Poster Session Learning Times / International Online Conference
(IOC) 2010 Co-Building a Shared Online Public Health Course for
Kansas 1
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Poster Session Description Co-Building a Shared Online Public
Health Course for Kansas 2 This collectively built and modularized
Intro to Public Health project involved the virtually mediated work
of three colleges and a university in Kansas. This will describe
the uses of a stylebook and the standards-setting early on to guide
the quality build and to ensure legal compliance for intellectual
property and accessibility guidelines. This also shows the
evolution of the 7 modules and the creation of lecture-based
contents and videotaped interviews; customized and local
assignments; opportunities for interactivity, and other
quality-building aspects. This will also focus on the creation of
both real-life public health cases and interactive fictional public
health mysteries to enhance student learning. This addresses the
technological challenges in the uses of several learning / course
management systems to deploy the contents for use by different
instructors at various institutions of higher learning.
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Local Virtual Collaboration Co-Building a Shared Online Public
Health Course for Kansas 3 K-State, Johnson County Community
College, Kansas City Kansas Community College, and Dodge City
Community College K-StateJohnson County Community CollegeKansas
City Kansas Community CollegeDodge City Community College Strategic
mix of F2F meetings (during critical decision junctures) and
several Web conferencing meetings Use of Axio Learning as a shared
virtual workspace, with equal access to all functionalities,
information, and technologies
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A Project Stylebook Co-Building a Shared Online Public Health
Course for Kansas 4 Goals list of project outcomes and deadlines
Roles definitions and contact information To-still Consider:
instructor handbook, tangibles, e-book, course branding (Pathways
to Public Health sequence)
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A Project Stylebook (cont.) Co-Building a Shared Online Public
Health Course for Kansas 5 Definition of team workflow
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A Project Stylebook (cont.) Co-Building a Shared Online Public
Health Course for Kansas 6 Modular Specs Definition: Hours of
learning per module, learning types (lectures, assignments,
assessments, interactivity, and learning activities) Definitions:
Development and authoring technologies (software versions /
outputs) and uniform digital file types Granularity of Learning
Objects: Granularity of digital learning objects (slideshows, video
lengths, and others)
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Early Collective Standards Setting Co-Building a Shared Online
Public Health Course for Kansas 7 Intellectual Property Copyright /
intellectual property / trademark / patents / trade secrets Use
either open-source or self-created contents Maintain provenance
records of all digital contents Respect trademarks and label
appropriately; register used marks Media releases for videotaped
interviews
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Early Collective Standards Setting (cont.) Co-Building a Shared
Online Public Health Course for Kansas 8 Accessibility
Accessibility guidelines [universal file types; screen readable
text documentsnot as digital images; tags for document structure
and mark-up; clear, simple English; the labeling of informational
graphics; the transcription of audio and video; accessible
PowerPoint slideshows; accessible use of color; summarizing and
labeling of data tables; proper planning of live online events*,
and user control of automations and sequenced actions] (*not
actually used)
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Early Collective Standards Setting (cont.) Co-Building a Shared
Online Public Health Course for Kansas 9 Quality MattersQuality
Matters Rubric Guidelines 1. Course Overview and Introduction 2.
Learning Objectives 3. Assessment and Measurement 4. Resources and
Materials 5. Learner Engagement 6. Course Technology 7. Learner
Support 8. Accessibility
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Early Collective Standards Setting (cont.) Co-Building a Shared
Online Public Health Course for Kansas 10 Work Processes Work
project documentation / record-keeping Research citation (APA
citation guidelines) File naming protocols Large group
decision-making junctures
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7 Modules Co-Building a Shared Online Public Health Course for
Kansas 11 Module 1: Overview and Basic Principles Module 2:
Epidemiological Principles Module 3: Population Health Tools Module
4: Disease and Disability: Determinants, Burdens, and Interventions
Module 5: Healthcare and Public Health Systems (Public Health
Administration) Module 6: Special Topic Areas (One Health;
Infectious Disease / Zoonoses; Food Safety, Security, and Defense;
Public Health Nutrition and Physical Activity) Module 7: Careers
and Future Directions in Public Health
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7 Modules (cont.) Co-Building a Shared Online Public Health
Course for Kansas 12 Modular Features Developmental sequence
(foundational to complex) Topic-based modules Standard contents
(directions, lectures, assignments, activities, interactivity, and
assessments) Segues between modules Consistent module-based
look-and-feel Elimination of overlap of information contents
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A Generic Syllabus Co-Building a Shared Online Public Health
Course for Kansas 13 A generic syllabus offers all basic
information about the course (course description, learning
objectives, directions for each module, policies, and others) A
generic syllabus also has highlighted sections which need to be
defined to customize the syllabus to a particular institution of
higher education and term
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Multimedia Contents Co-Building a Shared Online Public Health
Course for Kansas 14 Audio slideshows (transcribed) and lecture
videos Transcribed videos (interviews) Public health terminology
flashcards Downloadables (transcripts, references, study guides,
and others) Interactive public health mysteries
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Public Health Work-based Videos Co-Building a Shared Online
Public Health Course for Kansas 15 Agricultural biosecurity Safe
food handling Food safety and security (in a global trade context)
Lab biosafety The needs of older adults Human-animal bond in human
health Public health nursing
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Snippets on YouTube Co-Building a Shared Online Public Health
Course for Kansas 16 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0bTR08IKTQ
(Dr. Marty Vanier) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-JUHl2EomQ (Dr.
Ingrid Garrison) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfVFrzkNemQ (Dr.
Douglas Powell) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpNe8uBXRWk (Dr. Dan
Richardson) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDoPD21ya8g (Mylissia
Stukey)
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Customizable and Localized Assignments Co-Building a Shared
Online Public Health Course for Kansas 17 Fieldtrips to local zoos,
departments of public health, water treatment facilities, public
health clinics, and / or the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
local office A customizable term research paper
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Learner Interactivity Co-Building a Shared Online Public Health
Course for Kansas 18 Discussion questions (asynchronous postings to
the Message Board) for shared insights and discussions Variety of
topics for interaction: fast food consumption, chronic diseases,
H1N1 outbreak, public health policies, family disaster plans, soda
machines in schools cases, food- related illnesses, field trip
experiences, and website evaluations
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One Health Cases Co-Building a Shared Online Public Health
Course for Kansas 19 Melamine Case Study Avian Flu Case Study
E-Coli in Spinach Outbreak
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Public Health Mysteries Co-Building a Shared Online Public
Health Course for Kansas 20 Mystery at Standing Water (West Nile)
Mystery at a Feedlot (FMD) Mystery in the Air (SARS)
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Public Health Mysteries (cont.) Co-Building a Shared Online
Public Health Course for Kansas 21 Automated, interactive Clean,
legal, and accessible builds Opt-in advisement from experts: an
epidemiologist, a food scientist, a nutritionist, and an
agro-defense / crisis management expert
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Public Health Mysteries (cont.) Co-Building a Shared Online
Public Health Course for Kansas 22 Factual debriefings at the ends
of each fictional mystery case
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E-Learning Path / Trajectory Co-Building a Shared Online Public
Health Course for Kansas 23 Lectures Textbook readings
Multiple-choice quizzes (automated, with limited feedback) Field
trips A cumulative research paper (with jigsaw sharing) Study
guides designed around the modular contents and the related
assessments
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Deployment to L/CMSes Co-Building a Shared Online Public Health
Course for Kansas 24 Axio Learning / K-State Online ANGEL
E-College
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Deployment to L/CMSes (cont.) Co-Building a Shared Online
Public Health Course for Kansas 25 Highly variant back-end
functionalities for learning / course management systems (L/CMSes)
Different looks-and-feels for branding Different automated
assessment functions Embedded video player on one The building of
pristine master courses for back-up and the integration of future
resources
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Shared Instruction Co-Building a Shared Online Public Health
Course for Kansas 26 A trial-run of the course contents for a
summer residency program at K-State in Summer 2009 Intro to Public
Health taught at select two campuses in Fall 2009 Intro to Public
Health taught at all four partner institutions of higher education
in Spring 2010
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Post-Build Co-Building a Shared Online Public Health Course for
Kansas 27 Launch of the One Health Kansas siteOne Health Kansas
Publicity launches through print brochures and presentations
Academic publications Course assessment by outside body
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Lessons Learned Co-Building a Shared Online Public Health
Course for Kansas 28 Maximize local virtual teaming by meeting F2F
at strategic decision junctures Collaboratively define project
standards to meet critical intellectual property, accessibility,
and quality e-learning guidelines (and continue evolving the
stylebook as the team learns and evolves the work) Build to high
quality standards from the beginning to save on retrofitting and
other challenges later on Use templates and sample work
(slideshows, templates, and videos) to set standards for the
work
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Lessons Learned (cont.) Co-Building a Shared Online Public
Health Course for Kansas 29 Create interchangeable contents for
broader and more portable usage Offer unfettered and equal access
and power to all team members using the collaborative virtual work
site Use the groups collective professional standards and judgment
as thresholds for each others work Build professional relationships
for the long-term future and not just the single course build
Collaborate; collaborate; collaborate!
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Conclusion and Contact Information Co-Building a Shared Online
Public Health Course for Kansas 30 Dr. Shalin Hai-Jew iTAC 212 P
Hale Library K-State 785-532-5262 (work) [email protected]