Reflections

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 * === Trainee mentors and trainer === || ====**Our responses** ==== ||
 * Where and how will we reflect? || During the sessions and here on the Wiki
 * What did we find compelling? || * running virtual classroom that is similar to a "regular classroom"
 * Amount of different kinds of tools that you can use - engage with different learning styles
 * Live classroom:
 * Wave of what is to come, the future of workshops
 * Being able to reach a wide audience
 * Opportunity to interface
 * Difficulty when people have problems with the technology
 * Hard work to track all the elements, multitasking
 * Great to be in this training
 * Module planning:
 * Ability for particpants to revisit information and activities
 * Differnt pathways available to styles of learning
 * Progress reports, logging interactions with course ||
 * Were our knowledge/skills challenged in any way? || * In every way! There were lots of knew technologies & language
 * Problem solving techniques
 * Managing and developing the range of choices for activities and resources.First time doing these things was challenging.
 * Navigating the learning process, time and personal organising ||
 * What inquiries arose during the training? What, if any, extension activities arose? || * vodcast - uploading to utube
 * Live classroom and all its bells & whistles
 * Participants needed an overview
 * A chance to try activities that we have not tried here.
 * Important to know how to manage activities
 * Eventually we would be developing materials ||
 * How did we reflect—both on the unit and on our own learning? || * reflecting through mistakes/observations
 * written personal notes
 * created links to new websites
 * conversations & observations with fellow participants ||
 * Which attributes of the learner profile were encouraged through this unit? || * Risk taking, reflective, communication & caring ||
 * What opportunities were there for trainee-initiated action? || * try all the new activities in your own session & group session
 * were able to be creative and encouraged to take risks
 * Yes, group discussions, eg posting our activities and tasks.
 * Scope to expand in differnt directions, to make choices that suited experience and interest, eg developing modules. ||


 * === Possible connections === || Our responses ||
 * How successful was the collaboration with others? || * very good - excellent climate for support & risk taking
 * Participants - shared, modeled and encouraged each other
 * Leaders were helpful providing knowledge, but gave room for individual experimentation
 * Trainers modeled the problem solving that we will need to use ||
 * What understandings were or could be forged through collaboration with other trainees or trained mentors? || * extend learning by observing and asking questions
 * co-mentoring would also be helpful along with the discussion group ||



 * ===Assessment === || Our responses ||
 * Were we able to demonstrate our learning? || * absolutely - very interactive
 * Yes, we were able to show what we could do. Through the develoment of the modules and the live classroom.
 * Able to benefit from other peoples knowledge and observing their work.
 * Shown that we can do something today that we could not do a week ago.
 * Synergy was great. ||
 * How did the assessment tasks allow us to demonstrate our learning? How did I make sure students were invited to achieve at all levels of the criteria descriptors? || * the task was very open ended - so all could be challenged and be successful
 * safe environment to take risks ||
 * Are we prepared for the next stage? || * Sure - we aren't sure what it is, but we think we are. We can let you know once we get in the middle of it! :)
 * We are not sure how it will work with a co-mentor who is miles away from us. How do you divide it up? ||


 * ===Data collection=== || Our responses ||
 * What data did we collect? || * modules themselves
 * archives of the live classroom
 * reports sections ||
 * Was it useful? || * Absolutely - to determine what prior learning for participants and how we can uze that ||