Transcript Enhancing Student Success Using Technology

Enhancing Student Success Using
Technology
Cindy Vinson, Dean Learning Technologies
Presented to
Social Science/Humanities Division
Sept. 19, 2002
Learning Technologies
Overview
• Mission to use technology to enhance learning
– Instructional and learning challenges
– Collaboration
– Research technologies for practical application
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Broadcast Media Center - Marty Kahn
Jane Ostrander - Technical Trainer
Heidi King - Instructional Designer
Drake Lewis - Web Programmer
Ana Gamaza - Graphic Designer
Robert Griffiths - Instructional Designer
The Big Picture
• “Any individual can participate in online education programs
regardless of geographic location, age, physical limitation, or
personal schedule. Everyone can access repositories of
educational materials, easily recalling past lessons, updating
skills, or selecting from among different teaching methods in
order to discover the most effective ways of learning.
Educational programs can be customized to each individual’s
needs, so that the information revolution reaches everyone and
personal digital libraries provide a mechanism for managing
one’s accumulated knowledge resources. Learning involves all
our senses, to help focus each student’s attention and better
communicate educational material.”
From: Information Technology Research:
Investing in Our Future
Report to the President, Bill Clinton, February 1999
President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee
Big Picture FHDA
• Diffuse best practices through examples, training,
mentoring, models, pilot projects
• Support efforts to develop hybrid instruction
• Identify challenges and find or develop solutions
• Work with groups of faculty to create instruction
that can be shared and used in a variety of ways
• Focus on practical and effective learning
technologies
What’s Manila?
• Web site creation tool
– Templates
– Standard based (uses HTML in background)
• Features
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Looks like De Anza web site
Instant viewing of pages
Upload files to the server or type them into web pages
Discussion feature (if you choose to use)
• Practical and effective
– Inexpensive
– Saves department money
– Log in whenever you have Internet access
From Here to There
When no one lives on
campus, how do we easily
create the presence of a
community to support
learning?
Web for Communication
Start with the Basics
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Contact information
Syllabus
Notices about coming events
Example
– Communication
Web-enhanced Instruction
Use Your Web Site as a
Bridge
• Frequently used to direct student learning
• May use some of the following:
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Discussion features of Manila
Links to other resources
Examples of well-done homework
Study questions
Self-assessments
• Examples
– Hints for homework
– Discussions
– How to be successful
Instructional Design
Designing for Student
Success
• Rethink curriculum what do students find
challenging
• Create online support to help students
• Create case studies, simulations, and examples to
develop the “enduring understanding”
• Work with Heidi King, Robert Griffiths, and your
division colleagues to create sharable learning
content
Hybrid Instruction
Use Technology and
Whatever Else Works!
• Use multiple delivery modes such as classroom,
video, web
• May reduce classroom instructional time or
conduct small group sessions for students as
course content is delivered differently
• Multiple delivery modes ideally offer an
advantage over just one mode
• Examples
– Portal to WebCT
– Discussions as another form of writing
Learning Outcomes
The Learning Organization
• New learning paradigm based on offering options
so more students can achieve content mastery.
These may include:
– Options for classroom, video, online or any
combination
– Multiple ways to learn concepts
– Multiple ways to demonstrate content mastery
– Multiple learning tracks (accelerated, traditional,
extended)
• Focus on learning outcomes and individual
students
Next Steps
• Start with a web presence
• Sign up for a Manila Basics class
• Contact Jane Ostrander ([email protected])
ext. 8206 for assistance
• Bookmark the Faculty Support Site
• Request a division training
• Request special training to accommodate your
schedule