Technology, Productivity, and Pedagogy

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Technology, Productivity, and Pedagogy

• John Sullivan
• Spring 2002

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Faculty Training Needs

• Study of Faculty Training Needs
• 1999

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Teaching
Marino suggests the real art of teaching, is
to take the disinterested student and help
them become interested. The real art of teaching
is to take the student that you think can't do it
and help them make it through and do so with
flying colors. The real art of teaching is to
help students learn."
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Todays Discussion

• Educators must learn not only what technologies
  are available and how they may influence our
  society, but also learn how to use them
  effectively in their instructional designs.
• The current question, for me, is how can
  technology make instruction better and life
  simpler for faculty.
• A commitment to Pedagogy, Productivity, and
  Usability (Technology).
• A commitment to monitoring and examining emerging
  technologies for integration into instruction.
• A commitment of faculty input into the decision
  making
• Then disseminate it to faculty.

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Pedagogy If a gt b and b gt c then agtc
Transitivity axiom

• c. Can online courses at a distance be better
  than Tele-courses?
• Yes! Why I can add more bandwidth.
• b. Can online courses at a distance be as good
  as traditional courses?
• Yes! Can be, is the key and is supported by the
  literature. However, this happens with lots of
  preparation and bandwidth.
• a. Can traditional courses be better than online
  courses at a distance?
• Yes! Because I can now supplement the best
  practices of an online course with my
  traditional course. (Hybrids?)

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What I have learned

• What I knew, and had reinforced by many faculty
  members is that most faculty have taken their
  best online practices to their traditional
  courses.
• Bandwidth the more bandwidth width the better
  the instruction. Meeting in person is better
  than by phone and by phone is better then by
  e-mail.
• Highest bandwidth is with text, images, audio,
  video, in person, and interactively. Therefore,
  the traditional classroom has the most bandwidth.

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Productivity

• Productivity We are doing more, but are we
  doing it in less time?
• E-mail Not including online course
• Sent 400 e-mails or almost 26 a week _at_ 10 minutes
  a piece that is 67 hours
• Received about 660 e-mails all work related at
  one minute apiece that is 11 hours
• 78 hours divided by 15 weeks equals about 1 hour
  a day.
• Web Pages including online course
• average about 30 a semester I always have 3 or
  4 preps.
• With creating, posting, editing, and maintaining
  about 20 minutes a page or 10 hours minimum
• Is this increased effort improving the quality of
  teaching?
• Can you think of any anything else?

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What has been Productive?

• PowerPoint (2002?)
• New online faculty services
• Submitting grades
• Checking class registration
• Class Lists
• NetOp Teacher
• Point
• Faculty will not use new technology unless it
  increases the quality of instruction.
• If it is a burden it has to be pedagogically
  sound.
• If it is not pedagogical sound and it is a burden
  it will not be used.

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Bad Design Brings on Frustration
Point Man
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Usability

• Usability is the practice of making things
  simpler.
• Find on your Website
• What are the requirements for a liberal arts
  major?
• Find the list of courses for next semester
• Find the Library Card Catalog
• Where are the course descriptions?
• Pipeline Interfaces with Outlook.
• WebCT Testing Too complicated and too time
  consuming.
• How much time does the lack of this practice add
  to your workday?
• Observation Are Online courses info easy to
  find?

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Checklist of Emerging Technology

• Research
• E-mail as a class participation tool
• Video
• Putting all my course content on the Web
• Study usability in the implementation of new
  instructional technology. 
• Develop online forms (questionnaires)
• I would like to enhance my Economics I online
  course with video then audio (Economics Online
  Welcome).

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Video Research
Using Real Audio
Supply and demand

• Spent most time on
• Video e-mail
• Video capture of the computer screen so that I
  can show students and faculty how to use software
  in a video format with narrative overlays. 
• Video conferencing software for collaborative
  work.
• Conclusion Video an eventuality, but today is
  still a problem.
• Audio
• Noticed that in my PowerPoint in Economics Online
  that there was a lot missing between the lines.
• Therefore, I worked on Audio (Example)

other
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Started Discussion Group for Online Instructors

• Some Online Topics
• Testing
• Online Stories - A student just realizes they
  have the wrong book with 4 weeks left in the
  semester.
• Testing and Productivity
• Organizing online discussion groups
• Handling papers and projects in an online course
• Usability of WebCT2 and WebCT3
• Suggestions - keep last semesters course up one
  semester
• Handling Discussion Groups
• Discussion group for online learners - New
  version of WebCT
• Discussion Threads - Is it just me!

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Testing and Online Grade Book

• Exam View Pro
• Respondus Lite
• Electronic grade book - laptops

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What I have learned

• What I knew, and had reinforced by many faculty
  members is that most faculty have taken their
  best online practices to their traditional
  courses.
• Bandwidth the more bandwidth width the better
  the instruction. Meeting in person is better
  than by phone and by phone is better then by
  e-mail.
• Highest bandwidth is with text, images, audio,
  video, in person, and interactively. Therefore,
  the traditional classroom has the most bandwidth.

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Suggestions

• More hands on labs followed by hands-on and
  mentoring.
• Mentoring works better with new employees, by
  discipline, or by specialty.
• Remember my dissertation advisors advice Do
  not try to solve the worlds problems. Solve a
  problem.
• Test for Usability before giving to faculty

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New

• Faculty Laptops
• Smartboards
• Employee Calendars

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Thanks

• Faculty research grants give us, the faculty, a
  chance to do some research and learn instead of
  just teaching and going to meetings.

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The EndJohn SullivanSpring 2002
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Technology and Teaching Pedagogy, Productivity,
and Usability

• 1. Using e-mail in traditional classes
• 2. Principles of Interface Design
• 3. Web pages to support the course
• 4. PowerPoint dos and donts
• 5. Electronic grade book - laptops
• 6. File Transfer
• 7. Share your computer across the Network

Outline
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Center for the Advancement of Innovative Teaching
and LearningTechnology and Teaching Graphics,
Sound, and Video

• Where         S - 120 Computer Lab later moving
  to L-032 Multimedia LabWhen           Thursday
  April 19, 2001 from 1215 to 115Facilitator   
  John Sullivan, CAITL Fellow    Graphics, sound,
  and video were among the top nine things faculty
  wanted to learn according to my research of New
  Jersey community college faculty.   Therefore, I
  will be conducting a hands-on workshop covering
  the below topics.  Please respond if you are
  coming because there are a limited number of
  seats.Outline  1.      Graphics a.      Types
  of graphics b.      Capturing graphics i.      
  On the screen ii. On the Web iii. Scanning
  2.      Sound a.      Types of sound b.     
  Capturing sound i.      From CD ii. From the
  Net 3.      Video a.      Types of video
  b.      Capturing Video i.       From a VHS -
  Tape ii. From the Net John Sullivan phone
  extension 8237

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Video E-mail
Return
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Supply and demand using screen capture
Return
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CAITL Checklist
Supply and demand
Using Real Audio

• Research
• Video capture of the computer screen so that I
  can show students and faculty how to use software
  in a video format with narrative overlays. 
• Putting all my course content on the Web
• Video conferencing software for collaborative
  work.
• Study usability in the implementation of new
  instructional technology. 
• Develop online forms (questionnaires)
• Workshops
• One on Technology in the Traditional Class
  RoomPedagogy, Productivity, Usability
• Workshop two on video, graphics, sound.
• I would like to enhance my Economics I online
  course.  Video then audio see Economics Online
  Welcome.

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Exhibitions

• Pipeline 100,000 to combine classes
• SCT Banner WebCT
• 30,000 for populating online classes
• Windows XP
• Smartthinking
• Smartboards
• Black-board Microsoft
• Interface design