Spring Preparation Page

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  • Course Links – community links and sign up sheets to be updated
  • Synchronous Sessions
  • Weekly Schedule: Dates needed

Spring 1 Home Page

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EventSchedule*
Office Hours with TAsMondays: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. US Central Time
Zoom Details
EPOL 481: New Learning AND
EPOL 534: Assessment for Learning AND
EPOL 582: New Media and Literacies AND
EPOL 486: New Media and Learner Differences		Mondays: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. US Central Time
(all courses meet on the same Zoom session)
EPOL 586, 587, 588, 591, 599: Exam-Dissertation Sequence
Group Advising Sessions		Mondays: 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. US Central Time
Occasional workshops held at 5:30 or 6:30 p.m. US Central Time; refer to the Happening Now page for the most up-to-date schedule
Zoom Details
EPOL 586, 587, 588, 591, 599: Exam-Dissertation Sequence
Group Advising Sessions		Tuesdays: 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. US Central Time
Occasionally cancelled due to scheduling conflicts; refer to the Happening Now page for the most up-to-date schedule
Zoom Details

Spring 1 Basic Course Information

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CourseKey Links
EPOL 481: New LearningCourse Community link
Learning Module link
Oral/Video Presentation Sign-up Sheet
Work Type Sign-Up Sheet
Update 5: The Canvas of Feedback
Update 6: Peer Collaboration, Self-Reflection, and AI Review
EPOL 582: New Media and Literacies  Course Community link
Learning Module link
Oral/Video Presentation Sign-up Sheet
Work Type Sign-Up Sheet
Update 5: The Canvas of Feedback
Update 6: Peer Collaboration, Self-Reflection, and AI Review
EPOL 490: Intro to Generative AI for Edu Course Community link
Learning Module link
Oral/Video Presentation Sign-up Sheet
Work Type Sign-Up Sheet
Update 5: The Canvas of Feedback
Update 6: Peer Collaboration, Self-Reflection, and AI Review

Spring 1 Synchronous Session

Spring Term 1 (01/17 – 03/19): EPOL 582 and EPOL 534

Synchronous Session Meeting Times

EPOL 582: New Media and Literacies and EPOL 534: Assessment for Learning

  • Office Hours: Mondays, 5:30 – 6:30 pm (US Central Time)
  • Live session: Mondays, 6:30 – 7:30 pm (US Central Time)
Zoom Details

Zoom meeting details

Recordings

Links will be added within a day of the class session date. Recordings are only available for 30 days.
The chat can be seen after opening this link, on the right part, by clicking chat messages.

  1. January 16th (No Live Sessions)
  2. January 23th
  3. January 30th
  4. February 6th
  5. February 13th
  6. February 20th
  7. February 27th
  8. March 6th

Spring 1 Weekly Schedule

Dates to be updated for Spring 2023

Before 16 January, 2023

Pre-Course Preparation

Get started with your LDL course!

Week 1

EPOL 582 topics:
1a. Introduction
1b. Multimodal Meaning and Synaesthesia

EPOL 534 topics:
1a. Intelligence Tests: The First Modern Assessments
1b. Recent Publications by Cope and Kalantzis

16 to 22 January, 2023
16 January, 2023

1st Live Session

Related: Live Session Details and Recordings

Work 1 Request Notification Sent

Check your CGScholar notifications to accept the work request; this is sent to everyone who has joined the community by this date.  Contact a TA if you have not received your Work Request.

18 January, 2023
23 to 29 January, 2023

Week 2

EPOL 582 topics:
2. Making Meaning by Reading

EPOL 534 topics:
2. Select and Supply Response Assessments

Work 1 Complete 1st Version

Due Date

29 January, 2023
30 January to 5 February, 2023

Week 3:

EPOL 582 topics:
3. Making Meaning by Writing

EPOL 534 topics:
3. Standards-Based and Alternative Practices of Assessment

Work 1 Peer Reviews

Due Date

5 February, 2023
By 5 February, 2023

Works 2 Request Notification Sent

Based on who has signed up in the Work 2 Sign-up Sheet- see Current Courses; if you sign up past the deadline, fill in the spreadsheet and notify one of the TAs to send you the notification

Week 4

EPOL 582 topics:
4. Making Visual Meanings

EPOL 534 topics:
4. New Opportunities for Assessment in the Digital Age

6 to 12 February, 2023
12 February, 2023

Work 1 Final Revised Version

Due Date

Week 5

EPOL 582 topics:
5. Making Spatial, Tactile and Gestural Meanings

EPOL 534 topics:
5. Learning Analytics: A Case Study of CGScholar

13 to 19 February, 2023
19 February, 2023

Work 2 Complete 1st Version

Due Date

Week 6:

EPOL 582 topics:
6. Making Audio and Oral Meanings
7. Literacies to Think and to Learn

EPOL 534 topics:
6. Educational Data Mining – Luc Paquette

20 to 26 February, 2023
26 February, 2023

Work 2 Peer Reviews

Due Date

Week 7

EPOL 582 topics:
7. Literacies and Learner Differences
8. Literacies Standards and Assessment

EPOL 534 topics:
7. Educational Evaluation – Jennifer Greene

27 February to 5 March, 2023
5 March, 2023

Works 2 Final Revised Version

Due Date

Week 8

Due Date: Complete any remaining work for the courses by the end of this week and the Post-Course Survey

6 to 10 March, 2023

Spring 2 Home Page

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EventSchedule*
Office Hours with TAsMondays: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. US Central Time
Zoom Details
ERAM 557: Meaning Patterns, Interpretive MethodsMondays: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. US Central Time
Zoom Details
EPOL 583: E-Learning Ecologies AND
EPOL 479: Machine Learning and Human Learning		Mondays: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. US Central Time
(583 and 490 meet on the same Zoom session)
EPOL 586, 587, 588, 591, 599: Exam-Dissertation Sequence
Group Advising Sessions		Mondays: 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. US Central Time
Occasional workshops held at 5:30 or 6:30 p.m. US Central Time; refer to the Happening Now page for the most up-to-date schedule
Zoom Details
EPOL 586, 587, 588, 591, 599: Exam-Dissertation Sequence
Group Advising Sessions		Tuesdays: 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. US Central Time
Occasionally cancelled due to scheduling conflicts; refer to the Happening Now page for the most up-to-date schedule
Zoom Details

Spring 2 Basic Course Information

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Note: Spring Break is from March 15 to March 23rd

CourseKey Links
ERAM 557: Meaning Patterns (Interpretive Research Methods) Course Community link
Learning Module link
Oral/Video Presentation Sign-up Sheet
Update 5: The Canvas of Feedback
Update 6: Peer Collaboration, Self-Reflection, and AI Review
EPSY 559: Advanced Learning Technologies Course Community link
Learning Module link
Oral/Video Presentation Sign-up Sheet
Work Type Sign-Up Sheet
Update 5: The Canvas of Feedback
Update 6: Peer Collaboration, Self-Reflection, and AI Review
EPSY 560: Technology and Educational Change Course Community link
Learning Module link
Oral/Video Presentation Sign-up Sheet
Work Type Sign-Up Sheet
Update 5: The Canvas of Feedback
Update 6: Peer Collaboration, Self-Reflection, and AI Review
EPOL 583: e-Learning Ecologies Course Community link
Learning Module link
Oral/Video Presentation Sign-up Sheet
Work Type Sign-Up Sheet
Update 5: The Canvas of Feedback
Update 6: Peer Collaboration, Self-Reflection, and AI Review

Spring 2 Synchronous Sessions

Spring Term 2 (03/20 – 05/05): EPOL 583 and ERAM 557

Synchronous Session Meeting Times

EPOL 583: E-Learning Ecologies and EPOL 481

  • Office Hours: Mondays, 4:30 – 5:30 pm (US Central Time)
  • Live Session: Mondays, 5:30 – 6:30 pm (US Central Time)

ERAM 557: Meaning Patterns

  • Office Hours: Mondays, 4:30 – 5:30 pm (US Central Time)
  • Live Session: Mondays, 6:30 – 7:30 pm (US Central Time)
Zoom Details

Office Hours

EPOL 583: E-Learning Ecologies and EPOL 481

ERAM 557: Meaning Pattern

Recordings

Links will be added within a day of the class session date. Recordings are only available for 30 days.
The chat can be seen after opening this link, on the right part, by clicking chat messages.

Office Hours

  1. March 20th

EPOL 583: E-Learning Ecologies

  1. March 20th
  2. March 27th
  3. April 3rd
  4. April 10th
  5. April 17th
  6. April 24th
  7. May 1st

ERAM 557: Meaning Patterns

  1. March 20th
  2. March 27th
  3. April 3rd
  4. April 10th
  5. April 17th
  6. April 24th
  7. May 1st

Spring 2 Weekly Schedule

Dates to be updated

Before 20 March, 2023

Pre-Course Preparation

Get started with your LDL course!

Week 1

EPOL 583 topics:
1. The Big Picture: A Course Map

ERAM 557 topics:
1. Being an Educator in “Interesting Times”1. On Interpretive Methods and the Meaning of Meanings

20 to 26 March, 2023
20 March, 2023

1st Live Session

Related: Live Session Details and Recordings

Work 1 Request Notification Sent

Check your CGScholar notifications to accept the work request; this is sent to everyone who has joined the community by this date.  Contact a TA if you have not received your Work Request.

22 March, 2023
27 March to 2 April, 2023

Week 2

EPOL 583 topics:
2. Ubiquitous Learning – Spatio-Temporal Dimensions of Learning

ERAM 557 topics:
2. Reference

Work 1 Complete 1st Version

Due Date

2 April, 2023
3 to 9 April, 2023

Week 3

EPOL 583 topics:
3. Active Knowledge Making – Epistemic Dimensions of Learning

ERAM 557 topics:
3. Agency

Work 1 Peer Reviews

Due Date

9 April, 2023
By 9 April, 2023

Works 2 Request Notification Sent

Based on who has signed up in the Work 2 Sign-up Sheet; see Current Courses; if you sign up past the deadline, fill in the spreadsheet and notify one of the TAs to send you the notification

Week 4

EPOL 583 topics:
4. Multimodal Meaning – Discursive Dimensions of Learning

ERAM 557 topics:
4. Structure

10 to 16 April, 2023
16 April, 2023

Work 1 Final Revised Version

Due Date

Week 5

EPOL 583 topics:
5. Recursive Feedback – Evaluative Dimensions of Learning

ERAM 557 topics:
5. Context

17 to 23 April, 2023
23 April, 2023

Work 2 Complete 1st Version

Due Date

Week 6

EPOL 583 topics:
6. Collaborative Intelligence – Social Dimensions of Learning

ERAM 557 topics:
6. Interest

24 to 30 April, 2023
30 April, 2023

Work 2 Peer Reviews

Due Date

Week 7

EPOL 583 topics:
7. Metacognition – Cognitive Dimensions of Learning

ERAM 557 topics:
7. None

1 to 7 May, 2023
7 May, 2022

Works 2 Final Revised Version

Due Date