28 Days of OLLIE: Day 27

It's February 27 and we've covered a lot of ground. We've...

• become a community of learners
• investigated different learning management systems
• learned about different blended learning models
• attended the CITE Online Learning Conference
• dug deep into instructional objects
• explored how to flip your classroom
• discussed strategies for setting students up for success in online environments
• learned about text-based lessons and SoftChalk
• considered ways to personalize student learning using AEA PD Online's Student Personalized Learning System

Hopefully, you've found something valuable in each area of focus.

Day 27

Much of the 28 Days of OLLIE is what we consider informal or non-credit bearing learning opportunities. The value in this type of learning is that it is truly about getting the learning to you when you need it. For example, you can post a question to the community the minute it comes to you and hopefully get a suggested answers from others in a timely manner.

Today's focus is on formalizing your learning. In other words engaging in online courses that are lead by an instructor, have official starts and end dates, facilitated discussions, collaborative activities, and assessments. The benefit of this more formal type of learning is that it offers the learners the opportunity to dig deep into meaningful topics. In addition, they are also offered for credit (renewal and graduate).

To Do

So if you are interested in digging deeper into online learning and earning rnewal or graduate credit, check out AEA PD Online's formal professional development options related to online and blended learning pedagogy here.