Unit 1: ASSURE

In the first full week of class, we learned about the different types of literacies, the 21st Century Learner, and how the ASSURE model is a successful tool to use to identify the needs of a learner.  I really enjoyed learning about the different types of literacies because it made me think about my job and how I can apply this class directly to my place of employment - it is always a bonus when you can apply what you learn in class to your everyday life!  Since 2011, my job responsibilities have grown dramatically; I now give orientations to faculty on how to use our classrooms to teach distance education (which is why I loved reading about the distance learning literacy) and how they can better their Blackboard sites to make it more 'user-friendly' to not only their students, but to themselves (or me, when they call for help and I have an issue locating the area because it is not logical).  I am just not a woman who sits behind 4 monitors all day posting and/or editing recordings or doing website edits - I am requested often for help and on the floor most of the day, especially the week or two before the start of a semester and the last week of a semester when grades are due.

What I love most about my job is teaching faculty how to better their teaching for the distance education students, so that is what my ASSURE model fixates on.  I created my survey using SurveyMonkey to see where the most common issues may be in their teaching or setting up classrooms.  This will help most when creating my presentations for the faculty orientations we give in August before the start of the Fall semester, when all faculty are required to be at the college.  This simple 10 question survey will not take up much time at all for the faculty members (which they will appreciate), but will be extremely beneficial to me when creating my lesson plans or plans of attack for the days of training.

You can access my survey here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2FYR33D