Group 5’s interactive learning resource introduced four parts of basic knowledge of Chinese tea culture, the origins of Chinese tea, tea’s nutritional value, types of Chinese tea, and Chinese tea ceremony. As a Chinese student, I think it was a pleasure and self-related experience reading through your draft.
Learning Context
For learning context, group 5 suggested that students will need to learn the topic, participate in activities, and interact with materials by themselves individually. Group 5 decided to use WordPress and Google Groups for students to participate in activities and interact with classmates, I think these tools are very helpful and will benefit students in their learning processes.
Learning Outcomes
For learning outcomes, in my point of view, group 5 did an excellent job describing what students will be able to do after learning the course materials. Nevertheless, it appears that the Interactive Learning Resource assignment requires only 2-4 learning outcomes while group 5 had a total of 8 learning outcomes. Perhaps you might consider reducing them by a certain amount.
Learning Design
For learning design, group 5 used experiential learning as their learning design, and I personally think it is very appropriate for this topic “Chinese Tea culture”. Group 5 combines experiential learning into their topic “Chinese Tea culture” which allows students to have discussions and connect with their families, I think it is very thoughtful.
Inclusive Design
For inclusive design, group 5 decided to build designs for students who have colourblindness or limited mobility, but it appears to me that you did not provide effective ways to help colour-blind students. Perhaps you could try to add some ways to help colour-blind students to study easier. Moreover, group 5 chose to build an inclusive design for students who are shy and introverted. Correct me if I’m wrong, it appears that students who are shy and introverted were not options on the inclusion of diverse learners list in the Interactive Learning Resource description website. Perhaps group 5 should reconsider an option that is on the inclusion of diverse learners list.
Topics
There are four learning topics of Chinese tea culture, each topic is clearly presented and dated. Moreover, there are combinations of Videos and word descriptions as learning materials for each topic which I think it’s very clear and effective for students to learn. References are sorted very well, I like them.
Formative and Summative assessments are clearly and reasonably presented. With combinations of online quizzes, group projects, and blogs, I think students will be properly evaluated.
Overall, I really like this project especially about the topic ” Chinese Tea Culture”. I always believe that Chinese tea culture has a long and rich history, and people can have an in-depth understanding of Chinese traditional culture through tea culture. Each learning step has a reasonable process and review method. There are only some minor mistakes with learning outcomes and inclusive design based on my personal point of view; other than that, I think it is a complete and very organized draft. Looking forward to your final version of Interactive Learning Resource!
Resource from pod 5:
https://chineseteaculture335.opened.ca/