edtech conference may 16, 2008 university of massachusetts boston
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EDTECH Conference May 16, 2008
University of Massachusetts Boston
o Susan Mraz, Hispanic Studies, UMass Boston
o Kathleen Polley, Online RN-to-BS Program, College of Nursing and Health
Sciences, UMass Bostono Anthony Petruzzi,
Writing Assessment, UMass Bostono Cynthia Jahn,
Academic Support Subject Tutoring Program, UMass Bostono Jessica Downa,
IT, Educational Technology, UMass Bostono Mary Simone,
IT, Educational Technology, UMass Boston
June 1st, 2007- May 31, 2008Objective Due Date Output Date
CompletedSlippage Change to
objectives
Purchase Mac Xserve & Server Configuration
8/13/07 Server Set up in Data Center Blogs/ Wikis & Open Directory
11/16/07 None Hired grad student for development work
Set- up Vista 4 Wimba Classrooms
7/2/07 Nursing and Spanish 9/20/07 Early Delivery Select fewer Wimba voice tools
Create Portal for access to tools
9/19/07 Web portal linked to Vista
11/03/07 1 month Work around, webpage used as portal
All course content ready
1/2/08 All content added to BLS
Ongoing 1 Month 4 weeks of content by Jan 3rd
Tutors Hired and Trained
1/23/08 Workshops delivered 1/3/081/16/082/18/08218-3/24/08
On Scheduletechnology and pedagogy into workshops
Added Tutor training in February(review of Jan workshops) Added Student workshops February and March
Launch Pilots 2/08/082/12/08
Online tutoring sessions
Ongoing- May 14th
None
Evaluation and Assessment
5/25/08 Student and Tutor feedback
5/11/08
Phase 1- Project Planning & Technology Fit
Wimba Voice ToolsAll of Wimba’s voice tools were investigated for this project, but only 3 made the cut.
oVoice Boardo Voice Email oWimba Podcaster
BlackBoard/WebCTUMass Boston’s LMS was used to create classrooms for students and tutors.
Xserv Blogs & WikisThrough the grant a Mac Xserv was purchased to host a variety of collaboration tools including Blogs and Wikis.
Wimba Live ClassroomWimba’s Live classroom was used for students and tutors to hold synchronous sessions.
Technologies
Phase 2- Content Development & Web Portal
Web PortalA website portal was created to give easy access to all of the tools and resources used in the project.
TutorialsA series of screen cast tutorials was developed for the students and tutors in the use of all of our technologies.
• Phase 3- BLS DesignNursing
Spanish
Phase 4- Training ◦ Hire and Train Tutors◦ Tutor Workshops for Content Areas
Phase 5- Project Launch: Spring 2008 ◦ Outreach to on-line students◦ Add student tutoring workshops
Phase 6- Evaluation and Assessment◦ Tutors
Evaluate and assess their technology training and literacy to perform on-line tutoring Evaluate and assess of on-line tutoring functionality to meet student learning needs
◦ Students Evaluate and assess ease of use and functionality of technology to access on-line tutoring. Evaluate and assess the effect of on line tutoring on performance.
Without Online Tutoring With Online Tutoring
65%75%
Technology
Pass Rate WPE
Student Usage of On-line tutoring
05
1015202530
Feb March
Month
Num
ber o
f Stu
dent
s
Nursing
Spanish
o Enable students work one on one with another person to learn how to reflect on their work in a social situation.
o Get students actively involved in thinking about their own writing
o Provide students access to study materials during synchronous sessions
o Provide students and tutors with records of synchronous Spanish and Nursing tutoring sessions for review
o Expand hours of tutoring availability
Animation by John Mazz
Sustained programmatic connection to writing in Nursing
Sustained programmatic connection to speaking, listening and writing in Spanish
Expand online tutoring to additional areas Continue to develop tutor and student
support Continue to evaluate development and
process to build an online tutoring infrastructure
A Media Center Production 2008