Engineering Motivation Into Online Courses

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Engineering Motivation Into Online Courses

• A Model for Instruction and Design

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Presenters

• Jenny Hauser, Marketing Representative, Primavera
  Online High School
• Jared Richardson, Director of Curriculum
  Marketing, American Virtual Academy

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History

• Founded as Charter School in 2001
• TAPBI (Technology-Assisted, Project-Based
  Instruction) (AZ 2003)
• Primavera Online High School (2003)
• Blackboard (2004)
• Curriculum Development (2003-2008)
• Accreditation (2005)
• Primavera Learning (2007)
• American Virtual Academy (2008)

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Enrolled Students Students Completing Courses
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Motivation and Technology
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Goal Oriented Students (AOE)
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People-Oriented Students (OCE)
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Comfort-Oriented Students (SOE)
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Volitional Snags

• Serendipity Effect
• Distracters
• Dependence
• Text-based ennui
• ADD/ADHD
• Markus Deimann, and John M. Keller, "Volitional
  Aspects of Multimedia Learning," Journal of
  Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia 15.2 (2006)

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Astleitners Checklist

• Reflexive Learning
• Cognitive, Motivational, Emotional Learning
• Considers Strengths of Students
• Knowledge Acquired and Applied in Various
  Contexts
• Basics Higher Order Skills
• Stimulate Argumentation Skills
• Guided, Self-Regulated Learning
• Efficient Learning
• Interesting
• Positive
• Not Negative
• Respectful and Responsible
• Largely Self-Instructed
• Hermann Astleitner, "Principles of Effective
  Instruction-General Standards for Teachers and
  Instructional Designers," Journal of
  Instructional Psychology 32.1 (2005)

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Applications for the 21st Century

• Constructivist Learning
• Correlative Learning
• Human-Technology Interface
• Life-long Education
• Erase Traditional Online Differences
• Economics

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Questions?
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