Assignment: Instructor Feedback Case-Study

Assignment: Instructor Feedback Case-Study

Assignment: Instructor Feedback Case-Study

Week 4 – Assignment 1 Discussion Assignment 1: Grand Rounds As a major project in this course, you will deliver a Grand Rounds presentation. The health care topic for this presentation will be decided by your course faculty based on the results of the APEA Pre-Predictor Exam in Week 1. Your presentation will consist of a patient scenario that you experienced in your clinical setting. The format of your presentation can be Microsoft PowerPoint. APA format is also expected, and references should be cited. Include references at the bottom of the slides and a final reference list on the last slide. Your goal is to: Provide a case study to go with the diagnosis. Utilize research articles or other materials to support your findings. Identify any practice barriers, issues, or problems (including cultural diversity and healthcare literacy). Discuss best practices for optimal outcomes. In addition to submitting your presentation, you will also be expected to lead a discussion throughout the week. You will want to keep the presentation interesting, professional, and focused to the topic. When the week is over, you will update, revise, and complete your presentation on the basis of student comments and instructor feedback. In Week 1, the instructor will divide the class into groups and assign you a week in which you will be expected to present your case. Some of you will present in Week 4, some will present in Week 7, and the remainder will present in Week 9. Those who are not presenting in a given week are responsible for participating in at least two presentations. For additional details, please see the Grand Rounds assignment page in the week in which you are assigned to present. Submission Details: Name your document SU_NSG6440_W4_A1_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.

In a world of MOOC news within higher education, what is getting lost are the other modes of online learning that include closed online classes, offered for-credit at colleges and universities. These courses rely on cognitive or constructive pedagogy, with determined learning objectives and are delivered 100% online to small classes of thirty or fewer students. In this model, the instructor can support and interact with students, provide feedback, and encourage critical thinking. This type of personalized instruction can’t be provided in a massive open online course [MOOC], which leads me to suggest that the MOOC model [as it stands now] is not the right modality for most lower-level college courses required for a college degree.

What is Instructor Feedback?
I want to clarify before going further what instructor feedback means in the context of online learning classes. Instructor feedback is constructive and specific information that is provided by the instructor to the student on his or her course work [artifacts or other] and/or class contributions in relation to the course objectives and expectations. Feedback can be provided in a variety of mediums including, written, recorded voice, chat, video or other. In my next post I’ll address how to give effective feedback to students using various methods.

College Students Need Feedback
College students benefit greatly from instructor feedback, including when it’s provided in a small online learning community where interaction exists between students and instructor and students and students. In a Massive Open Online Course, [or even a F2F class of 100+ students]  it’s impossible to provide the required learning conditions for this type of interaction. It worries me that colleges and universities appear to be moving towards the MOOC model for delivering some or all courses (as in the case of or  institutions); courses that don’t provide for a student-to-instructor ratio that supports personalized learning. The MOOC model cannot provide the type of learning experiences needed for freshman or junior college students that is required for courses that include writing composition, communications, literature analysis, and other humanities courses. One could even argue that this is the case for some courses in math and sciences. Though I am an advocate of MOOCs, since they provide an excellent learning experience in numerous circumstances, the model which relies on the premise of massive, is not an effective one for every learner in every learning situation.