moving student presentations online
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Moving Student Presentations OnlinePresenters:
Kimberly Kenward, Instructional DesignerJustin Melick, Digital Media Developer
Dr. Rosemary Cleveland, Education FacultyGrand Valley State University - http://www.gvsu.edu
Presentation Overview 1. Identify and describe the challenges involved with student presentation in
an online environment. 2. Discuss the solutions and technologies that are being used to solve this
problem (Ensemble dropboxes, Blackboard Collaborate, project partners, detailed rubrics).
3. Explore the role of “project partners” to facilitate peer feedback, student engagement and building community.
4. Question and answer opportunity.
Learning Outcomes Upon conclusion of this session, the participants will:1. Review the role of project partners and how this can be
used to facilitate student engagement and increase opportunities for peer review and building community.
2. Be aware of what technologies are available to assist students and faculty with the creation and support of student online presentations.
ChallengesAs many of our graduate courses in the College of Education have moved to a completely online format, we’ve had to rethink how to organize the last class meetings which primarily focused on student presentations.
If you have done student presentations online, what were your biggest barriers? Please use the chat box to briefly explain.
SolutionInstead of devoting a final in-seat class session (or more depending on the size of the classes), we’re now using a combination of Blackboard, the Ensemble Video dropbox, project partners and detailed rubrics to complete the final course project assignment virtually.
The Role of Peer Assessment in an Online Course● Community is central to online learning.● Peer assessment is a wonderful way to create
community in an online learning environment. ● Peer assessment leads to more thoughtful and
reflective discussion.● Peer assessment helps students cultivate a greater
capacity for critical and evaluative judgment.
Building Community Starts Week 1Week 1 Discussion Board AssignmentI have attached a short bio of myself under Discussion Board and would like you to do so also. Please create a one slide power point presentation about yourself. Include the school and grade level that you are teaching, why you are in this class, and if you have ever taken an online class before. You are encouraged to include pictures of yourself, as well as your family, friends, pets or whatever you would like. Later in the semester, I will be using the individual pictures of yourselves to introduce you to your project partner. Be creative and have fun.
If you are teaching online, how do you include peer assessment? Briefly explain in the chat box.
Setting the Stage● Presentation topics are determined at the beginning of the
semester so that students have time to make connections to course content and to find a project that is relevant to them.
● Guidelines, including a detailed rubric and several video screencasts are necessary to help students understand expectations of their project partners and their final project.
● It’s important that I provide and model an encouraging and supportive online environment to reduce my students’ anxieties about peer evaluation.
Setting the Stage continued...● Feedback is a critical part of the final project.● Feedback provides my online students with an opportunity to learn from
each other and to give each other time to make revisions before their final project is due for submission.
● Students use the same final project rubric that will be used by the instructor when giving each other peer feedback.
● Although my students are assigned a project partner, they are also expected to post their final project to the main discussion board so that the entire class has an opportunity to gain more knowledge and to ask additional questions.
● Quality of the final project has improved since requiring a project partner.
Supporting Student & Instructor Videos● Number of videos created by
students and instructors has significantly increased
● FERPA & Copyright considerations
● Ensemble Dropbox features
Technical Considerations
Tips for Recording from a Mobile DeviceUploading a Video to the Ensemble Dropbox
Annotating Videos in Ensemble (For Faculty)
Providing Video Feedback
The annotation tools in Ensemble video allows the instructor to stop and start their student’s video presentation submissions and provide additional feedback throughout their video presentation.
Outcomes...Students not only connect with content, the instructor, and each other; but they also utilize technology to impact their learning.
Although these changes were necessary to accommodate the format of our online classes, these tools and project partner requirements could be used to support traditional or flipped classroom models.
Questions
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Additional ResourcesAllen, E. and Seaman J. (2014, January). 2013 - Grade Change: Tracking Online Education in the United States - OLC. Retrieved January 27, 2015, from http://sloanconsortium.org/publications/survey/grade-change-2013
Green, D. T. (2008), Using Student Video Presentations in an Online Course. Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 6: 521–526. Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4609.2008.00193.x/full
Holland, L. C. (2014). Student online presentations and peer evaluations in a face-to-face case class. Journal of Financial Education, 40(1), 45-67. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.gvsu.edu/docview/1640470299?accountid=39473
Additional ResourcesS Kolwich. (2015, January 26). Could Video Feedback Replace the Red Pen? [The Chronicle of Higher Education Blogs: Wired Campus]. Retrieved from http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/could-video-feedback-replace-the-red-pen/55587
Mangalaraj, G., Singh, A., & Taneja, A. (2010). Bolstering teaching through online tools. Journal of Information Systems Education, 21(3), 299+. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA241515891&v=2.1&u=lom_gvalleysu&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w&asid=22da43bee4b389fa64c4c61a541205da
Follow-up & Contact InformationDr. Rosemary Cleveland - [email protected]
Kimberly Kenward - Instructional [email protected]
Justin Melick - Digital Media [email protected]
http://www.gvsu.edu/it/learn http://www.gvsu.edu/idel