Implementing an Online Learning Initiative
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This is from a session at the e-Learning Revolution Conference at IU 13 on 6/24/15. School districts creating their own online learning courses, with existing faculty and resources, often stumble with initial efforts as they try to apply existing models to a new learning environment. Join this session to explore strategies, tools, and processes that can support the transition to online learning and see demonstrations of working models.
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Implementing an Online Learning Initiative
- 1. Engage . Enrich . Empower Implementing an Online Learning Initiative http://2015elr.wikispaces.com/Implementing+an+Online+Learning+Initiative
- 2. Andy Petroski Director of Learning Technologies Assistant Professor of Learning Technologies Harrisburg University @apetroski apetroski.wikispaces.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/apetroski Harrisburg University LTMS CAE<
- 3. POLL At what stage are you with online learning at your school, district, or organization?
- 5. Why are you creating online learning? What will an experience be like in your online courses? How will you know online learning has been successful?
- 7. Student Teacher Learning School Online From: http://elearninginfographics.com/blended-learning-infographic/ - None - Some - Majority - All
- 8. Who will work on the design of an online course? Who will work on the development of an online course? Who will manage the online course catalog?
- 9. Role Responsibilities Curriculum Specialist Identify curriculum needs/demands, manage the curriculum schedule, manage instructor assignments Subject Matter Expert Aligns curriculum with standards, provides subject matter knowledge, and aligns assessment with learning outcomes, validates the final content Instructional Designer Designs the learner experience in alignment with curriculum standards and assessment to achieve learning outcomes. Creates a facilitator guide. Instructional Technologist Integrates technology into the instructional design Multimedia Designer Creates interactive multimedia and multimodal learning opportunities Quality Assurance Test Confirms the course is usable, free of errors, and meets established course design and development standards Course Instructor Facilitates the student activity in the online course, grades assignments, monitors and summarizes discussions, and communicates with students Technical Support Provides technical support to course instructors and students Online Catalog Manager Manages and updates master courses, copies master courses into live courses, creates course backups
- 10. Design New Courses Revise Existing Courses • Kickoff with Design Team and Faculty (12 weeks prior) • Analyze Learning Objectives (12 weeks prior) • Complete Curriculum Template (11 weeks prior) • Complete Content Template (10 weeks prior) • Gather/Create Media and Resources (7 weeks prior) • Course Development (6 prior) • Quality Assurance (2 weeks prior) • Course backup (1 day post) • Debrief with Design Team and Faculty after a new course has run (15 weeks prior) • Identify courses for review and Quality Assurance; based on review timetable and course schedule, faculty request, data collection and feedback (10 weeks prior) • Kickoff with Design Team and Faculty (8 weeks prior) • Design Team review (7 weeks prior) • Faculty review (7 weeks prior) • Create documentation and get sign-off on edits (5 weeks prior) • Make edits in course (4 weeks prior) • Quality Assurance (2 weeks prior) A timeline
- 11. Process
- 12. Process Initiate Evaluate Transform / Renovate / Optimize Communicate Implement Evaluate Scheduling Faculty Administration Catalog Management Surveys Grades Course Evaluations Conversations Course Design Experience Design Media Design Course Development QA Testing Staging Internal processes Registration Confirmation Course Launch Facilitation Student Assessment Feedback QC Communication Student Monitoring Course Adjustments Surveys Grades Course Evaluations Conversations
- 13. POLL What do you believe to be the realities of online course design?
- 14. Skills
- 15. Similarities
- 16. Differences
- 17. Teacher Instructional Designer Subject Matter Expert Pedagogy Expert Teaching Experience Online Learning Design Experience Second Client Consultant / Project Manager Facilitator Learner Advocate (Combat the curse of knowledge) CMS Editor CMS Developer Assessment Feedback Assessment Design Support Course Reflection at Conclusion Course Analysis at Conclusion Course Timeline = Semester Course Timeline = Catalog Management Process Roles
- 19. Online Learning Framework & Curriculum Framework Spreadsheet Online Learning Framework & Curriculum Framework Spreadsheet Curriculum Framework Spreadsheet Storyboard Rubric / Target Goals Curriculum Framework Spreadsheet Storyboard Rubric / Target Goals Storyboard & TemplateStoryboard & Template Template & Rubric / Target Goals Template & Rubric / Target Goals Mid-Course Eval End-Course Eval Rubric / Target Goals Online Learning Framework Mid-Course Eval End-Course Eval Rubric / Target Goals Online Learning Framework Tools
- 21. Rigor? Course Components . . . •Objectives •Assessments •Instructional Strategies . . . are sufficiently broad, deep and rigorous such that successful students will have the knowledge and skills required by the standards upon completion of the course. • Content • Assignments • Technology
- 22. Students share their paper with at least one other student in a Google Doc for peer feedback. Students post their paper or a summary on a blog/forum for general public feedback.
- 23. “I liked the course because it was easier to complete all of the work. I was able to do everything on my own time with a deadline at the end of the week. I also liked the weekly discussion boards.” “I loved the personal classroom feel of the videos and the message board posting assignments.” “I don’t like online learning because I cannot ask teachers questions.” “It was a little rough at the beginning to understand the instructions.A little more clarity at the beginning would be helpful.” “I worry about how to communicate with others in online learning.”
- 26. Skills
- 27. What skills does an online teacher need? http://marylandonline.org/coat/documents/Are_you_a_good_candidate.pdf Skills
- 31. Engage . Enrich . Empower Implementing an Online Learning Initiative http://2015elr.wikispaces.com/Implementing+an+Online+Learning+Initiative
Editor's Notes
- LTMS Teach courses in in online learning course development in Moodle Created a hybrid course format for the LTMS program Harrisburg University Coordinate the design and development of online and blended graduate and dual enrollment courses CAELT - Created online courses for PA Department of Education and an online active learning certificate
- At what stage are you regarding online learning at your school, district, or organization? Thinking about it Planning it Started it Been doing it for a while Other https://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/y7xRznOwmLU1JBX Those thinking about it: What is your biggest hurdle to committing to it? Those planning it: What is your biggest question? Those been doing it a while: What’s one thing that has been unexpected?
- Philosophy Structure Design Development Implementation
- Why are you creating online learning? To bring students back from cyber schools To provide a variety of course format options to students To expand the curriculum options for students To provide options for students who don’t do well in traditional settings (academically and/or behaviorally) Other What will an experience be like in your online courses? Will you buy or build content (or both)? Will you ask for volunteers or select instructors? What is the best course management system for your audience (learners and teachers)? Will you target higher levels of learning in online courses? How? Will you target peer interaction in online courses? How? Will online learning be blended? How will the blend be constructed? How will you evaluate the quality of your online courses? How will you know online learning has been successful? What metrics or Key Performance Indicators will signify success? Have you established baseline metrics for comparison? How will you gather and manage quantitative data? How will you gather and manage qualitative data?
- What will an experience be like in your online courses? HU Online Learning Framework
- What will an experience be like in your online courses? Formats: Elements – Student, Teacher, Learning Locations – School, Online Where will teachers be located? Where will students be located? Will all learning happen online?
- What roles can you fill on the team? How will you address unfilled roles?
- What roles can you fill on the team? How will you address unfilled roles? Roles Curriculum Specialist Subject Matter Expert Instructional Designer Instructional Technologist Multimedia Designer Quality Assurance Tester Online Catalog Manager Responsibilities
- Timeline What is a reasonable timeline for new course creation? What is a reasonable timeline for course revisions? Design/Development Calendar
- Faculty Training
- Faculty Training What processes and expectations will put in place?
- What do you believe to be the realities of online course design? A good classroom teacher will be a good online course designer Teachers who use technology in the classroom will have a good tech strategy for online courses The structure of a classroom course can be copied for online learning A faculty training session is needed to support online course design and development https://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/fbDt5yeA2DChUNc
- How to train faculty on these new skills? Online learning course (Designing Online Learning) Ongoing support Individual assistance LearnHU
- A focus on design should be a big part of the effort in creating online courses. You want to avoid the approach of starting your transition to an online course by starting with development. The ADDIE process is a proven process for designing online instruction. Review the ADDIE handout with the teacher activities and student experience. [HANDOUT TO THE AUDIENCE]
- 10:30-10:50 How can you improve your process? What type of tools might help you improve your process? Show them examples of tools that can be used to enable the process. Show tools and an example of use of the tool. Process tools: HU Online learning framework Curriculum framework document Storyboard Template Moodle Template (Sample course) HU Course Eval Rubric OCPA Target Goals OCPA Course Template
- As you consider sequence of instructional activities and assessment. Consider whether foundational skills and assessment can be embedded in instructional activities. There are two models that take a different look at Bloom’s taxonomy and propose that learning can be best designed by first having students create, evaluate and analyze concepts. Through those activities they develop understanding and better memory of core concepts. Shrock’s Gears & flipped Bloom’s taxonomy
- Source(s): Tsai, M.-J. (2009). The Model of Strategic e-Learning: Understanding and Evaluating Student e-Learning from Metacognitive Perspectives. Educational Technology & Society, 12 (1), 34–48. http://www.ifets.info/journals/12_1/4.pdf https://onlinelearninginsights.wordpress.com/2012/06/04/what-students-really-think-about-online-learning/ We’ve considered your personal view of your online courses at this point and your personal approach to online learning, but ultimately we need to consider online course design from the student’s perspective. To begin doing that, we’ve gathered some general student feedback about online courses that has been collected through various studies and reports. Notice the theme(s) in this feedback. Majority of students want interaction and personal connection. Effective course design is needed for clarity of instructions, and ease of navigation within the course environment (being able to find resources, instructions easily). Time management appears to be a factor for those struggling with online learning.
- http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/PJJgncFdWUIaxkE
- http://www.polleverywhere.com/free_text_polls/zvEyb8A2ES0Bmbz
- Other online learning skills to consider (from http://marylandonline.org/coat/documents/Are_you_a_good_candidate.pdf) There are three main areas of skills that an online teacher should possess: technical skills, facilitation skills, and managerial skills. These skills were prevalent as strengths and weaknesses in all of the personality types. I’ll define these in some more detail. As I do, think about some of the specific skills you have and ones you may need to develop further. 1. Technical skills include: writing, typing and word processing skills, electronic presentation skills, web navigation and search skills, file management skills, computer-related storage devices (disks, CDs, USB drives, zip disks, DVDs, etc.), and knowledge of your school’s course management system - be proficient using the basic elements of online courses: email, uploading files, threaded discussions, test/quiz functions, electronic grade book. 2. Facilitation skills include: engaging the student in the learning process, particularly at the beginning, appropriate questioning, listening and feedback skills, the ability to provide direction and support, skills in managing online discussions the ability to build online teams, ability to promote active learning, accommodating students with different learning styles, utilizing appropriate learning theories, a capacity for relationship building, and motivational skills. 3. Managerial skills include: knowing how to manage collaborative groups, having excellent time management, managing course material to be presented for different learning styles, managing online student disputes, being able to coordinate and involve students in activities, knowing institutional procedures and policies for implementing an online course, and knowledge of basic legal issues such as digital copyright, FERPA and ADA in the online environment
- Are teachers ready? Is the course ready? Course prep checklist Are students ready? Online learning readiness assessment Online student orientation
- Comunication
- Philosophy Structure Design Development Implementation