To Prepare:
Review the La Prade, K., Gilpatrick, M., & Perkins, D. (2014) article from the Learning Resources. Consider the impact that thoughtful planning can have on your career, the lives of your students, and the future of our global society.
By Day 5 of Week 11
Write a 500-word paper explaining how you plan to continue your learning and growth going forward. Create a concrete plan of action to ensure that you continually improve your professional practice as an online instructor. Your plan should address your goals for the immediate future as well as longer term goals for five and ten years from now. Include an explanation of why you selected each goal and specific details for how you intend to achieve it.
***Below is the Citation to La Prade, Gilpatrick and Perkins article. You should be able to copy and paste the whole text into your browser and get the required article for this assignment
***LaPrade, K., Marjaneh Gilpatrick, M., & Perkins, D. (2014). Impact of Reflective Practice on Online Teaching Performance in Higher Education. Journal of Online Learning & Teaching, 10(4), 625–639.
Required Resources
Required Readings
Becker, R. (2014, February). Social change starts long before the message. Retrieved from http://www.richardrbecker.com/2014/02/social-change-starts-long-before-message.html
La Prade, K., Gilpatrick, M., & Perkins, D. (2014). Impact of reflective practice on online teaching performance in higher education. Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, 10(4), 625–638.
Kranzow, J. (2013). Faculty leadership in online education: Structuring courses to impact student satisfaction and persistence. Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, 9(1). Retrieved from http://jolt.merlot.org/vol9no1/kranzow_0313.htm
Laureate International Universities. (2016a). HBO toolkit: Basics of online learning theory. Retrieved from http://hbotoolkit.laureate.net/2015/09/03/basics-of-online-learning-theory-what-the-research-tells-us/
Walden University. (2016). Social change. Retrieved from https://www.waldenu.edu/about/social-change
Walden University. (2014a). 2014 social change impact report. Retrieved from https://www.waldenu.edu/about/social-change/impact-report-2014
Walden University. (2014b). Social change infographics. Retrieved from https://www.waldenu.edu/about/social-change/impact-report-2014/media-resources
Young, N. D., Celli, L. M., Denault, L., & Roque, R. (2015). The professoriate: The first year, leadership, creating connections, community, and virtual educational teaching practices. International Journal of Arts & Sciences, 8(2), 107–117.
