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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