Monday, May 25, 2015

Module 5: My rubric


Criteria
High Distinction/ Outstanding-Very good
Credit/ Good
Pass/Fair
Fail/Inadequate
Criterion 1

Understanding the genetics of MHC
An excellent-very good understanding of the MHC genetics and the disorders associated with mutations in the MHC genetics.
Some understanding of the subject with the ability of recognizing disorders associated with mutations in MHC genes.
Little understanding of the organization of MHC genetics
Fail to show the basics of the organization of MHC genetics
Criterion 2

Description of the process of polypeptide expression on MHC molecule
Clear organized description of the processes with mentioning the signaling molecules associated with it.
Description of the some of the key regulators in the process.
Basic description of the mechanisms.
Fail to describe the process.
Criterion 3

Elucidate the mechanism of T lymphocyte activation through antigen recognition
Clear organized description of the processes with mentioning the signaling molecules associated with it.
Description of the some of the key regulators in the process.
Basic description of the mechanisms.
Fail to describe the process.

Module 5: Assessment and Feedback

Reflection on my current assessment practice:

I think with less student cohorts in my classes I need to move further toward the summative assessments to get a generalised idea. But,the need for formative assessments is needed to assess some parts as required by their structure.



Module 4: Evaluation

Reflective e-portfolio (Post-session Activity)

Consider the following questions when writing a reflective post to your e-portfolio:
  1. Describe what your mini-evaluation was focused on (e.g.student experience, satisfaction, engagement, evaluation of teaching) and reflect on what you learned (or not) from it.
  2. Based on the concepts explored in this module (e.g. your mini-evaluation, the video, discussions in the F2f session, etc.), what is your evaluation plan for your future development of teaching?
  • Use Criterion 2 on the E-portfolio Rubric to self-evaluate your reflective post. 
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 My mini-evaluation was focused on the following:

- Student experience and engagement:
      What does the students gained during the lectures.
      Do they feel that the lectures changed their understanding about the main subject?

-Satisfaction:

      How they rate their overall gain, positive or negative (provide %, were below %50 is considered to be negative and above %50 is positive).


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My plane for my evaluation of teaching will continue on getting the feedback from students on their experience and engagement. I will consider the evaluation teaching with concentrating on the techniques of teaching. 

Sunday, May 24, 2015

Module 3 : Teaching for Learning


Author:





Mohammad Mohammad
 Antigen Recognition by T lymphocytes
Aim: Studying this unit, student will understand the way how T lymphocytes recognise an antigen and how this process differ from antibody recognition of antigens.

Learning Outcome:






After studying this unit you will be able to :
- Diffrentiate between T-lymphocyte receptor and Fab fragment of immunoglobulin.
- Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) structure and contribution in the process of antigen recognition by T lymphocytes.
- Ways and mechanisms of peptide anchoring to MHC.
- The importance of accessory molecules in this process.
- Understanding experiments aimed at delineating this process.

Learning Activity:







- Class lecture on the structure and genetics of MHC molecule. (25 mins).
- Youtube video explaining the mechanism of antigen processing and expression in the context of MHC.
- Summarise the similarities and differences between T lymphocyte receptos and the Fab fragment of immunoglobulin.
- List key steps in establishing a successful recognition of an antigen.
- Designing an experiment to investigate the importance of accessory molecules in activation of T lymphocytes.

Assessment Task:

- Online quiz completed individually.
- group of 2 working on annotating diagrams explaining the process.
- Listing 3 disorders of poor/over antigen recognition.
Resources:




- online student texts and other online resources (Janway's Immunbiology, 2014).
- Recent research articles addressing this lecture.
- Presentation slides.

Module2: Flipped Classroom Lesson Plan


Learning Outcome:
Note: Explain the bone marrow pathway of dendritic cells development.

Learners: 

This lecture will be targeting an 18, 3rd year undergraduate students studying the hematology course.

Students came from mixed cultural backgrounds with different English language capabilities.


Pre-Class Independent Activity (prior to class)
Time
What will your students do to be prepared for the in-class activity? What resources will they access? What do they need to bring to class?

Annotate videos containing figures related to this developmental pathway.









What do you need to prepare for the pre-class activity e.g. resources, course materials? What will you do while your students are doing the pre-learning activities?

Selected diagrams from a recent refereed journal articles addressing this subject.

Select and upload You Tube video.

1 hour
In-Class Collaborative Activity
Time
How will your students be engaged in-class? What activities will you ask them to do?





Students will be asked to work in groups of 4-5 students to produce a flowchart of dendritic cell development and indicate the checkpoints of modification of the pathway for therapeutic approaches.

Each group will be asked to present their flowchart.


What will you do about students who have not completed the pre-learning activity? What will you do while your students are engaged with the in-class collaborative activity?



This issue will be discussed to promote student who didn’t finished the pre-learning task. 2 students will be asked to present their annotations.


















30 min




15 min
Post-Class Activity (Independent or Collaborative)
Time
What will students do after the in-class activity is completed? Are there any follow-up activities? How will they demonstrate their learning?

Students will be requested to share their annotated developmental flowcharts into their e-portfolios.

Students need to criticize another group flowchart with the following to indicate:
-       2 good things
-       2 points/issues need improvement





What will you do while your students complete the post-class activity?





The flowcharts will be assessed.







50 min
Assessment: Describe a formative or summative assessment task that you would ask your students to complete in order to assess whether they have met the intended learning outcome. (Note, Module 5 will cover assessment strategies but you can note down some initial ideas here)

Based on the marking rubric, students will be assessed based on an online multiple-choice quiz at the beginning of the next lecture. Results will be provided to students at the end of the lecture.