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Title: Online%20Learning:%20From%20Research%20to%20Application


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Online Learning From Research to Application
  • Dr. Curtis J. Bonk
  • Associate Professor, Indiana University
  • President, CourseShare.com
  • http//php.indiana.edu/cjbonk,
  • cjbonk_at_indiana.edu

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Are you ready???
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Brains Before and After E-learning
After
Before
And when use synchronous and asynchronous tools
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Tons of Recent Research
  • Not much of it
  • ...is any good...

5
Basic Distance Learning Finding?
  • Research since 1928 shows that DL students
    perform as well as their counterparts in a
    traditional classroom setting.
  • Per Russell, 1999, The No Significant Difference
    Phenomenon (5th Edition), NCSU, based on 355
    research reports.
  • http//cuda.teleeducation.nb.ca/nosignificantdiffe
    rence/

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Online Learning Research Problems (National
Center for Education Statistics, 1999 Phipps
Merisotos, 1999 Wisher et al., 1999).
  • Anecdotal evidence minimal theory.
  • Questionable validity of tests.
  • Lack of control group.
  • Hard to compare given different assessment tools
    and domains.
  • Fails to explain why the drop-out rates of
    distance learners are higher.
  • Does not relate learning styles to different
    technologies or focus on interaction of multiple
    technologies.

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Online Learning Research Problems(Bonk Wisher,
2001)
  • For different purposes or domains in our study,
    13 concern training, 87 education
  • Flaws in research designs
  • - Only 36 have objective learning measures
  • - Only 45 have comparison groups
  • When effective, it is difficult to know why
  • - Course design?
  • - Instructional methods?
  • - Technology?

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Evaluating Web-Based InstructionMethods and
Findings (41 studies)(Olson Wisher, October,
2002 International Review of Research in Open
and Distance Learning)
http//www.irrodl.org/content/v3.2/olsen.html
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Wishers Wish List
  • Effect size of .5 or higher in comparison to
    traditional classroom instruction.

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Evaluating Web-Based Instruction Methods and
Findings(Olson Wisher, in review)
  • there is little consensus as to what variables
    should be examined and what measures of of
    learning are most appropriate, making comparisons
    between studies difficult and inconclusive.
  • e.g., demographics (age, gender), previous
    experience, course design, instructor
    effectiveness, technical issues, levels of
    participation and collaboration, recommendation
    of course, desire to take addl online courses.

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Evaluating Web-Based Instruction Methods and
Findings(Olson Wisher, 2002)
  • Variables Studied
  • Type of Course Graduate (18) vs. undergraduate
    courses (81)
  • Level of Web Use All-online (64) vs.
    blended/mixed courses (34)
  • Content area (e.g., math/engineering (27),
    science/medicine (24), distance ed (15), social
    science/educ (12), business (10), etc.)
  • Attrition data (34)
  • Comparison Group (59)

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Some of the Research Gaps(Bonk Wisher, 2000)
  • 1) Variations in Instructor Moderation
  • 2) Online Debating
  • 3) Student Perceptions of e-Learning Envir.
  • 4) Devel of Online Learning Communities
  • 5) Time Allocation Instructor and Student
  • 6) Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
    Applications in Sync/Asynchronous Envir
  • 7) Peer Tutoring and Online Mentoring
  • 8) Student Retention E-learning and Attrition
  • 9) Graphical Representation of Ideas
  • 10) Online Collaboration

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Many forms of Online InstructionThe Web
Integration Continuum(Bonk et al., 2001)
  • Level 1 Course Marketing/Syllabi via the Web
  • Level 2 Web Resource for Student Exploration
  • Level 3 Publish Student-Gen Web Resources
  • Level 4 Course Resources on the Web
  • Level 5 Repurpose Web Resources for Others
  • Level 6 Web Component is Substantive Graded
  • Level 7 Graded Activities Extend Beyond Class
  • Level 8 Entire Web Course for Resident Students
  • Level 9 Entire Web Course for Offsite Students
  • Level 10 Course within Programmatic Initiative

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Learning Improved(Maki et al., 2000)
  • Intro to Psych Lecture vs. Online
  • Online performed better on midterms.
  • Web-based course students scored higher since had
    weekly activities due
  • Lecture students could put off reading until
    night before exam.

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Learning Improved(review by Chang, 2003)
  • Online outperformed peers in histology
    (anatomyplant and animal tissues under
    microscope) course (Shoenfeld-Tacher et al.,
    2001)
  • Web enhancements raised exam performance, grades,
    attitudes toward economics
  • Agarwal and Day (1998)
  • Online business communications students performed
    better on final exams than on campus (Tucker,
    2000)

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Integrating Wireless Content Syllabus Magazine,
May 13, 2003
  • Study by Mobile Learning Corp group of college
    institutions
  • Digital content helped first-year college
    accounting students learn
  • Online interactive exercises useful to student
    learning
  • Encouraged independent student learning, and
    instructors to adopt coaching role.

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Learning Worse(Wang Newlin, 2000)
  • Stat Methods Lecture vs. Online
  • No diffs at midterm
  • Lecture 87 on final, Web a 72
  • Course relatively unstructured
  • Web students encouraged to collab
  • Lecture students could not collab
  • All exams but final were open book

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Learning Improved or NotOrganizational
Behavior, IUSE(Keefe, Educause Quarterly, 1,
2003)
  • Keefe studied 4 semesters of courses, 6 sections,
    118 students
  • Face-to-face more satisfied with course and
    instructor
  • Those in online course associated with lower
    grades

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Online FindingsOther Concerns
  • Requires instructor be responsive any time
  • Ottenhoff Lawrence (1999).
  • A study of 436 educational Web sites--instructors
    use simple and limited communication tools
  • Mioduser, Nachmias, Lahav, Oren (1998)
  • Few syllabi posted to World Lecture Hall utilized
    Web for interaction and collaboration
  • None utilized practitioners as mentors
  • Cummings, Bonk, Jacobs (2002)

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Learning Improved or Not(Sankaran et al., 2000)
  • Students with a positive attitude toward Web
    format learned more in Web course than in lecture
    course.
  • Students with positive attitude toward lecture
    format learned more in lecture format.

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Contrasting Findings are the Norm
  • Some courses impersonal, isolating, and
    frustrating (Hara Kling, 2001)
  • Sense of community and lower attrition rates when
    support interactivity, reflection, and sharing
    (Harnishfeger, March, 2003)

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Different Goals
  • Making connections
  • Appreciating different perspectives
  • Students as teachers
  • Greater depth of discussion
  • Fostering critical thinking online
  • Interactivity online

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Student Basic Quantitative
  • Grades, Achievement Test Scores, etc.
  • Number of Posts
  • Overall Participation
  • Computer Log Activitypeak usage, messages/day,
    time of task or in system
  • Attitude Surveys

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Student High-End Success
  • Message complexity, depth, interactivity,
    questioning
  • Collaboration skills
  • Problem finding/solving and critical thinking
  • Challenging and debating others
  • Case-based reasoning, critical thinking measures
  • Portfolios, performances, PBL activities

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Other Measures of Student Success(Focus groups,
interviews, observations, surveys, exams, records)
  • Positive Feedback, Recommendations
  • Increased Comprehension, Achievement
  • High Retention in Program
  • Completion Rates or Course Attrition
  • Jobs Obtained, Internships
  • Enrollment Trends for Next Semester

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Electronic Conferencing Quantitative Analyses
  • Usage patterns, of messages, cases, responses
  • Length of case, thread, response
  • Average number of responses
  • Timing of cases, commenting, responses, etc.
  • Types of interactions (11 1 many)
  • Data mining (logins, peak usage, location,
    session length, paths taken, messages/day/week),
    Time-Series Analyses (trends)

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Electronic Conferencing Qualitative Analyses
  • General Observation Logs, Reflective interviews,
    Retrospective Analyses, Focus Groups
  • Specific Semantic Trace Analyses, Talk/Dialogue
    Categories (Content talk, questioning, peer
    feedback, social acknowledgments, off task)
  • Emergent Forms of Learning Assistance, Levels of
    Questioning, Degree of Perspective Taking, Case
    Quality, Participant Categories

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Overall frequency of interactions across chat
categories (6,601 chats).
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Network Conferencing Interactivity (Rafaeli
Sudweeks, 1997)
  • 1. gt 50 percent of messages were reactive.
  • 2. Only around 10 percent were truly interactive.
  • 3. Most messages factual stmts or opinions
  • 4. Many also contained questions or requests.
  • 5. Frequent participators more reactive than low.
  • 6. Interactive messages more opinions humor.
  • 7. More self-disclosure, involvement,
    belonging.
  • 8. Attracted to fun, open, frank, helpful,
    supportive environments.

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Week 4
Starter Centered Interaction (Hara, Bonk,
Angeli, 2000)
Scattered Interaction (no starter)
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Nonnative speakers did not assume roles,
Americans used role names, Ching-Fen Chang (May
2003)
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Ching-Fen Chang (May 2003)
  • it appeared that the Web-based forum
    discussions especially enabled the nonnative
    speakers of English to contribute to the class
    discussions by providing more opportunities to
    contribute than face-to-face discussions.

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Schallert Reed, AERA, April 2003
  • Nonnative students do not participate equally in
    written discussions
  • Enthusiastic and frequent contributors do not
    necessarily make intellectually significant
    contributions.
  • Some who seem deeply engaged may be less
    rigorously engaged in many conversations

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Collaborative Behaviors(Curtis Lawson, 1997)
  • Most common were (1) Planning, (2) Contributing,
    and (3) Seeking Input.
  • Other common events were
  • (4) Initiating activities,
  • (5) Providing feedback,
  • (6) Sharing knowledge
  • Few students challenge others or attempt to
    explain or elaborate
  • Recommend using debates and modeling appropriate
    ways to challenge others

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Online Collaboration Behaviors by Categories (US
and Finland)
Behavior Categories Conferences () Conferences () Conferences ()
Behavior Categories Finland U.S. Average
Planning 0.0 0.0 0.0
Contributing 80.8 76.6 78.7
Seeking Input 12.7 21.0 16.8
Reflection/ Monitoring 6.1 2.2 4.2
Social Interaction 0.4 0.2 0.3
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Dimensions of Learning Process(Henri, 1992)
  • 1. Participation (rate, timing, duration of
    messages)
  • 2. Interactivity (explicit interaction, implicit
    interaction, independent comment)
  • 3. Social Events (stmts unrelated to content)
  • 4. Cognitive Events (e.g., clarifications,
    inferencing, judgment, and strategies)
  • 5. Metacognitive Events (e.g., both metacognitive
    knowledgeperson, and task, and strategy and well
    as metacognitive skillevaluation, planning,
    regulation, and self-awareness)

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Some Findings (see Hara, Bonk, Angeli, 2000)
  • Social (in 26.7 of units coded)
  • social cues decreased as semester progressed
  • messages gradually became less formal
  • became more embedded within statement
  • Cognitive (in 81.7 of units)
  • More inferences judgments than elem
    clarifications and in-depth clarifications
  • Metacognitive (in 56 of units)
  • More reflections on exper self-awareness
  • Some planning, eval, regulation self qing

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Surface vs. Deep Posts(Henri, 1992)
  • Surface Processing
  • making judgments without justification,
  • stating that one shares ideas or opinions already
    stated,
  • repeating what has been said
  • asking irrelevant questions
  • i.e., fragmented, narrow, and somewhat trite.
  • In-depth Processing
  • linked facts and ideas,
  • offered new elements of information,
  • discussed advantages and disadvantages of a
    situation,
  • made judgments that were supported by examples
    and/or justification.
  • i.e., more integrated, weighty, and refreshing.

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Critical Thinking (Newman, Johnson, Webb
Cochrane, 1997)
  • Used Garrisons five-stage critical thinking
    model
  • Critical thinking in both CMC and FTF envir.
  • Depth of critical thinking higher in CMC envir.
  • More likely to bring in outside information
  • Link ideas and offer interpretations,
  • Generate important ideas and solutions.
  • FTF settings were better for generating new ideas
    and creatively exploring problems.

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Unjustified Statements (US)
  • 24. Author Katherine
  • Date Apr. 27 312 AM 1998
  • I agree with you that technology is definitely
    taking a large part in the classroom and will
    more so in the future
  • 25. Author Jason Date Apr. 28 147 PM 1998
  • I feel technology will never over take the role
    of the teacher...I feel however, this is just
    help us teachers...
  • 26. Author Daniel Date Apr. 30 011 AM 1998
  • I believe that the role of the teacher is being
    changed by computers, but the computer will never
    totally replace the teacher... I believe that the
    computers will eventually make teaching easier
    for us and that most of the children's work will
    be done on computers. But I believe that there

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Indicators for the Quality of Students
Dialogue(Angeli, Valanides, Bonk, in review)
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Social Construction of Knowledge (Gunawardena,
Lowe, Anderson, 1997)
  • Five Stage Model
  • 1. Share ideas,
  • 2. Discovery of Idea Inconsistencies,
  • 3. Negotiate Meaning/Areas Agree,
  • 4. Test and Modify,
  • 5. Phrase Agreements
  • In global debate, very task driven.
  • Dialogue remained at Phase I sharing info

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Problem-Based LearningDistance Ed, 23(1), 2002
  • Practical learning issues generated more
    interactions and higher levels of interaction
    than theoretical issues
  • Communities of learners need to negotiate
    identity and knowledge and need milestones (chat
    session agreements, producing reports, sharing
    stories, and new work patterns)
  • Group development (1) negotiate problem and
    timetable, (2) divide work in subgroups, and (3)
    produce drafts of products

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Social Constructivism and Learning Communities
Online (SCALCO) Scale. (Bonk Wisher, 2000)
  • ___ 1. The topics discussed online had real world
    relevance.
  • ___ 2. The online environment encouraged me to
    question ideas and perspectives.
  • ___ 3. I received useful feedback and mentoring
    from others.
  • ___ 4. There was a sense of membership in the
    learning here.
  • ___ 5. Instructors provided useful advice and
    feedback online.
  • ___ 6. I had some personal control over course
    activities and discussion.

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Problems and Solutions(Bonk, Wisher, Lee, in
press)
  1. Tasks Overwhelm
  2. Confused on Web
  3. Too Nice Due to Limited Share History
  4. Lack Justification
  5. Hard not to preach
  6. Too much data
  7. Communities not easy to form
  • Train and be clear
  • Structure time/dates due
  • Develop roles and controversies
  • Train to back up claims
  • Students take lead role
  • Use Email Pals
  • Embed Informal/Social

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Benefits and Implications(Bonk, Wisher, Lee,
in press)
  1. Shy open up online
  2. Minimal off task
  3. Delayed collab more rich than real time
  4. Students can generate lots of info
  5. Minimal disruptions
  6. Extensive E-Advice
  7. Excited to Publish
  • Use async conferencing
  • Create social tasks
  • Use Async for debates Sync for help, office
    hours
  • Structure generation and force reflection/comment
  • Foster debates/critique
  • Find Experts or Prac.
  • Ask Permission

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More Implications
  • Include Variety tasks, topics, participants,
    accomplishments, etc.
  • Make interaction extend beyond class
  • Have learners be teachers
  • Find multiple ways to succeed
  • Add personalization and choice
  • Provide clarity and easy navigation

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Ten Ways Online Ed Matches or Surpasses FTF, Mark
Kassop, Technology Source, Michigan Virtual Univ,
May/June 2003
  1. Student-centered learning
  2. Writing intensity
  3. Highly interactive discussions
  4. Geared for lifelong learning
  5. Enriched course materials
  6. Online demand interaction and support
  7. Immediate feedback
  8. Flexibility
  9. An intimate community of learners
  10. Faculty development and rejuvenation

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My Evaluation Plan
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Other Evaluation Plans
  • Quality on the Line Benchmarks for Success in
    Internet-Based Distance Ed (e.g., the
    teaching/learning process) (Blackboard NEA,
    2000)
  • http//www.ihep.com/Pubs/PDF/Quality.pdf
  • The Pedagogical Rating of Online CoursesSyllabus
    Magazine, Jan, 2002, Nishikant Sonwalkar

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Best PracticesWho are some of the key scholars
and promoters???
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Three Most Vital SkillsThe Online Teacher, TAFE,
Guy Kemshal-Bell (April, 2001)
  • Ability to engage the learner (30)
  • Ability to motivate online learners (23)
  • Ability to build relationships (19)
  • Technical ability (18)
  • Having a positive attitude (14)
  • Adapt to individual needs (12)
  • Innovation or creativity (11)

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Lets brainstorm comments (words or short
phrases) that reflect your overall attitudes and
feelings towards online teaching
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Feelings Toward Online TeachingThe Online
Teacher, TAFE, Guy Kemshal-Bell (April,
2001)(Note 94 practitioners surveyed.)
  • Exciting (30)
  • Challenging (24)
  • Time consuming (22)
  • Demanding (18)
  • Technical issue (16) Flexibility (16)
  • Potential (15)
  • Better options (14) Frustrating (14)
  • Collab (11) Communication (11) Fun (11)

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Changing Role of the TeacherThe Online Teacher,
TAFE, Guy Kemshal-Bell (April, 2001)
  • From oracle to guide and resource provider
  • From providers of answers to expert questioners
  • From solitary teacher to member of team
  • From total control of teaching environment to
    sharing as a fellow student
  • From provider of content to designer of learning
    experiences.

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Dennens Research on Nine Online
Courses (sociology, history, communications,
writing, library science, technology, counseling)
Poor Instructors Good Instructors
  • Provided regular qual/quant feedback
  • Participated as peer
  • Allowed perspective sharing
  • Tied discussion to grades, other assessments.
  • Used incremental deadlines
  • Little or no feedback given
  • Always authoritative
  • Kept narrow focus of what was relevant
  • Created tangential discussions
  • Only used ultimate deadlines

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Common Instructor Complaints
  1. Students dont participate
  2. Students all participate at the last minute
  3. Students post messages but dont converse
  4. Facilitation takes too much time
  5. If they must be absent, the discussion dies off
  6. Students are confused

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Reasons why...
  • Students dont participate
  • Because it isnt required
  • Because they dont know what is expected
  • Students all participate at last minute
  • Because that is what was required
  • Because they dont want to be the first
  • Instructor posts at the last minute

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Research on Instructors Online
  • If teacher-centered, less explore, engage,
    interact (Peck, and Laycock, 1992)
  • Informal, exploratory conversation fosters
    risktaking knowledge sharing (Weedman, 1999)
  • Job Varies--Plan, Interaction, Admin, Tchg
  • (McIsaac, Blocher, Mahes, Vrasidas, 1999)

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Study of Four Classes(Bonk, Kirkley, Hara,
Dennen, 2001)
  • TechnicalTrain, early tasks, be flexible,
    orientation task
  • ManagerialInitial meeting, FAQs, detailed
    syllabus, calendar, post administrivia, assign
    e-mail pals, gradebooks, email updates
  • PedagogicalPeer feedback, debates, PBL, cases,
    structured controversy, field reflections,
    portfolios, teams, inquiry, portfolios
  • SocialCafĂ©, humor, interactivity, profiles,
    foreign guests, digital pics, conversations,
    guests

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But there is a Problem
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How Bad Is It?
  • Some frustrated Blackboard users who say the
    company is too slow in responding to technical
    problems with its course-management software have
    formed an independent users group to help one
    another and to press the company to improve.
  • (Jeffrey Young, Nov. 2, 2001, Chronicle of Higher
    Ed)

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Must Online Learning be Boring?
What Motivates Adult Learners to Participate?
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Motivational Terms?See Johnmarshall Reeve
(1996). Motivating Others Nurturing inner
motivational resources. Boston Allyn Bacon.
(UW-Milwaukee)
  1. Tone/Climate Psych Safety, Comfort, Belonging
  2. Feedback Responsive, Supports, Encouragement
  3. Engagement Effort, Involvement, Excitement
  4. Meaningfulness Interesting, Relevant, Authentic
  5. Choice Flexibility, Opportunities, Autonomy
  6. Variety Novelty, Intrigue, Unknowns
  7. Curiosity Fun, Fantasy, Control
  8. Tension Challenge, Dissonance, Controversy
  9. Interactive Collaborative, Team-Based, Community
  10. Goal Driven Product-Based, Success, Ownership

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1. Tone/Climate Ice Breakers
  • A. Eight Nouns Activity
  • 1. Introduce self using 8 nouns
  • 2. Explain why choose each noun
  • 3. Comment on 1-2 peer postings
  • B. Coffee House Expectations
  • 1. Have everyone post 2-3 course expectations
  • 2. Instructor summarizes and comments on how they
    might be met
  • (or make public commitments of how they will fit
    into busy schedules!)

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2. FeedbackRequiring Peer Feedback
  • Alternatives
  • A. Require minimum of peer comments and give
    guidance (e.g., they should do)
  • B. Peer Feedback Through Templatesgive templates
    to complete peer evaluations.
  • C. Have e-papers contest(s)

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3. EngagementElectronic Voting and Polling
  • 1. Ask students to vote on issue before class
    (anonymously or send directly to the instructor)
  • 2. Instructor pulls our minority pt of view
  • 3. Discuss with majority pt of view
  • 4. Repoll students after class
  • (Option B Delphi or Timed Disclosure Technique
    anomymous input till a due date
  • and then post results and
  • reconsider until consensus
  • Rick Kulp, IBM, 1999)

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4. Meaningfulness A. Professional/E-mail
Interviews
  • 1. Field Definition Activity Have student
    interview (via e-mail, if necessary) someone
    working in the field of study and share their
    results
  • As a class, pool interview results and develop a
    group description of what it means to be a
    professional in the field

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4. MeaningfulnessB. Field Observation
Reflections
  1. Instructor provides reflection or prompt for job
    related or field observations
  2. Reflect on job setting or observe in field
  3. Record notes on Web and reflect on concepts from
    chapter
  4. Respond to peers
  5. Instructor summarizes posts

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5. ChoiceA. Discussion Starter-Wrapper
  • Starter reads ahead and starts discussion and
    others participate and wrapper summarizes what
    was discussed.
  • Start-wrapper with roles--same as 1 but include
    roles for debate (optimist, pessimist, devil's
    advocate).
  • Alternative Facilitator-Starter-Wrapper Instead
    of starting discussion, student acts as moderator
    or questioner to push student thinking and give
    feedback

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5. ChoiceB. Discussion Multiple Topics
  • Generate multiple discussion prompts and ask
    students to participate in 2 out of 3
  • Provide different discussion tracks (much like
    conference tracks) for students with different
    interests to choose among
  • List possible topics and have students vote
    (students sign up for lead diff weeks)
  • Have students list and vote.

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6. Variety Just-In-Time-Teaching
  • Gregor Novak, IUPUI Physics Professor (teaches
    teamwork, collaboration, and effective
    communication)
  • Lectures are built around student answers to
    short quizzes that have an electronic due date
    just hours before class.
  • Instructor reads and summarizes responses before
    class and weaves them into discussion and changes
    the lecture as appropriate.

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7. CuriosityA. Electronic Seance
  • Students read books from famous dead people
  • Convene when dark (sync or asynchronous).
  • Present present day problem for them to solve
  • Participate from within those characters (e.g.,
    read direct quotes from books or articles)
  • Invite expert guests from other campuses
  • Keep chat open for set time period
  • Debrief

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7. Curiosity B. Electronic Guests Mentoring
  • Find article or topic that is controversial
  • Invite person associated with that article
    (perhaps based on student suggestions)
  • Hold real time chat
  • Pose questions
  • Discuss and debrief (i.e., did anyone change
    their minds?)
  • (Alternatives Email Interviews with experts
  • Assignments with expert reviews)

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8. Tension Role Play
  • A. Role Play Personalities
  • List possible roles or personalities (e.g.,
    coach, optimist, devils advocate, etc.)
  • Sign up for different role every week (or 5-6 key
    roles)
  • Perform within rolesrefer to different
    personalities
  • B. Assume Persona of Scholar
  • Enroll famous people in your course
  • Students assume voice of that person for one or
    more sessions
  • Enter debate topic, respond to debate topic, or
    respond to rdg reflections

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9. Interactive A. Critical/Constructive
Friends, Email Pals, Web Buddies
  1. Assign a critical friend (perhaps based on
    commonalities).
  2. Post weekly updates of projects, send reminders
    of due dates, help where needed.
  3. Provide criticism to peer (i.e., what is strong
    and weak, whats missing, what hits the mark) as
    well as suggestions for strengthening.
  4. Reflect on experience.

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9. InteractiveB. Symposia, Press Conference, or
Panel of Experts
  1. Find topic during semester that peaks interest
  2. Find students who tend to be more controversial
  3. Invite to a panel discussion on a topic or theme
  4. Have them prepare statements
  5. Invite questions from audience (rest of class)
  6. Assign panelists to start

(Alternative Have a series of press conferences
at the end of small group projects one for each
group)
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10. Goal Driven Gallery Tours
  • Assign Topic or Project
  • (e.g., Team or Class White Paper, Bus Plan, Study
    Guide, Glossary, Journal, Model Exam Answers)
  • Students Post to Web
  • Experts Review and Rate
  • Try to Combine Projects

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Motivational Top Ten
  • 1. Tone/Climate/Ice Breakers 8 nouns,
    expectations
  • 2. Feedback require fdbk, templates, e-papers
    contests
  • 3. Engagement polling, voting, timed disclosure
  • 4. Meaningfulness e-mail interviews, field
    observations
  • 5. Choice starter-wrapper, multiple
    tracks/topics
  • 6. Variety just-in-time-teaching
  • 7. Curiosity seances, electronic guests/mentors
  • 8. Tension role play, assume persona of a
    scholar
  • 9. Interactive e-pals, symposia, expert panels
  • 10. Goal Driven gallery tours

Pick one you can use??? (circle one)
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