Interact stories 4

Interactions between teachers

Using the one Interact site for a cross-campus merged subject

Rationale: To use the one Interact site for a cross-campus merged subject to provide consistency of advice relating to assessment whilst allowing academic autonomy within the separate face-to-face campus cohorts.

Description: The three separate cohorts make use of campus-based Resource Folders within the Resource Tool and Subfora within the Forum tool.

This allows students access to all the resources (should they wish) but keeps the campus-specific comments within the context of the campus-based subfora.

Reading Process and Pedagogy

Jen Thompson describes it on her worksite information as follows:

EML210 is the second in a series of literacy subjects for the Bachelor of Education (Primary) designed to ensure students will meet the core discipline, pedagogical and syllabus knowledge requirements of the accredited pre-service teacher education course. With a focus on reading, viewing and listening, it also prepares students for the integration of literacy across the Key Learning Areas of the curriculum. We have a cohort of over two hundred students across two campuses this semester with lecturers situated in Bathurst (Judith Taylor) and Wagga Wagga (Jen Thompson and Nick Clarke). The subject forum is a valuable learning tool for small group discussion and answering queries regarding assessments. The forum has been organised for your convenience in the following ways: The main Subject Forum, accessible to all enrolled students, will have threads for questions about each assessment item and any ICT or Technical queries. The Subject Convenor, Jen Thompson, will be monitoring these discussion threads on a weekly basis. Please place your posts in response to the topic threads established. Three campus subfora will be available for Bathurst, Wagga Wagga First Year and Wagga Wagga Second Year students. You will have access to the subfora for your location and the posts will be monitored by your workshop lecturer in each location. These discussion campus subfora will have threads established for the weekly topics. If you want your lecturer to respond to a discussion point remember to Flag their attention in the subject line of your post by writing: Attention Jen or Query for Judith or Question for Nick etc.

Jen Thompson, Jude Taylor, Nick Clarke - School of Education (back to top)