MDE Competencies

Blogging Processes

Blogging Activities

Demonstration of Skill/Knowledge

MDE Course Project/Assignment

Recognize problems.

Sense-making; awareness, Weaving. Texturing

Critique of an online article or blog post

Series of posts that summarize and elaborate on  process of article critique

601 article critique

Define the aspects of problems.

Weaving; Texturing; Setting; Sense-making; articulation

Reflections on blogging practice

Posts that draft and build on earlier iterations showing refinement of rich picture of system

603 assignment - elaboration on rich picture depicting system

Formulate questions.

Texturing; Setting; Sense-making;  articulation

Brainstorming activity

Posts that involve introspective working-through and generation of questions

604 unit of instruction –capturing process of designing instructional unit – what will the unit’s objectives be?

Find and access information.

Berry-picking; piling, jigging, path-making; awareness, articulation

Finding, collecting, and annotating bookmarks

Annotated bookmarks; notations within posts;  comments on others’ posts describing and evaluating online resources

605 – market analysis section of business plan

Evaluate the relevance of information for a given situation.

Jigging, Weaving; texturing;  articulation

Tapping into and selecting information sources

Summaries, Tables that compare and evaluate sites and  resources

663 (other independent courses) - literature review