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Using the LAVC Best Practice ToolUsing the LAVC Best Practice Tool

When We Began

Types of Reactions to

Online Learning

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Thank Goodness You’re Here

What’s Online Learning?

Death to Online Learning!!

Online Learning is now an accepted Piece of Curriculu

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ApprovedClasses

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Instructors

Trained

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ClassesOffered

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Online Students

3 Different Subject Areas

Diversity of Classes from 1999-2002

40 Different Subject Areas

Diversity of Classes by 2011

40 Different Subject Areas

Diversity of Classes by 2011

Focus on Focus on QualityQuality

Now we must....

Who is in Who is in Charge?Charge?Who makes the

decisions about online teaching?

Los AngelesLos AngelesMission CollegeMission College

Requires a significant % of an online class to be completed and approved by Distance

Education Committee before the class can be offered

Los Angeles Trade Los Angeles Trade TechTech

Limits an online instructor on how much of their teaching load

can be taught online.

East Los AngelesEast Los AngelesCollegeCollege

Requires online instructors to take additional pedagogy training in online instruction before they

may teach online.

Los AngelesLos AngelesValley CollegeValley College

Leaves all decisions on who teaches what courses to the

Department Chairs

Department Department ChairsChairs

Decide what online course(s) to offer and who will teach them.

What do you What do you look for in an look for in an Online Course?Online Course?

More than one More than one way to teach way to teach online.online.

But there are some general,

useful concepts.

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Created a Created a Distance Learning Distance Learning

Best Practices Best Practices ToolTool

Best Practices ToolBest Practices Tool

NotNot an evaluation tool an evaluation tool

Best Practices ToolBest Practices Tool

ButBut a a

• cooperative, cooperative, • work together, work together, • improve the classimprove the class• increase student successincrease student success

ToolTool

Best Practices Tool

COURSE ACCESSIBILITY and COPYRIGHT

Parts

COURSE OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION

COURSE ORGANIZATION and CONTENT

LEARNER/INSTRUCTOR INTERACTION

LEARNER ASSESSMENT

COURSE OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION

Announcement Introduction

Course Layout Understandable

Syllabus Posted

Instructor Introduction

Student Introductions

COURSE OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION

Make the Class Understandable

Create Positive Mood

COURSE OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION

“Hello, I am very excited for this class! I like how well you explain everything because to be honest I had no idea what was going on! Let's learn somethin'!!”

-- student in first week of class

The goal is to get the following type of reaction to your class....

COURSE ORGANIZATION and CONTENT

Appropriate Course Chunking

Unit Preview Provided

Text and Visual Content

Weblinks Provided

Audio and Video Content

COURSE ORGANIZATION and CONTENT

Logical Structure

Key is Variety

LEARNER/INSTRUCTOR INTERACTION

Announcements Made

Instructor - Student Interaction

Student - Student Interaction

Realtime Sessions Offered

Timely Instructor Responses

LEARNER/INSTRUCTOR INTERACTION

Keep Your Students Stimulated

LEARNER/INSTRUCTOR INTERACTION

Communication Opportunities

“Tribal Learning”

Give your students

We call learning from each other...

LEARNER ASSESSMENT

Multiple Methods of Assessment

Grading Policy Understandable

Assessments Appropriate to Online Learning

LEARNER ASSESSMENT

Variety of Assessments

Effective Use of Online Assessments

COURSE ACCESSIBILITY and COPYRIGHT

Effort to Recognize ADA Requirements

No Apparent Violations of Copyright Law

Best Practices Tool

COURSE ACCESSIBILITY and COPYRIGHT

Parts

COURSE OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION

COURSE ORGANIZATION and CONTENT

LEARNER/INSTRUCTOR INTERACTION

LEARNER ASSESSMENT

Chair ResourcesChair Resources

Start with the LAVC webpage and select “Online Classes”

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user id: virtualvalley2@lavc.edu

password: guest

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An Online Class is not

A Correspondence Course

“Build it and they will come”

“and Stay and Learn.”