Friday, June 13, 2014
Friday, May 09, 2014
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Presentain Experiment #2
Thanks Penny Kuckkahn (@pkuckkahn) for your feedback and participation as the audience for Experiment #2!!!! Here is what we discovered:
Below is the experiment recording
DRAFT WORK FLOW
- The recording audio worked GREAT. Switching to the "Rotate remote" option setting on the app did the trick.The audience question feature worked. I also like the slight vibration when a question comes in and then being able to display the question at the most appropriate time. The vibration does result in a light sound on the recording.
- One thing that did not work as I anticipated, I displayed a poll which resulted in some conversation. This is probably atypical, but my audience did not respond and I think that may be why the poll did not show up on the recording.
- I like the dashboard results especially the poll results. It might be nice to be able to export this information.
Below is the experiment recording
DRAFT WORK FLOW
- Design presentation: outcome, assessment, activities, slides, polls, etc
- Upload presentation slides into Presentain: pdf or Google slides (It takes time for this process, longer for longer presentations.)
- Select presentation on your handheld device. This too takes a few minutes to launch.
- Bring up presentation on Presentain website and enter presentation pin number displayed on handheld device
- Start presentation from handheld device, when ready.
- Show audience website URL for their access to the presentation.
- Your handheld device now becomes a remote control to advance the slides, receive audience questions, select poll questions, and record your audio.
- The audience can down load select slides, ask questions, answer polls, request additional follow-up information.
Join us for Experiment #3, Friday, April 25, 2014, 1:30 PM ET tlt.gs/login
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Experimenting with Presentain
I was first introduced to Presentain through a post from Michelle Pacansky-Brock. She shared her first experience using Presentain and used it as an example of vulnerability while presenting "Teaching in the Dark: Learning to Love What We Fear." Thanks Michelle.
This led me to my own experiment with Presentain during a pre TLT Group FridayLive event. Presentain is designed to help manage face to face presentations. The setting for this experiment was a little unique in that it took place using Adobe Connect, with participants in various places throughout the US, so not your typical presentation setting.
A big thank you to the my fellow TLT Experimenters and to Neek Kuat from Presentain for his quick response to my post experiment questions. Here is what we discovered so far:
- AUDIO on the RECORDING. One of the cool things about Presentain is that a recording is created. In my experiment, the audio did not turn out. I had my phone sitting on the table next to me with the mic against the table. According to Neek "Best way to record the "slidecast" (presentation recording) is to switch on "Rotate remote" option in settings of the app (on your smart device) - this will allow you to turn your smartphone upside down when presenting - and hold it in your hand during presentation." The mic quality of your smartphone will impact the result as well.
- AUDIENCE QUESTIONS. I should have been given a signal on my smartphone when a question from the audience came in. I did not. This should have worked so, I will do some more testinDg as I really like this feature. In theory, I should see a prompt on my smartphone and can then chose to display the question on the screen and address it live. The questions also appear in a session summary so I could address them afterward as well. Response from Neek: "You are absolutely right about the incoming question notification. Originally we wanted to notify the speaker about incoming question with a short vibration of the smartphone, but technically it is not possible yet since Apple doesn't allow to use vibration feature while using microphone (I think they are trying to avoid noises in the phone calls or when recording an audio).
- DASHBOARD: The other cool thing about this app is the information available to you after the presentation, see diagram below: slide requests, lead captures and poll results.
Someone asked how similar or different this was from NearPod. I have zero experience with Nearpod but did discover that it is an iPad app, similar to Presentain with a few more bells and whistles for in class instruction.
My next step is to run the experiment again to check the recording audio and the audience question feature. I will also write up the steps for setting up the presentation.
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Experimenting with Game Boards in Adobe Connect
"Games can be used to test prior knowledge when introducing a topic or they can be used to test understanding", (p. 25, Dailey (2011). Robins (2010) explains that games are a good way to learn for these reasons:
- they involve intrinsic and extrinsic motivators,
- have clear measures of success and feedback
- have reduced stakes
- help student translate various skills, concepts and ideas;
- involve both collaboration and competition
- usually include a tutorial or clear instructions for play; and
- facilitate reflective thinking
This experiment involved taking a game board activity and adapting it to Adobe Connect. Every webinar has unique functionality. In Adobe Connect only presenters can use whiteboard tools, so volunteers are needed and their status changed to presenter for the duration of the game. I hope this recipe will help you give it a try. It was a fun and engaging experiment. I very much appreciate those who volunteered to help. I had a much smaller group than anticipated and plan to try it again with a larger group to see how it goes.
INGREDIENTS
REFERENCES
Dailey, B.A.M. 2001. Creating Significant Deep Learning Experiences: The Cross Papers Number 14. Phoenix, AZ: League for Innovation in the Community College.
Robins, S.S., Eisert, D. and Kelton, A.J. (2010, October 14). Games: The Best Way to Learn, Period. Retrieved from Educause http://www.educause.edu/annual-conference/2010/games-best-way-learn-period
- Game Board. There are a variety of free templates for developing question cards and game boards. This link will take you to a very simple PowerPoint game board. You can customize the game board by adding images to the board relevant to the topic. Below is an image of the Adobe Connect layout.
- A Set of Multiple Choice Questions. The site above also has a template for making question cards which could be use in a face to face setting. I used PowerPoint to create a slide for each question with the answer animated to appear with a click.
- Tokens. There a few symbol choices available using the whiteboard tools in AC. I created two symbols and filled them in with a different color.
- Die. I used a digital die from this site, http://www.random.org/dice. I rolled the die off camera and told them the result. It would have great to roll the die within Adobe.
DIRECTIONS
- In preparation for the game, the questions need to be developed and the PowerPoint or card set created. In addition the game bard can be customized.
- Obtain two volunteers willing to move the token for each team. Change their status to presenter. Participants are not able to use whiteboard drawing tools. I then gave the volunteers directions on how to move the token using the select drawing tool.
- The selected token will then appear as below and they can then click and drag the token
throughout the game board. Give the volunteers a chance to practice.
- I divided the participants into two groups based on their last name and reviewed the following directions which were on a ppt slide
- I revealed the question and then allowed anyone on the team to answer. If they all have mic access this could take place orally if not, then the answers could be shared in the chat pod. If the team did not have the correct answer, I allowed the other team an opportunity to answer.
- Below is the Adobe Connect room layout during the game.
Dailey, B.A.M. 2001. Creating Significant Deep Learning Experiences: The Cross Papers Number 14. Phoenix, AZ: League for Innovation in the Community College.
Robins, S.S., Eisert, D. and Kelton, A.J. (2010, October 14). Games: The Best Way to Learn, Period. Retrieved from Educause http://www.educause.edu/annual-conference/2010/games-best-way-learn-period
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Creating Documents for Screen Readers: Beginning My Learning Journey
This is just the beginning of my journey into the world of screen readers and creating documents. I will add more as I continue down the road.
Lesson #1: Screen Readers and Tables
This first lesson I attribute to Nicki Ugalde. There is allot more to learn but here is one of my first small steps. Below is a message I created with Movenote and sent to Dee Fink as my learning took place in preparation for his March 14, 2014 TLT FridayLive presentation.
The main lesson I learned was to be sure the table headings are inside the table unlike the document you see below. A screen reader will not interpret "Week/Module 1" as a heading the way it is set up. This link will also take you to the Movenote.
Lesson #1: Screen Readers and Tables
This first lesson I attribute to Nicki Ugalde. There is allot more to learn but here is one of my first small steps. Below is a message I created with Movenote and sent to Dee Fink as my learning took place in preparation for his March 14, 2014 TLT FridayLive presentation.
The main lesson I learned was to be sure the table headings are inside the table unlike the document you see below. A screen reader will not interpret "Week/Module 1" as a heading the way it is set up. This link will also take you to the Movenote.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
My App Smashing Journey
My first step is to broaden my skills in using a variety of mobile apps. I started with Tellagami, an app used to created a quick animated message. Below is my first creation.
The next app I explored was Pic Collage. This app helps you combine photos, stickers, text and frames to create a collage that can be easily shared. My first collage.
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Storify - to Form or Tell Stories Using Social Media
I experimented today with Storify. Storify is a social network service that lets the user create stories or timelines using social media such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. The website got its current name from the obsolete, former dictionary word: storify. Storify means "to form or tell stories". Users search through multiple social networks from one place, and then drag individual elements into stories. Users can re-order the elements and also add text to help give context to the readers.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storify)
I'm interested in story as an instructional strategy and this is a tool that could easily be used by students to create a story around the content they are learning.
Below is a story I created around the 7 Futures of American Education schMOOC.
Great resource http://cybraryman.com/digitalstory.html
I'm interested in story as an instructional strategy and this is a tool that could easily be used by students to create a story around the content they are learning.
Below is a story I created around the 7 Futures of American Education schMOOC.
Great resource http://cybraryman.com/digitalstory.html
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Animations and Gadgets Oh My
Two new things I have been trying this week. Powtoons and Twitter Gadget for Google sites.
POWTOON
I have been wanting to try out one of the animated applications so decided to create the 7 Futures schMOOC week 1 learning plan using one of the apps. First I tried GoAnimate. I just wanted to use the free version. I got half way through the development and was prompted to purchase one moth for $39. I wish I would have known that what I was doing was beyond free BEFORE I spent time. The App Guys recommended Powtoons so off I went to learn Powtoons. Below is my first attempt. The tutoirals were very good. I decided to use one of the templates and modify from there. That seemed to work pretty well and helped me further learn the app.I am excited to delve a little deeper.
POWTOON
I have been wanting to try out one of the animated applications so decided to create the 7 Futures schMOOC week 1 learning plan using one of the apps. First I tried GoAnimate. I just wanted to use the free version. I got half way through the development and was prompted to purchase one moth for $39. I wish I would have known that what I was doing was beyond free BEFORE I spent time. The App Guys recommended Powtoons so off I went to learn Powtoons. Below is my first attempt. The tutoirals were very good. I decided to use one of the templates and modify from there. That seemed to work pretty well and helped me further learn the app.I am excited to delve a little deeper.
EMBED A TWITTER GADGET IN A GOOGLE SITE
This was much trickier that just choosing the gadget. There was a Twitter Gadget but it didn't work. This link takes you to the article that saved the day. The YouTube video was great. Embedding the Twitter feed involved what is called adding the gadget by URL. There were some tricky steps to the process that were made clear in these instructions. You can see the final result by clicking here.
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Adapting Ordered Sharing for Adobe Connect Breakout Rooms
TLT FridayLive participants shared their thoughts on the Fundamental Questions related to using ”breakout rooms” in online sessions.
What do you most what to gain:
- providing the shy / quiet folks with a smaller group to talk
- less pressure to speak in front of everyone else
- brainstorming and planning for sharing back
- Giving folks the opportunity to contribute in small groups when they don't feel comfortable sharing in large groups
What do you most cherish and not want to lose:
- still allow the kind of dialogue that emerges in f2f small groups
- communication and relationship...
- Ability for students to feel connection and responsibility for their ideas and contributions to a community understanding - weaving back into larger class/group.
Breakout rooms offer an opportunity for dialogue. “Through critical discourse, students convert surface knowledge to deep learning by connecting new ideas to their existing framework, creating new patterns, dissecting principles, and ultimately constructing meaning for themselves” (Dailey, 2011, p.21). Helping students learn at a deeper level is well worth the effort. Ordered Sharing, offered by Caine Learning Center, is one instructional strategy that can be used to that end. Below are the some ideas for adapting this strategy to an Adobe Breakout Room environment.
First we applied the lessons we learned in using Adobe Breakout rooms in general, see this blog post for more information. Three key elements for success are:
- Allow more time than you think for the activity.
- Practice makes Progress, each web-conference platform is different and has it’s own operational nuances.
- Verbal and Written Instructions; review prior and have visible in the breakout room.
Image created in Stipple
PREPARATION- Identify a participant who will serve as the group’s time keeper. Make them a presenter before starting the breakout rooms.
- Set up the breakout room layout. In the layout below, a campfire image was uploaded into a share pod. Directions were created in PowerPoint and uploaded into another share pod and the reflection question was upload into a third share pod.
| Ordered Sharing Breakout Room Layout |
PARTICIPANT ORIENTATION
- Introduce the slide drawing tools and allow participants time to practice. This could be done as an icebreaker at the start of the session.
- Introduce the topic.
- Review the directions: visual and verbal. Explain the reason the ordered sharing activity is being used. Ordered sharing is another way to listen and think together through dialogue. Encourage participants to listen fully without commenting in any way, observing their thoughts and the thoughts of the group, suspending their assumptions, refraining from imposing their views on others, and avoiding suppressing or holding back their thoughts.
- Give participants an opportunity to reflect.
- Change to the breakout room layout and explain that this is the layout they will see in the breakout room. Review directions including how to activate their microphone in the breakout room. Explain that the campfire image provides the context, a setting for the group to talk together. Identify the time keepers.
- Evenly distribute participants into rooms or manually move participants.
- Provide a warning that they will soon find themselves in a breakout room. Start breakout sessions.
DURING THE ACTIVITY
Check in on the groups and assist with any technical challenges. Based on progress, determine when to close the breakout rooms. Give the groups a 2 minute warning, 1 minute warning and then announce that they will be returning to the main room.
WRAP UP
You might decide to ask the groups to report out in some way and or to debrief the Ordered Sharing strategy.
Resources:
Caine, R. N., Caine, G., Kimek, K. J., McClintic, C. L., & Costa, A. L. (2009). 12 brain/
bind learning principles in action. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
Dailey, B.A.M. 2001. Creating Significant Deep Learning Experiences: The Cross Papers Number 14. Phoenix, AZ: League for Innovation in the Community College.
Friday, December 06, 2013
"To MOOC or Not to MOOC? Is that the question?" Implications for successful experienced faculty
The TLT Group will talk about MOOC today, Friday, 12/6/13, 2:00 PM ET. Register Here for this free event.
This article "MPPCs for PD: Will massive open online education revolutionalize professional development?" talks about MOOCs for teacher professional development. The TLT has offered two MOOCs for higher education faculty and will be offering two more next year

Source: BestCollegesOnline.org
This article "MPPCs for PD: Will massive open online education revolutionalize professional development?" talks about MOOCs for teacher professional development. The TLT has offered two MOOCs for higher education faculty and will be offering two more next year
- Seven Futures of Education schMOOC, Jan 14 - February 22, 2014 Register Here
You can join in the planning of this MOOC, Dec 10 and 17 (4:00 PM ET) tlt.gs/membersonline - Teaching Online for Beginners, Spring dates TBD
Source: BestCollegesOnline.org
Wednesday, December 04, 2013
Experimenting with Stipple
I have been experimenting with Stipple. Ilene Frank connected me with this resource as a way to cite photos. It has many other uses as well. In the example below, I created a Stipple to promote an new TLT event, "Seven Futures of American Education schMOOC." Please let me know what you think of the Stipple I created and with Stipple in general.
This link will take you to the Stipple site (http://stipple.com/photos/53833588)
This link will take you to the Stipple site (http://stipple.com/photos/53833588)
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Applying lessons from connectivist MOOCs and Udacity to TOL4B
"MOOC - The Resurgence of Community in Online Learning," by Stephen Downes, got me thinking about MOOC is relation to the TLT Teaching Online for Beginners (TOL4B) MOOCOW that just concluded. The "OW" by the way, stands for "or whatever."
I was also fascinated by a recent article in Fast Company, "UDACITY'S SEBASTIAN THRUN, GODFATHER OF FREE ONLINE EDUCATION, CHANGES COURSE,"
http://www.fastcompany.com/3021473/udacity-sebastian-thrun-uphill-climb Apparently Sebastian Thrun is not happy with the low completion rates in Udacity courses and is partnering with businesses and colleges to use the content within the framework of a course or an organization. This model will also produce revenue for the company. Udacity courses are still available for free but if you want credit or a mentor there is a cost. Sounds like a realistic model to me.
http://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2013/05/mooc-resurgence-of-community-in-online.html?m=1 Below are some ideas I want to apply to TOL4B version 2.
I take a performance based approach to instructional design and tried to apply Dee Fink's

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integrated course design approach to the design of TOL4B. In some respects this seems to be contrary to the connectivist theory which is the foundation of the MOOC. I read Creating the Connectivist Course" in Stephen Downes collection "Connectivism and
Connective Knowledge: Essays on meaning and learning networks " (May 20120)
http://www.downes.ca/files/Connective_Knowledge-19May2012.pdf
trying to understand what type of design approach Stephen Downes used in the MOOCs he has offered.

"By navigating the content environment, and selecting content that is relevant to your own personal preferences and context, you are creating an individual view or perspective. So you are first creating connections between contents with each other and with your own background and experience. And working with content in a connectivist course does not involve learning or remembering the content. Rather, it is to engage in a process of creation and sharing. Each person in the course, speaking from his or her unique perspective, participates in a conversation that brings these perspectives together." (pg 505)
So far I have not been able to find an answer to my question. My sense is that a primary purpose of these early MOOCs was to create connectivist experiences and environments. There are people who suggest that connectivism is not a theory, I tend to agree. I think it's a way of facilitating learning and designing learning environments which focuses on networking within communities of learners.
I was also fascinated by a recent article in Fast Company, "UDACITY'S SEBASTIAN THRUN, GODFATHER OF FREE ONLINE EDUCATION, CHANGES COURSE,"
http://www.fastcompany.com/3021473/udacity-sebastian-thrun-uphill-climb Apparently Sebastian Thrun is not happy with the low completion rates in Udacity courses and is partnering with businesses and colleges to use the content within the framework of a course or an organization. This model will also produce revenue for the company. Udacity courses are still available for free but if you want credit or a mentor there is a cost. Sounds like a realistic model to me.
"Udacity’s mission is to educate people so they can live a better life. In an era of declining employment opportunities in many traditional areas, we are empowering our students to acquire the necessary skills to excel in the high-growth tech industry."
The TOL4B offered 3 paths through the MOOC: guided, DYI supported and DYI unsupported. Sounds similar to the shift Udacity has made.
More thinking to do,
More thinking to do,
Saturday, November 02, 2013
TLT TOL4B MOOCOW Midcourse Feedback
I have been experimenting with Haiku Deck. Below is my first attempt. I created it using my iPad. I was also able to add notes to each slide but I don't see them in this embedded version. I do see the notes when viewing the web version
I don't see how to easily add audio. You can export to PowerPoint and then use Screencast-O-Matic to add audio.
I like how easily you can add images from Creative Commons. You can also add your own images but I found that to be more challenging.
The feedback was gathered using a free assessment survey tool, TooFast,
Created with Haiku Deck, the free presentation app for iPad
I don't see how to easily add audio. You can export to PowerPoint and then use Screencast-O-Matic to add audio.
I like how easily you can add images from Creative Commons. You can also add your own images but I found that to be more challenging.
The feedback was gathered using a free assessment survey tool, TooFast,
Created with Haiku Deck, the free presentation app for iPad
Saturday, October 26, 2013
USING ADOBE CONNECT BREAKOUT ROOMS – LESSONS LEARNED
This
is a collection of the lessons I recently learned when preparing to use Adobe
Connect breakout rooms in preparation for a small group activity which was part
of the TLT MOOCOW, Teaching Online for Beginners, tlt.gs/TOL4B
(10/18/13)
Three very general pieces of advice. One, give yourself lots
of time for group work. Two, practice several times before using this feature.
Three, take time to clarify instructions at the onset: verbal and visual.
Preparation
Strategies We used breakout room facilitators. We met several times:
·
Went over the small group activity, directions
and various individual group member roles.
·
Practiced moving from the main room layout to
the small group layout.
·
Work with the facilitators so they also know how
to send the host a chat message while within the breakout session.
NOTE: The best way to get the facilitators into groups is for them to be presenters before moving breakout groups. Adobe will distribute each to a different breakout room.
NOTE: The best way to get the facilitators into groups is for them to be presenters before moving breakout groups. Adobe will distribute each to a different breakout room.
Participant
Orientation to New Features/Functions
Include some practice activities and or demonstrations using features that may be new to participants
such as writing on the Note Pod and activating microphones. Participants become
presenters when moved into breakout groups.
This gives them the ability to use the microphone. You may also want to develop and review guidelines
for regulating conversation especially if the group is large and if many have
mics such as raising your hand when you want to speak.
Activity
Directions and Breakout Room Functionality Review activity directions with the large
group in addition to including a slide with those same directions which will
display in the breakout rooms. Explain
how the groups were formed, random or selected.
Random is the easiest and fastest way especially for large groups. Warn
the participants before sending them into groups.
Breakout Room Layout
I like creating a separate layout
for the breakout room activity that You will need to use very large font (30 -32,
at least) because the pod will be small.)
The chat pod was used to facilitate discussion for those without
microphones. The Note Pod was used for
the note taker/reporter to capture the highlights from discussion. If you include a place for the reporters name
at the top it will be quicker during the report to assign mic privileges to the
correct person. I am still experimenting with how to get the timer to
work. I think a countdown timer will
help the groups manage their time.matches
Moving into Breakout Rooms
The first step is to select the
breakout view from the Attendees Pod. You will then see the number of breakout
rooms. Three rooms is the default. You
can add additional rooms by clicking the
button.
button.
The second step is to move people into the rooms. The
easiest way to do this is to evenly distribute them from the main room. To do so press this button

You can also click and drag individuals to different rooms. This can and should be done prior to starting the breakouts.
Step three. If you
have a specific breakout room layout bring that layout up BEFORE moving into
groups. The groups will experience the
layout applied before moving into groups.
Step four. When you are ready to move to breakouts, give a
heads up and then press the
button. The hosts will remain in the main room
and can move themselves into various breakout rooms. It is good to check back in the main room
periodically. If someone comes late to
the session, they will enter the main room and you can then move them
individually into a room.
Breakout Room
Activity You may want to have a back-up reporter and several back-up
facilitators just I case.
Ending the
Breakout Session You have the ability to send a broadcast message that
will be viewed simultaneously by all groups.
It is good practice to give a five minute and 1 minute warning.
Group Report Out When
the groups report out you can open their white board while in the main room so
they can refer to their written summary.
You will need to give mic privileges to the reporter. If the reporters names is at the top of the
Note pod, this will be faster.
NOTE: If you are sending the participants back to the same
breakout groups, simply press the Start Breakouts button. If you want them in different groups then
press the random button.
Some Resources:
Adobe
Connect Breakout Rooms
***Adobe
Connect Tutorial: Breakout Rooms
All Things Adobe Connect Get Connected http://allthingsadobeconnect.blogspot.com/2012/09/what-are-best-practices-for-connect.html
Connect
Guru: Adobe Connect Pro Breakout Rooms
Using Adobe Connect 9
(pg. 61-70) http://help.adobe.com/en_US/connect/9.0/using/connect_9_help.pdf
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
TLT MOOCow Planning: Teaching Online for Beginners for Very Smart Dummies
The TLT learning community is planning a MOOC or MOOCow, Teaching Online for Beginners for Very Smart Dummies , October 4 - November 15, 2013. You can join the planning in a number of ways.- Participate in up-coming "Fishbowl" planning sessions:
- Wednesday, August 7, 3pm ET
- Wednesday, August 14, 3pm ET
- Wednesday, September 11
- Register tlt.gs/login
- Contribute to the planning document
Below are my notes from the last meeting. A small group is meeting on Wed, July 31st at 10:00 AM ET to work on the outcomes. Join us if interested, tlt.gs/login
Create unique
sections that can stand alone and tie together.
Possible learning
outcomes for the MOOC:
- Establish comfort level with technology
- Experience learning in an online environment
- Develop or enhance some basic online teaching skills
- Become adept at using tool and strategies to make a first course more successful.
- Help great face to face teachers become great online teachers addressing attitudes and providing simple tools.
- Prepare face to face teachers to transition to online teaching by giving them experiences with useful tools and strategies.
- Increase confidence and comfort with online teaching.
- Learner to leader.
Community. How to
establish your own voice as a teacher so you can help students establish their
own voice as well. Trust. Establish community outside the LMS shell.
Community is key to retention and learning.
Comfort and trust with communicating online. Model community building in
the MOOC. Tools for class community
building. Intro of self (Use JING), ice
breakers ( What is your strangest hobby? A Game. Map your location. One word describing
how you feel about OL teaching), open-ended questions. Playing with technology
– the classic sandbox.
Intro of self (Use JING). Elements of a good introduction. A few
examples. Ask each person to create a 30 second video introduction. Include why
taking the class and learning goals.
Instructor Presence. How to be real in an online environment. The importance of voice. Getting comfortable
creating audio files and chatting in webinars. Establish voice. A video
intro of each section. Add your picture to your LMS profile.
Dealing with technology
malfunctions. Brainstorm how to handle difficulties related to technology
that could arise. Use the discussion board to create a community and to problem
solve technical issues. Post a problem and have participants develop responses.
Miscellaneous:
- Communication. How to ask questions that will stimulate conversation
- How to let go of having control. Students learn from each other.
- Establishing trust with new faculty.
- Changes in slide format: live versus OL where more text is needed.
- Motivating students. Asynchronous nature and impact on discussion flow
Consider a pre-assessment
to find out level of comfort and experience with technology. Identify your fears about teaching online
Develop a pre-session
to “test the production path” or offer time for people to come early or stay
late, drop in, open mic sessions. The purpose would be to get participants
familiar with the technology being used in the MOOC such as: Adobe Connect
features, Audio set-up wizard, using a
microphone, Google Community, Google site. (drop box, synchronizing calendars)
Offer private coaching with a mentor.
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Building Connections VoiceThread - Week Two Summary
Voicethreads can be embedded in a blog or in an LMS. Below is a VoiceThread I created for the CVTC Building Connections book exploration.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Start with Experience: EAT Apples and Carrots
Trey Mireles, instructor from Madison College, shared an instructional design approach during a TLT FridayLive event. He called it EAT
APPLES AND CARROTS. By this he meant to start a learning event with an experience and then build from there in this manner.
E: EXPERIENCE: a common reference point
Trey will be returning to FridayLive on May 24th and has offered to work with participants on how to apply EATAC with your content. You can join in this "stump the chump" event by clicking here to register. If you area TLT Member you will be able to listen to recording of both events.
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E: EXPERIENCE: a common reference point
A: APPLY: don't do for the learners what
they can do for themselves and each other
T:
TEACH: debrief, correct and delve deeper
A:
APPLY: go personal, go professional, give options
C:
CREATE!
It just so happened that I was designing a workshop for faculty and Trey offered to help FridayLive participants apply this approach. Below is my report on how the design worked.
Trey will be returning to FridayLive on May 24th and has offered to work with participants on how to apply EATAC with your content. You can join in this "stump the chump" event by clicking here to register. If you area TLT Member you will be able to listen to recording of both events.
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