Catholic Distance Learning Network - Module 2: Transactive vs. Transmissive Pedagogies

Module 2 Overview: Transactive vs. Transmissive Pedagogies (Click here to download the Module 2 PDF with the supplementary materials)

Aim:

Highlight differences between transactive and transmissive methodologies. Explore the art of packaging.

Resources and assignments in the Required category:

Essential Elements: Prepare Design and Teach Your Online Course, pp.17-30
Module 2 Podcast (20:40)* by Mr. David Harrison, CDLN course designer (text version)
Be VOCAL: Characteristics of Successful Online Instructors
"Theological Reflection, Theology, and Technology: When Baby Boomer Theologians Teach Generations X & Y" - Dr. Ed Foley, OFM (Cap.) - http://www.ats.edu/about/Projects/documents/TE41-1Articles/Foley.pdf

Resources and assignments in the Recommended category:

"Teaching Church History through Interactive Technologies: Engaging Cyberspace for Face-to-Face" by Rev. Michael John Witt and Sebastian Mahfood
http://kenrickparish.com/seminary_journal/16 sjv12n1spr06 - witt mahfood.pdf

Resources and assignments in the Optional category:

Collaborative Versus Cooperative Learning- a comparison of the two concepts which will help us understand the underlying nature of interactive learning - Panitz http://home.capecod.net/~tpanitz/tedsarticles/coopdefinition.htm

Module Checklist (You'll know you're done with this module when you've completed the following items below.)

In the Module 2 discussion forum, assemble a page or pages that you might use for your online course and explain how you would make it transactive?
Create a PDF document from any web page or document (no need to submit the PDF document, but share your experience of creating a pdf).
Listen to the Module 2 Podcast by Mr. David Harrison and post a 200-word reflection on the week 2 discussion forum.
Refer back to the introduction posts from last week and find one thing you have in common with one person and send them an email.

If you have not received an email asking for a re-submit of any of the above criteria, please proceed to the next module.

*Module Podcasts for CDLN Certification Course by David J. Harrison are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at www.catholicdistance.org.

Last Updated October 16, 2010. © Catholic Distance Learning Network.