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Preparing to Teach Your First Online Course

Preparing to Teach Your First Online Course. Dr. Odin Jurkowski Missouri Distance Learning Association Conference (MoDLA) 07.09.2008 ∙ 1:00 pm. http://faculty.ucmo.edu/jurkowski/conferences/modla2008.ppt. History Repeats Itself.

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Preparing to Teach Your First Online Course

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  1. Preparing to Teach Your First Online Course Dr. Odin Jurkowski Missouri Distance Learning Association Conference (MoDLA) 07.09.2008 ∙ 1:00 pm http://faculty.ucmo.edu/jurkowski/conferences/modla2008.ppt

  2. History Repeats Itself “These first years of university broadcasting were generally ineffective because many a professor repeated his classroom lecture before the microphone without realizing that a good lecturer was not necessarily an effective broadcaster.”

  3. What Makes a Good Online Class? • Attentive instructor • Organized course • Variety of materials and resources • Student interaction

  4. Agenda • Course Design • Types of Distance Education • Communication • Tools and Technologies • Organization • Basic Concepts / FAQ

  5. Course Design • Work backwards • Start with goals and objectives • Outline the content • Determine delivery and activities • Gather content • Create assignments / assessments

  6. Types of Distance Education • Correspondence • ITV • Hybrid • Online (web based)

  7. Communication: Time and Place • Traditional Classroom • Same time, same place • Synchronous • Same time • Asynchronous • Different time http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Computer_Mediated_Instruction

  8. Synchronous • Chat / IM • Phone / Audio conference / Skype • ITV / Video conference / Adobe Connect Pro • Second Life • F2F

  9. Asynchronous • One way Documents / files / materials • Text • Text book, Word doc, blog, article, library book, webpage • Multimedia • Word doc, blog, article, book, webpage, PowerPoint, virtual field trips, webquests, captivate, CAI software • Audio (Podcast) • Video • Two way • Email • Discussion Board • Wiki

  10. Tools & Technologies • Course Management System: Blackboard • Web pages, YouTube,… • Microsoft Office • Adobe Acrobat Presenter • Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro • iTunes • Atomic Learning • Library databases • Web 2.0 tools: wiki’s, blog’s, Google Docs,… • Second Life • Other: Captivate, SnagIt, web editors, Photoshop,…

  11. Organization

  12. Basic Concepts • Understand that students are nervous • Be readily available • Extra support at beginning of course • Repeat, repeat, repeat instructions, and revise each semester • Let students know you are a real person • Check that they are participating • Teacher is a guide

  13. FAQ • When do I make my class available? • How often should students log in? • How quickly should I respond to email? • How quickly should I respond on the CMS? • How quickly should I grade?

  14. Questions continued… • How should I stay in contact with students? • What’s an ideal group size? • Technology problems? • Library resources? • Paced or self paced?

  15. Discussion and Questions

  16. Contact Information Dr. Odin Jurkowski Chair, Department of Career & Technology Education Associate Professor & Program Coordinator, Educational Technology University of Central Missouri Grinstead 120 Warrensburg MO 64093 660.543.8387 jurkowski@ucmo.edu http://faculty.ucmo.edu/jurkowski http://www.ucmo.edu/edtech http://www.ucmo.edu/cte http://faculty.ucmo.edu/jurkowski/conferences/modla2008.ppt

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