Back in 1992, the Alberta government in its infinite wisdom decided to privatize driver testing. There was a mad rush to train all of the driver examiners on all classes of licenses. I was one of those examiners. I could test people going for the basic driving license, as well as taxi/ambulance drivers, and motorcycles. I had to be trained to test for semitrailers and school bus licenses. When my time came to be trained my boss, Pete, walked to the blackboard and wrote KWL – what do you know, what do you want to learn, and what will you learn. That training session was the best training that I ever attended, because Pete didn’t waste my time by going over stuff that I already knew.
I’m in the process of designing a course for those of you interested in learning how to create learning experiences online. I need to know what you know and what you want to learn, so that I don’t waste your time. Please leave a comment or two about what you need to know and I’ll get cracking on the course.
To have the latest from Money In Your Jeans sent to your email in-box please fill out the following:
Tags: Alberta governemnet, driving test, KWL
I need to know how to develop online learning experiences. I teach courses online for a public university. I want to know how I can teach courses for instructors who teach online and for students who want to find a good online program or want to know how to succeed online.
Diane,
I got my Masters of Distance Education through Athabasca University – spent a lot of money (over $13,000) to learn what you want to learn. Stay tuned, my courses will be a lot cheaper.
I need to know what kind of software should be used (Content management systems, blogs, web site, etc), costs, free vs fee, how long should it be, how to market, how to literally set it up, should it be real time or asychronous, what topics are good, how many “students” in the class, how to enroll people…just about all the practical dos and don’ts. I have taught online classes at the undergraduate and graduate level for college credit. I have never taught something like this for no credit or for a possible fee. I know how to teach and structure a class online, but what I need to know is how to do it for my niche.
Diane,
You’ve given some good blog topics which I will address in future posts. I understand how jumping into the private sector from academia can be somewhat daunting, but hang in there and we’ll get through it together.