Mentoring an Online Learner
Navigating the Land of Online Learning
Schools need to consider a great deal of information as they plan to offer online courses for their students. This planning ranges from understanding what online courses are, incorporating them into their curriculum, developing policies and procedures, locating quality courses, identifying best practices and developing student and educator support.
The Navigating the Land of Online Learning site was designed as an aid for those who are responsible for mentoring students in an online course and is not designed to instruct districts/schools in how to create or teach online courses. There are many people involved in implementing online courses in schools/districts: administrators, technology coordinators, counselors, mentors, students, and parents. The website takes each of these roles and lists the important considerations each must bear in mind in order to provide a successful online program for students.
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Aligned to the NETS-T: 1.a, 1.b, 1.c, 1.d, 3.b, 4.a, 4.b, 4.c
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21things Hands-On Activity and Assignment:
1. Select a game piece representing the educational role (most likely the teacher or mentor role) you can identify with. Play the game, and as you navigate down the stone path of online learning, click on each wooden sign. A pop-up window will appear with the online program considerations pertaining specifically to that role. The answers are not built into the game, as the purpose is to think through the questions and build awareness.
2. Copy and paste the questions for the educational role you have chosen into the portfolio, with the screen shot, and answer each of the questions. (There is a PDF of the entire game you can view or download). Answer them to the best of your knowledge.
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