Norm Vaughan Mount Royal College Calgary, Alberta nvaughanmtroyal'ab'ca

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Norm VaughanMount Royal College- Calgary,
Albertanvaughan_at_mtroyal.ab.ca
Bridging the Gap- Increasing Student Access
and Interactivity within a Distance Education
Course Association for Canadian Community
Colleges Winnipeg, Man May 1998
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Overview

• This presentation will demonstrate how
• Internal partnerships within a post secondary
  institution can be used to develop highly
  interactive and accessible distance education
  course material.
• The convergence of CD-ROM and Web based
  technologies can increase student access and
  interactivity within a distance education course.

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Background

• Pharmacology for the Acutely Ill (ACCN 1305)
• Offered through the Advanced Studies in Critical
  Care Nursing (ACCN) program at Mount Royal
  College
• ACCN is a distance education program
• ACCN 1305 was originally prepared for delivery in
  print based format.
• A significant portion of the course material has
  recently been converted into an inter-linked
  CD-ROM / WWW site through the assistance of a
  Mount Royal College Instructional Technology
  Project (ITP) grant

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IT Project Process

• The Instructional Technology Project (ITP)
  process consists of five inter-linked stages
• Analysis - Establishing the course rationale and
  design criteria
• Design - Developing the course framework
• Development - Production of the course material
• Implementation - Delivery of the course
• Evaluation - An on-going process at each stage

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IT Project Process
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Analysis Stage

• Establishing the course rationale and design
  criteria through the development of an ITP
  proposal
• Needs - identify the need to integrate technology
  
• into a specific course or program
• Learner - define the target audience for the
  project
• Setting - establish where and how the project
  will
• be used

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Analysis Stage

• Content - produce a course outline and define
  major
• curriculum goals and learning
  outcomes, break the
• content into modules (estimate
  type amount of
• multimedia required)
• Goal - define major goals and timelines for the
  project

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Analysis Stage

• Projects are internally funded
• Approved ITP applicants serve as content experts
  on the project team and usually receive
• -computer workstation
• -release time
• -instructional and technical
  support

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Analysis Stage

• Formation of an ITP team
• -Content Specialists
• -Programmers
• -Videographers
• -Graphic Artists
• -Instructional Designer

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Design Stage

• Develop a solid frame of reference for the actual
  construction or development of the course by
• 1. Establishing an overview and objectives for
  each of the content units
• 2. Breaking the unit down into sections
• 3. Devising evaluation strategies and instruments
  to measure user learning
• 4. Developing instructional strategies for the
  content
• - types of interactivities
• 5. Flow charting the sequence of screens for each
  unit

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Design Stage

• 6. Storyboard/script each individual screen
• title
• text
• multimedia components
• (attached sketches/scripts of audio, video,
  graphic, and animation ideas)
• interactions and feedback

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Design Stage

• Storyboard Example
• Title Unit 2 Review Screen 2 - Normal
  Electrical Conduction of the
• Heart
• Text Normal Electrical Conduction of the Heart
• Place (click-drag) the correct labels (in
  brackets) on the heart's conduction system.
• Sinoatrial node (SA node) Atrioventricular node
  (AV node)
• Bundle of His (BH) Left Bundle Branch (LBB)
• Right Bundle Branch (RBB)
• Multimedia Components Graphic 1 - Conduction
  System (see attached sketch - to be generated by
  Gary)

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Design Stage

• Interaction/Feedback Drag the names (bolded
  name section) over onto the correct section of
  the picture.
• If correct leave the name on site until all names
  are placed.
• If incorrect bring up the following hints and let
  them try again
• - SA node is in the atrium
• - AV node is between the atrium and ventricles
• - BH is before the dissection into bundles
• - LBB left side of the heart - RBB right side
  of the heart.
• Second incorrect answer, place the attempted name
  into correct location.
• (Related Links Icon)
• http//www-health.santafe.cc.fl.us/health/vccl/chp
  t2/adult.html

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Design Stage

• Actual
• Screen

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Development Stage

• Production of the course material via parallel
  streams
• Creating the multimedia elements
• Programming

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Development Stage

• Multimedia Elements
• graphic artist
• videographer

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Development Stage

• Programming Screen Design
• main (home) screen
• unit menu screen
• content screen

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Development Stage

• Main
• Screen
• Template

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Development Stage

• Unit
• Menu
• Screen
• Template

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Development Stage

• Content
• Screen
• Template

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Development Stage

• Content
• Screen
• Template
• -Index-

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Development Stage

• Content
• Screen
• Template
• -Find-

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Development Stage

• Content
• Screen
• Template
• -Glossary-

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Development Stage

• Content
• Screen
• Template
• -Notepad-

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Development Stage

• Content
• Screen
• Template
• -Web Site-

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Development Stage

• Web Site
• Course Files

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Development Stage

• Web Site
• Discussion
• Forum

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Development Stage

• Web Site
• Related
• Links

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Implementation Stage

• Delivery issues
• Maintenance - updating and revising course pages
• -checking and adding internal and external
  hypertext links
• -responding to student e-mail
• -facilitating and seeding on-line class
  discussions
• File Management - uploading course pages to the
  College Web server (ftp - file transfer protocol)

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Implementation Stage

• Delivery issues (cont.)
• Student Access - providing students with an
  introduction and overview of how to access and
  properly utilize the course site
• - password protection of site
• - trouble shooting student computer hardware
  software - questions and issues
• Student Evaluation - security issues of on-line
  testing

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Evaluation Stage

• Formative - piloting with students
• Summative - end of project report

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• Technology is the campfire around which we will
  tell our stories.
• Laurie Anderson
• The more technology around us the more need for
  human touch.
• Nesbitt 1984