Introduction to Humanizing Online Learning

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INTRODUCTION TO

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Reflect on a time in
your life when you
were pushed outside
your comfort zone.

Describe how
you felt.

What helped you?

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CALIFORNIA’S FUTURE
-1 MILLIONEDUCATED WORKERS
BY 2025
Johnson, H; Sengupta, R, (2009). Closing the Gap: Meeting California’s Need for College Graduates, Public Policy Institute of California, retrieved from http://www.ppic.org/main/
publication.asp?i=835

TRANSFER
LATINX
CALIFORNIA’S FUTURE
Johnson, H; Sengupta, R, (2009). Closing the Gap: Meeting California’s Need for College Graduates, Public Policy Institute of California, retrieved from http://www.ppic.org/main/
publication.asp?i=835

attend
community college
19
attend
4-yr college
10
earn doctoral
degree
.4
earn graduate
degree
4
graduate with a
4-year degree
10
enroll
in college
29
graduate high
school
52
100
elementary school students
U.S. Census Bureau, 2000.
transfers to a
4-year college
1
Latinx National Educational Pipeline

White
Hispanic
Unknown/Declined to State
2+ Races
Native American
Filipino
Black
Asian/Pacific Islander
California Community College Chancellor’s Office, (2013). Distance Education Report.
Distance Education Students
California Community Colleges by Race/Ethnicity

AVERAGE GRADES
California Community Colleges
Kaupp, R. (2012) Online penalty: The White-Latino achievement gap, Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 19(2), 8-16.
0
0.55
1.1
1.65
2.2
Hispanic White Hispanic-White Gap
F2F Online
n= 4,472,736
achievement gap
is +44% larger
online

n=10
Describe “good” and “bad” past
experiences and experiences in
current online class.
Latinx Online Students
Why do online classes
exacerbate the White-Latino
achievement gap?
n=12
Online Instructors & Administrators
responsible for administering online instruction
Kaupp, R. (2012) Online penalty: The White-Latino achievement gap, Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 19(2), 8-16.
• motivation/self-directedness
• lack of technology skills
• literacy
•GOOD: strong, mutual
relationships with instructors
•BAD: no relationship with
online instructors

The lens we use
informs our
understanding.
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Supporting Faculty
You make the difference — especially online!

presence
instructor
1 "
Savery, (2005).
' '

2
' "
(Garrison, 1997)
presence issocial
'
' (Tu, 2000, p. 1662)
" ' ' (Picciano, 2002)
'
(Whiteman, 2002)
2 (Gunawardena & Zittle, 1997)

student satisfaction
(Gunawardena & Zittle, 1997; Rovai & Barnum, 2003)
interaction
(Tu, 2000; Stein & Wanstreet, 2003)
depth of learning
(Picciano, 2002; Richardson & Swan, 2003;
Rovai & Barnum, 2003)
social
presence
2

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AFFECTIVECOGNITIVE
LEARNING DOMAINS
(Anderson & Krathwohl, 2001; Krathwohl, Bloom, & Masia, 1964).

Principles of Humanized
Online Facilitation
● presence
● empathy
● awareness

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don’t be a robot
PRESENCE

How does it feel to be a student
in this type of learning environment?

Don’t be a robot.
PRESENCE EMPATHY
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sense when your
students need support

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• See the world through eyes
of another
• Non-judgmental
• Understand feelings of others
• Communicate understanding
of that person’s feelings
Wiseman, T. (1996), A concept analysis of empathy. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 23: 1162–1167. doi: 10.1046/j.
1365-2648.1996.12213.x
4 ATTRIBUTES OF
EMPATHY

“Vulnerability is uncertainty, risk,
and emotional exposure.
-Brené Brown

vulnerability
empathy
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AWARENESS
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know your students’ needs

A Friendly, Video Prompt
Tracy Schaelen, Southwestern College

A Video Course Bumper
Veronica Valadez, CSU Channel Islands

A humanized
syllabus!
http://
page.teachingwithoutwalls.com/
humanized-syllabus
Populr.me
(upgrade to educator account -
more info in the Humanized
Tool Buffet)

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Embrace the
power of the
human voice.

ENGLISH
JanetMitchell-Lambert,CerritosCollege
(sharedwithpermission)
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- online student
(Pacansky-Brock, 2014.)

Based on anonymous student surveys conducted by Michelle Pacansky-Brock. All students were enrolled in a fully online
History of Photography community college class. by Michelle Pacansky-Brock
Learning Out Loud
Makes me feel
connected to
my peers.
n=109
86%
Listening to peers
increased my ability to
reach the learning objectives.
95%
n=82
When I spoke, I
remembered the
information better.
83%
n=82

Makes me
feel connected
to my peers.
86%
n=109
“I feel like we got to know each other
better. I actually recognized a
classmate at my children's
Taekwondo class because of the
sound of her voice!”
Based on anonymous student surveys conducted by Michelle Pacansky-Brock. All students were enrolled in a fully online History of Photography community college class.
Learning Out LoudLearning Out Loud

Listening to peers
increases my ability to
reach the learning
objectives.
95%
n=82
“Listening gave me a better
understanding of the material. …
you could actually hear the passion
in the speakers’ voices.…”

When I spoke, I
remembered the
information better.
83%
n=82
“…it made me re-evaluate my answers.
Mostly because I didn't want to sound like I
had no idea what I was talking about. …being
able to speak … my ideas made me feel like I
could … explain the material better.”

When I spoke, I
remembered the
information better.
83%
n=82
“I found ... that I would ... unearth more
thoughts … as I spoke them out loud
while looking at the content, as
opposed to looking at the content,
forming an opinion, then looking at my
text as I wrote it.”

Nudging Students with Your Human Presence - September 26th, 12pm-1pm
Fabiola Torres, Professor of Ethnic Studies, Glendale Community College
Developing Awareness with Canvas Analytics - TBD
Sallie Michalsky, Canvas
Humanizing Think Tank - October 19th, 3-4pm
Michelle Pacansky-Brock and Lené Whitley-Putz, @ONE/OEI, and YOU!
Using Flipgrid for Community-Rich Online Learning - October 24th, 3-4pm
Dayamudra Dennehy, Professor of ESL, City College of San FranciscoOctober 19th, 3-4pm
a webinar series brought to you by @ONE and the OEI
More Info & Register —> http://www.onefortraining.org/node/945

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Wiseman, T. (1996), A concept analysis of empathy. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 23: 1162–1167.

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