Prince George’s Community College Online Express

Training Faculty to Teach OnlineMary Wells

Margo ChairesAndrew Habermacher

Distance Learning at Prince George’s Community College Telecourses - well established but declining

(729 students in Fall 99 to 381 Fall 01) Interactive courses - not well established, low

enrollments (25 students in Fall 01) Online Courses

1996 - Few courses; no institutional support 1998 - Institutional support begins 1999 - More courses; Online Express funded

Online Learning Enrollments

Fa 99 Sp 00 Fa 00 Sp 01 Fa 01 Sp 02

Courses 18 23 34 41 70 83

Sections 28 28 38 47 78 104

Enrolls 379 374 419 732 1,252

Ave/Sect

19 13 11 16 18

Faculty Trained - Online ExpressSemester/Year # Applicants # Trained

Fall 2000 14 12

Spring 2001 31 27

Fall 2001 16 15

Spring 2002 15

Planning and Implementation Administration Faculty Consultant(s) Technology Resource

Center Instructional Support Technology Support

OLE Agreements Faculty Agrees To:

Attend orientation and 10 2-hour training sessions

Use Blackboard List course in

Schedule of Classes Demonstrate course

to colleagues

College Agrees To: Compensation

Training Development

Provide Blackboard as CMS

Provide training Provide

Instructional Design support

OLE Faculty Training Course

Ten weekly 2-hour sessions plus work sessions

Emphasizes teamwork among faculty,administrative offices & technical support

Targeted development of online general education courses leading to degrees.

Qualified fulltime or adjunct faculty wishing to adapt an existing course to offer online or to create a “shared” course for use by other

instructors.

OLE Major Components Pedagogy

Instructor’s Role Changes

Student Centered

Technology Web Page Authoring Course Delivery

Software

Challenges of Training Faculty to Teach Online

Computer skills Lack of experience as online students Tendency to focus on technology Perceptions of online pedagogy Understanding of online course

development process

Faculty Web Pages Need for Faculty Web Page

Orient students “Advertise” course Online students expect it

Create With Front Page Provide Template Use Front Page as editor and Web page

creator

Using Blackboard to Teach Online Pedagogy

Tours of Existing Online Blackboard Courses Provide Blackboard Account

• As a Teacher in Own Course • As a Student in Online Express • Handouts and course content • Documents • Internet Links • Quizzes and Surveys

Threaded, asynchronous discussionDigital Drop Box

OLE Modifications Multi-phased Assessment Process

(implement Spring 02) Phase One - New Course Evaluation Phase Two - Course Evaluation after 2nd

semester Phase Three - College Faculty Evaluation

Process Phase Four - Student Evaluations

Phase One Using Checklist for Online Faculty

Given at Orientation Includes major categories of course design

Web page construction Interaction (student-student; student-teacher) Orienting students to the course Navigability Engaging students Giving feedback to students

Phase Two Using Principles of Good Practice

Based on Chickering and Gamson’s Seven Principles of Good Practice in Undergraduate Education

Focus on active learning, interaction

Questions?