PERSONALIZING THE ONLINE
ENVIRONMENTMACUL PERSONALIZED
LEARNING CONFERENCESEPT 25, 2012
Get Connected!
Objectives
Understand why teachers need an online presence.
Learn how to build a effective online presence.
Recognize the academic and professional value of various social Web tools.
Warm -Up
Turn & Talk: What do you do to build rapport in
F2F settings? What does that look like online?
Logos Quiz
Being There / Presence
Cognitive Presence: Validation of activities – personal goal setting Connection of ideas – synchronous & asynchronous
communicationSocial Presence:
Create a community Be a ‘real person’
Teaching Presence: Course materials Mentoring, formative feedback, questioning etc.
Boettcher, 2010; Reis, 2010
Being There
Social
Teaching
Cognitive
Presence
Doppelme
What: Avatar generatorCustomize yourself & update
Etc:Use to teach social v. professional image
NetVibes
What: Aggregator –news, twitter, calendar
Etc:Very easy to startMaintains itself
Example site
Diigo & Symbaloo
What: Social Bookmarking units of study, research topics, differentiation,
parent resources Diigo: annotated list Symbaloo: visual icon link
Etc: Diigo: customize resources –student accounts Symbaloo: visual, variety of resources
Example Symbaloo
YouTube
What: Video cataloging / sharing
Etc: Create a channel with playlistsMust be linked to a gmail accountCheck out youtube.com/education
Example
Jing
What:Create 5 minute video tutorialsGroup instructionInformal answers to ??Narrated show & tell
Etc.Students like your voice
Blogger
What: BlogCreate a string of searchable postsClassroom discourse
Etc.Must have a Google accountMonitor comments
Example
Weebly
What:Website –multiple tabs for
organization
Etc:Usually free with paid upgradesCheck for ‘education’ versions
Example
Classroom Platforms
MoodleEdmodoblog (Blogger)Wiki PB WorksWebsite (Weebly)
Next Steps
Pick a space What are you comfortable with? What can you & your users access?
Brand yourself Photo / avatar Name of your site Office hours
Meet your students Tech access survey Online personality test
Resources & Contact
Sloan-C workshop on Teaching PresenceCarol Glanville
Twitter: @cachiras Skype: caglanville Email: [email protected] | [email protected] Web: westmiedtech.com
FeedbackStudent Tech Survey
References
Boettcher, Judith V. "E-Coaching Tip #80." Designing for Learning. N.p., 24 Aug. 2010. Web. 6 Sept. 2012. http://www.designingforlearning.info/services/writing/ecoach/tips/tip80.html
Reis, Rick. "The Role of Presence in the Online Environment." Tomorrow's Professor Mailing List. Stanford Center for Teaching and Learning, n.d. Web. 6 Sept. 2012. http://cgi.stanford.edu/~dept-ctl/tomprof/posting.php?ID=1081