Engaging Students
in
Online Courses
Susan MircovichKenai Peninsula College
University of Alaska Anchorage
Session Objectives
• Create activities to engage students in your online lecture and laboratory courses
Agenda• First - lecture examples from chem
• Second - lab examples from chem, physics and A&P
What is “active learning”?
• Students engage material: talking, writing, reading, reflecting, or questioning
• Students are doing things - opposite of passively watching lectures
• Students are engaged and involved in the learning process
• Active Learning: learning occurs teacher-to-student, student-to-teacher, and student-to-student.
• Involves cognitive activity
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“active learning” components =
Student – content
Student– faculty
Student– student
Interaction
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“active learning” components =
Student – content
Student– faculty
Student– student
Interaction games, puzzles, Learning Objects, self-check quizzes, video lectures with handouts/worksheets, assignments, animations, problems, case studies, HW problems, student created content, essays
introductions, study groups, group assignments – optional or mandatory, DB, Wiki report comments, email, phone, games, synchronous meetings, test questions on student content, LAB work!
DB, recorded introduction, personalized feedback on assignments and tests – written, audio and video, phone, synchronous sessions, prompt email replies, surveys and feedback
Online Lecture Do’s
Your voice Readable Interactive
Images Branch Quiz
Chunk
Online Lecture Dont’s
PPTs w/no audio > 15 minute Reread the
textbook
Outline only of f2f lecture
Folder of documents
ExamplesInside Chem 103...
• Announcements• Lecture recording/handouts• LO in Chapter Content• Weekly quizzes and assignments• Formative Survey/Results• Wiki Sign up, reports and comments• Discussion Board• Elive “recording”
More Examples - Intro to Org &Bio
• Protein Wiki = student created content
• Use for exam questions!
Example
More Examples - General Chem II
• DB – students help each other. Students can subscribe for email notifications
Example
Distance Labs = any combination – students work with kits
– online interactive simulations
– robotics to control equipment/do experiments, take measurements
– any above with on campus combo
At home
Virtual
Remote
Hybrid/Blended
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University of Minnesota Center for Allied Health Programs*
• Uses “blended” model:– distance learning, classroom
experiences, experiential education– supported by technology; simulations,
videoconferencing, or teleconferencing
* “Blended Learning: Emerging Best Practices in Allied Health Workforce” Development Journal of Allied Health, Winter 2010, Vol 39, No 4 (in your packet)
Labs Agenda
• Virtual + 2 day on campus Hybrid Chem 103L KPC Murdoch and Roper
• At-home Physics 115 KPC Andy Veh
• At-home + virtual Biology 111 (Anatomy and Phys) Kodiak College Dr. Suzanne Buie
Maryna Roper KPC Liena Murdoch UAA
Both ALSO teach on-campus 103, 104, 105, 106 Labs
Survey of Chemistry LabsIntro to Organic and BiochemistryGeneral Chemistry I and II Labs
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KPC Hybrid Lab Instructors
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Lab Manual convert
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Prior to Lab Lab Assignment After Lab•Reading assign•Instructor video lectures•Learning Objects•PreLab Questions
•Lab manual/ worksheet with instructions•Virtual labs/ simulations
•post-lab questions in Bb
•Reading assign•Instructor PPts•PreLab Questions
•Lab manual•On campus lab experiments
•Lab reports•Post lab questions
Student feedback/support using EMAIL and DBOn CAMPUS
ONLINE
KPC Hybrid Lab Chem 103
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LO
Content/Activities
Assessment
Chem 103L KPC
Example
Virtual Chem Lab
http://www.chemcollective.org/
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Content/Activities
Virtual Chem Lab
Example
Assessment
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Assessment
Example
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LO
Content/Activities
Chem 103L KPC
Virtual Gas Laws
Example
• Back on After completing this lab you will be able to: write the correct symbols or names of some elements
• categorize elements as metals or non metals• identify chemical families in the periodic table• determine the mass number, atomic number, and number of
protons, neutrons and electrons given the complete symbol of an atom
• interpret the trends in atomic radii, electronegativity and density within a family and a period of the periodic table
• write an electron configuration for an element• describe the importance of radioactive isotopes in medical
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LO
Content/Activities
Chem 103L KPC
Interactive Periodic Table
Example
Associate Professor for Physics, Math, and Astronomy, KPC
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•Also teaches F2F class.
•Same experiments with some equipment the same, some different. •F2F turn in the same worksheets/assessments.
Andy Veh Physics KPC
Andy Veh Physics 90% At Home
Prior to Lab Lab Assignment After Lab•video instructions•posting first data on the discussion board•pre-lab questions
•lab manual with instructions•student’s lab report
•post-lab questions•photos, videos of student’s lab experiment (as proof and for evaluation)
• Student support using EMAIL and ELIVE
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Andy Veh Physics
• Confirm the first order approximation for the period of a simple pendulum
• By measuring the periods for various pendulum lengths, determine the acceleration due to gravity g. (Do not use a published value for g in your calculations – the objective is that you will measure and compute it yourself.)
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LO
Andy Veh Physics KPC
Pendulum Experiment
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDyF0sqGtxw&list=PLB61658E5111AFB92&index=9&feature=plpp_video
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffRgYI8g_4g&list=PLB61658E5111AFB92&index=10&feature=plpp_video
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Content/Activities
Andy Veh Physics KPC
Andy shows how to set up the lab:
Andy shows how to do the calculations:
Pendulum Experiment - cont
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Assessment
Andy Veh Physics KPC
Content/Activities
Pendulum Experiment - cont
Example
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Assessment
Andy Veh Physics KPC
Pendulum Experiment - cont
Example
28*Adapted from NC State Univ/NSFAndy Veh Physics KPC
Pendulum Experiment - cont
Example
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Assessment
Assessment
Content/Activities
Andy Veh Physics KPC
Physics Force Table Experiment
Example
At home + Virtual Chemistry Dave Wilson Department of Natural
Sciences Parkland College, Ill
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Example
Virtual Chem Labs: Oregon State
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http://ecampus.oregonstate.edu/online-degrees/undergraduate/online-general-chemistry/labs.htm
Oregon State University
Example
• Advanced Doctorate in Physical Therapy with a specialty in Sports and Orthopaedics.
• Kodiak College, Faculty Chair; Health Sciences• Owner of Arctic Physical Therapy• Clinician, Clinical Coordinator and Instructor
• Distance courses include: • Anatomy and Physiology I and II• Core Concepts in Health Science• Medical Terminology• Human Biology*
• * Developed with NANSLO
32Anatomy and Physiology UAS Slide by Dr. Suzanne Buie
Dr. Suzanne Buie
Viewing the Course
• UAA Faculty Technology Showcase at:http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/facultytechnologycenter/showcase/
• To view this course, please go to: “
Tour of a copy of Dr. Buie's A & P II Blackboard shell (authentication required)” on the page above
33Anatomy and Physiology UAS Slide by Dr. Suzanne Buie