Adding an online component to your classroomPresented by: Blair RoyProject SpecialistOTANbroy@otan.us

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What experience do you have with online learning or teaching?

What do you think of when you hear “online”?

Have you taken an online class?

Have you created an online class?

Have you created a Web site for your students?

What are you expectations for this presentation?

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What do your students need?

Created using wordle.net + text from NEA Guide to Teaching Online Courses

Are we ready for the changes?

Barbara Treacy, EdTech Leaders Online

“The change we are in the middle of isn't minor and isn't optional” – Clay Shirky, author and professor, NYU

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. Alvin Toffler & Herbert Gerjuoy

What is the definition of online learning?

Allen & Seaman, Class Differences – Online Education in the United States, 2010

Blended learning by commoncraft

http://youtu.be/UM_Y2NSJcmE

What does online learning look like?

CMS – course management system

provides a secure environment for teachers and learners

to interact with the environment and one another

to construct knowledge with and for one another

independently or collaboratively

Why offer an online component?

An online component can offer: content

activities

collaboration

reflection

assessments

in an always accessible online environment

Other reasons?

What are the opportunities?

Flexibility: anytime, anyplace learning

Access: to experts and resources that may not have been available locally

HippoCampus.org

USALearns.org

Personalization: custom paths with multiple learning styles addressed

Reflection: learners have time to reflect

Pacing: individualized as allowed by the teacher Repeat material as needed by student

How can you add an online component?

CMS or LMS – course/learning management system

Angel, BlackBoard, Desire2Learn, Sakai, Schoology, Edmodo, and many more

Hosting – free or for a service fee

GoDaddy, Remote Learner, OTAN, MoodleRooms, KeyToSchool

OTAN hosts a Moodle site – free hosting to eligible CA Ad Ed agencies

What can you have in your online class?

ACTIVITIES ANDRESOURCES

ADULTEDCOURSES.ORG – MOODLE SERVER HOSTED BY OTAN

What does an online course in moodle look like?

Navigation & docking

Assignments

Assignment grading summary

Assignments submitted

Assignments Grading page

Assignment graded student view

Assignment Creation

Assignment Creation

Assignment Creation

Assignment Creation

Editing a moodle course

Hot potatoes quizhttp://hotpot.uvic.ca/

Moodle made quiz

Moodle made quiz

LESSONS – DELIVER CONTENT, CHECK FOR COMPREHENSION AS THEY PROCEED, DIFFERENT BRANCHES

Glossaries to reinforce vocabulary, interactive activities by students

Mp3 Recording for listening activities, student recordings, dictation

Forums for discussion, reflection, testing

Books for content

Best practices with online teaching

Provide explicit directions

Respond in a timely manner

Stay engaged to keep students engaged

Use a variety of activities and resources

Consistency

Consider file formats

Monitor student progress and activity

Update course content as necessary

Be a present online teacher

College Transition & Career Development (Some adv esl teachers are using this course)

Advanced esl

18 topicsForumsLessonsQuizzesAssignmentsGlossary

USALearns Wrap Around Course

20 Units

USA Learns content

Glossaries

Quizzes

Assignments

Forums

EL Civics Through Distance Learning by Susan Escobar of Elk Grove Adult School

ESL Citizenship Preparationby Kay Johnson, JAS

14 topics

Assignments

Forums

Glossaries

Hot Potatoes

Lessons

Quizzes

The Write Stuff by Francisca Wentworth, JAS

What can otan offer you?

For Adult Ed agencies who are WIA funded:

Advanced ESL, USA Learns 2nd Course Moodle Wrap Around, College Transition & Career Development

EL Civics Through Distance Learning, ESL Citizenship Preparation, The Write Stuff

Free hosting

Free Moodle training – 3 hour face to face and/or online workshops

Administrative Tools

Change the settings of your course, Topic vs Date

Back up your course (import easily to another Moodle server)

Reports – see course activity, who signed on, what they did

Manage users and grades

Manage Questions Banks for Quizzes

Grades

See grades listed by student

See individual student performance

Scalable Custom Grading

Scales Moodle does the

math!

Question Analysis

Backup, Restore, Reset

• Back ups of all or some content

• Restore your course if needed

• Reset Your Course Each Semester to remove student data

Reports

Why add an online component to your class with a CMS?

Could you use Moodle?

Discussion Is using an online component viable for your

classes? Would an online component enhance student

persistence? What do you perceive as barriers to adding an

online component to your classroom?

Other Comments? Suggestions? Feel free to contact me at:

broy@otan.us or (800) 894-3113 (CA only) (916) 228-2357 direct

More Information:

Free software, community, information:

http://moodle.org/ Commercial support and other

services: http://moodle.com/ Moodle demonstration site:

http://demo.moodle.org/ Moodle documentation:

http://docs.moodle.org/ OER (Open Educational Resources):

http://www.oercommons.org/

Are you ready?

OTAN Free Professional Development Face to face workshops at your site

Online workshops

OTAN OTAC – Online Teaching Academy

A year of support

Application process

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