…from Tuesday (16th of March) till Thursday (18th of March) I will be traveling and might not be very easily reachable. If you have problems, questions, concerns you can still send an e-mail, I’ll do my best to reply.
Cheers,
Terje
Hello,
I had a look at the course participants and it seems that we can think of forming only two groups. According to the list of registered participants we should finally end up with 5 members in each group. What do you think?
Cheers,
Terje
Hello course participants,
As most of you missed the flashmeetings, I was wondering whether you want to have a second chance. The purpose of this flashmeeting would be to give an overview of the course and to get to know each other. Let me know by leaving a comment to this post whether we should organise another flashmeeting and when would it be your preferred time.
Cheers,
Terje
Hello,
Every beginning seems to be difficult, likewise the attempts to get started with this course. I started to wonder what kind of information students get from our department if they enroll to a course, which is entirely online. This course is not presented in a common learning management system used in our university, but is built up on different networked tools and services. So, do students get a link to the particular course environment? Or do they have to go to the department website, look at the list of online courses and find additional information about the course. Anyway, it was a good lesson for me. I got the feeling that the students waited for me to contact them and direct them to the right environment. Although, I can see some action now… 
See you around,
Terje
Hello,The course has started and now it is time to get to know each other. As it is going to be entirely a web-based course I have proposed two videoconference meetings to choose from. Hopefully everybody can find time for participating in one of them. These videoconferences will be carried out by a Flashmeeting tool.
How to use a Flashmeeting tool?
This is a simple web-based tool that enables synchronous audio-video meetings. All you need is a camera, headsets, microphone, a computer, internet connection and a cosy place to spend an hour with us. A camera in our case is not that important, however it would be also nice to see you :). But headsets and a microphone are recommended. If you don’t have the necessary equipment you can borrow it from me, I have some headsets and cameras in my office. Let me know if you are interested in borrowing something.
Just in case here are some steps if this Flashmeeting tool doesn’t seem intuitive for you.
1. Click on the link provided.
2. Click on “go to the meeting”
3. Choose “enter meeting as a quest” and click on “continue”.
In this page you can also test your equipment (camera, headsets, microphone). In order to do that click on “open test application” and follow the instructions.
4. If you don’t want to test your equipment just write down your name, make a tick in the box “I agree to the terms and click “enter”.
Flashmeeting allows to speak one person at one time. So if you have already entered to the meeting space and want to say something you have to click on “start broadcasting” and after you have finished you should click on “stop broadcasting”.
As simple as that
There is no need to be afraid of using that tool. If you encounter problems you can reach me via Skype (my SKype name terje.valjataga).
Here are the options to get in touch with me:
e-mail: terjev@tlu.ee
office: T511 (let me know if you are planning to come)
skype: terje.valjataga
See you soon in your cameras!
Terje
E-learning course starts again (course code in Tallinn University IFI7139). Information about the course can be found in Wikiversity. The general purpose of this course is to create challenging educational situations to experience distance collaboration mediated by various web-based applications. During the course participants are going to get an insight into e-learning course design and practice designing a prototype of an e-learning course in technologically distributed settings.
However, the most important aspect of this course is to have fruitful and challenging discussions in foreign language. And don’t forget to have some fun!
This Weblog is going to serve us as a place for additional information, emerging problems and my reflections and thoughts about the course progress.
Everybody is welcome to join!
If you have problems, questions, don’t hesitate to contact me.
See you around,
Terje
Lõpetasin eile öösel kell 2 osalejate “esseede” lugemise. :) Mul on tõeliselt hea meel, et igaüks teist on leidnud midagi positiivset või negatiivset… mingi kogemuse… mõne uue fakti… mõne uue idee… mõne sõbra… s.t. kursus on vähemalt ühe eesmärgi täitnud. Tänu teie võrratutele ideedele kogesin ise ka väga palju uut ja tutvusin uute vahendite, situatsioonide ja inimestega. Nüüdseks tean, et arenguruumi on veel küll ja küll ning uusi ideid, kuidas seda teemat käsitleda ja ikka paremaks muuta tuleb aina juurde…
Suur suur aitäh osalemast ja panustamast!
Oli tõeline rõõm!
Edu edaspidiseks,
Terje
…veel minuga näost näkku kokku saada, siis olen 28. november TLU’s olemas, ruumis P-511 (Haridustehnoloogia keskus) alates 13.30 mõned tunnid. Hinded tulevad tõenäoliselt esmaspäeval ja siis andke mulle ka kiiresti märku, kui te ei ole oma hindega rahul.
Tervitades,
Terje
Suur aitäh veel kord vahvate teema valikute ja ettekannete eest! Oli tõeline rõõm…
Kuidas see kursus edukalt lõpetada? Siinkohal veel kord nimekiri tegevustest, mis peaksid olema tehtud 27. novembriks.
1. esimene kodutöö - individuaalne õpileping ja valitud tegevuse ja vahendite maastiku kirjeldus
2. esimese kodutöö hindamine - hinnata vähemalt 10-ne tudengi ja iseenda esimest kodutööd kuni 10 punktiga (punktisumma juurde ka põhjendus)
3. teine kodutöö - grupi õpileping ja grupis valitud tegevuse ja vahendite maastiku kirjeldus
4. teise kodutöö hindamine - hinnata oma grupiga enda grupi ja kõigi teiste gruppide kodutöid kuni 10 punktiga (punktisumma juurde ka põhjendus)
5. kolmas kodutöö - lühiessee. Analüüsi baseerudes oma õpilepingule ning nii individuaalsele kui ka grupitööle toetudes oma tegevuste ja vahendite maastiku rakendumist ning oma õpilepingus kirja pandud eesmärkide saavutamist. Näiteks kas ja mil määral valitud vahendid ja ressursid toetasid eesmärgi saavutamist? mis probleemid tekkisid? mida uut omandasid? Ühesõnaga, enesereflektsioon tehtud tööle.
Tallinna Ülikoolil on ka üldine tagasiside ankeet tudengitele, et anda oma hinnang iga kursuse kohta. Kuna see ei ole hetkel veel kättesaadav, siis tõenäoliselt tuleb sellega tegeleda hiljem.
Seega ei näe ma vajadust 4. kontaktpäevaks. Kui aga see on teie kindel soov, et me võiks/peaks veel kord näost näkku kohtuma, siis andke kindlasti teada.
Jõudu!
Terje