Transcript OnLine Express Course

Prince George’s Community College
Online Express
Training Faculty to Teach Online
Mary Wells
Margo Chaires
Andrew Habermacher
Distance Learning at
Prince George’s Community College
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Telecourses - well established but declining
(729 students in Fall 99 to 381 Fall 01)
Interactive courses - not well established,
low enrollments (25 students in Fall 01)
Online Courses
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1996 - Few courses; no institutional support
1998 - Institutional support begins
1999 - More courses; Online Express funded
Online Learning Enrollments
Fa 99 Sp 00 Fa 00 Sp 01 Fa 01 Sp 02
Courses
18
23
34
41
70
83
Sections
28
28
38
47
78
104
Enrolls
379
374
419
19
13
11
Ave/
Sect
732 1,252
16
18
Faculty Trained - Online Express
Semester/Year
# Applicants
# Trained
Fall 2000
14
12
Spring 2001
31
27
Fall 2001
16
15
Spring 2002
15
Planning and Implementation
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Administration
Faculty Consultant(s)
Technology Resource
Center
Instructional Support
Technology Support
OLE Agreements
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Faculty Agrees To:
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Attend orientation
and 10 2-hour
training sessions
Use Blackboard
List course in
Schedule of Classes
Demonstrate
course to colleagues
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College Agrees To:
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Compensation
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Training
Development
Provide
Blackboard as
CMS
Provide training
Provide
Instructional
Design support
OLE Faculty Training Course
 Ten weekly 2-hour sessions plus work sessions
 Emphasizes teamwork among faculty,
administrative offices & technical support
 Targeted development of online general education
courses leading to degrees.
 Qualified fulltime or adjunct faculty wishing
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to adapt an existing course to offer online or
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to create a “shared” course for use by other
instructors.
OLE Major Components
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Pedagogy
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Instructor’s Role
Changes
Student Centered
Technology
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Web Page Authoring
Course Delivery
Software
Challenges of Training Faculty to
Teach Online
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Computer skills
Lack of experience as online students
Tendency to focus on technology
Perceptions of online pedagogy
Understanding of online course
development process
Faculty Web Pages
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Need for Faculty Web Page
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Orient students
“Advertise” course
Online students expect it
Create With Front Page
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Provide Template
Use Front Page as editor and Web page
creator
Using Blackboard to Teach
Online Pedagogy
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Tours of Existing Online Blackboard Courses
Provide Blackboard Account
• As a Teacher in Own Course
• As a Student in Online Express
• Handouts and course content
• Documents
• Internet Links
• Quizzes and Surveys
Threaded, asynchronous discussion
Digital Drop Box
OLE Modifications
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Multi-phased Assessment Process
(implement Spring 02)
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Phase One - New Course Evaluation
Phase Two - Course Evaluation after 2nd
semester
Phase Three - College Faculty Evaluation
Process
Phase Four - Student Evaluations
Phase One
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Using Checklist for Online Faculty
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Given at Orientation
Includes major categories of course design
Web page construction
 Interaction (student-student; student-teacher)
 Orienting students to the course
 Navigability
 Engaging students
 Giving feedback to students
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Phase Two
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Using Principles of Good Practice
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Based on Chickering and Gamson’s Seven
Principles of Good Practice in
Undergraduate Education
Focus on active learning, interaction
Questions?