Technology and Story Fostering Judgment, Insight and Classroom Strategy Sloan-C Conference November 8-10, 2006 Orlando, FL

Presenters Paul Bowers Director of eLearning, Buena Vista University Phone (712) Jeff King Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, Kaplan University Phone (954) Daryl Peterson Director, ScenariosOnline, Valencia Community College Phone (407)

What is Scenarios™? Scenarios is an e-learning tool from Indiana University and WisdomTools, Inc. that features: story (case-based narratives) asynchronous collaborative conversation a highly interactive problem-based learning approach

Scenarios: Deep Learning “Through the use of compelling stories—highly engaging experiential and cultural narratives— we move learners beyond content mastery and memorization to judgment and deep insight. Dr. Martin Siegel, CTO and Founder, WisdomTools, Inc. and School of Informatics, Indiana University.

Scenarios: Authenticity Scenarios combine story and technology in case-based narratives that provide authentic contexts for asynchronous, collaborative conversations and group insights

Scenarios: Context-based Scenarios facilitate development of learner strategy in settings where procedures are shades of grey, less than obvious and context-based, with a set of options rather than a single solution.

What is ScenariosOnline? A Valencia Community College organization managing the development and delivery of Scenarios courses at Valencia and many other colleges.

ScenariosOnline Course Structure Series of Episodes (acts of a play), each of which is time-revealed Each Episode contains characters and a set of Scenes Scenes contain a narrative, a collection of Resources and one or more Activities

Scenarios Structure Scenes contain a conversation space, generally a discussion forum where participants engage in a deep conversation Other conversation spaces include “point of view” plus surveys and quizzes

Episodes Scenes

ScenariosOnline Course Goals To create an online learning community for faculty and staff course participants To encourage self- and group-reflection on the principles and practices of good teaching and serving students To provide tools, resources, and expert guidance to improve the quality of work To assist in creating an enriched learning environment for students

Courses for Faculty Teaching in the Learning College New and Adjunct Faculty Editions Teaching at an Art Institute Succeeding With Online Group Projects Doing the Write Thing (Dev. Writing) Making It All Add Up (Dev. Math) Creating a Competency-based Portfolio Developing an ILP

Courses for Staff and Faculty Sexual Harassment Staff Edition Faculty Edition Non-Discrimination Hiring and Evaluating Supervisory Skills Series Role of the Supervisor

Course “Visit” user name password

The following slides are screen shots ofpages in a ScenariosOnline course. They are “placeholders” and will not be part of the presentation. During the session, we will be actually visiting a “real” course with characters, story, resources, activities and discussion.

Main Page

Episode 1: Planning

Character Profile

Main Page

Scene 1: Relationship Discussion

Resource: Multiple Roles

Contact Information Daryl Peterson, Director, ScenariosOnline Kathy Smith, Scenarios Program Manager David Hosman, Director, Adjunct Faculty Programs Vanessa Moreno, Course Coordinator