Learn Online to Teach Online Celebrate Flexibility in Online Teaching and Learning

Learn Online to Teach OnlineCelebrate Flexibility in Online Teaching and Learning

presented by

Walter Behnkeat the

ABEABCABEABC Conference ConferenceA Celebration of Learning

Thompson Rivers UniversityMay 2006

May 2006 Walter Behnke 2

Learn Online to Teach OnlineWorkshop Overview

• An Overview of Teaching and Learning

• Online Opportunities for Professional Growth and Development in Online Teaching

• Identify Opportunities to Teach and Learn Online


Learn Online to Teach Online

An Overview of Teaching and Learning Online

• Current Trends in Online Learning Online Learning/eLearning

is Mainstream Growing by Degrees: Online Education in the United States, 2005(pp. 1-3 Executive Summary)

Question:Show of hands –How many have taken at least one online course?

http://www.sloan-c.org/resources/growing_by_degrees.pdf

http://www.sloan-c.org/resources/growing_by_degrees.pdf




• Satisfaction with Online Learningand Teaching Distance Learning Proves Popular with Student

s Online Faculty Satisfaction Survey

Faculty Satisfaction with Online Teaching(Sloan Survey)

http://www.campus-technology.com/article.asp?id=11947

http://www.campus-technology.com/article.asp?id=11947

https://www.hvcc.edu/deptweb-dlweb/surveys/online_faculty/s05_onlinefaculty.htm

http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/view/v1n2/faculty.htm



An Overview of Teaching and Learning Online• Learner Expectations and Online Learning

CISO – College and Institute Student Outcomes



An Overview of Teaching and Learning Online• Learner Expectations and Online Learning

Trends in Education – Impact of Technology‘Meet the Millenials’



An Overview of Teaching and Learning Online• Satisfaction with Online Learning




An Overview of Teaching and Learning Online• Satisfaction with Online Learning





• Satisfaction with Online Learning Slate Study 2005 – Accrediting Standards for Online Learning:

Imperatives for Instructional Design




• Personal Experience with and Reflections on Teaching Online The Good The B … The U …

The Good The Bad The Unexpected




• Personal Experience with and Reflections on Teaching Online The Good – Great Personal Satisfaction

• Create something New and Valuable• Broaden Access and Learning Opportunities• Remove Barriers to Learning

The Good – High Satisfaction Levels with Online Courses

• Excited about Online Learning• Repeat Customers




• Personal Experience with and Reflections on Teaching Online The Good – Online Learning Communities

• I also thought that not having to "GO' to class – in other words, physically going to a location to 'learn‘, would take away part of the socialization and group interaction but, honestly, I felt (and still feeling) more attached to the group than in any other face to face class I took before. Coming home, open the VCC site and seeing what is going on for the day, is a commitment even stronger that having to go to school.(by course participant COI)

The Good – Flex-Time Teaching• Multitasking – “In and Out”• 24/7 Approach to Teaching




• Personal Experience with and Reflections on Teaching Online The Good – Flex-Time Teaching

• Multitasking – “In and Out”• 24/7 Approach to Teaching

WWB teaching an online course from a ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean(Infinity – 2004)




• Personal Experience with and Reflections on Teaching Online The Bad – “Always on Deck”

• Multitasking – is Daunting for Some- ‘not everyone’s cup of tea’

• 24/7 Approach to Teaching- ‘it’s all too much’ – some are overwhelmed

The Bad – ‘Bad Apples in the Barrel’• Online Learning Communities are ‘Classrooms’ –

they sometimes (rarely) contain disruptive elements(not as easily dealt with as F2F situations)Solution: “The pen is mightier than the sword.”




• Personal Experience with and Reflections on Teaching Online The Unexpected – Technical Difficulties

• Online is a Technical Environment – unexpected interruptions DO occur – be prepared– Provide Tech Support Info upfront

– Practice Safe Computing – install security measures

The Unexpected – ‘Life Goes On’• Online students and teachers have a life and life has

its twists and turns (requires understanding, empathy, flexibility, and common sense)



Opportunities for Professional Growth and Development in Online Teaching

• Internet Resources Is Online Teaching for Me? (a simplistic survey) Professional Organizations and Journals Institutional Faculty Support Sites Gurus in the Field

http://www.onlinelearning.net/InstructorCommunity/selfevaluation.html?s=024.f06019637.055p202371




• Professional Organizations, Journals, and Conferences eLearning at VCC and Resource Links George Siemen’s eLearnSpace AACE – Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education

(several Journals and Conferences are sponsored through this organization)

E-Learning Centre – a portal from the UK Learning Times Network – another major portal which includes

BC Campus (subscribe to BC Campus Community ) IMS Global Learning Consortium eLearning BC – an alliance of elearning providers in BC eLearnity – Europe’s Corporate Learning Analysts (MindMap of eL) Online Learning in the 21st Century – India

http://vcclearns.vcc.ca/html/elearn.htm

http://vcclearns.vcc.ca/html/ol_dev_resources.htm

http://www.elearnspace.org/

http://www.aace.org/

http://www.e-learningcentre.co.uk/

http://www.learningtimes.net/

http://www.bccampus.ca/

http://community.bccampus.ca/bccampus

http://www.imsglobal.org/

http://www.elearningbc.com/content/index.asp

http://www.elearnity.com/index.html

http://www.elearnity.com/EKCLoad.htm?load=CategoryMap?OpenPage






• Institutional Faculty Support Sites E-learning in Higher Education site E-Learning at UBC Illinois Online Network Office of Instructional Technology (Minnesota) acode – Australian Council for Open, Distance, and eLearning CRLT – Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (U Mich) University of Victoria – Resources for Faculty Martin Irvine – CCT at Georgetown University SWAP – eLearning Site

http://csc.ipm.edu.mo/elearning.htm

https://www.elearning.ubc.ca/home/index.cfm

http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/

http://www.oit.mnscu.edu/

http://www.acode.edu.au/

http://www.crlt.umich.edu/tstrategies/tsot.html

http://www.distance.uvic.ca/faculty/index.htm

http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/irvinem/CCTP737/Sources/elearning-sources.html




• Gurus in the Field Canada’s Stephen Downes with Stephen’s Web e-LearningGuru – Kevin Kruse George Siemens – eLearnSpace Curt Bonk’s Castle of Learning and TrainingShare Vancouver’s David Le Blanc – MySandbox Brandon Hall – Online Learning Site

http://www.downes.ca/

http://www.e-learningguru.com/default.asp

http://www.elearnspace.org/

http://php.indiana.edu/~cjbonk/

http://www.courseshare.com/

http://mysandbox.net/index.htm




• Professional Development Programs and Workshops Certificate in Online Instruction (VCC)

Online Courses at VCC (Moodle Platform) NAIT Alive Online SFU – Certificate in Web-Based Instruction Capilano College – Online Learning Listings of programs by Univ of Wisconsin-Extension

http://www.nait.ca/alive/



Identify Opportunities to Teach and Learn Online

• The ‘Opportunist Mindset’ Scan your Environment to ‘See’ Opportunities

• Prepare Proposals to Employ Your Broader Knowledge and Skill Sets

Inspiration and Motivation:• “A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds”

Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)

• “Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.” Anne Landers (1918 - 2002)

• “Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.” Henry J. Kaiser (1882 - 1967)




• The Integration of Work and Learning/eLearning – Schooley of IBM (quoted in CLO Media*):

“In the past, when it was time to learn you stopped your work”

… (now, it) has moved to learning right at your work location via e-learning, the virtual classroom and resources that are informal in some ways, but when you think about the amount of learning that one gets once you leave school in an informal way, you get it more informally than you do formally. In fact, I think it’s something like 80 percent is done on an informal basis as opposed to maybe 20 that’s a formally structured event.”

…the integration of work and learning is closely linked to increased performance because if employees can get the learning or the information they need in real time, the sky is the limit on what they can accomplish.

• Sample: VCC Learns – http://vcclearns.vcc.ca Buffet of Learning – Self-Help




• KISS and TASS Keep It Simple (play it) Smart

• Acquire Prerequisite Knowledge and Skills– Webpage/Website Construction Skills (Dreamweaver)

– Take Free LMS Familiarization Workshops

• Experiment with Online Delivery

Take A Small Step• Develop an Instructional Support Website for F2F

class(es) (Blended Delivery)• Create a Single Lesson (Concept Illustration)

Develop and Grow into anEffective Online Instructor

• Consider the Certificate in Online Instruction (VCC)




• The Power of Networks Communicate, Communicate,

Communicate• “Talk it Up” – talk it up with others and

communicate your interest in the online instruction endeavor

Connect, Connect, Connect Join, Join, Join

http://www.coolschool.ca/v3/?op=main

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