Sharing Our Stories: Presentations from Members/Schools in the Sakai Distance Learning Community
The following Presentations have been or will be recording on the listed date. Click the link in the recording column to view the presentations. Specific questions about the presentation itself should be directed to the presenters. General questions concerning this effort maybe added to this discussion as a comment or sent using the Contact Us form.
| Date of Presentation | Presenter(s) | Institution | Link to Presentation Recording |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, September 16 | Maggie Ricci | Indiana University | http://breeze.iu.edu/p54355853/ |
| Thursday, September 30 | Ann Jensen, Liz Strand, Karyn Turnbull, and Patrick Smith | Texas State | http://breeze.iu.edu/p87472495/ |
| Thursday, October 14 | Tony McKenzie and James Brann | Charles Sturt | http://breeze.iu.edu/p25347612/ |
| Thursday, October 28 | Rob Coyle | Johns Hopkins | |
| Thursday, November 11 | Debbie Runshe | Indiana University |
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Faculty & Student Readiness for Online Learning
At College of the Redwoods we've created a two-week (no credit and no fee) orientation course that is completely online. Though the course was originally created for students, we have had a number of faculty engage in it as well. The "homework" load is very low--only 4 hours over the two week period. We chose to do it completely online because that is the environment that online learning students must be able to navigate.
Over the past year we have run the course 9 times and average 38 students per class, with 1/3rd of them being faculty. Our highest enrollments are when we run it just before term starts or in the summer. The course is co-taught by our Online Learning Advisor (a student advisor whose caseload are any students taking two or more classes online in a term) and one of our instructional designer/developers.
The course is designed to do two things: 1) Familiarize the student with the technological environment they will experience online; and 2) Help the student to understand the culture of online learning, building learning communities, and what student engagement looks like. The Units provide both content and interactive information (e.g., surveys, polls, etc) and the end of each unit then provides practice activities (e.g., post to a discussion forum, take a quiz, do an assignment) so that the student has used the tools and done the requirements that would normally be expected in a fully online class.
Below is a list of the topcs covered over the two week period of time.
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Willing to share?
This sounds really great, Maggie. Would you be willing to share your course (syllabus, content, assignments, etc.)?
A couple of questions: Is the content delivered via melete/Modules? Also, have you had issues with drop out by students and/or faculty? We created a simple online tutorial covering basic Sakai features and some teamwork tips for graduate students enrolled in a social work program. We included quizzes for practice and to track completion by the social work department. Have you found the need to build in accountability measures of any kind?