Sixth Annual Innovation Showcase

Excellence in the Online Classroom

Monday, November 7, 2011 (7–9 P.M. CT)

Creating Learning Groups for Collaborative Study

Innovative Approaches for Closed Captioning & Transcripts In Videos

Building Discussion Quality with “Virtual Gold Stars”

Presentations

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Designing group work that is both beneficial

and meaningful to students is a challenging

task for the majority of online instructors.

Oftentimes instructors shirk away from

assigning group projects, because they

believe that group work in particular

disciplines, such as mathematics, is greatly

ineffective. In this presentation, we will

discuss how assigning a collaborative study

aid as a group project can help create and

foster learning groups, which lead to greater

student success.

 

Creating Learning Groups for Collaborative Study

- Samantha Cash

Blackboard Collaborate

Philip will insert his own BB Collaborate slide.

Logitech Webcam (2)

During the online course development for

Personal

Computer Application (CIS 101), the online

instructors

developing the course realized the need for

assistive technologies for training videos.

The course development team experimented

with various closed-captioning and transcript

techniques, finally settling on videos in

YouTube; this takes advantage of system's

captioning and transcript capability. To

accommodate students who cannot access

YouTube, this presentation will also discuss

other approaches being explored.

 

Innovative Approaches for Closed Captioning & Transcripts In Videos

- Doug Henry

Logitech Headset

Discover how to leverage a grading system of

increasing point value for discussion scores

throughout a term combined with researched

practices. Discussion quality improves using a

multi-faceted approach of intensive, guided

feedback, mastery learning, showcasing of

student work, and “Virtual Gold Stars.” The

results are rapid improvement in student posts

and positive student feedback. This

presentation will share some creative tips and

ideas for scaffolding discussion.

 

Building Discussion Quality with “Virtual Gold Stars”

- Cindy Hinds

Sennheiser Headset

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