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Who?What?When?Where?Why? How?
Of Distance Education
Before we start
Who has taught on-line? Who uses the web in a traditional class? What are the biggest positives to
teaching an online course? What are the biggest negatives?
Interesting Facts
Last year, almost 3.5 million college students nationwide were taking at least one online course representing nearly 20% of all U.S. higher education students.
In Ohio, almost 50,000 students were taking at least one online course representing nearly 11% of all publicly educated Ohio undergraduate students.
Why the
Increase in
Students in Distance
Classes?
Increase in Students in Distance Classes
Attributed to
enrollment growth,
shrinking public funding for higher education
student demand
need to improve access for non-traditional students.
What are the
Types of
Distance Learning
Classes?
Types of Distance Courses
Totally online courses Hybrid (or blended) courses where
students meet part of the time with a faculty member and part time on their own using the web as a resource
Web-enhanced courses where faculty make use of the web for the posting of documents and online discussions
What are sound
Pedagogical
Components
of distance classes?
Pedagogical Components
Best Practices for Online Education Pedagogy for Online Education Designing Online Content Providing Feedback to Online Students Active Learning Student Collaboration
Best Practices for Online Education
Implementing the Seven Principles: Technology as Lever Follow-up on Chickering’s Seven Principles
Distance Education, Guidelines for Good Practice 14 standards based on a survey of DL
practitioners
Good practice in undergraduate education:
1. Encourages contacts between students and faculty.
2. Develops reciprocity and cooperation among students.
3. Uses active learning techniques.
4. Gives prompt feedback.
5. Emphasizes time on task.
6. Communicates high expectations.
7. Respects diverse talents and ways of learning. (Chickering, 1987)
Guidelines for Best Practice
Faculty must retain academic control Faculty must be prepared to meet the
special requirements of teaching at a distance
Course design should be shaped to the potentials of the medium
Students must fully understand course requirements and be prepared to succeed
Guidelines (Continued)
Close personal interaction must be maintained In real time (synchronously) In virtual time (asynchronously)
Class size should be set through normal faculty channels
Courses should cover all material Experimentation with a broad variety of
subjects should be encouraged
Guidelines (Continued)
Equivalent Research opportunities must be provided
Student assessment should be comparable
Equivalent advisement opportunities must be offered
Faculty should retain creative control over use and re-use of materials
Guidelines (Continued)
Full undergraduate degree programs should include same-time same-place coursework
Evaluation of distance coursework should be undertaken at all levels
American Federation of Teachers, 2000
What are the
Course Design
Components
of distance classes?
Course Design Components
Course Management System/ Authoring Platform
Course Content
Electronic Tools
Assessment Methods
What is a
Course Management
System?
Course Management System/Authoring Platform
Course Management Systems provide an environment in which students may work on course materials within a curriculum. These environments provide tracking and data collection capabilities of registered users.
Examples WebCT & Blackboard (they have merged)
(http://www.blackboard.com)
Ecollege (http://
www.ecollege.com/index.learn)
Angel (http://www.angellearning.com/)
Moodle (http://moodle.org/)
D2L (http://http://www.desire2learn.com/)
How do instructors
choose appropriate
software packages?
Software Choices
Course Management System chosen at College level
Additional Software chosen by department or instructor MyMathLab WileyPlus Mathzone Webassign, etc.
First Criteria
Compatibility with MAC and PC Browser check (Auto or manual)
IE7, IE8 or both Software Check
Adobe Flash Player Java other
User Friendly
For You Content management File control Multiple sections
For Your Students Easy to navigate? Online tutorial? Install Wizard?
How Much Support for You and Your Students
Video Lectures PowerPoint® Online Textbook (ebook) Online Homework Online Discussion Instructor-Student Communication
Each Package has Strengths and Weaknesses I use MyMathLab
Cynthia Young College Algebra (WileyPlus) Plain language (talks to students) “Go Tutorials”
Enhanced Web Assign “only” an Online HW management system supports every major publisher
What are the
Types of Course
Content used in
Distance Learning
Classes?
Course Content
Can be textbook specific or stand-alone Consult courseware support site for
training materials
What are the
Types of Tools used in
Distance Learning
Classes?
Electronic Tools
• Audioconferencing• Blogging• Chatrooms• Digital drop box• Electronic bulletin board• Electronic mail• Fax• Instant messaging• Interactive video• Vodcasting• Wiki
• iPod• Listserv• Newsgroup• Print (textbooks, etc.)• Software tutorials• Telecourse• Telephone• Threaded discussion• Videoconferencing• Webcams• You Tube
http://www.youtube.com/
What are the Types of
Assessment Methods
Used in
Distance Learning
Classes?
Let’s try a live
Webcam
Using Windows
Live Messenger
Assessment Methods
Traditional (in the classroom) Online Proctored
In Institution’s Testing Center By arrangement with proctor (faculty
member or supervisor)
Using Technology to Assess
Create your own testswith MicroSoft ClassServer
Computer Generated Tests (example: Coursecompass.com)
Turning Points™ (instructor can ask any question, get a response from the audience then immediately display results in a PowerPoint presentation! After data has been collected from the audience, data can be downloaded into Excel Word for further analysis, trend recognition and reporting.)
How can you prepare
to be a successful
Distance Learning
Teacher?
Prepare to Teach Online Successfully!
Find a mentor Have a trusted colleague review your
materials Enroll in an online course or participate
in online training
Internet Resources
A website for TI-83 & Ti-84 Graphing Calculators:
http://mathbits.com/MathBits/TISection/Openpage.htm#General
A website for math "notes”: http://purplemath.com/
A website for Conics: http://britton.disted.camosun.bc.ca/jbconics.htm
Print your own Graph Paper (rectanglar, polar, logarithmic): http://www.mathematicshelpcentral.com/graph_paper.htm
A website for Derivatives: http://distlearn.amatyc.orgMath Type is a product for including mathematics notation in
documents: http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathtype/?t
Internet Resources
Get a TI Calculator emulator: http://www.mtsu.edu/~smcdanie/CSS_Site/VisualAlgebra/Visual_Dev_algebra2.htm
That one has lots of good help menus for Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and has the virtual TI as a download.
Math GV: http://www.mathgv.com/
This is a free grapher. Have your students use this to create graphs to copy and paste into Word documents
Free Resource on the Internet
A free graphing utility http://www.padowan.dk/graph/ A resource for math teachers http://www.mathbits.com/ Texas Instruments ready-made lessons http://www.timath.com/ Video tutorials for algebra to calculus http://www.hippocampus.org/
Questions?
Contact Information
Mary Beth [email protected]
Nancy J. [email protected]
Vera [email protected]
Sharing Session Homework Projects Course material delivery Office hours Communication Class Participation Books All the other things that go in a math
course