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Technology Integration & Training for Online Course Development : A Needs Assessment

This needs assessment study explores the readiness of teachers to teach online courses and identifies their support and training needs. The study also examines the benefits and challenges of online instruction and provides recommendations for improving online course development. The study was conducted using a survey sent to faculty at a small Pacific college.

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Technology Integration & Training for Online Course Development : A Needs Assessment

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  1. Technology Integration & Training for Online Course Development : A Needs Assessment Melissa Kunitzer University of Hawai'i at Mānoa

  2. Local college • 50% increase in student enrollment over 6 yrs. Lei & Gupta, 2010

  3. Local college • 50% increase in student enrollment over 6 yrs. Lei & Gupta, 2010 • Increased Student Demands • Computer lab access, Parking, Books • Meetings with the teacher, Tutoring

  4. Is there a Solution? We could teach more courses online!

  5. Benefits of Online Classes Lei & Gupta, 2010

  6. But are the teachers ready?

  7. Purpose of NA • Teachers who may want to teach online • Identify support and training needs

  8. Method • Survey invitation sent via a listserv • 274 regular, part-time & casual faculty at a small Pacific college • Survey Gizmo • Branching and Page logic features

  9. Survey Questions • 2009 NASULGC-Sloan National Commission on Online Learning at Central Michigan University, MI • College’s Instructional Design Service • Likert scales, MP choice, Open-ended, Categorical, & Numerical types

  10. Survey topics • Physical and Technical skill Demographics • Online Experience • Teaching & Course Development • Likes & Dislikes of Online Instruction • Applications used • Help & Support

  11. Questions • What is your Online Experience?

  12. Questions • What is your Online Experience? • Level of effort needed • Teach online • Develop / Convert f2f course to online format

  13. Questions • What is your Online Experience? • Level of effort needed • Teach online • Develop / Convert f2f course to online format • Likes / Dislikes of online instruction

  14. Questions • What is your Online Experience? • Level of effort needed • Teach online • Develop / Convert f2f course to online format • Likes / Dislikes of online instruction • Want to develop & teach online?

  15. Questions • What is your Online Experience? • Level of effort needed • Teach online • Develop / Convert f2f course to online format • Likes / Dislikes of online instruction • Want to develop & teach online? • Need help & support?

  16. Results • 30 / 274 ( 10.94%) completed the survey • 22 Women, 8 Men

  17. Results • 30 / 274 ( 10.94%) completed the survey • 22 Women, 8 Men • 29 Full-time, 1 Part-time • Teaching Experience • 19 (11+ yrs) • 11 (o-3 yrs)

  18. Results • 30 / 274 ( 10.94%) completed the survey • 22 Women, 8 Men • 29 Full-time, 1 Part-time • Teaching Experience • 19 (11+ yrs) • 11 (o-3 yrs) • All have comfortable using the computer • All used the college’s CMS

  19. What is your Online Experience? ,6 30 respondents

  20. Compared to a f2f alternative, teaching an online course is … 16 respondents

  21. Compared to a f2f alternative, developing an online course is … 15 respondents

  22. Like MOST about Online Instruction • 24 / 7 availability & Accessibility (6) • Flexibility (9) • Convenient, accessible to Outreach students (2) • Students engage more online than in person (1) • Working people can return to college (2) • Creativity, reaching a new wave of computer learners (1) 22 respondents

  23. Dislike MOST about Online Instruction • 24 / 7 availability (1) • Development time needed (1) • Lack of Tech and accessibility support (2) • Limited free idea discussions (1) • Student retention / don’t do the work (1) • No hands on components (2) • Student disengagement / Lack of interaction (8) • Not all students have Internet access (1) 22 respondents

  24. Want to develop & teach online? 29 respondents

  25. Need help & support? 5 respondents

  26. Discussion of Results • Sample size was small ( 10.94%) • Too small for correlations • Half of sample wants to teach online • 5 (16%) wants help & support • Some problem areas include: • Online Pedagogy, Applications, Building Online communities, Online Interactions

  27. Reflection • Schedule survey deployment mid-semester • Use a current listserv • Extensive survey testing • Paper versions of survey • Add more application questions

  28. Recommendations • Expand Needs Assessment into a Research project • Document faculty progress • Peer Mentoring • Create a Knowledge base • Course specific templates • PBL • Web 2.0 tool training • Online pedagogy

  29. Applications • Interaction • Blackboard Collaborate • Secure Social websites • Edmodo or similar • Peer Reviews • Blogging • Collaboration • Google Docs • Skype • Interactive Media • Jing • Voicethread • Projects • PBL • Productivity • Wiggio • Course Website Creation • Weebly • Moodle

  30. Thank you ! • Instruction Design Services, Admin and faculty • NASULGC- Sloan National Commission on Online Learning • OTEC Alumni • UHM COE Ed Tech faculty • Critical friends: Laureen, Sarah and Vanessa • 2010 Cohort

  31. Any Questions?

  32. Thank you Melissa Kunitzer naganuma@hawaii.edu

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