1. Preparing to Teach Your First Online Course Dr. Odin Jurkowski Missouri Distance Learning Association Conference (MoDLA) 07.09.2008 ∙ 1:00 pm http://faculty.ucmo.edu/jurkowski/conferences/modla2008.ppt 1

2. History Repeats Itself “These first years of university broadcasting were generally ineffective because many a professor repeated his classroom lecture before the microphone without realizing that a good lecturer was not necessarily an effective broadcaster.” 2

3. What Makes a Good Online Class? Attentive instructor Organized course Variety of materials and resources Student interaction 3

4. Agenda Course Design Types of Distance Education Communication Tools and Technologies Organization Basic Concepts / FAQ 4

5. Course Design Work backwards Start with goals and objectives Outline the content Determine delivery and activities Gather content Create assignments / assessments 5

6. Types of Distance Education Correspondence ITV Hybrid Online (web based) 6

7. Communication: Time and Place Traditional Classroom – Same time, same place Synchronous – Same time Asynchronous – Different time 7 http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Computer_Mediated_Instruction

8. Synchronous Chat / IM Phone / Audio conference / Skype ITV / Video conference / Adobe Connect Pro Second Life F2F 8

9. Asynchronous One way Documents / files / materials Text – Text book, Word doc, blog, article, library book, webpage Multimedia – Word doc, blog, article, book, webpage, PowerPoint, virtual field trips, webquests, captivate, CAI software Audio (Podcast) Video Two way Email Discussion Board Wiki 9

10. Tools & Technologies Course Management System: Blackboard Web pages, YouTube,… Microsoft Office Adobe Acrobat Presenter Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro iTunes Atomic Learning Library databases Web 2.0 tools: wiki’s, blog’s, Google Docs,… Second Life Other: Captivate, SnagIt, web editors, Photoshop,… 10

11. Organization 11

12. Basic Concepts Understand that students are nervous Be readily available Extra support at beginning of course Repeat, repeat, repeat instructions, and revise each semester Let students know you are a real person Check that they are participating Teacher is a guide 12

13. FAQ When do I make my class available? How often should students log in? How quickly should I respond to email? How quickly should I respond on the CMS? How quickly should I grade? 13

14. Questions continued… How should I stay in contact with students? What’s an ideal group size? Technology problems? Library resources? Paced or self paced? 14

15. Discussion and Questions 15

16. Contact Information Dr. Odin Jurkowski Chair, Department of Career & Technology Education Associate Professor & Program Coordinator, Educational Technology University of Central Missouri Grinstead 120 Warrensburg MO 64093 660.543.8387 jurkowski@ucmo.edu http://faculty.ucmo.edu/jurkowski http://www.ucmo.edu/edtech http://www.ucmo.edu/cte http://faculty.ucmo.edu/jurkowski/conferences/modla2008. ppt 16