Module 5: Project of Choice Work Week

Module 5: Project of Choice Work Week

Although there was no official reflection post due this week, I decided to provide an update concerning my Project of Choice assignment.  Last week, I perused a post in which students had to relate economics to characters in fables.  The responses, although about fictional characters, discussed character traits needed to form a partnership and why the partnership would be successful because of these traits.  Despite the discussion being about fictional characters, it inspired me to think about how high-school students could relate economic principles to real life.  Therefore, I decided to create an online course that would serve as an extension to this course.  My idea is to create a course in which students make real life connections to the content.  Discussion posts will encourage students to make these connections while resources and information included will be authentic articles that show how economic principles are applied in the real world.

Once I developed the idea for my problem and solution, I began to create my rubric.  I decided to include 5 categories in the rubric:

1.     Instructional Problem

2.     Instructional Design and Delivery

3.     Assessment/Evaluation of Student Learning

4.     Resources

5.     Use of Technology

These five elements encompass not only the components of the online course but also the instructional flow and design to help meet established goals and objectives. 

	Unacceptable 1 point	Acceptable 5 points	Target 8 points
Instructional Problem	Course does not clearly outline course objectives, goals, expectations, or purpose.	Course includes a clear syllabus that outlines the course objectives, goals, expectations, and purpose.	Course includes an outline of the course objectives, goals, expectations, and purpose throughout each segment and in a clearly written syllabus.
Instructional Design and Delivery	Course information is lengthy for online instruction and is not always clear. Course layout, text, and background colors are not visually appealing and distract the user from the course goals and objectives. Course modules are not manageable making the course hard to navigate through, and understand all components.	Course information and instructions are somewhat concise and clear. Course layout, text and background colors are sometimes visually appealing and not distracting. Course is chunked into manageable modules that sometimes need to be explored in order to understand the flow of content.	Course information and instructions are written in a concise and clear manner. Course layout, text and background colors are visually appealing and do not distract from the goals and objectives of the course. Course is chunked into manageable modules that are easy to navigate through, and understand all components.
Assessment/ Evaluation of Student Learning	Course does not include a sufficient variety of activities to help determine students ‘progress towards specified goals.	Course includes multiple activities that reach various learning modalities and styles, and measure students’ progress towards specified goals.	Course includes multiple activities that reach various learning modalities and styles, measures students’ progress towards specified goals, and allows students to make real world connections.
Resources	Course includes limited resources that support the content.	Couse includes a large range of resources that support the content.	Course includes a large range of resources that support the content, and allow for content to world connections (shows real life applications of the content)
Use of Technology	Course has a limited number of technology tools that encourage communication and learning. Course has a limited number of video and audio files. Course includes internal and external links that are frequently nonfunctional.	Course includes technology tools that encourage communication and learning. Course includes images, video and audio files. Course includes internal and external links that are sometimes functional.	Course includes a variety of technology tools that encourage communication and learning. Course includes images, video and audio files that have a specific purpose and are directly related to course goals and objectives. Course includes internal and external links that are consistently functional.