for to attend. Some places do not request an approval of an application.
ReplyDeleteAt my school we used an LMS called Fronter in the same way as you describe. The teacher hand out asignments and correct tasks done by students. I´ve never heard of an activities officer in Sweden. As staff in a nursing home it is included that you provide meningful activity for the elderly living there. But often time is to short and the activities lessen, so I would welcome an activities officer!
ReplyDeleteYhe course I am taking right now to become a teacher is an online course and I like it very much. It allows me to study when it fits me and I learn a lot from own studies in the same time as I can discuss online with other students without having my answer being interrupted.
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