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Free Weekend Workshop

 

** Please Circulate**

 

Open Weekends @ Knowplace presents a free weekend workshop that requires only your participation.  We need your active participation in the online community as it is the only way we can "see" you. 

 

Most of the workshops are asynchronous (not real time) so you can participate when it's convenient.  In some cases, the facilitator will offer synchronous sessions to complement the resources.  If you are unable to participate in a scheduled synchronous event, you are welcome to participate in all the asynchronous activities.    If you are feeling like a duck-out-of-water, that's okay too.  We all started there too. :-)  This weekend is devoted to those who have little or no experience online.

 

**New to Online**

This weekend is for "newbies", people who want a comfortable, safe place for their initial experience to the online environment. Helen Kershaw, our communication tools' expert, will work with the group to answer your questions (there are no stupid ones this is how we learn) You will be led in a discussion about what you need to consider to work online. Ask all your questions here!

** Enrol **

 

You self-enrol at Open Weekends. http://knowplace.ca/moodle_1.4.3/course/view.php?id=69    Anyone who has already registered at Knowplace has a login, and will have access to the course when it opens.  If this is your first time using Moodle, please browse through the Use Knowplace course. http://knowplace.ca/moodle_1.4.3/course/view.php?id=19  Once you have a login, you will be able to access the course once it opens. All our courses open Friday at 9 a.m., PDT and close Sunday @ midnight PDT. The "three-day" weekend provides time for you to review the course materials and/or read and post to the forums later on Sunday.  The facilitator(s) will be checking into the workshops throughout the weekend at times convenient to their time zones.

 

Wondering what Pacific Time equates to in your part of the world? Go to the global clock http://www.timeanddate.com/

 

** Future Topics **

If you have suggestions for topics you would like to learn about and/or present, please contact me, carolec@knowplace.ca

** Why Me? **

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Carole Cotton, B.A., M.Ed.

Coordinator, Open Weekends @ Knowplace.

Career Portfolio Specialist, Online Educator, eCareer Coach

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CRI Template

Introduction

I’ve been asked to prepare a course template based on the concepts of CRI (Criterion Referenced Instruction). As you’ll quickly realize, KnowPlace is already applying most of these concepts in its courses, such as the ADDIE model.
The goal of this template is not to retrain the trainers, but to standardize the Look and Feel from this point forward. Another important goal is to help develop a marketing position for KnowPlace. CRI is an internationally recognizable standard that’s already well documented and researched.
In developing this template I’ll avoid referencing the psychological theory behind CRI, and refer often to the superb articles in the eLearning Guru newsletters .If anyone wants to delve deeper into the theory, a good starting point is the Theory into Practice database.

It’s already been discussed that when KnowPlace Instructional Designers become proficient at applying this template and the other concepts of the CRI model, a course will be developed to train trainers in CRI and Rapid Prototyping. A few consultants currently offer a course for $2600USD ($4000 AUD) over 10 days as blended learning.

Introduction

I’ve been asked to prepare a course template based on the concepts of CRI (Criterion Referenced Instruction). As you’ll quickly realize, KnowPlace is already applying most of these concepts in its courses, such as the ADDIE model.
The goal of this template is not to retrain the trainers, but to standardize the Look and Feel from this point forward. Another important goal is to help develop a marketing position for KnowPlace. CRI is an internationally recognizable standard that’s already well documented and researched.
In developing this template I’ll avoid referencing the psychological theory behind CRI, and refer often to the superb articles in the eLearning Guru newsletters .If anyone wants to delve deeper into the theory, a good starting point is the Theory into Practice database.

It’s already been discussed that when KnowPlace Instructional Designers become proficient at applying this template and the other concepts of the CRI model, a course will be developed to train trainers in CRI and Rapid Prototyping. A few consultants currently offer a course for $2600USD ($4000 AUD) over 10 days as blended learning.