The Benefits

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The Benefits Challenges of Teaching Online

• A Presentation for Western Illinois University

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About Kevin E. Johnson, M.Ed.

• Thank you for allowing me to be a part of this
  very important time in WIU history. I bring
  enthusiasm, a passion for learning, vast
  experience with technology in higher education,
  and the ability to explain it all in plain
  English! As Coordinator of Instructor Support for
  the University of Illinois Global Campus, I am
  engaged in supporting faculty as well as
  designing, redesigning, and teaching "online"
  courses. My professional growth has evolved from
  my first computer programming experience on a
  Commodore 64 computer at the age of 14 through
  many years of programming and curriculum design
  experience in both academic and corporate
  settings.  In every position, my interest has
  been in cutting edge technologies and their
  practical applications to help organizations and
  professionals move forward with confidence.

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Contact Kevin

• University of Illinois Global Campus
• 510 Devonshire Drive, Suite H
• Champaign, IL 61821
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• kejohns_at_uillinois.edu
• http//global.uillinois.edu

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Supplemental Documents

• The following documents are on this DVD in a
  folder title Documents and can be retrieved by
  exploring the disc using your operating systems
  file explorer.
• PowerPoint Presentation
• QOCI Checklist
• QOCI Rubric (Complete)
• Resource Document (Free to Close to Free
  Technologies)

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Agenda

• Introductions
• Delivery Method Spectrum
• Onground
• Blended
• Hybrid
• Online
• Transitioning
• Purposes for Transitioning
• Strategies
• Activities
• Institutional / Department Decisions
  Considerations
• Resources

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Introductions

• Why
• Why are you here today?
• What Are Your Concerns?
• What concerns do you have about transitioning to
  online.

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Delivery Method Spectrum
Onground
Online
Blended
Hybrid

• What differentiates these from one another is the
  amount of time spent in a classroom versus
  online.

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Delivery Method Spectrum Onground
Onground
Online
Blended
Hybrid

• Courses in which all learning activities are
  implemented in a face-to-face classroom setting.

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Delivery Method Spectrum Blended
Onground
Online
Blended
Hybrid

• Courses in which a significant amount of the
  activities are implemented in a face-to-face
  classroom setting.
• Some materials available online
• No online instruction time is substituted for f2f
  time.

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Delivery Method Spectrum Hybrid
Onground
Online
Blended
Hybrid

• Courses in which a significant amount of the
  learning activities have been moved online, and
  time traditionally spent in the classroom is
  reduced but not eliminated (Garnham Kaleta,
  2002)

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Delivery Method Spectrum Online
Onground
Online
Blended
Hybrid

• Courses in which all learning activities have
  been moved online.

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Purpose for Transitioning

• Help Instructors
• Move curriculum over and develop full courses in
  a timely manner
• Learn new technologies with less frustration
• Help Students
• Prepare students by providing f2f orientation to
  new environment
• Provide opportunity for f2f technical support
  when needed.
• Promote Independent Learning

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Strategies for Transitioning

• Start Slow
• Move lecture notes, and other existing documents
  over to online classroom
• Introduce students to online environment in a f2f
  lab where you are present
• Provide resources on posting and other online
  classroom netiquette.
• Add Ice Breaker Activities such as Scavenger
  Hunts, Bio Assignment, etc. to help students
  become familiar with posting, etc.

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Strategies for Transitioning Cont.

• Moving Forward
• Eliminate one class meeting per week
• Shorten Class time
• Assign collaboration assignments with other
  course sections
• Require online peer feedback and revisions before
  turning in assignments
• Encourage more digital communication using
  E-mail, Discussion Forums, Chat, etc.

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Activities for Transitioning

• Online Activities
• Case Studies
• Tutorials
• Self-testing
• Simulations
• Article Reviews
• Current Events
• Peer Feedback

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Interaction Activity Ideas

• Ice Breakers
• Social Forums
• Question Forums
• Discussion Questions
• Article Critiques
• Group Problem Solving
• Group Reports
• Responding to Hypothetical Situations
• Peer Editing
• List of Resources

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Institutional / Department Decisions
Considerations

• Course Request Process
• Technical Support Training
• Who, When, How
• Pedagogical Support Education
• Who, When How
• Course Environment Standards
• Navigation, Color Scheme, Required Documents,
  etc.
• Quality Standards
• Course Review for quality in the areas of
  content, course design, and instruction.

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Institutional / Department Suggestions

• Templates
• Syllabus
• Activity / Assignment
• Course Design / Structure
• Additional Suggestions
• Orientation Online Course
• Departmental Activity Repository

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Resources for Transitioning

• Illinois Online Network
• http//www.ion.uillinois.edu
• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• http//www.uwm.edu/Dept/LTC/hybrid/Tutorials
• University of Central Florida
• http//distrib.ucf.edu/dlucf/home.html
• Templates
• http//www.ion.uillinois.edu/institutes/fsi/2005/p
  resentations/23/menu.htm

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Q A
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Thank You!
HAVE A GREAT DAY!