Tuesday, April 19, 2016

2016 eLCC Conference - Carl's Summary

I will start with saying I was impressed with this conference.  It was very well run and organized nicely.  Not to mention that the food was great!  I tried to capture the highlights for me of the sessions I attended, and concluded with at least one takeaway from each session.  Please feel free to come by and see me to discuss more, or give me a call.  So, here you go:

Scaling Online Course Development: Redesign of a Process
Grace Whitaker Instructional Designer CCC Online

Massaged a process that was already developed. 
Course already exists before they get involved. 49,000 enrollments in 2015.   

Very new team! 60 - 90 courses per year. per I.D. Around 20 

Focus on:
  • Accessible
  • Navigation
  • Fully Aligned

The process is the super power!
Design with the end in mind.  
Determine Who does what when where and why. I.D's were coming into the process late. They really didn't change the process, just how it was implemented.  
Big change bringing I.D. Into the beginning the process. Having a SME Contract and On-boarding (3hours), templates, formalized quality assurance of content, checklist's created to check for accessibility, course alignment, etc. Made sure they had a consistent message. Needed to get all of them on the same page. 

They are Quality Matters peer review certified.

 Takeaways for me:
  •   They only work with courses that already exist.
  •   The super power is the process
  •   They are definitely a production shop. 
  •   On-boarding process - we should consider this! 
  •   Consistent message is critical. 

    
Agile Instructional Design AIDNet
Taylor Kendal Metropolitan University

Inter domain adaptation is a good and needed thing.
Little has changed with Instructional Design over the years. 
Move to agility and efficiency and away from B.S.

Adapt to Institutional Needs
Gather Objective Perspectives
Create Strategic Coalitions
Separate from what has always been done.
Networked Team Structure 
Empowered and self-organized
Strategic integration of technology

Takeaway for me:
   Really do need to look at possible changes and improvement opportunities.  


Engaging Online Discussions
Nicole Marcisz Regis University 

What indicates engagement in a discussion?  
     Put these into your rubric. 

Socratic Questioning
Ask for Clarification
Probe Assumptions
Probe Rationale
Explore to understand other viewpoints.
Probe the consequences 
Ask questions about the question.

Takeaway for me: 
  Have the rubric encourage engagement. Foundation for Critical Thinking.  


Humanizing Your Online Course 
Mike Coste and Amanda Hardman Red Rocks

Put SKIN on it - social, kinship, interactive, new (our group came up with this.) 
  
Strategies 
Text Can't Replace You.
 Voice adds 
 Personal Phone Calls
 Introductory and Check-In Videos
 Office Hours offered
 Remind.com - reach students where they are at. Texting.
 Twitter can imbed into WorldClass.
 Facebook - uses groups, but has limitations.

Takeaway for me: 
The faculty plays a major part in humanizing any course!  


SOS Saving Online Student Success
 Kate Miller CU Online

They heart students so took a new path. 5 Team members.
Students may feel like they are on a deserted island.  

They have:
  • Online Student Success Course
  • Improved Technology - Zoom
  • Better Communication - leveraged social media and podcasts
  • Focus on the online community - campus services available to online

 Has webinars for students after course starts to cover more aspects of the LMS (Canvas). Share inspiring true stories.

Going to have a Roaming Helpdesk, so students can try out online courses or support current issues. She actually bought a hot-dog cart.  

Showed a video where student shared their thoughts. I kept hearing how much communication was going on with the professor.  


Takeaway for me:
I really think we should consider building an online student success course. I will say again Zaption is a tool we should investigate more as a tool we promote.  


3 Essential Strategies for Student Success in Online Learning
Josh Riemer Atomic Learning

1 in 3 students drop out of college after the first year.

Create a Sense of Community
Build-Self Management Skills
Provide Support
LMS Training
Google Drive
Microsoft Office

Takeaway for me:
There really wasn't any major takeaways for me with this one. Wasn't clear what the 3 strategies were.  


Using Video Assignments to Engage Students
Alex Marinez University of Denver

Using phone to create the videos, always have phone in landscape.
People remember stories so make sure video has a good story.
Why create video assignments?
          Demonstration mastery of skill
 Communication skills evaluation
 Memorable learning experience
 Non-synchronous activity, better use of class time
 Learn new technology and modern communication skills
 Good group or individual project

iMovie to speed up a drawing. Very neat presentation.

For every minute of video should plan on one hour effort time.
Videos of 2 - 3 minutes are best.

Keeping Students Organized
 Project title and intent (Google doc)
 Team roles and responsibilities
 Deadlines 
 Script and storyboard
 Give examples to them

Takeaway for me:
You don't need expensive equipment. Personal opinion, video is a great tool, but need to use it to enhance the learning, not to just have it. With that said, I think we can include video more in our courses.  


Using mobile apps and digital resources to increase student engagement 
Jon Johnson Red Rocks Community College

 Engagement 
  • community with instructor
  • other students
  • and content.

 Google Forms - great way to do a poll. Could replace clickers. 

Can imbed Twitter into D2L.  

Clipboard is an app that searches the web for articles on subjects that you say you are interested in.  

A lot of free games out on the web.  

#1 thing - Instructor presence in class.    

Take away for me: 
Technology can really enhance the #1 thing for increasing student engagement, but it can't take the place of the instructor. Imbedding Twitter into D2L is a pretty neat capability.   

P.S.
I like how Ling did her post on this conference! 




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