Distance Education Evaluation Tool

Course/Lesson Title:

Cause and Effect

Reviewer: Tricia Pearce

Date:

3/22/16

URL (if available): http://room16causeandeffect.weebly.com/

Course/Lesson Creator:
Course Type:

Christy Brock

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asynchronous

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Highlight the box that corresponds to your evaluation. Write any comments that you feel will be
helpful in explaining your opinion.

Planning and Organization:

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Instructions are presented in a clear, organized manner.

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Comments:

Well-organized for students to understand what is expected.

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2. Lesson is easy to navigate and links are accurate and working.

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Comments:
Use of videos, interactive activities and tutorials are easy to access.

Course Content and Design:

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Content is directly related to learning objectives and standards.

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Comments:
Remediation lesson corresponds to language arts standards for cause and effect.

4. Content is appropriate to the age of the learners and their level of experience.

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Comments:
Well-planned lesson for 4th grade students. May also be used for 3rd or 5th graders possibly.

5. Students involved in active learning and activities adapted to meet student needs.

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Comments:
Interactive activities keep students engaged.

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Learning activities include cooperative learning in addition to independent tasks.

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Comments:
Collaborative groups work well in this lesson. Students have peer support.

Assessment:
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Formative and summative assessments are utilized.

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Grading rubrics are provided to students in advance of assignments and due dates.

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Comments:
Rubric is clear and evident for students to view.

9. Assessments are directly related to material taught in course/lesson.

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Comments:
Creative assessment of designing comic strip to show cause and effect.

Communication and Feedback:

10. Information is provided to students about how to contact/communicate with instructor.

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Comments:
Not applicable. Classroom teacher present.

11. Instructor builds community by providing a place for student profiles, announcements,
and multiple forms of communication (chat, text, forum, phone calls).

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Comments:
Not applicable. Classroom teacher present.

12. Specific feedback is provided on assignments so students can improve and is provided in
a timely manner.

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Comments:
Teacher probably giving feedback as she moves around room observing activities.

13. Students are given opportunity to give constructive feedback to peers and encouraged to
remain positive in doing so.

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Comments:
Not applicable. May be good to have a forum to allow for peer feedback and positive
comments.

Educational and Technological Support

14. A syllabus is provided which includes objectives, requirements, learning outcomes,
expectations, assignments, grading policy and instructor availability.

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Comments:
Included in weeblyl webquest.

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15. Technology requirements are clear and appropriate to the level of the students.

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16. Technology assistance is available to the student.

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Comments:
Teacher is available to help students that need assistance with technology.

Overall Comments and Suggestions:

This was a well-designed weebly webquest for a remediation mini-lesson for the topic of
Cause and Effect for 4th graders. The lesson plan is well organized and complete and easy to
follow. The instructions are clear and include collaborative activities and individual, as well as
a summative project of creativity designing a comic strip to illustrate cause and effect.
Since dependable technology tools are not always available and time is limited for the use of the
laptop cart, teacher has made alternative plans in the event of tech difficulties. Students are
engaged in interactive activities and have a variety of modalities to view for the lesson. Overall,
I think this is an excellently designed lesson that will work well with fourth graders.