Diverse Online Teaching Strategies for Our Diverse Students

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Diverse Online Teaching Strategies for Our
Diverse Students

• Lori Mestre
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The 13th Sloan-C International Conference on
Online Learning The Power of Online Learning
Making a Difference November 7-9, 2007 Orlando, FL
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Topics Covered
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Learning and Teaching Styles Overview
When I learn I like to deal with my
feelings. I like to think about ideas. I like
to be doing things. I like to watch and listen.
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Learning and Teaching Styles Overview -- Kolb

• Different Dimensions of Learning
• Instructional Practices
• Information Processing
• Social Interaction Tendencies
• Influence of Personality

Cultural Differences Can Influence Learning
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• Based on Kolbs Experiential Learning Theory
• Accommodating intuition, people
• Latinos, White females, African Americans, Native
  Americans
• Assimilating logic, theory
• Converging practice, technology
• Diverging imaginative, group work

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• Processor/Reflector

Processor/Doer

• Doer/Theoretical

• Reflective/Theoretical

Kolb, D.A. (1984). Experiential Learning
experience as the source of learning and
development. New Jersey Prentice-Hall .
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Latinos, white females, Native Americans, African
Americans
Asians-- Reflectors
Honey, P. Mumford, A. (1982) Manual of Learning
Styles . London P Honey.
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Good to assess students in order to facilitate
collaborative projects
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• Global Learners
• random sequence
• make connections (culturally relevant)
• second languages
• Millenials (Digital Natives)
• multitasking
• visual learners
• interactivity and social networking

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Suggestions for Shaping Online Instruction to
Provide an Optimal Learning Environment
Strategies That Will Benefit Multiple Learners in
the Online Environment
Lori Mestre University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
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Design Activities in Multiple Formats
Scenarios/Simulations
Audio/Visual
Polls/Surveys
Games/Puzzles
Journals/Blogs/Wikis
Discussion Forums/Debates
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Use Audio and Video
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Find other examples of multimedia to add
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http//www.nipissingu.ca/faculty/univ1011/Modules/
05_YouLearn/05_YouLearn.htm
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Camtasia/Captivate Tutorials (video) with Audio
and Call Outs
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Provide Additional Multimedia Options
http//www.library.uiuc.edu/diglit
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Design Activities in Multiple Formats
Scenarios/Simulations
Scenarios/ Simulations
Polls/Surveys
Games/Puzzles
Journals/Blogs/Wikis
Discussion Forums/Debates
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Mock Reference Interview Simulations in a Chat
Room
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Simulated Reference Interview
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Scenarios
Providing Examples From Real Life Experiences
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Design Activities in Multiple Formats
Scenarios/Simulations
Polls/Surveys
Polls/Surveys
Games/Puzzles
Journals/Blogs/Wikis
Discussion Forums/Debates
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Use Polls to Stimulate Conversations
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Also good for feedback
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Survey Monkey Polls
http//surveymonkey.com
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Design Activities in Multiple Formats
Scenarios/Simulations
Games/Puzzles
Polls/Surveys
Games/Puzzles
Journals/Blogs/Wikis
Discussion Forums/Debates
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Games appeal to various learning styles
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Use available quizzing features of your system.
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Include Feedback
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Design Activities in Multiple Formats
Scenarios/Simulations
Journals/Blogs/ Wikis
Polls/Surveys
Games/Puzzles
Journals/Blogs/Wikis
Discussion Forums/Debates
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Collaborative Creation-- WIKIS
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Social Networking

• Opportunity to contribute, share, communicate and
  collaborate.
• Tagging -- Flickr, Odeo, YouTube, Google Video,
  Ourmedia , del.icio.us
• Can begin work in a classroom and take it outside
  and then bring it back in again.

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Design Activities in Multiple Formats
Scenarios/Simulations
Polls/Surveys
Discussion Forums/Debates
Games/Puzzles
Journals/Blogs/Wikis
Discussion Forums/Debates
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Chat and White Board
Take advantage of the tools available
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Discussion Forums

• Topics should be personally relevant
• Allow students to choose project topics
  (incorporates diverse views into online courses)
• Keep groups small
• Groups should be focused on a task
• Management and oversight of groups is critical

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Peer Group Feedback
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Feedback
Instructors need to provide two types of
feedback information feedback and acknowledgment
feedback.

• Timely
• Friendly
• Supportive

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Feedback
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Bringing the Styles Together
Collaborative Inquiry Space

• Individual Space

Formative Expertise
Merged Spaces
Forums
Peer Groups
Blogs
Wikis
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Conclusion

• Use a variety of teaching methods.
• Design activities in multiple formats.
• Develop resources that support students who
  require a more personalized, interactive learning
  environment.
• Be flexible and creative.

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Additional References Mentioned

• Kevin Downing and Tat Mei Chim, Reflectors as
  Online Extraverts?Educational Studies 30, no. 3
  (2004) 26576.
• Jean S. Moeller, A Research Study to Discover
  Temperament Types, Communication Styles, and
  Learning Styles of Adult Learners in
  Nontraditional and Online Learning Environments,
  paper presented at Honoring Our Roots and
  Branches . . . Our History and Future.
  Proceedings of the Annual Midwest Research to
  Practice Conference in Adult, Continuing, and
  Community Education, Madison, Wisc., 2000.
• M. Rourke and Linda Lysynchuk, The Influence of
  Learning Style on Achievement in Hypertext (New
  Orleans The Annual Meeting of the American
  Educational Research Association, ERIC Document
  Reproduction Service, ED 466 102, 2000).
• Dolores V. Tanno, When Education, Media, and
  Technology Converge, What Do Latino/A Students
  Gain? Journal of Latinos and Education 2, no. 1
  (2003) 42.

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Lori MestreDigital Learning Librarianlmestre_at_uiu
c.edu
Diverse Learners Diverse Approaches