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Enhance Introductory Students’ Learning Experience using Hybrid and Online Deliveries. June West, Program Director Computer Technology Department Spartanburg Community College Spartanburg, South Carolina. Who Benefits Most from Online/Hybrid Deliveries.
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Enhance Introductory Students’ Learning Experience using Hybrid and Online Deliveries June West, Program Director Computer Technology Department Spartanburg Community College Spartanburg, South Carolina
Who Benefits Most from Online/Hybrid Deliveries • Those unable to attend class at least half time • Persons serving in the Armed Forces • Those who are disabled • People who work rotating shifts • Those who live long distances from a physical campus • Lack of transportation – their own or public • Caretakers
Challenges for Hybrid Delivery • Course must be adaptable • Students must work independently • Instruction accomplished in shorter period of class time • Assignments clearly stated on syllabus or weekly schedule
Challenges for Online Delivery • Deliver course content that engages students • Address students questions in a timely manner • “Group” office hours or one-on-one additional instruction • Secure online testing
Tools to Aid with Transition • Respondus – a tool to create & manage quizzes and tests • Can be published directly to various learning systems • $1700/2500 students • StudyMate – a product by Respondus • Helps students "master the basics" of course material • Uses learning activities, self-assessments, and games • Comes with Respondus campus-wide license • Lock-Down Browser – another product by Respondus • Adds security during an assessment • Prevents students from printing, copying, going to another URL, or accessing other applications • Additional cost
Tools (continued) • TeamViewer • Connects to any PC or server • Provides collaborative team projects and/or presentations • Remote Desktop support • FREE • Panopto Lecture Capture System • Record any content • Publish online • Available to your audience almost immediately • Average cost is $16,000/year • Skype • Opportunity for students to share ideas • Use video calling • FREE
Use of Tools • Students’ learning reinforcement • Panopto Lecture Capture system • Record in-class lectures • Make available to students • Office Hours for additional instruction • For one-on-one instruction, use Skype • For group discussion, use TeamViewer • Review/Study Sessions • TeamViewer • Hold study and/or review sessions • StudyMate • Create review options • Flash Cards, Quizzes, Crossword Puzzles, and Challenge games
Use of Tools (cont’d) • Team Projects • Coordinate Team Projects • Store project documents on SkyDrive • (FREE – must create Windows Live ID account) • Presentations • Individual presentations • Instructor reviews recorded presentations • Group presentations (video connection for up to 25 participants) • Skype for individual presentations • Ten simultaneous audio connections • Only one-on-one video connection) • Mock interviews • Conduct mock interviews using Skype
For Online/Hybrid Courses with Computer Lab Components • The most important consideration: Necessary software installed • Hybrid class • Complete assignments at home or in a lab on campus • Could be completed on the non-lecture day • For the online class • Easy access to a computer wherever they are • May be required to purchase necessary software
Software at Reasonable Prices • Microsoft products - www.dreamspark.com • Adobe products - www.cheapsoftwarelinks.com • Virtual Box - www.virtualbox.org • Virtual PC/Windows XP Mode available with Windows 7 Pro and Windows 7 Ultimate • Virtual PC 2007 for other Windows versions
Questions? June West, Program Director Computer Technology Department Spartanburg Community College Spartanburg, SC westj@sccsc.edu