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Enculturated Course Management = Student Success
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Enculturated course management
Systems - What are they, in online learning? - How do they facilitate learning…of what? - How do they encumber learning?
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Enculturation Relativism – in language– in worldview– in values…what’s important?
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Enculturating….. A cultural conundrum in online education
-- institutional control --unique-to-the-subject-matter context
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Enculturating by integrating• Four areas of concern
---technology-based---learner-based---instructional design and teaching-based---management and organization-based
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Enculturation concerns…#1
…in and of technology -scripts, accent marks, verticality v. horizontality -text-v.-image, positive & negative space -Microsoft-centricity
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Enculturation concerns, #2
….among learners what do students want? what renders material “learnable”?
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Enculturation concerns, #3
…in instructional design - institutional air/identity - ADA requirements - standards (local, national)
…in teaching - templates v. creativity
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Enculturation concerns, #4
Management: Who’s in charge here? Techies? Administrators? Teachers? Students?
Organization: American-style, or….?
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Enculturating…. How? Techniques– Technical/technological– Student-friendly for learning – Educator-friendly for teaching– Institution-friendly for harmony
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Learner success online
Three lessons learned
– Use the system– Tweak the system–Never stop integrating
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Enculturation for success Use the system
- work from within to work best - promote communication (techies & others) - use inconveniences as advantages
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Enculturating for success Tweak the system
-- Perform system triage -- Profit from cognitive styles diversity -- Customize and harmonize
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Create an enculturation sensation Integrate!
Borrow….or steal? Use Open Source Act as a knowledge portal Always be open to everything
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