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Prince George’s Community College Online Express
Training Faculty to Teach OnlineMary Wells
Margo ChairesAndrew Habermacher
Distance Learning at Prince George’s Community College Telecourses - well established but declining
(729 students in Fall 99 to 381 Fall 01) Interactive courses - not well established, low
enrollments (25 students in Fall 01) Online Courses
1996 - Few courses; no institutional support 1998 - Institutional support begins 1999 - More courses; Online Express funded
Online Learning Enrollments
Fa 99 Sp 00 Fa 00 Sp 01 Fa 01 Sp 02
Courses 18 23 34 41 70 83
Sections 28 28 38 47 78 104
Enrolls 379 374 419 732 1,252
Ave/Sect
19 13 11 16 18
Faculty Trained - Online ExpressSemester/Year # Applicants # Trained
Fall 2000 14 12
Spring 2001 31 27
Fall 2001 16 15
Spring 2002 15
Planning and Implementation Administration Faculty Consultant(s) Technology Resource
Center Instructional Support Technology Support
OLE Agreements Faculty Agrees To:
Attend orientation and 10 2-hour training sessions
Use Blackboard List course in
Schedule of Classes Demonstrate course
to colleagues
College Agrees To: Compensation
Training Development
Provide Blackboard as CMS
Provide training Provide
Instructional Design support
OLE Faculty Training Course
Ten weekly 2-hour sessions plus work sessions
Emphasizes teamwork among faculty,administrative offices & technical support
Targeted development of online general education courses leading to degrees.
Qualified fulltime or adjunct faculty wishing to adapt an existing course to offer online or to create a “shared” course for use by other
instructors.
OLE Major Components Pedagogy
Instructor’s Role Changes
Student Centered
Technology Web Page Authoring Course Delivery
Software
Challenges of Training Faculty to Teach Online
Computer skills Lack of experience as online students Tendency to focus on technology Perceptions of online pedagogy Understanding of online course
development process
Faculty Web Pages Need for Faculty Web Page
Orient students “Advertise” course Online students expect it
Create With Front Page Provide Template Use Front Page as editor and Web page
creator
Using Blackboard to Teach Online Pedagogy
Tours of Existing Online Blackboard Courses Provide Blackboard Account
• As a Teacher in Own Course • As a Student in Online Express • Handouts and course content • Documents • Internet Links • Quizzes and Surveys
Threaded, asynchronous discussionDigital Drop Box
OLE Modifications Multi-phased Assessment Process
(implement Spring 02) Phase One - New Course Evaluation Phase Two - Course Evaluation after 2nd
semester Phase Three - College Faculty Evaluation
Process Phase Four - Student Evaluations
Phase One Using Checklist for Online Faculty
Given at Orientation Includes major categories of course design
Web page construction Interaction (student-student; student-teacher) Orienting students to the course Navigability Engaging students Giving feedback to students
Phase Two Using Principles of Good Practice
Based on Chickering and Gamson’s Seven Principles of Good Practice in Undergraduate Education
Focus on active learning, interaction
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