Ensuring Consistency Between F2F and Distance Education

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Ensuring Consistency Between F2F and Distance
Education


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Presenters

• Sharon Davis, Director
• Director
• Sharon.davis_at_ctcd.edu
• Kathrine Latham
• Instructional Development Manager
• Kathrine.latham_at_ctcd.edu
• Karen Akam
• Course Developer
• Karen.akam_at_ctcd.edu

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Who is CTC?

• Public, open-admission community college
• Accredited by SACS-COC
• Located in Central Texas Next to Ft. Hood

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Institutional Mission Statement

• At Central Texas College, we identify and serve
  our unique, global community needs and provide
  quality teaching through an accessible learning
  environment.

Distance Learning
PFEC
Continental
Europe
Navy
Air Force Reserves
US Embassy
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Challenges of Teaching

• To provide opportunities for collaboration among
  students, with the instructor, and with the
  content.
• To engage the learner.
• To address different learning styles.
• To provide remediation and enrichment
  opportunities.

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Challenges in the Virtual Classroom

• To design distance education courses that are
  comparable in content and rigor to their
  face-to-face counterparts (consistency).
• To provide complete associate degree programs
  through distance education to meet the changing
  and often unique needs of the distant learner.

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The Plan

• Research
• Be resourcefulthink outside the box
• Work as a team
• Utilize multiple resources

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Confucius, a Chinese philosopher, said I hear,
I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand.
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Design Process

• Consistent navigation
• Consistent format
• Use of self-scoring activities with immediate
  feedback
• Incorporation of communications tools and course
  tools

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Lesson Template
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Discussion Board Template
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Virtual Classroom Environment

• Collaborative Tools
• Discussions/Voice boards
• Email/Voice Mail/ Messages
• Group Pages
• Podcasts
• Live Classroom

• Individual Tools
• Student Homepages
• Email/Voice Mail/ Messages
• Drop boxes
• Podcasts
• Live Classroom
• Chat Rooms
• Learning Units

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Collaboration

• To provide opportunities for collaboration among
  students, with the instructor, and with the
  content.

• Collaborative Tools
• Discussions/Voice boards
• Email/Voice Mail/ Messages
• Group Pages
• Podcasts
• Live Classroom

• Individual Tools
• Student Homepages
• Email/Voice Mail/ Messages
• Drop boxes
• Podcasts
• Live Classroom
• Chat Rooms
• Learning Units

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Engagement

• To engage the learner in the learning process.

• Collaborative Tools
• Discussions/Voice boards
• Email/Voice Mail/ Messages
• Group Pages
• Podcasts
• Live Classroom

• Individual Tools
• Student Homepages
• Email/Voice Mail/ Messages
• Drop boxes
• Podcasts
• Live Classroom
• Chat Rooms
• Learning Units

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Learning Styles

• To address different learning styles.

• Collaborative Tools
• Discussions/Voice boards
• Email/Voice Mail/ Messages
• Group Pages
• Podcasts
• Live Classroom

• Individual Tools
• Student Homepages
• Email/Voice Mail/ Messages
• Drop boxes
• Podcasts
• Live Classroom
• Chat Rooms
• Learning Units

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Remediation and Enrichment

• To provide remediation and enrichment
  opportunities.

• Collaborative Tools
• Discussions/Voice boards
• Email/Voice Mail/ Messages
• Group Pages
• Podcasts
• Live Classroom

• Individual Tools
• Student Homepages
• Email/Voice Mail/ Messages
• Drop boxes
• Podcasts
• Live Classroom
• Chat Rooms
• Learning Units

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Success Story

• To provide complete associate degree programs
  through distance education
• 20 online degree programs
• 18 online certificate programs
• 291 online courses
• 41 offline courses
• ? Hybrid courses
• Includes
• 3 Developmental math classes
• 9 Freshman/Sophomore level math course

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Challenges in DE Math Courses

• How to
• communicate specialized math symbols, formulas,
  and equations.
• provide practice.
• provide tutorials and enrichment activities.
• submit homework.

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Doing/Understanding

• Just as location, location, location is essential
  in the real estate business, the key to success
  in math is practice, practice, practice.

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Math Solutions

• MyMathLab and Eduspace
• provide homework and tutorial opportunities for
  students.
• offer immediate feedback to students.
• address various learning styles.
• are available in online and CD formats.
• are easy to use--format is similar to Bb courses

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My Math Lab
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Homework
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Summary

• Boundaries between delivery systems have blended
  to minimize any distinctions related to the tools
  and to concentrate on engaging the learner.
• Students are given choices in determining
  environments that work best with their learning
  styles and personal schedules.
• Preliminary statistics suggest that the methods
  are a success and well received by the students.