Brent Hirata

INTEGRATING SCENARIO-BASED ONLINE LEARNING TO MOTIVATE PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS

Leeward Community College

Associate of Arts in Teaching

“Preparing future teachers who will make a difference in the Leeward and Central Oahu communities.”

Educational Media & Technology Course

Introductory course on integrating technology into teaching

Promote innovative teaching with technology

Online, elective course with low pre-requisite

Traditional Online Course Design

Constructed in WebCT Discussion boards

Post your introduction Post weekly response

to a topic and then a reply to a peer

Traditional Online Course Design

Very well organized and designed Weekly modules

• Topic• Objectives• Introduction• Tasks• Assignments• Resources

Traditional Online Course Design

Project based Focused on teachers using MS Office

Lesson PlanPresentation

Grade book

Innovative Experimentation

Updated the main projects to reflect web 2.0

Voki/ SitePal weekly introductions to topic

Innovative Experimentation

Learners’ Choice (chapter reviews)1. StudyMate or publisher games2. Multiple choice quizzes3. Fill in the blank quizzes4. VoiceThread

Integrating Scenario-based Learning to Motivate Pre-Service Teachers

Why Diverse background of participants Assignments, interesting and stimulating

How Attended Pacific Region Learning

Summit 2010 Revised course w/ scenario Stimulating & Interesting

Tasks and weekly milestones

Ala ‘Ike Course Interfacehttps://sites.google.com/site/ed297aspring11/

Welcome letter describing scenario Newly hired teacher at Ala ‘Ike school

Letter from Principal placing them on a 21st Century teaching committee

Ala ‘Ike Scenario

https://sites.google.com/site/ed297ascenario/

Three main projects (tasks) Educational Technology Overview

(Personal Learning Network) • Deliverable= iGoogle

Selecting a Web 2.0 Technology• Deliverable= ScreenR

Extreme Instruction Makeover (small group)• Deliverable = Lesson plan & ScreenR

presentation

Ala ‘Ike Scenario

Scenario Based

Online Class

Traditional Online Class

Student Feedback

You know exactly what to expect

Just getting through (the content)

Getting by, basically, with the work. Ex. Discussion

forums

Outside gathering (of information)

Different outlets for connecting with each other

More engaging Problem based

teaching makes a difference

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SP '10FA '10

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Agree

Agree/ Strongly

Agree

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After

Are assignments interesting and stimulating?

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89%

Spring '10Fall '10

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Global appraisal: Considering everything how would you rate this course?

Before

After

Engaged me as a student?

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58%

AgreeStrongly Agree

Strongly

Agree

Agree

Brent Hiratabhirata@hawaii.edu

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