First Year FIPSE Project Overview eWriting: ESL Writing Success September 2002 – August 2005 Miami-Dade College Kendall Campus ESL/Foreign Languages Department

Why MDC? Our student population Experience and expertise of ESL faculty Technologies available to us at the College Support from College Training and Development

Student Population MDC – the largest ESL program in the US 20% of all incoming students – begin in ESL 58% - need preparatory writing

Student Population at Kendall (cont.)

Kendall ESL Lab Curriculum College ready students at MDC campuses

eWriting Program Description Improve ESL Writing skills through a 6 level on-line writing lab  Low and high beginners – levels 1 & 2  Low and high intermediate – levels 3 & 4  Low and high advanced – levels 5 & 6

Outcomes students from all campuses of MDCC will benefit from the eWriting lab course students will enroll in the program by the end of the 3 year grant

Project Support Kennesaw State University (KSU) Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Hispanic Educational Telecommunications System (HETS) Hispanic Educational Telecommunications System (HETS) Plato Learning Feedback Technologies Miami-Dade College (MDC)

FIPSE Funding 3 year total FIPSE funding $ Year 1 $ Year 2 $ Year 3 $

First Year Goals & Steps in Project Development 1. Create faculty teams to develop content 2. Conduct technology training for faculty and project staff 3. Develop Content for levels 3, 4 & 5

Create Faculty Teams To Develop Content Level 3: Maria Fallon and Nancy Monterrubio Level 4: Marcia Cassidy and Janis Perez Level 5: Helen Roland and Paula Sanchez

Conduct Technology Training for Faculty and Project Staff  WebCT On-line Testing Workshop  BlueGLAS Training and Presentation  Macromedia Education Day  Design Your Own Spring Break Seminar  Flashlight On-line Survey Development  Critical Challenges in Critical Education: Copyright issues online  FrontPage Basics  Excel Basics

Conduct Technology Training for Faculty and Project Staff FIPSE Focus Group Workshop Presentation of Tools: Presentation of Tools: BlueGLAS Wimba Camtasia Impatica Impatica On Cue Toolbook Flashlight Hot Potatoes

Conduct Technology Training for Faculty and Project Staff

FIPSE Focus Group April 17, 2003 Group work

Re-Inventing the Learning Wheel

FIPSE Focus Group Workshop April 17, 2003 Pair Work

Develop Content for levels 3, 4 & 5  Outline eWriting competencies for levels 1– 6 based on college-wide, established grammar and writing competencies  Outline curriculum: Table of contents

Develop Content for Levels 3, 4 & 5 (cont.) Identify the LO as basic structural unit of the eWriting lab and its components What is an LO? Definition Samples

Develop Content for Levels 3, 4 & 5 LO Checklists Piloting Revision

Design On-Line LO’s  Produce model on-line LO’s addressing a variety of learning styles  Hire technology experts to work with teams

Second FIPSE Year Goals and Activities Train new faculty teams for levels 1, 2 & 6 Finish piloting and revision of levels 3,4 & 5 Develop and pilot on- line LO’s for levels 3,4 & 5 Develop content of levels 1,2 & 6 Pilot and review content for levels 1,2 & 6 Collect evaluation data Disseminate project

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