Technology Integration & Training for Online Course Development : A Needs

Assessment

Melissa KunitzerUniversity of Hawai'i at Mānoa

• 50% increase in student enrollment over 6 yrs.

Lei & Gupta, 2010

Local college

• 50% increase in student enrollment over 6 yrs.

Lei & Gupta, 2010

Local college

Increased Student Demands• Computer lab access, Parking, Books• Meetings with the teacher, Tutoring

Is there a Solution?

We could teach more courses online!

Benefits of Online Classes

Lei & Gupta, 2010

But are the teachers ready?

Purpose of NA

• Teachers who may want to teach online

• Identify support and training needs

Method• Survey invitation sent via a listserv

– 274 regular, part-time & casual faculty at a small Pacific college

• Survey Gizmo– Branching and Page logic features

Survey Questions

• 2009 NASULGC-Sloan National Commission on Online Learning at Central Michigan University, MI

• College’s Instructional Design Service

• Likert scales, MP choice, Open-ended, Categorical, & Numerical types

Survey topics

• Physical and Technical skill Demographics

• Online Experience

– Teaching & Course Development

• Likes & Dislikes of Online Instruction

• Applications used

• Help & Support

Questions• What is your Online Experience?

Questions• What is your Online Experience?• Level of effort needed

o Teach online o Develop / Convert f2f course to online

format

Questions• What is your Online Experience?• Level of effort needed

o Teach online o Develop / Convert f2f course to online

format• Likes / Dislikes of online instruction

Questions• What is your Online Experience?• Level of effort needed

o Teach online o Develop / Convert f2f course to online

format• Likes / Dislikes of online instruction• Want to develop & teach online?

Questions• What is your Online Experience?• Level of effort needed

o Teach online o Develop / Convert f2f course to online

format• Likes / Dislikes of online instruction• Want to develop & teach online?• Need help & support?

Results• 30 / 274 ( 10.94%) completed the survey

• 22 Women, 8 Men

Results• 30 / 274 ( 10.94%) completed the survey

• 22 Women, 8 Men

• 29 Full-time, 1 Part-time

• Teaching Experienceo 19 (11+ yrs)

o 11 (o-3 yrs)

Results• 30 / 274 ( 10.94%) completed the survey

• 22 Women, 8 Men

• 29 Full-time, 1 Part-time

• Teaching Experienceo 19 (11+ yrs)

o 11 (o-3 yrs)

• All have comfortable using the computer

• All used the college’s CMS

What is your Online Experience?

30 respondents

,6

Compared to a f2f alternative, teaching an online course is …

16 respondents

Compared to a f2f alternative, developing an online course is …

15 respondents

Like MOST about Online Instruction

• 24 / 7 availability & Accessibility (6)

• Flexibility (9)

• Convenient, accessible to Outreach students (2)

• Students engage more online than in person (1)

• Working people can return to college (2)

• Creativity, reaching a new wave of computer learners (1)

22 respondents

Dislike MOST about Online Instruction

• 24 / 7 availability (1)• Development time needed (1)• Lack of Tech and accessibility support (2)• Limited free idea discussions (1)• Student retention / don’t do the work (1)• No hands on components (2)• Student disengagement / Lack of interaction (8)• Not all students have Internet access (1)

22 respondents

Want to develop & teach online?

29 respondents

Need help & support?

5 respondents

Discussion of Results• Sample size was small ( 10.94%)

– Too small for correlations

• Half of sample wants to teach online

• 5 (16%) wants help & support

• Some problem areas include:– Online Pedagogy, Applications, Building Online

communities, Online Interactions

Reflection

• Schedule survey deployment mid-semester

• Use a current listserv

• Extensive survey testing

• Paper versions of survey

• Add more application questions

Recommendations• Expand Needs Assessment into a

Research project– Document faculty progress

• Peer Mentoring• Create a Knowledge base

– Course specific templates– PBL – Web 2.0 tool training– Online pedagogy

Applications

Interaction• Blackboard Collaborate• Secure Social websites

• Edmodo or similar• Peer Reviews• Blogging

Collaboration• Google Docs• Skype

Interactive Media• Jing• Voicethread

Projects• PBL

Productivity• Wiggio

Course Website Creation• Weebly• Moodle

Thank you !• Instruction Design Services, Admin and

faculty• NASULGC- Sloan National Commission on

Online Learning • OTEC Alumni • UHM COE Ed Tech faculty • Critical friends: Laureen, Sarah and Vanessa• 2010 Cohort

Any Questions?

Thank you

Melissa Kunitzernaganuma@hawaii.edu