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step-by-step route: study section 2
Introduction
Building
a portfolio
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The
purpose of your portfolio is to assist in your self-evaluation
and reflective practice. By documenting and reviewing your practice
in supporting learning online you will gain insight into the effectiveness
your support achieves in meeting the learning aims you set. Through
this process, you will test the predictions, claims and theories
for online learning that are discussed in Study Section 1. You
will doubtless identify areas for improvement and enhancement
not only in your own practice, but also in the technologies and
techniques that are available to support learning online. In this
process of documenting and reflecting on your practice, the requirements
of the Unit will provide a framework.
In
Study Section 1 you will have begun
to explore some of the key issues, concerns, and challenges that
face online learners. Your portfolio should address these themes.
Among
the themes that you should address are those that can be clustered
under three headings:
- online
learning support system
-
induction including building a rapport
-
providing online support for learners including managing communication,
effective communication and learning management.
The
activities that follow will guide you in preparing your portfolio.
As you complete each activity, you should add it to your portfolio.
Make sure you clearly reference the materials to the appropriate
activity; this will make it easier for you and your facilitator
to keep track of your progress.
Approximately
midway through this section an assignment will ask you to submit
your partially completed portfolio to your facilitator. Your facilitator
will explain how this should be done. This mid-point evaluation
of your portfolio will provide useful feedback on your progress
and guidance for the rest of the section.
As
in Study Section 1, you will also be
sharing your thoughts and experiences with other candidates through
online discussion. This exchange with other candidates will form
another useful source of feedback on your progress and evidence
for your portfolio.
Throughout
the practical activities of this section, we recognise that the
online learning support system you are using will determine your
experience as an online tutor. In order to accommodate the very
different online learning support systems, implementations, and
teaching styles, this section seeks to provide generic advice
on building a portfolio. You should not regard the activities
presented here as a definitive list. Instead, use and adapt those
activities that are most appropriate, ignore those that are irrelevant,
and develop your own activities as required.
If
you are an experienced online tutor you may respond to the activities
using material you have collected from previous learning programmes/courses
where you have provided online support for your learners. Your
facilitator can give you further guidance on Accreditation of
Prior Learning (APL)
and work-based learning.
If
you find that you are unable to complete one or two of the activities
due to the nature of the learning programme/course you are supporting,
the online learning system you are using, etc. you may submit
"what if" evidence. Rather than a record of what you
have done you can explain what you would have done if the situation
had arisen. However you should use this type of evidence only
occasionally and for a minority of the activities. If you find
you are relying on this type of evidence, you should discuss this
with your facilitator or your training provider.
You
should begin your preparation for providing online support for
your learners, and begin your portfolio, with a clear grasp of
the online learning support system you will be using. This is
where this section begins.
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