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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10% withdrawn from course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

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