Learning Unit Module 6/7

[SlyAnimal]

Anyone doing these? 

I'm in
Module 6, Batch 1, starting July 3rd - Sept 3rd, with the Seminar from Sept 13th - Sept 14th.
Module 7, Batch 1, starting Aug 7th - Oct 15th, with the seminar from Oct 18th - Oct 19th.

Would be interested in hearing from anyone who has done them before on whether there's much work involved with these, and any tests or assignments etc, or if it's just something you just cruise through to tick the boxes so to speak.
And if anyone is doing the same course, perhaps can share some info/resources to help with any tests or coursework which are required for them.

Also if anyone sees other batches come up on the One App, please post up, as I'd love to register and complete all 7 before they decide to change the system on me again.

[The sight]

Yeah that would suck, I'm trying to change schools so will try to do it at that point as I'll then need a new waiver. But as of now this is all new, you are one of the many who will be the ones providing original hard data for this new concept, looking forward to see how it goes for you. Do share what you find

[SlyAnimal]

I'm going to put some notes in here to help others who might do these modules in the future.

Just started Module 6 today.
There was an "Orientation" at 4pm on Zoom.
From the sounds it's very important that everyone attends any group conference call.

Looks like there's a 2h "homeroom" time each week when everyone needs to be online.  These were initially assigned to fixed dates, but in our homeroom session afterwards we asked the teacher if we could change the dates (Some people had other module homeroom sessions on the same days, others had special class etc), and the homeroom teacher agreed but apparently krusapa wouldn't let them change.  Apparently the people who had other things to do could just login briefly for a screenshot though and then go to their other module's class if they needed though.  Also the homeroom teacher said that they thought the homeroom sessions would likely only take about 20mins, despite being assigned as 2h.

However, we had to "check in" at the start of the assigned time for the orientation, and then "check out" shortly after the end of the assigned time for the orientation, despite finishing 30+ mins before we were meant to, due to something in the system.  Checking in / out was essentially just logging into module 6 via the ONE app and then clicking green buttons to proceed, not difficult or complicated despite having no idea about how all this works.

I think it was mentioned that there are 72x videos which students need to watch, but I might have misheard.  You can start viewing the videos straight away, some of the guys who had done other modules were already upto 10 or 15 videos watched by the time we started the orientation.  From what I gather you have to play them completely, and then even maybe go back to re-watch the final 1 minute of the video to get it to count as ticked off.  They suggested it's important to get these watched early, incase you don't have time later on, and I assume you can always go back to re-watch them if you need to know the content.

Looks like applicants need to score 60%+ to pass, and there will be 4x assignments which must be completed (in addition to attending homeroom meetings + watching videos online) as well as a 2 day seminar at the end of the course, and an exam.  Breakdown of how your grade is calculated is:

30% seminars
30% assignments
30% exam
10% attendance

With watching the videos being part of these too (I can't remember which part though).

Assignments are along the lines of below:

1 - Look at your school's educational quality framework (Thai document you can get from the school), and then say what it is and whether it's appropriate for your school + why.

2 - Explain the process of your school to ensure that the educational quality standard of your school plan is met.  Then explain how you, as a teacher, can act or do as a teacher to ensure that school standards are being met.  You've then got to show them how you would do this, and how you would assess success etc.

3 - Review the results of the school's latest school assessment report and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of your school, and provide recommendations for improvement.  Then state how you as a teacher could do to improve the quality of your school.

4 - Write about your learning experiences that reveal your understanding of the quality of educational quality assurance, designing and implementing educational assurance in schools & the use of evidence and evaluation results for educational improvement.

Also registration for the next 7 modules will apparently open in October, as one of the people in the class had asked Krusapa and that's what they said (But didn't give a specific date).

One thing which seemed to be a common theme from those who have done other modules already, was that it can be a lot of work if you signup to a lot of different modules which overlap.  Some people had 3+ modules which were overlapping, because they were doing 4, 5 & 6, and although the start dates are staggered, they overlap.

Anyway, that's my experience so far.  Figured I'd post up so that others could benefit from the knowledge.