Monday, April 22, 2013

eLCC 2013 Conference Summary

Guest post by Sally Cordrey, Support Specialist, CPS Learning Design, Regis University

eLCC 2013
Blended Format and Flipped Classroom - Kristen Rivedal
-         NPR recording 2 yrs ago. “Don't lecture me”
-         "Snacking" is now what is chunking video in tasty bites instead of one long lecture.
-         Use sources like kahn academy and then focus on students questions in classroom
feedback
-         Students didn't know they are in a hybrid
-         Good f2f teacher works better than technology
-         Felt rushed in classroom
Suggestions
·        Think of it as an online course with a f2f component instead of a f2f with an online component
·        Explain to the student why we are doing this? Get the maximum potential of this format.
·        First night in computer lab. Get students up to speed on technology, system requirements and all questions and meeting dates clarified.

D2L upgrade - Kristin Rivedal
Planning/Determine training needs
- prior to the upgrade: show-n-tell
- after the upgrade: hands-on
- Inservice day, open labs for faculty to come to ask questions and try it on

hiccups
-         8 hours became 24 hours
-         calendar was turned it off because it was hanging up the opening of the course.
-         content previewer did not work, have students, faculty download content
-         quizzes in Chrome don’t work

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Communication Plan
Teachers need to vent, be prepared: have elevator speech ready for “Why we are doing this?”
Kristin is available for questions and advice, tutorials on their website publicly, for students – Front Range Community College
MOOC panel: Survivors, Thrivers, and Skeptics
Kathy Keirns, DU; Sherry Jones, ACC; Nate Wadman, PPCC; Alice Bedard-Voorhees UCD; Peter Jeschofnig, CMC

xMOOC - video, quiz, structured
cMOOC - community, interaction, purpose is to share, develop, exchange knowledge (social media part of it)
gMOOC - game-based MOOC

Nate - dozens he signed up for. Diverse quality. looked at navigation, videos, lurk, what others are designing.
lit says 2-20% complete course.

High dropout rate reasons: takes too much time, too basic, too complex, hidden cost ($150 textbook) 

Kathy - did Coursera - univ. has to pay money to put it on. finished this one feel like she got more out of it. 5 instructors from scotland, learned a lot, google hangout every week, good instructors, actual masters courses, got Coursera Certificate. free. But now the Coursera certificate costs $50 at end.

Reasons why MOOC? Philanthropic, knowledge for all, advertising for taking real course.

Alice - ACE (American Council of Education) is reviewing MOOCs to decide if credit can be given for these. 5 have been accepted. New model for equating knowledge for credit. (Ask Fran what she thinks of this...)

WCET talking points on MOOCs - two page guide questions to ask for universities before offering one.

Presentation includes MOOC bookmarks:

144,000 largest mooc

Hybrid at ACC mooc May 28-Aug 20. Real class that will study the mooc. This will also be a flipped classroom.


Challenging the Myths and Succeeding at Multi-Generational Teaching
Lisa Ortiz, Metro, teaches MM, Graphic Design

Teaching Strategies
Pitfalls to avoid:
- don't ignore the differences
- don't try to appeal all to the same assignment

Good information about strategies in how they learn and how to give feedback, how they behave in the classroom and why

·        Retired generation is the fastest growing population using the internet
·        Gen X - keep wanting to know "WHY?"
·        Millennial/Gen Y - don't tell me, don't show me, CONNECT ME!

This is one that Nicole sent to me that looks really good:
Assessing Online facilitation instrument

The sessions are available at the eLCC website: http://elearningcolorado.org/wordpress/

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