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GERO 510: FROM BLENDED FORMAT TO TOTALLY ON LINE
A work in progress…
ON LINE COURSE VS. E-LEARNINGIt isn’t just a syllabus and some assignments posted on
Blackboard
GERO 510 The Aging Individual in Society and
CommunityCourse Description: This course will examine aging from both macro and micro perspectives. We will explore how the aging individual is affected by social and cultural forces, and in turn, how the aging population affects the greater society. We will draw upon sociological perspectives to increase our understanding of applied and theoretical issues in aging, examine the social aspects of aging through roles and relationships, explore aging as it is related to social institutions and the concept of "community." Finally, we will also consider patterns of diversity in the aging population as evidenced by race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and gender.
Community
Social Capital
Diversity
Micro & Macro levels
I CHOSE TO FOCUS ON A SINGLE COURSE TOPIC: AGING PRISONERS
New Technologies I want to Integrate to
my Bb Course
Wiki
YouTube - Japan's elderly prison population - 02 Mar 08
EBSCO full text article links
Snapkast
Student Knowledge, Access, Training
Technology MUST link to the Assignments and Course Objectives
Losing my “Face-to-Face Contact”
Need to Change Structure of Course & Assignments
Challenges for
Engagement
Student Knowledge, Access and TrainingSAMPLE ISSUES:
-Loss of in-person lectures
-Teaching students about the
technology
-Cannot hand out articles (or pdf them on Blackboard)
POSSIBLESOLUTIONS
SNAPKAST
“In Plain English” series of instructional videos on YouTube (Wikis, blogs, RSS, etc)
Electronic Database full text article link to Bboard course site
Linking Technology to Course Objectives & University Learning GoalsGERO 510 Course Objectives:Students will Identify issues relevant to the sociological study of aging and analyze them from micro (individual level) perspectives as well as macro (community and societal level) perspectives. Students will learn how demographic trends impact societal structures and functions on both the individual and community levels. Students will learn and be able to apply the concepts of “community,” “diversity,” and “social capital” in relationship to issues covered in the course. Through various web-based assignments, students will become more skilled in the use of technology as a teaching-learning tool (and will also enhance students’ understanding of the term “community”). Through various readings and writing assignments, students will critically analyze timely issues related to aging including retirement, class, generational and cohort effects, political activism, health care, and the Older Americans Act as they connect to the individual and American society.
Description of University-Wide Learning Goals:
1. Critical ThinkingStudents will be able to employ the use of reason or criteria in order to make a judgment.
2. CreativityStudents will be able to develop or apply something new, innovative, imaginative or divergent.
3.Social ResponsibilityStudents will develop the self, moral consciousness, and responsiveness to others.
4.PerformanceStudents will be able to convey the expression, demonstration, exhibition, or enactment of meaning.
Losing my Face-to-Face Contact (Weekend Component)•Discussion
•Student Presentations
•Films YouTube
•Spontaneity
TIME Friday, June 6th Saturday, June 7th Sunday, June 8th 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Course Introduction9:00-10:00 a.m. Community: Definitions
and descriptionsLGBT Aging issues in the communityChrista Peters, CICOA &Gerontology program Graduate 2007
Student mini-presentations on their elderly programsassignment.
10:00-11:00 Social Capital Diversity and Aging in Different ContextsAngelia Bowman, MSAMSA Foundation
Unique populations: AgingPrisoners; centenarians & Issues of class, cohort, andcommunity
11:00-12:00 Older Americans Act
11:30-12:30 Granny D:An aging individual Influencing community andsociety
12-1:00 p.m. Lunch 12:30-1:15ishWeekend wrap up andAssignments for the theRest of the course
12:30-1:30 LUNCH
1:00-2:00 E.A.T. Meals Program &Community buildingKay Crawford, CAC Sr Fellow
Enjoy your SundayAfternoon and SafeTravels back home!
1:30-2:30Minority Aging: Stats And impact on theAging individual inCommunity
2:15-3:15 Communities for Life and N.O.R.Cs: LaNita Garmany, Project DirectorCFL Project, CAC
2:30-3:15Challenges for ElderlyWomen. Video:When She Gets Old
3:15-4:15 Neighborhood at theCrossroads film
3:30-4:00Elderly ProgramsAssignment: DueSunday a.m.
4:30-6:00 Readings Discussion:Contexts of Ageing; Over the Next Hill
4:00-6:00 p.m.Time in library on your Own gathering info forYour assignment
Wiki
Need to Change Course Assignments 1. To build a sense of
community among the students
2. To make assignments more interactive & Understandable
3. To allow assignments to better meet the University learning goals of critical thinking, creativity, social responsibility and performance
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