cu online winter webcamp 2011 -- professorial authority and social presence in the online classroom
DESCRIPTION
People have described the ideal role of the online Instructor as a “guide on the side” rather than a “sage on the stage” who should strive to establish a community of learners. While the underlying ideas behind these concepts are sound, they are often taken to extremes. In this session we argue for the importance of professorial authority. The professor is the content expert and students should be reminded of this sometimes explicitly and sometimes implicitly throughout a course. Recording of the session: https://connect.cuonline.edu/p83881030/ Download the slides to see the notes.TRANSCRIPT
Power in the Classroom
Professorial AuthorityProfessorial Authority
Problem: Students feel like they are missing something in an online class
Students feel like they are missing something in an online class
But what are they missing?
* The physical envrionment* Other students?* The professor?
But what are they missing?--The physical environment--Other students--The professor
What is social presence? How does it work in the classroom? How can it work in the online classroom?
Another problem: Social presence has come to mean being friends with your students.
But is that what they really want?
But do we need to hug our students?
Hypothesis: The university is best at getting students to engage and interact with peers and experts.
Other students are their peers, and that's a topic worth examaining.
But how do we get them to interact with experts?
What's the role of the University?
InteractExpert Access
Hubert Dreyfus
University of California, Berkley, Leading scholar on Heidegger, phenomenology and critic of artificial intelligence
Expert Access
So why pay Berkley tuition?
http://www.howtogetin.com/colleges/university-of-california-berkeley/expenses.php
InteractExpertAccess
InteractExpert Access
InteractExpert Access
InteractExpert Access
So if the value is in interacting with experts, then we know where to focus more of our effort:
1. In establishing our expertise• Providing students meaningful
interaction with that expertise.
Share your expertise
Reputation Strategies1.Look the part (and post a picture!)2.Set your academic rank in eCollege3.Provide a biography. 4.Add a "course argument" to your syllabus5.Link to your work. Research, presentations,
television spots, articles about you.6.Assign your articles.7.Name drop.8.Invite guest speakers to present in your
class
Reputation Strategies1.Look the part (and post a picture!)2.Set your academic rank in eCollege3.Provide a biography. 4.Add a "course argument" to your syllabus5.Link to your work. Research, presentations,
television spots, articles about you.6.Assign your articles.7.Name drop.8.Invite guest speakers to present in your
class
Reputation Strategies1.Look the part (and post a picture!)2.Set your academic rank in eCollege3.Provide a biography. 4.Add a "course argument" to your syllabus5.Link to your work. Research, presentations,
television spots, articles about you.6.Assign your articles.7.Name drop.8.Invite guest speakers to present in your
class
Reputation Strategies1.Look the part (and post a picture!)2.Set your academic rank in eCollege3.Provide a biography. 4.Add a "course argument" to your syllabus5.Link to your work. Research, presentations,
television spots, articles about you.6.Assign your articles.7.Name drop.8.Invite guest speakers to present in your
class
Reputation Strategies1.Look the part (and post a picture!)2.Set your academic rank in eCollege3.Provide a biography. 4.Add a "course argument" to your syllabus5.Link to your work. Research, presentations,
television spots, articles about you.6.Assign your articles.7.Name drop.8.Invite guest speakers to present in your
class
Reputation Strategies1.Look the part (and post a picture!)2.Set your academic rank in eCollege3.Provide a biography. 4.Add a "course argument" to your syllabus5.Link to your work. Research, presentations,
television spots, articles about you.6.Assign your articles.7.Name drop.8.Invite guest speakers to present in your
class
Reputation Strategies1.Look the part (and post a picture!)2.Set your academic rank in eCollege3.Provide a biography. 4.Add a "course argument" to your syllabus5.Link to your work. Research, presentations,
television spots, articles about you.6.Assign your articles.7.Name drop.8.Invite guest speakers to present in your
class
Reputation Strategies1.Look the part (and post a picture!)2.Set your academic rank in eCollege3.Provide a biography. 4.Add a "course argument" to your syllabus5.Link to your work. Research, presentations,
television spots, articles about you.6.Assign your articles.7.Name drop.8.Invite guest speakers to present in your
class
1.Participate in discussions (and structure discussions so you can provide meaningful discussion)
2.Quiz the professor. Create fun activities that allows students to interact with you.
3.Collaborative research. Let students work with you on research. Attach assignment to your research agenda (within limits).
Interaction Strategies
1.Participate in discussions (and structure discussions so you can provide meaningful discussion)
2.Quiz the professor. Create fun activities that allows students to interact with you.
3.Collaborative research. Let students work with you on research. Attach assignment to your research agenda (within limits).
Interaction Strategies
1.Participate in discussions (and structure discussions so you can provide meaningful discussion)
2.Quiz the professor. Create fun activities that allows students to interact with you.
3.Collaborative research. Let students work with you on research. Attach assignment to your research agenda (within limits).
Interaction Strategies
What did we miss?