chadia n. abras phd director, educational technology & distance learning goucher college usa

Chadia N. Abras PhDDirector, Educational Technology & Distance Learning

GOUCHER COLLEGEUSA

Faculty Training an Overview Technology Training Pedagogy of Online Instruction Instruction Design Mentoring & Training Community-Centered Approach Earlier Practices

Training course design Implementation

Current Practices Training course design Implementation

Results, Comparisons, & Faculty Buy-in

An Overview

Concepts of Training Technology Pedagogy of online instruction Course design for online delivery

Training First Impressions by Faculty Advances in Training Training Course Design

Two part design

Technology Training Online courses for training

Use of the LMS & Wimba Use of assistive technology when needed Use of multimedia Use of streaming audio and video Use of Reusable Learning Objects (RLO) in instruction Podcasting, blogs, and wikis Interactive PowerPoint and Interactive Programs

(lectures)

Preparation of Training Documents Implementation in Training Courses.

Approaches Collaborative Constructivist Active learning Project-based instruction Building community

Guidelines for usability and sociability in online instruction

Online Courses for Training Preparation of training documents Implementation in training courses

instructor training

coursemanagement

course design

technology

instructiondelivery

preparation

STUDENT

instructor training

coursemanagement

course design

technology

instructiondelivery

PREPARATION

student

Prepare the students on the use of technology

instructor training

coursemanagement

course design

technology

INSTRUCTIONDELIVERY

preparation

student Collaborative learning Constructivist approach

instructor training

coursemanagement

course design

TECHNOLOGY

instructiondelivery

preparation

student

Chat / VoIP Threaded Discussions PowerPoint Lectures Etc…

instructor training

coursemanagement

COURSE DESIGN

technology

instructiondelivery

preparation

student Design for online delivery

instructor training

COURSEMANAGEMENT

course design

technology

instructiondelivery

preparation

student Feedback Positive reinforcement Assignment management DB management Chat area management

INSTRUCTOR TRAINING

coursemanagement

course design

technology

instructiondelivery

preparation

student

Instruction design Implementation Management Use of technology Changing role

Teachers are content experts, they are a bridge between knowledge and practice (Moore, 1997, p. 223)

Mentoring as an Extension of Training Mentoring as a training tool Mentoring as continuous training Communities of practice (CoPs) and their

benefits in mentoring Establishing mentoring programs

Participatory community-centered development approach (Preece, 2000)

assessing the needs of

the community

nurture the community

test sociability

and usability

select technology

plan for sociability

test prototype

Evaluate

Participatory community-centered development approach (Preece, 2000)

assessing the needs of

the community

nurture the community

test sociability

and usability

select technology

plan for sociability

test prototype

Evaluate

Participatory community-centered development approach (Preece, 2000)

assessing the needs of

the community

nurture the community

test sociability

and usability

select technology

plan for sociability

test prototype

Evaluate

Participatory community-centered development approach (Preece, 2000)

assessing the needs of

the community

nurture the community

test sociability

and usability

select technology

plan for sociability

test prototype

Evaluate

Participatory community-centered development approach (Preece, 2000)

assessing the needs of

the community

nurture the community

test sociability

and usability

select technology

plan for sociability

test prototype

Evaluate

Empowering Faculty

Faculty in Charge Technology Course design Pedagogy Creating community Group activities Creating learning objects

Training Course Design (3 Semesters) Technology, beginner Technology, advanced Pedagogy, design, implementation, & management

Technology Training

documents Assessments Proper use Proper

implementation

Pedagogy Course design Management Implementation Collaborative

learning Synchronous Asynchronous Nurturing Feedback

Course Design Team

Team Members Instructional designer Online instruction director Two technology specialists Content program director Faculty member Student worker

Training Course Design (1 Semester) Technology needed for maintaining course Pedagogy, implementation, & management

EMPOWER FACULTY COURSE DESIGN TEAM Faculty in Charge

Content Creation Design Technology Group work RLO Activities

Faculty Trained Technology Pedagogy Course Design Management Implementation

Faculty in Charge Content

Team in Charge Creation Design Technology Group work RLO Activities

Faculty Trained Pedagogy Management Implementation Technology needed

Choices Offered to Faculty What the Majority Chooses Widespread Implementation of

Method in Existing Courses Organization’s Buy-in Faculty Support & Satisfaction Student Support & Satisfaction

cabras@goucher.edu