Transcript Blended Courses

Teaching Innovation &
Effectiveness
Part 1:
Integrating Interface and
Face-to-Face Methods of
Instructional Delivery and
Design
Integrating F2F & Web
• This workshop will cover the basis
of design and implementation of a
“blended” course
• In addition, best practices will be
covered
Why “blended”
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Need to use machinery
Need to use specialized computer programs
Need for group or individual presentations
Need to test
Need for group F2F collaboration
Proximity of audience (working adults, St.
Louis)
First Things First!
1. What's the purpose of the course?
2. Who is your audience?
3. What technology is your audience
using?
What is the purpose of the course?
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Primary lecture
Primarily application
Use equipment
Use computers
Know Your Audience
What Technology is Needed?
• What is the technology that your students
have access to?
• What is the speed of their connections?
• Where are they located?
Design
1. Assembling web-based
materials
2. Assembling face-to-face
materials
Assembling web-based materials
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Identify Purpose
Recognize Bandwidth (design to 28.8 modem)
Graphics (GIF or JPEG? – GIF better for
bandwidth)
Monitor resolution (design to 640X480)
Recognize multiple platforms and browsers
(MAC or PC and Netscape or Explorer)
Navigation should be consistent & easy to use
Use common Fonts
Assembling web-based materials
What to include in a website…
• Splash Page
• Course Website
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Use OIS features
Index
Template
folders
Assembling web-based materials
• Have a WELCOME about a week prior to
classes
– Tech requirements
– Meet the instructor
– Opening note
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Communication plan (office hours)
Expectations
Organization of website
Where to get content
– Class meetings dates & location (agenda)
Assembling web-based materials
• Begin with an introduction to the lesson
– Objective
– Organization of lesson
– Link to content
• Content
– Organized
– Easy to navigate
– Minimize scrolling
– Vary text with graphics
– Chunk information
– Link to assessment
Design F2F
• Create an agenda
• Take time at beginning of class for review of
web lessons
• Link the web lessons to the class
• Have a plan
• Have a contingency plan
Implementation
1. Web portion
2. Class portion
The KEY is to plan and to make
the connection of both the web
lesson & the F2F class to the
objectives of the class
Student Comments
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Keep the site organized
Keep the site updated
Have a place for questions
Have clear instructions & directions
Respond in a timely manner
Add additional resources
Have a purpose for the content (don’t like
busy work)
• Use Forum & Chat
Best Practices
E-mail etiquette
• Set up a folder for each class in your e-mail
client, and get in the habit of moving each
class-related e-mail to the folder as soon as
you have acted on it. This gives you an
archive of e-mail traffic - invaluable for
resolving grade disputes, etc!
• Studies show that students expect a
response to an e-mail within 24-48 hours.
Don't let e-mails "pile up".
• Create and use a signature file that includes
contact info.
Best Practices
• Put a phony student in the class without instructor
privileges so you can view the class from the
student’s perspective and use that ID to log in
every time you create new pages to check links
and assignments
• Require Southeast email
• Provide opportunity for students to practice using
the OIS components prior to giving them required
assignments
• Office hours should be listed on the Class
Homepage or faculty member’s page (three hours
per week are required by Southeast’s Faculty
Handbook)
Best Practices
• Keep a dynamic Announcements page
• Don’t link to commercial websites (For
more info, visit MORE.net)
• Have a schedule which outlines the
materials and available dates for the class
Best Practices
• Clearly explain the objective(s) for the class and for
each assignment. Students sometimes think
assignments for web classes are busy work
because the instructor does not do a good job
explaining the rationale for the assignment.
• Use a variety of assessments
• Lots of smaller assessments, not a midterm and a
final
• Don’t put so much weight on the tests/quizzes that
it tempts students to cheat
• Link web lessons to class lessons
Questions Or Additional
Tips
Thank you for your TIME