NOT BASEBALL

I thought this might be useful as we retool the preparing to teach online course. I will list their main themes and ideas here as a resource as we work on PTTO. I also editorialize based on how we might use it. I am concerned about the level and model they use and how well it will transfer to us (see italics below). I also think, after the session, that this provides an excellent example of how to organize an online class and not a meta-level process to use to set up a course.

They say to do this for community building, collaboration among faculty, and intentional design- note that they have a cohort model in this program and that it is at the graduate level

• Readings go in one folder <-Maybe too prescriptive?
• A joint calendar is provided (Cohort specific)
• Weekly folders (Wednesday to Tuesday) <-I think this is already in our PTTO
• The folder has Welcome, Read, Explore, and Do. These are color coded. <–This might be OK with consensus.
• The welcome letter also follows an agreed upon format- objectives, professional standards, follow ups from prior week, and reminders
• The read also has an organization by type of reading <- This might be getting to prescriptive
• Explore has the rest of the content
• Do is (obviously) the graded activity