Weekly Schedule

Week
MODULE
1
Week 1
Sept. 8-14

Lesson

LESSON ONE
Who are
learners in the
digital age?

Requirements
Assessments and Activities
HOW DO WE LEARN IN A DIGITAL AGE?
Read course notes and
complete learning
activities as listed in notes.
Create Voki to introduce
yourself to your Module
One learning group.

Week 2
LESSON TWO
Sept. 15-21 How do you
learn in the
digital age?

Week 3
LESSON THREE
Sept. 22-28 The 3 Ms:
Multi-media,
Multi-modal,
Multi-tasking.

Post introductory Voki to course wiki.

Complete Survey Monkey audit of online activity.
Submit Twitter challenge Week One:
screen shot of your Twitter Account
homepage.
https://discover.twitter.com/learn-more

Read course notes and

complete learning
activities as listed in notes.
Write 150 - 200 word
summary of learning
theory for your group on
class wiki.

Submit your reference and summary to

your Module 1 Learning Group page in
the class wiki.

Read course notes and

complete learning
activities as listed in notes.

Submit evidence of your learning for a

new task to class wiki.

Submit Twitter challenge Week Two:

screen shot of who you are following (at
least 11 people-- 5 from class, 5 outside
class, and your instructor
@RobinPersadWL)

Complete Google Form to analyze your

learning.
Submit Twitter challenge Week Three:
screen shot of your tweet about your
first lessons in this course using the class
hastag #EM203.

Week 4
Sept. 29Oct. 5

LESSON FOUR
The 3 As:
Anywhere,
Anytime, All the
time Learning

Read course notes and

complete learning
activities as listed in notes.

Participate in an on-line synchronous

discussion in your Learning Group.
Submit Twitter Challenge for Week Four:
screen shots of your replies to at least 5
class members tweets.

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2
Week 5
Oct. 6-19

Week 6
Oct. 20-26

WHAT DO WE LEARN IN A DIGITAL AGE?

LESSON FIVE
Domain
Knowledge:
Surface
Skimmers or
Deep Divers?

LESSON SIX
Authentic
Learning: When
will I use this in
real life?

Read course notes and

complete learning
activities as listed in notes.
Create concept map of
your chosen problem.

Read course notes and

complete learning
activities as listed in notes.
Indicate how you
attempted to solve the
word problem by
completing the Google
Form.
Review concept maps of
members in your learning
group.

Week 7
Oct. 27Nov. 2

LESSON SEVEN
Access to
Information:
Just Google it!

Read course notes and

complete learning
activities as listed in notes.
Create Venn diagram
comparing a Library
Database search and a
Google search.

Week 8
Nov. 3-9

LESSON EIGHT
Global
Perspectives:
Its a small
world after all!

Post a concept map of a problem that

interests you.
Week Five Twitter Challenge: submit
screen shot of at least 10 Followers on
Twitter.
Submit How Do You Learn Response to
Dropbox in MYLS (by midnight, October
19th).
Complete Google Form on problem
solving.
Tweet the members of your learning
group with a problem you identified in
their concept maps.
Add your evaluation of the tool you used
to create your concept map to the
Google document, Concept Mapping
Tools.
Week Six Twitter Challenge: submit
screen shot of your retweet of someone
in the class.
Submit pdf of Venn Diagram to Lesson 7
Discussion forum.
Week Seven Twitter Challenge: submit
screen shot of your quote of a tweet that
interests you.

Read course notes and

complete learning
activities as listed in notes.

Submit discussion post summarizing

information from a global expert related
to your problem/solution.

Summarize information
from a global expert
related to your
problem/solution.

Week Eight Twitter Challenge: submit

screen shot of your retweet of a trending
tweet.

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WHAT TOOLS DO WE USE TO LEARN IN A DIGITAL AGE?
3
Read course notes and
Submit infographic to discussion forum
Week 9
LESSON NINE
Nov. 10-16 The 4 Cs:
complete learning
in MYLS.
Communication activities as listed in
course notes.
Submit summary of your choice of tool
for creating infographic to Google Doc.
Create an infographic of
information related to the Week Nine Twitter Challenge: submit a
problem you have
screen shot of your tweet of a link to a
identified.
website that addresses the problem you
have identified.
Week 10
Nov. 1723

LESSON TEN
The 4 Cs:
Collaboration

Read course notes and

complete learning
activities as listed in notes.

Post conclusions about effective

components of collaborative learning to
discussion forum in MYLS.

Analyze components of
collaborative learning.

Post top 3 tips for Social Media and

Commenting Etiquette in discussion
forum in MYLS.

Comment on blog.
Identify tips for Social
Media and Commenting
Etiquette.
Create Voice Thread to
post infographic.

Create Voice Thread account and post

infographic.
Week Ten Twitter Challenge: submit a
screen shot of a tweet of a pic that
represents the solution to the problem
you have identified.
Submit your final analysis and reflection
of the Twitter Weekly Challenge to
Dropbox in MYLS (due by midnight,
Sunday November 20th).

Week 11
LESSON ELEVEN
Nov. 24-30 The 4 Cs:
Creation

Read course notes and

complete learning
activities as listed in notes.

Post list of variables that impact

creativity to Discussion Forum in MYLS
for your Learning Group.

Analyze variables that

impact creativity.

Share the digital tool you have chosen in

the Google Doc.

Create a presentation of
your problem and solution
using a digital tool.

Post a link or file of your problem

presentation to the Discussion forum for
your Learning Group.
Week Eleven Twitter Challenge: submit
screen shot of a retweet of one of your
tweets.

Week 12
Dec. 1-7

LESSON
TWELVE
The 4 Cs:
Critical Thinking

Read course notes and

complete learning
activities as listed in notes.

View the presentations of problems and

solutions posted in your Learning Group
Discussion forum. Add your comments
and questions.
Week Twelve Twitter Challenge: submit
a screen shot of a tweet you received
from an expert related to the problem
you have identified.
Work on completion of Spread the News
Assignment, due by midnight Wednesday
December 7th.