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Ins Outs of Teaching on TVtechnical Issues
Process

• LEO HIRNER
• METROPOLITAN Community Colleges - KC

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Ins Outs of Teaching on TV

• Technical
• Making it Happen
• behind the scenes
• Options
• Faculty as
• Producer
• Talent
• Technician
• Long-term issues

• Process
• Strategies
• Personal
• Classroom
• Instructional
• The first class
• Training
• Development Time

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ITV Technology

• Cablecast
• Point-to-Point
• Multipoint

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Technology Making It Happen

• Behind the Scenes
• Logistics
• MOREnet
• codecs/monitors
• Video Options
• Voice Activated
• Continuous Presence
• Lecturer Mode

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Faculty as

• Producer
• Talent
• Technician

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Issues

• ADA Captioning
• Remote Support
• learning support
• technical support
• Communication outside class

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Ins Outs - Process

• Strategies to engage all students
• Personal
• Classroom
• Instructional
• The first class
• Training

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Personal Strategies

• Preparation Organization
• Arrive early
• Organize the teaching space
• Dont assume the technology will work!
• Dress for TV
• Make Love to the Camera
• Plan your moves

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Classroom Strategies

• Remember ITV is NOT the same as the classroom!
• You are the focus
• Engage the remote site(s)
• Handouts?
• Pace
• Use the Technology!

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Instructional Strategies

• Use the Medium
• Word Pictures
• Format is Different
• 10 rule
• Modularize
• 15 minute chunks
• commercial breaks

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The first class

• Orient your students to the environment
• Review support services
• Explain communication both in and out of class
• Engage the remote sites

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Training

• TV Teaching Strategies Content Development
• Technology Training
• CMS Training

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Making the transition

• It takes 9 months to a year to train and prepare
  for the first course!
• Dont plan to do it all at once
• unless you are getting the necessary incentives
  (release time and extra pay)-
• Give it three times

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How has it worked for MCC?

• Benefits
• Access to courses not offered by your
  institution
• Dont have the staff
• Dont have the enrollment

• Experiences
• Problems are usually logistical not technical
• Underestimation of the development time needed
• Students still indicate preference for F2F

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Contact Info

• Leo Hirner
• leo.hirner_at_mcckc.edu
• 816-759-4501

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Word Picture
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Landscape vs. Portrait
4 x 3
8.5 x 11