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Online and Hybrid Learning Come Alive: How We Can Move From a Passive to an Engaged Community of Learning . Dr. Laurie Yates Eastern Oregon University. Where/Who Are Our Students? . Online: at least 30% (Friedman & Friedman, 2011; Hoskins, 2012) Traditional and non-traditional students
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Online and Hybrid Learning Come Alive: How We Can Move From a Passive to an Engaged Community of Learning Dr. Laurie Yates Eastern Oregon University
Where/Who Are Our Students? • Online: at least 30% (Friedman & Friedman, 2011; Hoskins, 2012) • Traditional and non-traditional students • Trends: online and hybrid • “Online is a culture to the Millennial generation. Yet to most colleges, it is a delivery method” (Pacansky-Brock, 2013).
Teaching in an Online Environment • Asynchronous environments • Sense of isolation/disconnection • Reduced channels of communication • Retention • How to engage and motivate students? Develop a community of learning?
Student Engagement • Student-Student, Student-Teacher, Student-Subject • Goals: Students develop skills and abilities • Problem solving • Critical thinking • Communication • Collaboration • Ethical judgment • Navigation of the Internet to find useful information
“Technology should not be integrated into college learning for the sake of using cool new tools to engage tech-savvy students” (Pacansky-Brock, 2013) • Prepare students for a successful life in our digital, interconnected, collaborative society.
Best Practices: Teacher Presence • Frequent feedback • Timely grading • Quick response to student questions/problems • Interest in getting to know students • Communication using several methods • Adaptive and flexible • Incorporated life experiences • Fun, energetic (Baran, Correla, & Thompson, 2013)
Techniques and Tools • Visual and audio feedback • Video announcements and lectures • Well organized and visually pleasing LMS sites • Virtual office hours, communication with students (phone, chat, email, video, social networks) • Meaningful and engaging discussions
Content and Feedback • Jing • http://www.techsmith.com/jing • Free and paid upgrade • Video recording of computer screen/5 minutes • Screen capture • Camtasia • Fee discount for educators • Video screen capture and editing • http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html • Voice Thread and Audacity (audio record & audit)
Announcements Welcome to Marketing Strategies • Feedback on assignments Feedback on Advertisement Critiques • Virtual classes or group discussions
Producing Videos • YouTube • Free • http://www.youtube.com • Private or public • Windows Movie Maker • iMovie for Mac
Participatory Learning Environment • Poll Everywhere • http://www.polleverywhere.com • Limited to 40 responses: free for educators • Text messaging, Twitter, web browser • Experiential • Digital simulations • Games
Communication • Skype • Google Hangout • Social Media • FaceBook • Google+ • Twitter
Conclusion • Using today’s communication tools to reach today’s students • Disruptive technology • Print • Radio • TV • Internet/Web 2.0 • Teacher presence