Preparing for Effective Online Learning

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Preparing for Effective Online Learning

• An instructor-led orientation
• with online practice.
• Jean Dugo and Ben Hughes
• EDTEC 572 ? SDSU ? Fall 2003

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Background

• Triton College
• Project Goals
• Audience Needs

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Guiding Design Philosophies

• Gagnes Nine Events of Instruction
• Blooms Taxonomy of Educational Objectives (as
  revised by Anderson)
• Merrills Component Display Theory (as described
  by Clark)
• Instructional Systems Design Model (ISD)

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Course Description

• Course Structure
• Module Goals
• Development Team
• Deliverables

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Module 1 Online Orientation

• Instructional Goals
• Students will be prepared to take an online
  course, be familiar with WebCT and understand its
  use in their online course.
• Module Flow of Events
• Instructor led presentation
• Online Course Facts Tips
• Find Your Course
• Log in to WebCT
• Student Activities
• Study Skills Survey
• Learning Styles Assessment
• Student Module Evaluation

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Module 1 Screen Examples
Instructor Presentation
Student Activities and Websites
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Module 2 Online Course

• Instructional Goal
• Students will be able to use all of the most
  common features of a WebCT course.
• Module Flow of Events
• Instructor, Online Lesson, Debrief
• Source Content
• American Heart Association (Cholesterol)

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Module 2 Screen Examples
Instructor Presentation
Online Course
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Module 2 Online Lesson Link

• http//online.triton.edu8900/
• Username
• Password
• Once you have logged on, click Final Project to
  launch the online course.

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The Project Plan

• Who is the target audience?
• Extant Data
• Needs Analysis
• Students
• 63 cover more material increase length of
  orientations
• 95 how, where or when to start class how to
  login
• Instructors
• Decrease in technology questions
• Inaccurate student perceptions (traditional vs.
  online)

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The Project Plan (continued)

• Implementation Evaluation
• Goal create learning experience
• Lessons Evaluated
• Student
• Instructor
• Prototype Revised
• Student Feedback
• Is the Course Design Process Complete?

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Project Delivery Website
http//www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dugo/port/dugo_online_c
ourses_student_portal.htm
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Sources

• Gagne, R. M., and Karen Medsker (1996). The
  Conditions of Learning Training Applications.
  New York, NY Harcourt Brace College Publishers
• Anderson, Lorin W., David R. Krathwohl, et al.
  (2001). A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and
  Assessing. New York, NY Addison Wesley Longman
• Clark, Ruth. (1999). Developing Technical
  Training 2nd ed. Silver Spring, MD International
  Society for Performance Improvement
• American Heart Association (2003)
  http//www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?ident
  ifier1516

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Sources (continued)

• Dick, W. and Carey, L. The Systematic Design of
  Instruction, 4th Edition. HarperCollins, 1996.
• Reid, John E. 2000 What Every Student Should Know
  About Online Learning. Available Online
  http//www.ion.uillinois.edu/IONresources/reid.htm
  l (March 2001).
• Distance Education A Primer Student Issues
  http//www.telecampus.utsystem.edu/deprimer/studen
  t.html
• Chickering, Arthur and Stephen C. Ehrmann (1996),
  "Implementing the Seven Principles Technology as
  Lever," AAHE Bulletin, October, pp.  3-6. 

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Sources (continued)

• WebCT Website http//www.webct.com
• Triton College Website http//www.triton.edu
• Illinois Virtual Campus http//www.ivc.illinois.ed
  u
• OASIS Online Assessment Service for Internet
  Students http//www.ilcco.net/oasis/index1.cfm?Net
  scape40CFID10622CFTOKEN89711367