Comments on: Four Levels of Online Courses

By: Level 4 for sure « Remonzer’s Weblog

Level 4 for sure « Remonzer’s Weblog — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:39:39 +0000

[...] I appreciate the description of online courses provided in phaedrus’ Four Levels of Online Courses. This seems like a decent guide for evaluating courses. I agree with Barb, Cole’s Mom, Lee, Joe, and lpowell’s opinions on EDUC 685. If it’s not a solid 4, it is definitely more than a 3. [...]

By: Tippi

Tippi — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:31:36 +0000

Wouldn’t you love to go into a public classroom and just ask the kids what they want to learn? I think it would be awesome to ask that question, I think it would be equally awesome if they actually answered in an appropriate way that exemplified an eagerness to learn. I know….I know……I’m dreaming.

By: phaedrus » Blog Archive » Four Levels of Online Courses « Lpowell’s Weblog

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 02:05:35 +0000

[...] phaedrus » Blog Archive » Four Levels of Online Courses phaedrus » Blog Archive » Four Levels of Online Courses I have to agree with Joe that this class is either a level four or very close. Although, as far as the level one classes, I think very little learning takes place students just go through the steps. They may memorize a few things but I think the success for real learning is not present. Same goes for the level two. I do feel that learnign would take place in level three and four, mainly because they are not relying on present answers but searching and finding them. I do feel grading and teaching would be more difficult. [...]

By: Joe McConda

Joe McConda — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:21:13 +0000

I read it and I agree, this course is close to level 4. I think face to face classes could follow the same progression (which was sort of stated in the post) Many times, we prefer the level one type class because it is so predictable. If the answer is right there in the text, there’s a certain comfort to that. And, as the post stated, there is a certain amount of success with that and students do learn, but I think the learning is more just facts and what other people think. More learning, I think, takes place the more a student has to think for himself, but that is difficult to achieve which is probably why the level 4 courses are fewer.