FACULTY’S NEW TOOLBOXA THREE PART MODEL FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT

Tracy Miller

Online Teaching Coordinator

Northern Illinois University

Objectives• Key trends in teaching with technology in higher education• Identify and assess essential skills in delivering online and

blended content• Faculty Development: Objective, Competency, and

Assessment Model

Teaching in a 21st Century Classroom

Emerging Trends• Learning Analytics• Social Media• Games and Gamification• 3D Printing

Less than 1 year

One to Two Years

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Social Media in Education

Two to Three Years

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GamesAndGamification

Two to Three Years

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3D PrintingPrototyper

Challenges

Solvable

• Low Digital Fluency of Faculty• Relative Lack of Rewards for Teaching

Difficul

t

• Competition from New Models of Education• Scaling Teaching Innovations

Wicked

• Expanding Access• Keeping Education Relevant

“Professors generally want to improve their pedagogies, but lack the resources and encouragement from their institutions to do so.” (Johnson, et al, 2014)

Scary? Who’s ready for this?

How do you know?

Preparing to Teach Online - Pilot• 6 Required Modules + Design Project

• Overview of Online Teaching• Models of Online Course Delivery• Designing an Online Course• Encouraging Communication in Online Courses• Technology Tools for Online Teaching and Learning• Assessing Student Learning Online

• Electives• Presentation Tools for Online Courses• Integrating Multimedia in Online Courses• Best Practices for Online Teaching Using Webconferencing Tools• Working with a Design and Development Team• Open Educational Resources

6 Required Modules

Insidethe Module

Elective Modules

Preparing to Teach Online

Self-Paced Modules

One-on-One Consultation

Face-to-face Workshop

LMS 101LMS 201Communicating with StudentsAssessing StudentsTracking Students ProgressUsing Synchronous Tools

Essential Skills and Techniques• Needs Assessment Exercise• In small groups of 3-4 use the 12 Starters to generate

ideas on what skills faculty need to be successful in today’s educational climate.

• **For the advanced folks: Tackle an emerging trend!

Share out!

Three Part ModelObjective - Competency - Assessment

Workshop Objective Competency Assessment

LMS 1 Add, Revise, and control availability of content

• Link• Upload• Create content• Edit/Revise• Time /Date Restrict

Ex. In Information add a document and name it syllabus

Structure a course with folders

• Create a folder• Put content in

folders• Customize a course

menu

Ex. Add weekly module folders and make them available for the correct dates

LMS 2 Customize the look • Update course colors

Ex. Change the theme of the course

Communication Notify students • Create an announcement

• Send an email

Ex. Write a short welcome announcement

Use communication tools

• Create a discussion board

• Post, reply or provide feedback

Ex. Write a welcome message and add a link to syllabus already added

Competency-Based RubricCompetency Not-Demonstrated Proficient Mastery

Link to external site

Upload file

Create content item

Edit/revise item

Date /Time Restrict

Contact Information

• Tracy.miller@niu.edu• Office: (815)753-8315• Adams Hall 312• @tracymiller256

Tracy Miller, Ed.M.Online Teaching Coordinator

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