Learning design for teaching 'Didactics of Informatics'

Description:

I, together with others, teach a course on the ‘Didactics of Informatics’. During the course the students will be asked to design and develop their own computer models and learning activities, for their own students, by use of the didactical principles they have been presented with.
Part of the course is online, and learning to design a computer model, learning activities, and to program can be difficult online. On top of that, our students are often diverse in background, hence some students learn fast and don’t need much support and others learn more slowly and need more support.
Therefore I have considered re-designing the course section regarding computer models and programming. I use both in-class and out-of-class activities in iterations, as described in STREAM.
I have also incorporated feedback, both from peers and from the teacher. The teacher is the main source of feedback throughout the activity, except for the last set of feedbacks which are given by peers. I’m confident that by then the students are well educated in both the theory behind the didactical designs of computer programs and in giving and receiving feedback.
I have also decided that students must make themselves visible and active by participating online in a forum by asking questions and commenting on both lectures, articles, and exercises.
The activity makes use of lecture capturing and screen casting. Also, a kind of ‘lab videos’ are used, as tutorials for students’ exercises.