Reaching Diverse Populations

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Engaging our Diverse Students Through Multiple Styles in the Online Environment

Engaging our Diverse Students Through Multiple Styles in the Online Environment

Lori MestreUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

WCET 19th Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA:

E-Learning in Higher Education: Making Good on the Promises

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Topics Covered

Lori Mestre University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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When I learn: I like to deal with my feelings.I like to think about ideas.I like to be doing things.I like to watch and listen.


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•Different Dimensions of Learning

•Instructional Practices

•Information Processing

•Social Interaction Tendencies

•Influence of Personality

Cultural Differences Can Influence Learning

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Based on Kolb’s Experiential Learning Theory

◦Accommodating: intuition, people Latinos, White females, African Americans, Native

Americans

◦Assimilating: logic, theory

◦Converging: practice, technology

◦Diverging: imaginative, group work


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Kolb, D.A. (1984). Experiential Learning: experience as the source of learning and development. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall .

Processor/DoerProcessor/Reflector

Reflective/TheoreticalDoer/Theoretical

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Honey, P. & Mumford, A. (1982) Manual of Learning Styles . London: P Honey.

Asians-- Reflectors

Latinos, white females, Native Americans, African Americans


Good to assess students in order to facilitate collaborative projects

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Global Learners – ◦random sequence ◦make connections (culturally relevant)◦second languages

Millenials (Digital Natives)◦multitasking◦visual learners◦interactivity and social networking◦personal interest


Strategies That Will Benefit Multiple Learners in the Online Environment

Suggestions for Shaping Online Instruction to Provide an Optimal Learning Environment

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Scenarios/Simulations

Discussion Forums/Debates

Polls/Surveys

Games/Puzzles

Journals/Blogs/Wikis



Use

Audio

and

Video


Find other examples of multimedia to add

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http://www.nipissingu.ca/faculty/univ1011/Modules/05_YouLearn/05_YouLearn.htm


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Camtasia/Captivate Tutorials (video) with Audio and Call Outs

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http://www.library.uiuc.edu/diglit


Provide

Additional

Multimedia

Options

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Polls/Surveys

Games/Puzzles



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Mock Reference Interview Simulations in a Chat Room

Mock Reference Interview Simulations in a Chat Room


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Simulated Reference Interview


Chats are archived and students can go back and see all other chats

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Providing Examples From Real Life Experiences

Providing Examples From Real Life Experiences

Scenarios From experiences– or create scenarios that have them answer “What if….” “What would you do if….”

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Polls/Surveys

Games/Puzzles




Use Polls to Stimulate Conversations


Also good for feedback

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Urbana-Champaign

Free polling sources

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Polls/Surveys

Games/Puzzles




Games appeal to various learning styles


Use available quizzing features of your system.


Include Feedback

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Polls/Surveys

Games/Puzzles



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Collaborative Creation-- WIKIS


Students create the content—add to, comment on, etc.

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Social Networking Opportunity to contribute, share,

communicate and collaborate.

Tagging -- Flickr, Odeo, YouTube, Google Video, Ourmedia , del.icio.us, Splashcast

Can begin work in a classroom and take it outside and then bring it back in again.

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Polls/Surveys

Games/Puzzles





Take advantage of the tools available

Online Office Hours

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Topics should be personally relevant Allow students to choose project topics

(incorporates diverse views into online courses)

Keep groups small Groups should be focused on a task Management and oversight of groups is

critical


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Peer Group Feedback


May need to provide scaffolding for students to know how to provide peer feedback

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Timely Friendly Supportive

Instructors need to provide two types of feedback: information feedback and acknowledgment feedback.


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Bringing the Styles Together

Forums

Blogs

Individual Space

Collaborative Inquiry Space

Peer Groups

Wikis

Formative Expertise

Merged Spaces

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Use a variety of teaching methods. Design activities in multiple formats. Develop resources that support students who require a more personalized, interactive learning environment.

Be flexible and creative.


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Additional References Mentioned

Kevin Downing and Tat Mei Chim, “Reflectors as Online Extraverts?”Educational Studies 30, no. 3 (2004): 265–76.

Jean S. Moeller, “A Research Study to Discover Temperament Types, Communication Styles, and Learning Styles of Adult Learners in Nontraditional and Online Learning Environments,” paper presented at Honoring Our Roots and Branches . . . Our History and Future. Proceedings of the Annual Midwest Research to Practice Conference in Adult, Continuing, and Community Education, Madison, Wisc., 2000.

M. Rourke and Linda Lysynchuk, “The Influence of Learning Style on Achievement in Hypertext” (New Orleans: The Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, ERIC Document Reproduction Service, ED 466 102, 2000).

Dolores V. Tanno, “When Education, Media, and Technology Converge, What Do Latino/A Students Gain?” Journal of Latinos and Education 2, no. 1 (2003): 42.


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