ONLINE TO DISTANCE ED
Susan Wagner – TAMU
Beth McNeill - TAMU
Health and Physical Activity for
Children
Service Course for Special Education and Bilingual
Education students
Preparation for the TExESS in Health and Physical
Education
Collaboratively created
Moodle
Courses.cehd.tamu.edu
Format
Weekly quiz
Weekly Learning Activity
Weekly Planning Activity
Two group projects
Yearly curriculum
Unit plan
Tools used in Moodle
Profile
Discussion forum
Assignment
Transition to Distance Ed
Added instruction and links to
SKYPE
Google Docs
Established virtual office hours
Made contact with each student during the first few
days of class via email
Grouped students who were registered DE together
for group projects
Transition con’t
All assignments turned in electronically
Provided check points using learning activities for
projects
Outcomes for curriculum
Objectives for unit plan
Timelines for both projects
Conclusions and Lessons Learned
Students need to feel like they are connected
Communicate often individually and via news forum
Answer all content and assignment related questions
publically.
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