tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57126777592486699172024-02-08T12:00:54.320-08:00Cascadia eLearningStephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05795646619283814469noreply@blogger.comBlogger169125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712677759248669917.post-23476080509899417602011-03-02T16:10:00.000-08:002011-03-02T16:10:18.239-08:00Cascadia's eLearning Mentor ProgramCascadia has launched an eLearning mentor program to support "at risk" students in online classes. We identified "at risk" in talks with key stakeholders including advising. We identify students through a two pronged approach. First, we look at specific groups of students including:<br />
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<ul><li>first time taking an online class</li>
<li>taking multiple online classes in a single quarter</li>
<li>academic probation in the previous quarter</li>
<li>older or younger student</li>
<li>Returning after missing a few quarters</li>
</ul>We also look at students in courses that traditionally have high drop outs. We are currently focusing on Phlebotomy, though Math 95 and English 101 will hopefully be included soon. <div><br />
</div><div>We had our institutional researcher create a Data Express report to pull this list of students. The more indicators the student has, the higher priority they have on our list.<br />
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The program itself is 4 weeks long, beginning 2 weeks before the quarter begins.<br />
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<ul><li>Week 1 - mentors contact students, confirm that the student knows they are in an online/hybrid class and encourages them to complete Week Zero.</li>
<li>Week 2 - mentors follow up with students to confirm completion of Week Zero and to address any questions. They also prepare the student for expectations of the first week of the quarter.</li>
<li>Week 3 (first week of quarter) - mentors run ANGEL reports to confirm that student is participating in classes, follows up with non participants.</li>
<li>Week 4 - wrap up - mentors confirm that student is doing ok and concludes support. Students who need additional support are routed to other campus resources.</li>
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The program just got started Winter 2011. When the student workers return for Spring Quarter, they will follow up with the folks they contacted in January to see how things went. We'll use that data to see what the impact of the mentors was.<br />
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To fund this program, eLearinng applied for and won an internal Advancing Cascadia grant for $4,000 to pay for two student workers for 2 quarters. We assisted approximately 80 students in the Winter and I hope to double that in the Spring.<br />
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</div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05795646619283814469noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712677759248669917.post-4561338091750360992011-01-24T19:49:00.000-08:002011-01-24T20:00:48.518-08:00More on Closed Captioning and YouTubeEver wondered the best way to make Closed Captioning appear in a YouTube Video and have it come out almost completely right?<br /><br />Here's How! <a href="http://www.columbiabasin.edu/video/tutorials/access/ClosedCaptionYouTubeVideo">Click here!<br /><br /></a>See the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOq_Pxu0fts">result</a>!<br /><br /><em>Courtesy of Jerry Lewis, Director of eLearning and Web Services at Columbia Basin College. Thanks Jerry! </em>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712677759248669917.post-78947828225930005292010-12-14T20:19:00.000-08:002010-12-14T20:24:04.937-08:00Got Videos - Need subtitles?As more instructors add video recordings to their online component the issue of Accessibility will become more pronounced. While adding closed captioning is a cumbersome activity there are several tools to help.<br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.wku.edu/tsonline">Western Kentucky University</a></strong> has a tool that can be used. At the bottom of the page they have a tool free tool and instructions on how to use it.<br /><br /><strong><a href="http://ncam.wgbh.org/invent_build/web_multimedia/tools-guidelines">MAGpie (Media Access Generator)</a></strong> is the original free caption- and audio-description authoring tool for making multimedia accessible to persons with sensory disabilities.<br /><br /><strong><a href="http://universalsubtitles.org/">Universal Subtitles</a></strong> Add a subtitling widget to your video (or your site) and click the "subtitle me" button. The rest is simple! Totally free, and no software to download.<br /><br /><em>This information was given to us from Kyla Bates the eLearning/Continuing Ed Manager at SFCC. <strong>Thank you Kyla! </strong></em>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712677759248669917.post-24736230297378528652010-11-30T21:34:00.000-08:002010-11-30T21:39:06.083-08:00Practice using ElluminateElluminate is a live web conferencing tool available to all faculty and staff members within the community and technical college system. Come practice with colleagues in a casual setting. These sessions, led by Ann Garnsey-Harter and Larry Cheng of Shoreline Community College and Scott Dennis of the State Board, are open to all interested parties.<br /><br />Connect from your computer, contact Cascadia's eLearning Department for the link!<br /><br />Then all you will have to do is enter your name - you do not need a password to participate.<br /><br />Tuesday, Dec 1st, Noon- 1 PM<br />Tuesday, Dec 7th, 2-3 PM<br />Thursday Dec 16th, 11:30-12:30 PM<br />Monday, Dec 20th, Noon-1 PMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712677759248669917.post-53907862244722609432010-11-22T15:01:00.000-08:002010-11-22T15:07:18.030-08:00YouTube Videos and Tegrity<div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">YouTube Videos and Tegrity </span></strong></div><br /><strong>Scenario:</strong> While recording in Tegrity you play a YouTube Video, MP3 file or other audio output but the sound isn’t recorded on the Tegrity recording.<br /><strong>Problem:</strong> Tegrity can only record from one audio source at a time and the source that it is usually recording is your microphone. So, it does not record the internal audio of your video.<br /><strong>Solution:</strong> The easy solution is to hold your microphone to your speakers to capture the audio. However, you might find this awkward. Alternately, there are software and device options that will help convert this output audio into the input for the recording.<br /><br /><strong>For PC Users: </strong><br /><ul><li>Here is a link to a third-party application for Windows: <a href="http://www.actualsolution.com/">http://www.actualsolution.com/</a> </li><li>Here is a freeware solution from another vendor: <a href="http://www.topshareware.com/free-windows-sound-mixer/downloads/1.htm">http://www.topshareware.com/free-windows-sound-mixer/downloads/1.htm</a></li><li>And here is information on the built-in functionality in Windows Vista: <a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Windows-Vista-Volume-Mixer-41882.shtml">http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Windows-Vista-Volume-Mixer-41882.shtml</a> </li></ul><p><strong>For Mac Users: </strong></p><ul><li>Download the software called SoundFlower <a href="http://cycling74.com/products/soundflower">http://cycling74.com/products/soundflower</a> </li></ul><p><strong>Devices (Mixers): </p></strong><ul><li><a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/421979-REG/Behringer_502_XENYX_502_Compact.html">http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/421979-REG/Behringer_502_XENYX_502_Compact.html</a></li><li><a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/294026-REG/Samson_SASMIX.html">http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/294026-REG/Samson_SASMIX.html</a> </li><li>This one is the most computer friendly as it has a USB output for the computer. <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/678867-REG/Pyle_Pro_PAD10_PAD10MXU_2_Channel_Mixer_and.html">http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/678867-REG/Pyle_Pro_PAD10_PAD10MXU_2_Channel_Mixer_and.html</a> </li></ul>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712677759248669917.post-50671948499783778152010-11-22T10:50:00.000-08:002010-11-22T10:51:12.898-08:00Top 100 Tools for Learning (Presentation)<div style="WIDTH: 425px" id="__ss_5467243"><strong style="MARGIN: 12px 0px 4px; DISPLAY: block"><a title="Top100 Tools for Learning 2010" href="http://www.slideshare.net/janehart/top100-tools-for-learning-2010">Top100 Tools for Learning 2010</a></strong><object id="__sse5467243" width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=top100tools2010-101017150103-phpapp01&stripped_title=top100-tools-for-learning-2010&userName=janehart"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed name="__sse5467243" src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=top100tools2010-101017150103-phpapp01&stripped_title=top100-tools-for-learning-2010&userName=janehart" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 12px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 5px">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/janehart">Jane Hart</a>.</div></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712677759248669917.post-1777827030854081292010-11-22T10:36:00.000-08:002010-11-22T10:40:02.503-08:00Course/Instructor EvaluationsCourse/Instructor Evaluations (CIEs) start this Monday, November 22 and are open until Friday December 10, 2010. Please post this link for your students on your Angel site so they have the opportunity to fill out the CIE. The software has been updated and the link inside looks a bit different but once inside the questions and statements are all the same. There is a Thank you page at the end if you should need the students to send you that page.<br /><p><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Instructions for Students: </span></strong></p><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>Course/Instructor Evaluations<br /></strong>Dates: November 22, 2010 thru December 10, 2010<br /><br />Assessment is an integral part of your learning experience and growth, assessment is an equally important part of my growth as a teacher. Please take the time to provide me with an honest assessment of your experience in this class. The process will take 5 minutes or so.<br /><br />To assess my teaching, please follow these steps:<br /><br />1. Open Internet Explorer (Do not use any other browser)<br />2. Go to: http://assessment.cascadia.edu<br />3. *Enter your SID and Pin #<br />4. Select the class from the drop down menu<br />5. Click on the Start Evaluation button<br />6. Fill out and submit the survey<br /><br />*Your SID # is only used to verify what classes you are taking this quarter, it does not tie you to the assessment in any way—your confidentiality is ensured.<br />*Your SID # is your student identification number and the Pin # is your birthdate.<br />(month-day-year) example: 081182<br /><br />Thank you for taking your time to fill out this assessment! </span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712677759248669917.post-1269062100424312422010-11-01T15:16:00.000-07:002010-11-01T15:16:09.035-07:00Doom and gloomThe final presentation is from Jean Floten, president of Bellevue College. This is the doom and gloom presentation that is graphically explaining the new normal:<br />
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<ul><li>dramatically reduced funding</li>
<li>what funding there is is earmarked so colleges have less flexibility in meeting locally identified </li>
<li>no new buildings anywhere for 10 - 15 years</li>
<li>foundations setting priorities and driving agendas through funding</li>
<li>concern about freezing out poor people from higher education</li>
<li>Universities took big hits in the last round and they may be arguing that it is the community college's turn</li>
<li>new legislature will make it harder to meet CC priorities</li>
<li>transfer agreements with UW may result in a reduction of the students being able to transfer in.</li>
</ul><div>She recommended that, even in these grim times, we look to the future and engage in systems thinking.</div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05795646619283814469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712677759248669917.post-40221289540964936662010-11-01T12:07:00.000-07:002010-11-01T12:07:20.313-07:00The musings of a futuristThe next speaker, Dan Rasmus, is a futurist and a fellow at Bellevue College. He started by asking people to step away from the assumption of completion. He argues that, in a knowledge economy, completion is not what students are hiring us for (noting that he does not reject the idea of students as customer). This is interesting since the last speaker said that we should't fool ourselves into thinking that many students come to college not seeking completion and if they don't complete we are failing them.<br />
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I'm not sure what the takeaway is from this presentation. Isn't that often the case with presentations like this? He asked several interesting questions, but I didn't really hear any answers. There certainly wasn't anything I can take back to my office and improve the way I do things.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05795646619283814469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712677759248669917.post-17421498681771307532010-11-01T10:49:00.000-07:002010-11-01T10:49:52.071-07:00AnalyticsDr. Baer is still talking about stuff. She's now onto trends to watch. One that is particularly interesting to me is <a href="http://nextgenlearning.org/the-challenges/learning-analytics">the use of analytics to improve student success</a>. Analytics is what sites like Amazon use to figure out what book you'd like to buy. This idea is fascinating to me and one that I plan to watch closely in the future. The cool thing is that there is stuff we could be doing now - ANGEL collects an amazing amount of data that we could be using to track and predict and help students to succeed.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05795646619283814469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712677759248669917.post-42527437415870790702010-11-01T10:20:00.000-07:002010-11-01T10:20:43.002-07:00Competition for grants is the new normalListening to another presentation on the "New Normal". The presenter, Dr. Linda Baer from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, started with a reference to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66L80l7rAAo">Shift Happens</a>, a You Tube video that talks about the rapid pace of change.<br />
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she notes that even with the high unemployment, millions of jobs are going unfilled because there are not enough trained workers. This is a big opportunity for us, but also shows that we aren't really doing our jobs. Lots of students who are coming through the door are not completing, those who are completing are not the diverse people we need in our workforce. Employers are having to do a lot of training for entry level workers.<br />
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<a href="http://www.aspeninstitute.org/policy-work/economic-opportunities/skills-for-americas-future">Skills for America's Future</a> is a program with $2 billion in grants for community colleges to compete for. Also lots of money from the Gates Foundation, Lumina Foundation, etc. Sounds like grant writing is something we need to be really good at!<br />
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Dr. Baer noted that Washington is innovative and has continued to be innovative and that we need to really hang on to innovation to be successful in the future.<br />
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So, what I'm taking away from this is that there are giant problems, we will continue to have reduced resources (that is the new normal - we're not going back to the way things used to be) and we will need to compete vigorously to survive.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05795646619283814469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712677759248669917.post-33997765883688309742010-11-01T09:37:00.000-07:002010-11-01T09:37:52.503-07:00The New NormalToday I am at the Association conference, listening to a variety of presentations on the "new normal". Charlie Earle, the head of the SBCTC, is speaking now. He's noted that our colleges are mobile and agile, but have to realize that constant change is the path of the future and the key to staying in the good graces of the legislature. It is also making our system a model nationally.<br />
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On budgets, Earle expects to be cut for the next 3 years, but thinks that, relative to other organizations, it won't be as bad, based on our good reputation with the legislature and our ability to be responsive to change and the needs of our constituents.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05795646619283814469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712677759248669917.post-75825517058059887322010-10-21T14:16:00.000-07:002010-10-21T14:16:45.538-07:00Keynote - Online Learning in a Networked Age<a href="http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/">Alec Couros</a> is speaking on a variety of topics, as keynotes do. He just showed an interesting slide about <a href="http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2008/04/5-things-you-can-do-to-begin-developing.html">personal learning networks</a> versus the course management system. Personal learning networks continue to grow throughout a students career, while activity on the CMS progresses through the quarter then ends, progresses through the quarter and then ends. What, he asked, if we shut down Facebook every 4 months and erased everyone's data, in the same way that we close a class? Interesting thought.<br />
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He emphasized the importance of networks in pulling together resources and facilitating the ability for students to pull information together to learn.<br />
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What makes things engaging? How do we get students to do the work needed for independent learning. And what is collaboration versus what is cheating? How do we design for interaction? Are we putting interaction first and letting the content emerge? Or are we putting the content first and hoping for interaction?<br />
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<a href="http://ple.elg.ca/plenk2010/">PLENK 2010</a> - a massive online class where you can learn about Personal Learning Networks and connected learning. You can join this now.<br />
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Tagging and aggregation and other information literacies are essential to learning.<br />
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As he prepares to wrap up, I'm feeling a bit skeptical. I think the key is that students (and faculty) need a sound grounding in critical thinking and social networking and how to use the internet to engage in deep learning. It is totally possible, but I don't know that it comes naturally. Who is teaching this? If we move forward just thinking its going to happen, I don't know that we'll get to the place he is talking about. we need to work so much more closely with librarians and then completely and radically rework the way we teach. Frankly, I'm not sure that most people believe that their teaching needs to be radically reworked and thus are unlikely to engage in such mindaltering work.<br />
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His slideshow is here - <a href="http://couros.wikispaces.com/nwelearn">http://couros.wikispaces.com/nwelearn</a> Definitely worth a look, if for no other reason but to watch the fun commercials that he has created for his courses.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05795646619283814469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712677759248669917.post-58647247429020396992010-09-23T16:14:00.000-07:002010-09-23T16:18:44.879-07:00ANGEL Courses Open to Students TOMORROW!This is just a reminder that your ANGEL courses open to students tomorrow.<br /><br /><strong>Classrooms Opening:</strong> <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Your ANGEL classrooms will open to students on Friday, September 24. </span></strong><br /><strong>Important:</strong> Please <span style="color:#ff0000;">do not turn off your course</span>. If you do so and a student contacts my office to complain, I will turn the course back on. If you are not ready for students to access your course on 9/24, just hide the content. Contact my office if you need help with that.<br /><br />Here a couple of tips to save you time in the coming days –<br />• <a href="http://cascadiadl.blogspot.com/2010/06/angel-tip-of-day-47-re-uploading-files.html">Re-upload File</a> – if you have files already in ANGEL, it is easy to edit and re-upload them.<br />• <a href="http://cascadiadl.blogspot.com/2009/06/angel-tip-of-day-4-organizing-your.html">Get rid of your old classes</a> from your Courses nugget<br />• <a href="http://cascadiadl.blogspot.com/2009/07/angel-tip-of-day-10-instructional.html">Add “How To” ANGEL instructions</a> to your classrooms<br />• Set all of your assignment dates at once using the Date Manager (instructions attached)<br /><br />As always, Stephanie Carlson and I are at your disposal if you need help. I am out of the office tomorrow, but will check email throughout the weekend to respond to any last minute emergencies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712677759248669917.post-31449967715349267002010-06-28T16:46:00.000-07:002010-06-28T16:51:56.241-07:00Teaching in ANGEL training for Summer<strong>We have a new session of ANGEL training beginning June 30. The course is entirely online. There are two sections.</strong><br /><br /><strong>The Full Section (159F)</strong> is<br />• for people who are new to teaching using course management systems.<br />• 6 weeks long (June 30 – Aug 10)<br />• Based on designing a course from scratch<br />• Covers basic online pedagogical theory<br /><br /><strong>The Express Section (160F) </strong>is<br />• for people who are experienced using Blackboard or other course management systems<br />• 4 weeks long (June 30 – July 27)<br />• Based on converting an existing course<br />• Explores more advanced online pedagogy<br />• <span style="color:#ff0000;">This is the last time I am offering the express session<br /></span><br /><br /><strong>Both Sections</strong><br />• Have weekly graded work (the work is graded pass/fail)<br />• Take 4 – 6 hours a week to complete<br />• Have flexible time schedules – if you fall behind, it’s ok. You can continue on whenever it works for you<br />• Will have you ready to use ANGEL for Fall Quarter<br />• <span style="color:#ff0000;">Are free and open to anyone in the community college system<br /></span><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">To register,</span> visit the WAOL instructor training page at <a href="http://www.waol.org/info/training/instTrainingRegistration.aspx">http://www.waol.org/info/training/instTrainingRegistration.aspx</a>. Please note that this is the only session that I will run online Summer quarter. I will offer a hybrid session (4 hour face to face session + 6 weeks online) before the quarter starts in September.<br /><br />If you started the training previously and would like to begin again, please email Stephanie Delaney and we’ll get you going so you can start where you left off.<br /><br />Let me know if you have any questions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712677759248669917.post-50427911513453687892010-06-22T17:00:00.000-07:002010-06-22T17:02:36.081-07:00ANGEL Tip of the Day #47 - Re-Uploading Files<span style="font-size:12;color:#1f497d;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">It’s been a while since I’ve sent out a handy ANGEL tip. I’m sending this to the whole ANGEL list. If you have not gotten ANGEL tips from me and would like to, just reply to this email.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size:12;color:#1f497d;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">Re-Uploading a File</span></span></b><br /><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12;color:#1f497d;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">I imagine it’s happened to you – you’ve uploaded a file to ANGEL and then needed to edit it. You delete the file and have to try and get it uploaded again. ANGEL has a handy link to avoid the deleting part of the scenario. </span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12;color:#1f497d;"><o:p><span style="font-family:Calibri;"></span></o:p></span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><b><span style="font-size:12;color:#1f497d;">Directions:</span></b><span style="font-size:12;color:#1f497d;"> Rest your cursor on the file in question and click on the Utilities link. The first option is Re-upload File. Just upload your updated file and it will replace the old one. Pretty nifty!</span></span></p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zcBIHl1ADJ0/TCFOxUMq_pI/AAAAAAAAAFo/l_0TQOaM2sQ/s1600/Re-Uploading+a+File.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 298px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485752430256389778" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zcBIHl1ADJ0/TCFOxUMq_pI/AAAAAAAAAFo/l_0TQOaM2sQ/s320/Re-Uploading+a+File.JPG" /></a><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="font-size:12;color:#1f497d;"></span></span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="font-size:12;color:#1f497d;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712677759248669917.post-37518566924685175832010-06-09T10:13:00.000-07:002010-06-09T10:13:17.665-07:00Keynote on the future of eLearningKeynote speaker Bobbe Baggio is presenting on the future of eLearning, a meta analysis of meta analyses.<br />
She's looking at a lot of reports, including the Horizon Report and Online Nation.<br />
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Her key points - here's where we're going<br />
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<ul><li>mobile (see San Franscisco Art Museum Online, North Carolina State Library, University of Utah Human Anatomy course)</li>
<li>globalization</li>
<li>It's not about the technology - whatever you love today will be gone tomorrow.</li>
<li>learner participation is extremely important</li>
<li>ubiquitous learning - lines between work and life are blurring</li>
<li>intelligent searching will eclipse tagging and metadata</li>
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Her slides and resources are on her website - <a href="http://www.bobbebaggio.com/">http://www.bobbebaggio.com/</a><br />
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She is using Google Wave to teach a class - have to find out more about that. . . <br />
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This is a very good keynote - we should get her for something in WA.<br />
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Mentions Wikitude as example of augmented reality - <a href="http://www.wikitude.org/">http://www.wikitude.org/</a>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05795646619283814469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712677759248669917.post-6355023046426690502010-06-09T07:48:00.000-07:002010-06-09T07:48:07.306-07:00Conference ObservationsThe conference is coming to a close. There will be a luncheon and keynote and then we'll be done. It has been an excellent conference. A great location, generally very good presentations and very interesting people. <br />
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Most of the people here are instructional designers. When I saw the name "Distance Learning Administration" I was thinking other administrators like myself. The other "back office" creators of elearning did not come to mind. There have been some administrators - deans, other directors. It was great to be somewhere that did not focus primarily on faculty and that did not focus on foundational eLearning - everyone here is assumed to be an elearning professional, so the level of content was high.<br />
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I'd love to come again and hope to be able to manage it. The other alternative is finding something similar on the west coast. The fabulous location would certainly be an important part of the success.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05795646619283814469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712677759248669917.post-3385207365914745362010-06-09T07:31:00.000-07:002010-06-09T07:42:48.440-07:00Its all about Me: Adding Digital Personality to Online CoursesThis workshop is talking about letting the instructor personality shine through in a course to increase student satisfaction. They are presenting this in the context of the requirement that all of their courses have to pass a checklist based on Quality Matters before it can be taught. So, they are saying that a quality course is not enough for a quality student experience, the instructor personality needs to shine through.<br />
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Informal text based approach<br />
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<ul><li>quotes</li>
<li>jokes (humor)</li>
<li>news flash</li>
</ul><div>Audio, video (keep at 1 - 3 minutes) and avatars.</div><div><br />
</div><div><a href="http://www.sitepal.com/">SitePal</a> - makes avatars, but pretty expensive at $9.95 a month or $2500 for a site license.<br />
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<a href="http://www.%20voki.%20com/">Voki</a> - animated avatar (I looked at this tool recently, after seeing it recommended on Jane's elearning pick of the day - very, very cool. I'm hoping to use it in my class this summer, but as I write, the site is not coming up, hmmm.)</div><div><br />
</div><div>Green Screen video - looks cool - I wonder if we have this technology already. Not sure how, pedagogically, it is any different from using a webcam in ones office.<br />
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Suggestions from the audience:<br />
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<ul><li><a href="http://www.panopto.com/">Panopto</a> - similar to Jing - capture and publish every element of a presentation</li>
<li><a href="http://www.tokbox.com/">Tokbox</a> - Free Video Chat - includes a video about how teachers use the tool</li>
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Attendees went to a training over 3 days and they felt significantly better about designing and teaching an online class after they attended the training. Note that the audience was self selected and they self reported a relatively high level of skill (natural early adopters). However, he noted that this audience could be harnessed as the change agents for the institution.<br />
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His institution is experiencing attrition in online teaching as well - people do it for a while and then stop.<br />
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I think the implications for Washington is that we should actively use QM training as a way to encourage people to teach online.<br />
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Research findings and presentation are at - <a href="http://bcoe.kennesaw.edu/qm/">http://bcoe.kennesaw.edu/qm/</a>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05795646619283814469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712677759248669917.post-17785584510359554282010-06-09T05:47:00.000-07:002010-06-09T05:47:44.632-07:00Who Done It? Practices for Engaging Students in Online GroupsThis workshop has started out with a poll that users respond to by sending a text message response, a la American Idol. The service is called <a href="http://www.polleverywhere.com/">Poll Everywhere</a>. Seems like a fun tool to use in the classroom and let students make useful use of that annoying phone. Also a good substitute for clickers in the classroom. You can show live screen results coming in - cool!<br />
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She talked about <a href="http://www.wetpaint.com/">WetPaint</a> and <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a> as tools for collaborative work. She noted that their research found that students participated more using tools outside of the Course Management System (they are using Blackboard8). She also saw that students used more of the tools available (inserting YouTube videos, using color, using widgets), even though Blackboard had many of the same tools. <br />
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On a wiki project that she described, she had students that were in their late 20's to 50's and it was the first course in their curriculum. Many complained about the technology (even though they were specifically trained on how to use it) and having to use different things.<br />
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Now they are talking about <a href="http://www.voicethread.com/">VoiceThread</a>, a technology I learned more about at a conference earlier this year. It is like PowerPoint combined with discussion boards combined with voice. It is really, really cool and if you are not familiar with it, you should have a look. Here is a blog that the presenter shared that has some research on the efficacy of VoiceThread - <a href="http://mpbreflections.blogspot.com/2009/03/voicethreads-of-inclusivity.html">VoiceThread of Inclusivity</a>.<br />
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I liked this presentation. Although they did not present any tools that I was unfamiliar with, as my summer quarter class rapidly approaches, it gave me some ideas of ways that I might use these familiar tools to build community in my class.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05795646619283814469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712677759248669917.post-28009345889170218632010-06-08T12:28:00.000-07:002010-06-08T12:28:27.722-07:00End of day 2This has really been a great conference so far. I don't imagine I'll get out here again, so I'm trying to enjoy it as much as I can. I'm getting used to the contrasts of steamy heat and frigid air conditioned cold. I've figured out how to drink sweet tea (lots of lemon). I'm heading off on a conference organized dolphin tour soon. I hope to hit the turtle museum tomorrow before heading to the airport. In the words of<a href="http://www.jekyllisland.com/"> the Jekyll Island motto, it's all good</a>.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05795646619283814469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712677759248669917.post-6816513979059015542010-06-08T12:20:00.000-07:002010-06-08T12:20:26.420-07:00Motivating the Online StudentThis presentation is in a fishbowl setting - I'll be interested to see how that plays out beyond the circular arrangement of the chairs. The presentation is being given by online instructional analysts who investigate classes to insure that quality instruction is happening. What an interesting idea!<br />
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Environment - be warm and welcoming<br />
classroom organization - make it easy for students to find what they need to to know<br />
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Incentives:<br />
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<ul><li>bonus points</li>
<li>recognition</li>
<li>guest speakers (something that gets students excited about course content)</li>
</ul><div>In the end, there wasn't anything new and I'm not sure what made the presentation "fishbowl" like, but it was interesting.</div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05795646619283814469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712677759248669917.post-71256518110324155352010-06-08T11:02:00.000-07:002010-06-08T11:02:53.246-07:00My presentationMy presentation was right after lunch after a busy morning. I was worried that no one would come, since it is directed at a community college audience and everyone here seems to be from universities. But there were about 6 people and we had a lively discussion. I only got through about half of my slides, but I have <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/decontracts/">all of the information online</a>, so everyone seemed happy.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05795646619283814469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712677759248669917.post-138844668293716812010-06-08T08:36:00.000-07:002010-06-08T08:36:50.178-07:00There's a Teacher in your PocketThis session is on mobile learning. George Babb, the presenter, is from Georgia Perimeter college, who is launching a pilot for this idea. They are giving their faculty iPod Touches to experiment with mobile learning.<br />
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The focus is not the mobile device, but is the mobile learner. The instructor notes that there are lots of devices, but he is really focusing on the smart phone. Also it is not about the device, but what you are doing with the device. The main hopes:<br />
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<ul><li>engagement/inclusion</li>
<li>collaboration</li>
<li>instant responses</li>
<li>personalization</li>
<li>fun</li>
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Some suggestions:<br />
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<ul><li>data collection and facilitate sharing content</li>
<li>give options - if the students want to use it, they can, but don't have to. Students often teach each other the technology.</li>
</ul><div>There are lots of great resources at the end of his presentation - <a href="http://gpc.edu/~onlineis/">http://gpc.edu/~onlineis/</a> Click on the Conferences link.</div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05795646619283814469noreply@blogger.com0