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Prince George’s Community College Online Express

Prince George’s Community College Online Express. Training Faculty to Teach Online Mary Wells Margo Chaires Andrew Habermacher. Distance Learning at Prince George’s Community College. Telecourses - well established but declining (729 students in Fall 99 to 381 Fall 01)

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Prince George’s Community College Online Express

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  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

  15. Questions?

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