Prince George’s Community College Online Express

1. Prince George’s Community College Online Express Training Faculty to Teach OnlineMary WellsMargo ChairesAndrew Habermacher

2. Distance Learning at Prince George’s Community College • Telecourses - well established but declining(729 students in Fall 99 to 381 Fall 01) • Interactive courses - not well established, low enrollments (25 students in Fall 01) • Online Courses • 1996 - Few courses; no institutional support • 1998 - Institutional support begins • 1999 - More courses; Online Express funded

3. Online Learning Enrollments

4. Faculty Trained - Online Express

5. Planning and Implementation • Administration • Faculty Consultant(s) • Technology Resource Center • Instructional Support • Technology Support

6. Faculty Agrees To: Attend orientation and 10 2-hour training sessions Use Blackboard List course in Schedule of Classes Demonstrate course to colleagues College Agrees To: Compensation Training Development Provide Blackboard as CMS Provide training Provide Instructional Design support OLE Agreements

7. OLE Faculty Training Course • Ten weekly 2-hour sessions plus work sessions • Emphasizes teamwork among faculty,administrative offices & technical support • Targeted development of online general education courses leading to degrees. • Qualified fulltime or adjunct faculty wishing • to adapt an existing course to offer online or • to create a “shared” course for use by other instructors.

8. OLE Major Components • Pedagogy • Instructor’s Role Changes • Student Centered • Technology • Web Page Authoring • Course Delivery Software

9. Challenges of Training Faculty to Teach Online • Computer skills • Lack of experience as online students • Tendency to focus on technology • Perceptions of online pedagogy • Understanding of online course development process

10. Faculty Web Pages • Need for Faculty Web Page • Orient students • “Advertise” course • Online students expect it • Create With Front Page • Provide Template • Use Front Page as editor and Web page creator

11. Using Blackboard to Teach Online Pedagogy • Tours of Existing Online Blackboard Courses • Provide Blackboard Account• As a Teacher in Own Course • As a Student in Online Express• Handouts and course content• Documents• Internet Links• Quizzes and Surveys Threaded, asynchronous discussion Digital Drop Box

12. OLE Modifications • Multi-phased Assessment Process (implement Spring 02) • Phase One - New Course Evaluation • Phase Two - Course Evaluation after 2nd semester • Phase Three - College Faculty Evaluation Process • Phase Four - Student Evaluations

13. Phase One • Using Checklist for Online Faculty • Given at Orientation • Includes major categories of course design • Web page construction • Interaction (student-student; student-teacher) • Orienting students to the course • Navigability • Engaging students • Giving feedback to students

14. Phase Two • Using Principles of Good Practice • Based on Chickering and Gamson’s Seven Principles of Good Practice in Undergraduate Education • Focus on active learning, interaction

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