Lessons Learned to Prepare to Deliver Online Courses

Online@UCF

Presented byBaiyun Chen, Ph.D.

Eileen Narozny

Center for Distributed Learning

UCF Background

• Established June 10, 1963• Original name: Florida Technological University• First academic building: Library• Dedication & first classes: October 7, 1968• First commencement: June 1970, 423 graduates• First doctoral degree granted: 1977/78• Current student enrollment: 53,644

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What we do…• Online Learning• Faculty Development• Course Production• Course Design• Technical support

Our Teams• Techrangers• Instructional Design• Digital Media• New Media• Level2• RITE

For more information go to: http://dl.ucf.edu/

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Faculty Development

ADL5000• Teaching another faculty’s created online course

IDL6543• Designing and developing your own online course

Webcourses@UCF Essentials• For “enhanced” face-to-face courses

Video Essentials• For video courses

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IDL6543

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Lessons Learned

• 2010 Spring IDL Review• Committee consists of faculty and IDs• Surveyed IDL graduates• Visited Daytona State & Embry Riddle

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Lessons Learned - Likes

• Enjoyed small groups and collaborating with peers

• ID contact• Technical support group • Contents• Useful practices• Webcourses tools• Web veterans

• Incentives

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Lessons Learned - Dislikes

• ID not helpful due to limited time and teaching experience

• Theory contents and assignments are not applicable

• IDL is not just-in-time• IDL is required

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Lessons Learned - Suggestions• Less pedagogy or theory• More hands-on• Webcourses tools• More strategy-based practice• Building more contents

• IDL redesign • Refresher courses• Advanced courses• More specific to disciplines

Where do we go from here?

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IDL6543 Redesign

• Formed a redesign committee – 5 instructional designers

• Identified the stakeholders – tier 1, tier2, etc.

• Created a redesign plan and presented it to the tier 1 stakeholders

• Created a T-slice to present the stakeholders based on the project plan we developed

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IDL6543 Revision

• Delivery methods• Blended learning – Mixed mode “M”• More online than face-to-face

• Course Design• Four components• Online instruction• Face-to-Face seminars• Consultations• Online labs

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IDL6543 Revision

• Textbook topics – currently being reviewed• Assessing Learners Online• The ID Casebook: Case Studies in Instructional

Design• Online Learning : Concepts, Strategies, and

Application• Conquering the Content: A Step-by-Step Guide

to Online Course Design

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IDL6543 Revision

• Case Studies• Provide case studies that correspond

with real life experiences in online teaching

• Small group discussions• Peer-to-Peer interaction

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IDL6543 Revision

• Faculty Fellow• Will authenticate the teaching strategies

presented in IDL6543• Web Veterans• Have Web Vets present at every face-to-

face seminar• Available for online discussion• Become mentors within individual colleges

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