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• #1: Today’s session• #2: Tues. March 4
– Setting Expectations for e-Education: Faculty Edition (Higher Ed focus)
– Have you clearly defined and communicated…
• What the college expects from online faculty?
• What the online faculty should expect from the college?
Barry Dahl, D2L Community
Desire2Learn Community Webinars
• #3: Tues. March 18– Translating the Traditional to
Virtual: Creating a Classroom Culture that Engages Students and Promotes Success
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Barbra Thoeming, D2L Community
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Setting Expectations for e-Education
Student Edition
Higher Education
Great Expectations
2009 PSOL – Summary Statement
1=Much worse than expected
2=Quite a bit worse than I expected
3=Worse than I expected
4=About what I expected
5=Better than I expected
6=Quite a bit better than I expected
7=Much better than expected
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%
So far, how has your college experience met your expectations?
Overall score 5.0
PSOL: Noel-Levitz Priorities Survey for Online Learners (data from Barry’s previous college)
But seriously…
Another PSOL Example (2005)
LSC National5.00
5.10
5.20
5.30
5.40
5.50
5.60
5.70
12. There are sufficient offerings within my program of study.
5.46
5.64 Satisfaction Score: Max of 7.0
My College
A Closer Look at Satisfaction (2005)
National A.A. Business Other4.80
5.00
5.20
5.40
5.60
5.80
6.00
Breakdown of College Data
12. There are sufficient offerings within my program of study.
5.91
5.64
5.365.27
A Closer Look at Satisfaction (2005)
National A.A. Business Other4.80
5.00
5.20
5.40
5.60
5.80
6.00
Breakdown of College Data
12. There are sufficient offerings within my program of study.
5.91
5.64What were their
expectations?
You Already Have Expectations
• The questions are …– How clearly have they been communicated?– How easy are they for the following to find?
• Students? (Feb. 18)• Faculty? (Mar. 4)• Staff and Administration? (Both)
An Epiphany Moment for Me
Like many other e-Learning Administrators, I believed that the expectations for online learning were well known and understood. In a faculty meeting, I mentioned our expectation of interactivity for our online courses.
An Epiphany Moment for Me
Like many other e-Learning Administrators, I believed that the expectations for online learning were well known and understood. In a faculty meeting, I mentioned our expectation of interactivity for our online courses.
One of our very first online faculty members said: “What do you mean you expect interaction in online classes? I’ve never heard that before.”
An Epiphany Moment for Me
Like many other e-Learning Administrators, I believed that the expectations for online learning were well known and understood. In a faculty meeting, I mentioned our expectation of interactivity for our online courses.
One of our very first online faculty members said: “What do you mean you expect interaction in online classes? I’ve never heard that before.”
Don’t believe that the expectations are common knowledge. They aren’t. Your expectations are not the same as mine.
Course Design Rubrics Can Help
Specific Review Standards PointsV.1 The course design provides learning activities to foster instructor-student, content-student, and if appropriate, student-student interaction. 3
V.2 The student requirements for course interaction are clearly articulated. 3
V.3 Clear standards are set for instructor response and availability (turn-around time for email, grades posted, etc.) 2
V. LEARNER INTERACTIONGeneral Review Standard: The effective design of instructor-learner interaction andmeaningful learner cooperation is essential to learner motivation, intellectual commitment, and personal development. (Course Design Rubric from former college)
Course Design Rubrics Can Help
• But they only go so far.• Did the interactions actually occur?• Did the feedback actually happen in
a timely manner?• The design rubric is only part of the
answer.
Do You Evaluate Teaching Quality?
• If not, why not?• If so, what do you base the
evaluation on?• How clear are the expectations of
the factors upon which they will be evaluated?
• Tune in March 4th for more on this.
Have you clearly defined the following items?
• What the college expects from online students.
• What online students should expect from your college.
• What the college expects from online faculty members. (March 4)
• What the online faculty should expect from the college. (March 4)
Where do students usually learn about the expectations?
Welcome page to the Online
Learning website
Self-test for online readiness
Online student orientation
(usually optional)Course Schedule
(maybe)
Course syllabi
Where should students learn about the expectations?
Single page on Online Learning
website
Open course syllabus and/or course schedule
College-wideExpectations
Course-specificExpectations
Why should we bother with setting student expectations?
Establish a baseline set of expectations, creating consistency and relieving some burden on faculty.
Decide whether to allow faculty to set
different expectations on
course-by-course basis.
College-wideExpectations
Course-specificExpectations
College expectations of online students
• First week of class• Attendance
(engagement)• Internet access• Textbooks & other
materials• College
communications
• Policies & Code of Conduct
• Academic Honesty• Netiquette (civility)• Computer skills• Resolving technical
problems• Course evaluations
Sample of possible topics:
College expectations of online students• Example - Textbooks
– Students are expected to purchase textbooks or other required course materials IN ADVANCE of the start of the term, preferably 2-3 weeks prior to the start of the term to ensure that the books are in their possession at the start of the term.
– Go to the online bookstore (insert link)– Failure to acquire the required course materials in
a timely manner is not an acceptable excuse for missing deadlines at the beginning of the course.
Online students expectations of the college
• Course syllabi• Course length• Test proctoring• Evaluation &
oversight• Feedback/response
times• Textbook availability
• Interaction• Time flexibility• Calendar due dates• Academic support• Technical support
Sample of possible topics:
Online students expectations of the college
• Example: Time flexibility• Students should expect to find a reasonable amount of time
flexibility for completing course requirements. In online courses, time flexibility generally means the size of “windows of opportunity.”
• For example, a 2-day time period to take an online exam or quiz represents the window of opportunity for that requirement.
• Check the course syllabus or other faculty instructions to be sure that you understand how long you’ll have to complete various aspects of your online courses.
St. Petersburg College (FL)
A Northern U.S. University
A Southern U.S. University
Lake Superior College (MN)
San Juan College (NM)
Examples of Student Expectations
St. Petersburg CollegeExamples of posted expectations for students:
http://www.spcollege.edu/ecampus/help/expectations.htm
Login to new courses during first week … to
confirm their participation.
… report any violation of the SPC Academic
Honesty Policy.
Act in accordance with standards of reasonable
behavior, respect and civility.
Take an active role in each class, participating fully in class discussions, assignments and other
activities
Complete the "Student Survey of Instruction"
for each class to evaluate the instructor
and the course.
A Northern U.S. University
Example of posted expectations for students:
• Be open-minded about sharing life, work, and educational experiences as part of the learning process.
• Introverts and extroverts find that online learning requires them to talk about their experiences.
• Sharing is made easier by the anonymity of the online environment.
A Southern U.S. University
Example of posted expectations for students:• Expectations for Attendance
Although online courses don't require students to attend class at specific time or place, students are still required to "attend" class. For an online course, this means you must:
Login to the online course
the first day of class.
Email the instructor as prompted to
confirm registration.
Login to your course each
week of class (at a
minimum).
Lake Superior College
Example of what students should expect of the college:
• Grading
http://blogs.lsc.edu/expectations/student-expectations/
Students can expect to find a clear explanation of the instructor’s grading policy in the course syllabus.
Students can expect to find their grades for all assignments and other course requirements in the online grade book inside Desire2Learn.
Lake Superior College
Example of what the college expects of online students:
• Time Commitment
http://blogs.lsc.edu/expectations/expectations/
LSC expects that online students will generally spend a similar amount of time to complete an online course as they would to complete the same course offered on campus.
The general guideline for college courses is to expect to spend three hours per week (on average throughout the term) for each credit hour of a course. (Expect approx. 9 hours of weekly work time for a 3-credit course.)
San Juan College
Example of what students should expect of the college:
• Course Offerings:
http://www.sanjuancollege.edu/pages/6397.asp
Not all courses are offered via
online delivery.
No more than two "space-and-time" requirements such
as proctored exams
Hybrid course is a mixture of reduced
face-to-face classroom time
along with some required work on
the Internet
Students should not expect that all
required degree courses are offered
in every term at SJC.
San Juan College
Example of what the college expects of online students:
• SJC Communications:
http://www.sanjuancollege.edu/pages/6397.asp
Email is the official means of
communication for the college.
SJC faculty and administration
expects all students to read and take
action based upon … student email
system.
Students have the responsibility to recognize that
certain communications
may be time-critical.
"I didn't check my email," errors in
forwarding mail, (etc.) are not acceptable excuses for missing
official College communications via
email.
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