The PRAXIS WI Project

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The PRAXIS WI Project Fall 07 Team Leader
Meeting Bob Hoar and Sherrie Serros
iiurl_at_uwlax.edu September 7-8, 2007
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Overview of Day 1

• Introductions
• What is a Praxis Learning Object?
• How do we build them?
• Jim Jorstad
• Bill Cerbin
• Carmen Wilson

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LO Funding History

• Variety of Faculty Development grants from 00 to
  03
• An NSF grant, 125,000 in 03-04
• Curricular Redesign, 151,000 in 04-06
• PK-16 Initiatives and Curricular Redesign
• Summer/Fall 06, 70,000
• Spring 07, 75,000

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PRAXIS Learning Objects

• Statement of the Question with possible Answers
  and mistake-specific feedback
• Hint to help them remember a key detail
• Sandbox, a place to play and learn
• Tutorial, a careful presentation of the solution
  (shockwave movie)
• Chalk-Talk to hear and see a solution
• Additional Self-Check Questions to Assess
  Understanding

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Example
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Content Development Model

• Distribute the work to faculty led teams around
  the State of Wisconsin
• Faculty assemble UG research teams containing
  math, science, and education students
• The faculty leader determines the exact
  model/processes to fit their situation
• Content teams create a small number of LO
  Storyboards and review the work of others
• Results are sent to student programmers

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PRAXIS LO Implementation

• Select question types from published ETS study
  guides
• Utilize each element of the LO template
• Provide different approaches to the problem
  solution whenever possible
• Tie Self-Check Questions to the State, National,
  and PRAXIS standards

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Typical Content Team Duties

• Perform a Lesson Study of each problem
• Review Literature and Standards
• Develop Content for Tutorials (Storyboard)
• Determine a Hint
• Design the Sandbox Concept
• Script (and perform) the ChalkTalk
• Write Practice Questions and answers, with
  appropriate feedback

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Development Models

• Each Team could go about the process a bit
  differently.

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PRAXIS-WI Team Support

• Currently, there is support for 12 Teams provided
  by the Learning Technology Development Council.
• Financial Support
• 250 per student content writer (up to 4)
• 700 per faculty member
• Expectations
• Produce 4 or 5 high quality LOs
• Review the work of others

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Sandbox and Tutorials

• These are FLASH driven portions of the LOs.
• You can oversee the development of the FLASH
  components (additional support will be provided).
• Tutorials on how to build the components are
  available at the Co-Lab sitewww.praxiswi.com
• Another option is to outsource the FLASH
  development (the Institute will facilitate this).

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www.praxiswi.com
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www.uwlax.edu/mathematics/PRAXIS
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Overview of Day 2

• Technology each team will use
• Chalk-Talk production
• File storage/sharing and workflow
• Timeline for this semester
• Problem Selection
• Next steps and money matters