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Agenda Course redesign process overview
Redesign innovative practices
Blended course redesign examples
Faculty development program design options
Resources
Questions
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Redesign workDefining the blend
Rethinking how to use class time
Rethinking how to facilitate online interaction
Learning more about technology
Budgeting time and starting redesign
Experiencing being a student is extremely valuable
Blended learning process NCAT Successful Course
Redesign Principles 1.Redesign the whole course.
2.Encourage active learning.
3.Provide students with individualized assistance.
4.Build in ongoing assessment and prompt (automated) feedback.
5.Ensure sufficient time on task and monitor student progress.
Redesign overview1. Break the course
down into discrete, specific learning objectives
2. Ask: which objectives are best met online?
3. Ask: which objectives are best met F2F?
4. Strategies: how will you integrate the online portion with the F2F portion?
5. Strategies: how will you make students accountable for the online portion?
Program componentsTopic Areas
Blended Learning Defined
Course Redesign
Building Community, Student Success, & Collaboration
Using Technology
Academic Integrity, Copyright & Course Enhancements
Other Resources
Activities Course Evaluation
Individual Syllabus evaluation
Module creation
Assessing Discussion Rubric
Building Discussion Board Rubric
Technology Sandbox
Redesign tools Mapping your course I and II
Organizing the course Objectives Modules Schedule Lessons Readings Topics
Sample blended syllabus
Technologies Asynchronous
Discussion
Forums
Blogs
Wikis
File sharing
Voice boards
Web 2.0 Applications
Synchronous
Chat
Virtual classroom
Real time meetings
Voice chats
Web conferencing
Instant messaging
Modules (example)
6 Innovative Practices1. Creating "Small"
Within "Large"
2. Undergraduate Learning Assistants (ULAs)
3. Freshmen Don’t Do Optional
4. Modularization
5. New Instructional Roles
6. Avoiding “Either/Or” Choices
http://www.center.rpi.edu/PlanRes/Innov_CrRedPractices.htm
Quality MattersCourse overview and
introduction
Learning objectives (competencies)
Assessment and measurement
Resources and materials
Learner interaction
Course technology
Learner support
ADA compliance
http://qualitymatters.org/
Blended redesign examples
Samples English Composition
General Psychology
Computer Programming
Elementary Statistics
Introductory Spanish
Others
Implementation
Implementation best practices
Ongoing institutional commitment to the redesign
Initial and ongoing faculty consensus
Support instructors, and other support staff
Technological infrastructure
Quality assurance: peer review
Faculty disciplinary communities of practice
Blended learning costsFaculty
Redesign time Release time during
pilot semester Orienting and
development
Course redesign Media specialists Instructional designers Instructional
technologists
Infrastructure Labs Wireless Software IT Helpdesk Resources online
Student Readiness Advising Orientation
Communication
Internal marketing
External marketing
Defining the blend
Differentiating from other eLearning options
Student readiness assessment strategies
Formal
eLearning website
Screening surveys Pre and post
enrollment with feedback
Debunking incorrect impressions
Informal
FAQs
Examples
Pros/Cons
Testimonials
Assessing readiness for
Skills (reading)
Learning styles
Work and study habits
Technical requirements (hardware, software, connectivity)
Need and immediacy for course
Feedback preferences
Ability to self-help (when things are difficult) UCF Learning Online
Faculty Development and Blended Learning
Faculty development options
Mandatory vs required
Application to teach
Release time
Reassigned time
Mentors
Course development One at a time Best of breed
Central training
Department training
2 step process
Experiential
Overview
Summer institute
Possible components What is blended learning
Learning objectives
Module development
Course redesign strategies
Classroom assessment and techniques
Rubrics
Learning technologies
Online discussions
Student readiness
Student success
Student crisis points
Student teams and other collaborations
Academic integrity online
Copyright issues
Building community
Questions?
Contact UsVeronica M. Diaz, PhD
[email protected] Center for Learning and
Instruction480-731-8300
Jennifer Strickland, PhDParadise Valley Community College
[email protected] Maricopa Community Colleges
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