English (dot) works A1 level 2 MANUAL DEL INSTRUCTOR Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA. Reservados todos los derechos 2013.
This manual has four sections, as follows : 1. Access to the platform 2. Access to the guides 3. Structure of the guides 4. Evidence management 1. Access to the platform Likewise the other SENA virtual courses, English (dot) works A1 Level 2 is hosted in the Blackboard platform. To access the course, you can either follow the corresponding link in Sofia Plus or go directly to the Blackboard homepage, as shown below: Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA. Reservados todos los derechos 2013. 2 /25
It is important to check that the course you are about to access is the one identified as 201309052: english(dot)works 2.0 A1 Level 2. Once you have accessed, you can see an interface like the one presented below: 2. Access to the guides In SENA face-to-face sessions, both instructors and apprentices work based on learning guides whose information is organized in a standardized institutional form. In the case of virtual learning, that information appears in the guides in a multimedia format, that is, in a digital interactive version. To access the guides, just click on the button Learning Guides, located on the left column of the course interface. Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA. Reservados todos los derechos 2013. 3 /25
Once you click on that button, a set of folders will be shown. Each folder corresponds to the different multimedia guides of the A1-Level 2 course: Diagnosis Activity, Learning Activity 1, Learning Activity 2, Learning Activity 3, and Consolidation Activity. The interface must look like this: Remember that you have to scroll down in order to see the folders of all the guides of the course. Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA. Reservados todos los derechos 2013. 4 /25
3. Structure of the guides The course consists of three kinds of guides: Diagnosis, Learning, and Consolidation which, in turn, correspond to three different kinds of activities. Diagnosis Guide The Diagnosis Guide is intended to help the apprentice to have an introductory approach to the course. In this regard, this guide includes some lexical review materials and two exams: an introductory test and a final test. None of these tests is hosted is Blackboard, but inside the guide itself. It means that both the questions and the answers are managed in a multimedia format. However, the results of the last one of these tests will be linked to the Score Center (Centro de Calificaciones). To access the Diagnosis Guide, click on the corresponding button, next to the folder icon: Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA. Reservados todos los derechos 2013. 5 /25
Once you access the folder, you will see a label identifying the Diagnosis Guide and a title button. By clicking on such button, you can open the multimedia guide, as shown below: This multimedia guide has, basically, four components from top to bottom: a section title, a main visualization screen, a navigation panel, and a help button. Such components are illustrated below: Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA. Reservados todos los derechos 2013. 6 /25
The section title indicates what section of the guide you are currently in; the main visualization screen shows the contents of the guide; the navigation panel allows you to browse throughout the guide by means of the three section buttons, a pointer arrow or simply using the keyboard arrows; and the help button will show you two options: a video help about the guides, and a downloadable version of the guide. This downloadable version corresponds to the classical SENA form for learning guides. To start browsing throughout the Diagnosis Guide, just click on the Start-up button. This button will take you to a brief introductory situation before working on the guide. Then, when clicking on the central button, you will find, on the one hand, a self-assessment test to check understanding of some lexical and grammatical aspects; on the other hand, apprentices will find a set of links to learning materials to reinforce their knowledge before taking a second interactive test. This second test is not for self-evaluation and will be linked to the Score Center (Centro de Calificaciones). Finally, the third navigation button (Further) will take you to a set of external links to some support materials on the web. Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA. Reservados todos los derechos 2013. 7 /25
Learning Guide In A1-Level 2, there are three learning guides that share the same structure. These guides are intended to provide apprentices with learning materials and ask them for evidences of their knowledge, performance or product development. To access any of the Learning Guides, click on the corresponding button, next to the folder icon: Once you access the folder, you will see a label identifying the Learning Guide and a title button. By clicking on such button, you can open the multimedia guide, as shown below: Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA. Reservados todos los derechos 2013. 8 /25
This type of multimedia guide has the same five components of the diagnosis guide: a section title, a main visualization screen, a navigation panel, and a help button. Such components are illustrated below: Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA. Reservados todos los derechos 2013. 9 /25
To start browsing throughout any of the Learning Guides, just click on the Startup button. This button will take you to a brief introductory video about how to work on the guide. When clicking in the central button, you can see an intro subbutton and several other buttons that take you to the stages that the apprentices have to go through in order to complete the learning activity. The way to manage the content of the stages will be described in more detail in the Evidence management section of this manual. Finally, by clicking on the Further button, you will access a set of external links to some support materials on the web. Consolidation guide The Consolidation Guide is intended to help the apprentices to improve their previous work in the learning guides. To access the Consolidation Guide, click on the corresponding button, next to the folder icon: Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA. Reservados todos los derechos 2013. 10 /25
Once you access the folder, you will see a label identifying the Consolidation Guide and a title button. By clicking on such button, you can open the multimedia guide, as shown below: This type of multimedia guide has the same five components of the diagnosis and learning guides: a section title, a main visualization screen, a navigation panel, and a help button. Such components are illustrated below: Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA. Reservados todos los derechos 2013. 11 /25
However, this type of multimedia guide only has two navigation buttons: Start-up and Stages. The Start-up button will take you to a brief welcome and video tutorial about what apprentices have to do. The Stages button will show you a set of steps that the apprentice has to go through in order to complete the activity. Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA. Reservados todos los derechos 2013. 12 /25
4. Evidence management Based on the methodological approach of SENA, the training process includes the work on different learning activities to develop three types of evidences: product, performance and knowledge. In every virtual guide (diagnosis, learning and consolidation), the instructions to hand in or fulfill the tasks are located after the introductory video. Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA. Reservados todos los derechos 2013. 13 /25
When selecting each stage, you will find a slide with the components of every task the apprentices have to fulfill. The apprentices need to identify the things they have to do in every stage. This information is located in the button What to do? Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA. Reservados todos los derechos 2013. 14 /25
Every stage has three parts: How to do it? It explains how to carry out every stage. Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA. Reservados todos los derechos 2013. 15 /25
There, you can see all the things that must be done in each stage. Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA. Reservados todos los derechos 2013. 16 /25
What to study? It allows the apprentices to access the established learning material to fulfill the tasks of the activity. Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA. Reservados todos los derechos 2013. 17 /25
The learning material is intended to provide what apprentices need to know in order to fulfill the goals of each learning guide. Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA. Reservados todos los derechos 2013. 18 /25
How to check it? Through this option, it is possible to download the different checklists to assess the products or performance evidences in every stage. Every assessment instrument will allow the apprentices determine if their products fulfill the requirements of the stage. In order to approve the course, every guide must have the letter A which stands for Approved. However, the evidence can be approved with a minimum score of 70 points out of 100. For this course, A1- Level 2, the product evidences have to be uploaded in a journal. This tool is provided by Blackboard and the instructor has to create one journal per apprentice. The different links or products must be uploaded to the personal journal. To create the journal, the instructor has to locate the journal tool on the left panel. Then, the journal can be created by following the procedure to do so. Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA. Reservados todos los derechos 2013. 19 /25
To hand in the written performance evidences (written participation in forums), the apprentice must press the button Forums on the left panel. Here, he/she needs to identify the correspondent forums and do the activity. Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA. Reservados todos los derechos 2013. 20 /25
In the case of the speaking performance (oral participation in web-conferences), the instructor and apprentice need to use the Blackboard Collaborate tool. In order to use this option, the instructor has to select the Control Panel option on the left part of the platform and select the button options. Then, press on Course tools and click on Blackboard Collaborate. After this, the instructor has to fill in some information in order to create the oral meeting with the apprentice to assess the speaking performance. Finally, knowledge evidences are tests which are intended to assess the apprentices knowledge throughout the learning process. In the diagnosis learning activity, the test is included in the guide interface. The apprentices have to follow the instructions and check their process. Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA. Reservados todos los derechos 2013. 21 /25
In the learning activities, there is a button that links the guide to the test. The instructor can enable different options of the test if it is required Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA. Reservados todos los derechos 2013. 22 /25
Inventory of evidences The chart below allows instructors to identify, in an easier and faster way, the evidences in the Score Center. Learning outcome Learning Activity Evidence Type of evidence Assessment instruments Identifying the requirements for the execution of commercial transactions and the communication of past events, according to the syntactic and lexical requirements of each context Diagnosis Knowledge Test 1.0 Knowledge Interactive exam in multimedia version Recording a TV commercial Product Colombian marvels TV commercial checklist Writing a post about The Best Colombian Cities in a forum Performance Best Colombian cities forum checklist Participating in commercial transactions in different social contexts Learning Activity 1 Writing a postcard to a friend Participation in tips for staying in Colombia webconference Product Performance A postcard for a good friend checklist Tips for a good stay in Colombia webconference checklist Purchase order Product Purchase order checklist Introducing my Homeland Test Knowledge Exam in the Tests section Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA. Reservados todos los derechos 2013. 23 /25
Writing a report about important moments Product Recalling experiences checklist Writing a report about past habits Product I m a different person checklist Narrating past events related to one s family within a timeline, taking into account principles of historicity Learning Activity 2 Participation in past habits webconference Recording a crazy story audio Writing a partner s biography Performance Product Product I m a different person webconference checklist Audio story recording checklist Biography checklist Participation in partner s bio timeline webconference Performance Timeline presentation checklist Becoming a Biographer Test Knowledge Exam in the Tests section Participation in extinct animals webconference Performance Talking about extinct animals checklist Discussing about human and natural history based on relevant historical and linguistic elements Learning Activity 3 Writing a report about city history Making a video about a myth or legend Participation in important invention web-conference Product Product Performance Writing a report about my city history checklist Making a documentary about a myth or legend checklist Discussing about inventions webconference checklist Writing a post about an important invention in the forum Performance Discussing about inventions forum checklist Discussing about Human and Natural History Test Knowledge Exam in the Tests section Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA. Reservados todos los derechos 2013. 24 /25
Implementing improvement actions for the exchange of information related to commercial transactions and past events, according to the results of the learning process Consolidation Activity Improving journal posts Consolidation Test Product Knowledge Journal improvement checklist Exam in the Tests section Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA. Reservados todos los derechos 2013. 25 /25