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Enculturated Course Management = Student Success

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Enculturated course management

Systems - What are they, in online learning? - How do they facilitate learning…of what? - How do they encumber learning?

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Enculturation Relativism – in language– in worldview– in values…what’s important?

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Enculturating….. A cultural conundrum in online education

-- institutional control --unique-to-the-subject-matter context

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Enculturating by integrating• Four areas of concern

---technology-based---learner-based---instructional design and teaching-based---management and organization-based

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Enculturation concerns…#1

…in and of technology -scripts, accent marks, verticality v. horizontality -text-v.-image, positive & negative space -Microsoft-centricity

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Enculturation concerns, #2

….among learners what do students want? what renders material “learnable”?

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Enculturation concerns, #3

…in instructional design - institutional air/identity - ADA requirements - standards (local, national)

…in teaching - templates v. creativity

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Enculturation concerns, #4

Management: Who’s in charge here? Techies? Administrators? Teachers? Students?

Organization: American-style, or….?

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Enculturating…. How? Techniques– Technical/technological– Student-friendly for learning – Educator-friendly for teaching– Institution-friendly for harmony

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Learner success online

Three lessons learned

– Use the system– Tweak the system–Never stop integrating

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Enculturation for success Use the system

- work from within to work best - promote communication (techies & others) - use inconveniences as advantages

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Enculturating for success Tweak the system

-- Perform system triage -- Profit from cognitive styles diversity -- Customize and harmonize

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Create an enculturation sensation Integrate!

Borrow….or steal? Use Open Source Act as a knowledge portal Always be open to everything