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www.lumenlearning. com FMU Open Course Initiative Approach to Effective Online Learning On Campus Workshop~ 28-29 April 2014 Kim Thanos - CEO Ronda Neugebauer - Faculty Success Lead
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FMU Open Course InitiativeApproach to Effective Online
LearningOn Campus Workshop~ 28-29 April 2014
Kim Thanos - CEORonda Neugebauer - Faculty Success Lead
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Agenda
• Welcome & Introductions• Why Open?• OER Defined• Open Course Design• Approaches in Online Engagement
Why Open?
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Education is sharing
teachers with studentsstudents with teachers
Successful educators
share the most completely with the most students
If there is no sharing
there is no education
What can be given without being given away?
What can be given without being given away?
knowledge
Ideas are non-rivalrous
can be given without being given away
Physical expressions are not
to give a book, you must give it
away
When expressions are digital
they also become non-rivalrous
Unprecedented capacity
to share and educate as never before
Except we can’t
© regulates copying, adapting, distributing
© cancels the possibilities
of digital media and the internet
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303812904577295930047604846
Tuition is political
textbook adoptions are less political
Textbook costs for students
$1200 per year = 39% of tuition
uspirg.orgopenaccesstextbooks.org
Impact of Textbook Costs
60%+ do not purchase textbooks
35% take fewer courses
31% choose not to register
23% regularly go without textbooks
14% dropped course
10% withdrawn from course
2012 student survey by
Florida Virtual Campus
What to do?
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Collaborate and leverageopen educational resources (OER)
to eliminate the textbook cost barrier and improve academic success
+Institutional Partners
Sharing and educating
at unprecedented scale
OER Defined
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What are Open Educational Resources (OER)?
(1)Any kind of teaching materials – textbooks, syllabi, lesson plans, videos, readings, exams
(2) Are free for anyone to access, and(3) Include free permission to engage
in “5Rs”
What are Open Educational Resources (OER)?
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• Make and own copiesRetain• Use in a wide range of
waysReuse• Adapt, modify, improveRevise• Combine two or moreRemix• Share with othersRedistribute
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The 5Rs
creativecommons.org
500+ million items
Licenses provide simple, standardized, legally robust way
to grant copyright permissions
Open Licenses Make Sharing Easy
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OER
Open ≠ DigitalOpen ≠ Free
OPEN
DIGITALFREE
Institutional Partners
The Vision
100% of students have
free, digital access to all materials on Day 1
Improve student success using OER-based courses that increase affordability, broaden access, and apply continuous quality improvement to course design
Open Course Design
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Instructional Design
process based on theoretical and practical research
in areas of educational psychology, cognition, and
problem solving
Teachers are designers.
As with other design professions, standards inform and shape our work.
Wiggins & McTighe Understanding by Design
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Outcomes identify desired results
Assessments determine acceptable evidence
Content plan learning experiences and instruction
Backward Design“begin with the end”
Defining the RolesCollaborative Relationship
FacultyServe as Subject Matter ExpertSelect acceptable OERCollaborate in Open Course Design
process
LumenMine best of existing OERSupport Faculty throughoutEnsure AccessibilityShare with Community
Institutional Discipline Teams
AccountingArtBiologyBusinessChemistryEarth ScienceEconomicsEducationEnglish CompGeography
Information SystemsMarketingMathMusicOnline LearningPolitical SciencePsychologySociologySpeechUS History
Open Course Design
“freedom from the expensive textbook”
utilize best of existing OERemploy backward design process
openly license with faculty attributionshare with open community
Mercy College Results (Wallace/Algebra)Percentage passing with C or better
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
63.60%68.90%
48.40%
60.18%55.91%
64.50%
Fall 2011No OER
Fall 2012OER
Spring 2011No OER
Spring 2013OER
TotalNo OER
TotalOER
n=2,842 including pilot
Approaches in Online Engagement
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HBCU Historical Mission
• provide access to higher educational opportunities
• prepare students for graduate study, careers, and leadership roles in society
Lomax, Michael. (2007).). "Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Bringing a Tradition of Engagement into the Twenty-First Century," in Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 11 (3).
Importance of HBCU Educator
• central to fulfillment of HBCU mission
• view role as multifaceted beyond scope of classroom
• accept they will advise, mentor, and council students
Lomax, Michael. (2007).). "Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Bringing a Tradition of Engagement into the Twenty-First Century," in Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 11 (3).
Student Engagement
degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism and passion shown when actively learning
Online Student EngagementChallenges
• students choose level of communication
• greater opportunities for distractions exist
• students direct how to spend their time
Engagement Relationship
a high degree of faculty engagement
positively influences student satisfaction and retention in
online learning
Garrison, D. R. (2007). Online community of inquiry review: Social, cognitive and teaching presence issues. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 11(1), 61-72.
Easy Ways to Increase Engagement
Post a video introductionAsk students to post video
introductionsCustomize LMS profileCreate and share blogs
Easy Ways to Increase Engagement
Post screencastsUse RSS feeds
Utilize social networking toolsHost synchronous meetings
Qualities of Online TeachingSuccess
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Aim to be PromptReturn work within a week of
submissionRespond to communication within 24
hours• “Chunk” grading on a daily basis• Schedule weekly work day to record
grades and return assignments• Keep digital files for answers to common
problems to copy, paste, and personalize• Receive and respond to assessments
electronically
Show you are HumanYou are not an avatar!
• Online learners need to know you are a real person
• Encourage dialogue in responses• Use a conversational style in comments• Provide as much professional and
personal information as you are comfortable
Reflect a Positive DemeanorPraise begets interest
• Choose words judiciously• Humor can be refreshing• Recognize strengths first then
offer specific suggestions for improvement
• Include reference links if needed
Support Pragmatism over Zeal
Good evaluation leads to improvement
• Offer suggestions for completing the course on time
• Encourage time management early on by having students communicate their plans for meeting course benchmarks
Find Patience in the ProcessThe ability continuum is wide
• Expect a wide range from hi to low of tech knowledge, skills, dispositions
• Be prepared to support students in troubleshooting
• In the beginning, consider using more flexible criteria for evaluation
