Won't be around campus
during summer? I know you will be online! And if you want to have a summer of
boosting your general Web, social media, and data skills, you might be interested in the below two online
courses taught by Dr. Vanessa Dennen:
EME6414 - Web 2.0
Based Learning & Performance
EME6356 - Learning
& Web Analytics
EME6414 - Web 2.0
Based Learning & Performance
Description:
This course focuses on
how the widespread use of social networking/ media have influenced learning and
human performance. Additionally, the course covers how instructional learning
experiences and performance supports might be designed to take advantage of
participatory culture.
Objectives:
At the end of this course, students will be
able to:
- Discuss how Web 2.0
technologies change the role of the instructional designer and performance
technologist.
- Identify the strengths and
weaknesses of different Web 2.0 tools for promoting community, learning
and performance.
- Identify the necessary factors
for creating and sustaining online community.
- Use a variety of social media
to communicate and educate.
- Develop a social media-based
personal learning community.
- Design educational experiences
using Web 2.0 technologies.
- Design performance support
systems using Web 2.0 technologies.
EME6356 Learning & Web Analytics
Description:
This course addresses
the collection and use of data for decision making and assessment in learning
and human performance contexts. Students will get hands-on experience with
small data sets and will learn how big data sets are collected and used.
Objectives:
- Discuss major concepts related
to analytics and big data.
- Discuss the application
of analytics to the fields of instructional systems design and
performance technology.
- Apply the major concepts
related to analytics to solving real world problems.
- Identify real world problems
that might be addressed via analytics.
- Align problems with appropriate
data sources, data collection methods, and analytic methods.
- Select the most appropriate
analytic tool for a given context.
- Collect analytic data in a
systematic manner.
- Analyze and interpret
systematically collected analytic data.
- Develop context-appropriate
reports that indicate how analytics address a particular problem.
Congratulations!
Dr. Valirie Shute, along with her project team, has recently received
foundation grants to support their research endeavors. Dr. Shute received
a one year $111,000 grant from the GlassLab (a consortium of the Institute
of Play + ETS + Electronic Arts) to design and test a 3-D adventure game for
students in grades 6-7 to measure and support their problem solving skills
using stealth assessment. 
