Scope and Methods of Online Instruction at the University of Central Florida Pavel Zemliansky, Ph.D Associate Professor and Director of Writing Across the Curriculum Department of Writing and Rhetoric UCF

Quick Facts About Approximately 1/3 of all credit hours at UCF are offered online 7 Undergraduate Programs are Online 6 Graduate Programs (MA,MS) are online 6 Graduate Certificates are Online

Theoretical Foundations for Online Learning Social Presence Interactivity Collaboration and communication

Social presence is the perception by members of an online learning environment that they are present at the site of learning not only virtually but also physically Social Presence

Interactivity User-to-system User-to-document User-to-User (Warnick, 2012)

Communication People communicating with other people, not with objects, such as websites and online applications

Reduced channels of communication result in reduced sense of social presence

Main Types of Online Interaction Synchronous Real time Asynchronous Users interact at their own pace

Technologies for Online Instruction Learning Management Systems (LMS) Synchronous communication software Social Media

Leading Learning Management Systems Blackboard Desire-to-Learn Angel Canvas

Synchronous and Social Media Adobe Connect Skype Twitter Google Docs Etherpad

Establishing interactivity and improved communication in an online Canvas-based course

The communication strategies teachers choose will depend on your subject, your class, and your teaching style

Some Available Communication Strategies Establish multiple student-to-student and student-to-teacher channels of communication Require and encourage students to speak to one another Use Frequently Asked Questions forums Have students collaborate on projects when appropriate

Canvas’s Communication Channels Discussion forums Messages (inbox) Comments on assignments (text and multimedia) Announcements and front page “stream” Chat Google Docs and Etherpad Facebook and Twitter integration Conferences

An Online Graduate Course in Proposal Writing

Collaborative Projects Using Google Docs

Discussions

First-Year Writing

Assignment Discussion through Messages

Comments on an Assignment Submitted by a Student

Questions and Discussion Pavel Zemliansky