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2. A SIRIUS Look at Faculty Development

3. Jack Chambers Executive Director Organizational Learning Services Bill Ganza Director Professional Development Patti Levine-Brown Professor of Communications

5. 10th largest Community College in US Florida’s 2nd largest community college with 65,000 students Florida Community College

6. South Campus

7. Kent Campus

8. FCCJ Fall Online Enrollments

9. Three Critical Questions Will faculty reduce lectures? Will faculty become facilitators of learning? Will faculty adopt interactive learning methods?

10. The SIRIUS Project

11. The SIRIUS Project Florida Community College McGraw Hill Learning Solutions The International Academy for the Scholarship of Learning Technology A Partnership –

12. Florida Community College Contributions Leadership for project Initial funding Faculty developers Beta testing

13. McGraw Hill Contributions Financial support Use of Digital Asset Library SIRIUS courses marketed nationally

14. The International Academy for the Scholarship of Learning Technology Contributions Higher education consortium supporting SIRIUS Provides beta testing Provides faculty developers

15. The International Academy for the Scholarship of Learning Technology Member Benefits Reduced costs to students for SIRIUS course materials Participation in course development Participation in faculty development Grants to member institutions

16. The (IDA) Instructional Design Assistant Course Development -- highly creative, interactive, low cost courses delivered in all modes Faculty Development Programs The SIRIUS Project Three major initiatives:

17. Instructional Design Assistant (IDA) Online tool providing prompts for faculty course development Supports development of creative, interactive courses Under continuing development

18. Highly creative, interactive, low cost courses and instructional materials Can be delivered in all modes— face-to-face, blended and fully online Designed to improve student retention and success SIRIUS Courses

19. Developed by 4 member faculty team Staff support includes o instructional designers o multimedia specialists o editors o quality assurance staff o external pedagogy and content consultants SIRIUS Courses

20. Materials Include textbook, CD and online content No commercial textbooks used All content developed by faculty teams from original published research

21. SIRIUS Courses Teams complete faculty development in pedagogy and instructional technologies Teams follow guidelines for development Guidelines emphasize interactive learning and motivational strategies

22. SIRIUS Courses Development time is 4 semesters Includes beta test and revisions

23. Benefits to Course Developers Major faculty development experience Updates knowledge in content area Provides laptop and stipends of $4500 for team leader and $3500 for each team member

24. SIRIUS Faculty Development The Online Professor Certificate Program Use of Lesson Builder Use of Respondus Writing and editing SIRIUS Courses Monthly interactive workshops

25. Online Professor Certificate Program

26. Developing Interactive Web Based Courses — 15 hours –Basic orientation to online pedagogy –Emphasis on learning communities –Includes uses of mastery, cooperative and constructivist learning Courses

27. Blackboard —12 hours –Orientation to use of platform in online course development –Applications of platform to meet specific online course development needs. Courses

28. Multimedia—6 hours –Basic applications of multimedia (sound and images) –Emphasis on learning objects and LessonBuilder Courses

29. Capstone--Creative Online Course Development and Teaching—6 hours –Orientation to the resources available through the College to support online course development and teaching. – Nationally-known guest speakers present world-views of online learning. Courses

30. Mentored Online Learning Experience—9 hours –Mentored online teaching experience –Mentoring provided by faculty colleagues who have completed the training in the program and have served as a mentee Mentoring

31. Serving as Online Mentor — 9 hours –Faculty serve as Online Mentor during one term for other faculty who are completing the training leading to the Certificate Mentoring

32. Upon Completion… Faculty receive a certificate signed by the college president Adjunct faculty receive an honorarium of $500 Full time faculty receive a $500 Credit Award—(to be used for software, books, attendance at professional conferences, etc.)

33. Online Professor Certificate Program Formative Evaluation

34. Online Professor Certificate Program Completers (n=83) Completers report an increased use of interactive learning strategies in online courses (87%) Completers report an increased use of interactive learning strategies in face-to-face and blended courses (82%)

35. Online Professor Certificate Program Completers (n=83) Students reported to enjoy classes more (83%) Increased retention in classes (63%) Greater student success (71%)

36. Evaluation of Pedagogy Training (n=193) The module(s) provided an understanding of topics which helped me to improve my teaching The module(s) led me to rethink my personal beliefs about teaching and learning My self-confidence as a teacher has increased

37. Evaluation of Pedagogy Training (n=193) I have increased the use of interactive strategies in my online classes My students seem to enjoy my classes more I have seen an increase in student success

38. For more information Bill Ganza Director of Professional Development 904.632.3114 wganza@fccj.edu Jack Chambers Executive Director Organizational Learning Services jchamber@fccj.edu 904.632.3231 Patti Levine-Brown Professor of Communications 381-3484 plevine@fccj.edu