OLI Conference Navigating 2000

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OLI Conference Navigating 2000
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Sailing the 7 C's of Distance Education

• Ron Skulas Ph. D.

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Introduction

• Taking a Course from Lecture to Distance Learning

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Topics of Discussion The 7 Cs

• Caring
• Collaboration
• Competence
• Creativity

• Centered
• Commitment
• Candor

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Thinking Sessions

• The audience was divided into three groups based
  on their DL comfort level
• They dealt with one C per session

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Group Thoughts

• Group presenting order was done in numerical
  sequence

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The First C Caring

• They were limited to five minutes to discuss and
  one minute /- to present

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The First C Caring

• 4 1 Time Ratio
• New Pedagogical Methods and Tools

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Online Whiteboards
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Compressed Video
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Chat Rooms
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Threaded Conversations
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Links to Sites
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CD-ROMs
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Online Library Resources
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The Second C Collaboration

• The audience again broke into the groups,
  discussed the topic C, and presented.

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The Second C Collaboration

• Best Practices Sharing
• Internal Teams
• External Teams

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The Third C Competence

• The presenting order changed to reverse numerical
  sequence

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The Third C Competence

• Time Consuming
• SME
• Technology
• Transition

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The Fourth C Creativity

• The groups remained in reverse numerical sequence
  order

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The Fourth C Creativity

• Best Multimedia Mix
• Prepackaged Courses
• Same ends as lecture-only

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The Fifth C Centered

• New order was changed to 2-1-3.

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The Fifth C Centered

• Must be in touch
• Office Hours are office hours

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Asynchronous

• FAQs
• 20 minute blocks
• Shovel-ware

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Synchronous

• Limitations Awareness
• ISP Problems
• Bandwidth

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The Sixth C Commitment

• Remain with the 2-1-3 order

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The Sixth C Commitment

• Institutional
• Support
• Assignment of High Tech Rooms
• Proprietary Considerations

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The Seventh C Candor

• Presenting order returned to the 1-2-3 sequence.

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The Seventh C Candor

• Intellectually and Emotionally
• Involvement versus Commitment

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Candor (Continued)

• Never Let Technology Drive Pedagogy