subject design essentials preparing to launch!
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Subject Design Essentials -
Preparing to Launch
‘Bite & Byte’ Series May-June 2017
Professional Learning - FoAEJulie Lindsay - QLT Lead (online)
Find these slides onlinehttp://tinyurl.com/SubDesignESS17
Our AgendaIn 30 minutes!
Get ready for the ride!
• Subject Outline (MSI)
• Landing page
• Introduction - Contacts
• Navigation design
• Content - Learning modules
• Discussion forum
• Announcements
• Learning activities
How ‘engaging’ is your subject?
● Are students able to and motivated to come online?
● Do students socialise and interact with each other?
● Is there a sense of community?
● Is active information exchange and learning taking place?
● How are you facilitating this?
SocialBuilding a learning community
Collaborative
spaces
Effective communication
Psychological
Emotional
Learner engagement
Learner interaction
Three ACTIONS for engagement:Build an online learning communityEstablish teacher presence and interaction Encourage student interaction
Look! Subject Preparation Checklisthttp://www.csu.edu.au/division/student-learning/interact2_help/faculty-and-csu-staff/find-your-way-around/getting-started
http://tinyurl.com/CSUPrep -This URL takes you to the page above-This page is updated each session-Bookmark this link now!
Subject Outline (SO/MSI)How are you advising students of the subject experience?
Advisement of tools used for assessment
Further advice about tools used to support learning and interaction
Subject Outline (SO/MSI)How are you advising students of the subject experience?
Online meeting information
Discussion forum advisement of protocols
Landing pagesWhat are your students experiencing when they enter Interact 2 for your subject?
Dynamic landing pages - More ‘how to’ resources●Video - https://youtu.be/WIIOJgpQpeE ●PDF file - http://tinyurl.com/BBlandPDF
Please avoid the blank template…..…...not a good look
All subjects should have a designed and functional landing page….
Designed landing pageUse of images
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Landing pages: Static
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Landing pages: Static
Another designed landing page and great use of images
Something new added most weeks - design will change
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Landing pages: Dynamic
Designed landing pageUse of teacher welcome videoTeacher-created video to share library skills
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Landing pages - Combination
Introductions How are your students getting to know you when they enter Interact 2 for your subject?
Create a Welcome video - ‘how to’ resources●Video - https://youtu.be/tLjRf2qL0QQ●PDF file - http://tinyurl.com/BBvideo1PDF
Navigation designHow will your students find their way around the Interact 2 for your subject?
The Navigation story……...the short
Very simple - too much so?
Section headings - very effective
Longer - still organised for clarity?
……...the longer
Section headings - longer version
Organised with one Section heading
Regular podcasts shared in navigation
Teacher shares title, description and length of each meeting
Separate modules linked from navigation
Left: Schedule with hyperlinks to modulesBelow: New Forum design
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Adobe Connect Tutorial Online Meeting
Clear meeting headings, times, and description of what took place
Content - Learning ModulesHow are your students experiencing and leveraging content via the Interact 2 for your subject?
Look! Images to support your online content! - http://tinyurl.com/CSUPicPerfect
Module designInclusion of multimedia material
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Module design - Use of FoAE icons
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Discussion ForumsHow are students experiencing the Interact 2 Forums for your subject?
How to design a discussion forum - find out here:https://youtu.be/2CxMQ60zEBY
Discussion Forum Purposes
Learning Community
●A place to go often to interact with all other learners (teachers and students)
●To explore new ideas, ask questions, synthesise module content, form groups, co-create…..
Student-to-Student Interaction
●Students build knowledge as they interact, share, synthesize the subject content and build discussions
around this
Teacher Presence that leads to Teacher-to-Student Interaction
●It is important that the teacher is present and active in learning forums
●Teacher-to-student interaction goes beyond teacher presence to become a learning environment where
the teacher and students interact, share ideas, discuss concepts in more depth and more.
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How will YOU design and manage this?
Design Options
Teacher-led
Student-led
Strong teacher presence
Design decided by the teacher
Design decided by the student
Multiple forums running
concurrently
Sequential forums
Moderated by a teacher
Moderated by students
Direct assessment
Direct links from module
content
Entries have
prescribed format
One for procedural, others
for content
Setting up a Discussion Forum
• Forum = A main discussion topic/theme
• Thread = Second-level discussions around the forum topic/theme
Example:Module 1 Forum
• Topic 1 (Thread)
• Topic 2 (Thread)
Get started here!
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Designing a Discussion Forum Start with adding Forums
Within the Forums, add Threads
Important – Do you want students to start their own
threads?
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FORUM NAME
A ‘social’ forum for less academic interaction
Subject module forums
Subject assessment forums
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Introductory discussions
FORUM DESCRIPTIONS
Colloquium forum with student moderation and summary posting
A typical discussion forum with many areas
Discussion Forum Management: Lecturer Feedback
Lecturer provides a feedback thread the following week after reading and interacting with students ideas from the module
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Forum design – Before (left) and after (below)
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AnnouncementsInteract 2 announcements are
NOT ‘social media’. They are official university
communication.
• Clear subject line
• Adhere to protocol for official communication - greetings and closings
• Add correct signature
• Regular
• Informative
• Consider a weekly ‘template’ approach
• Include hyperlinks and images
Announcements - suggested templateSubject line: (Subject code) Week 1 (Name of module or focus)
Dear students
An interesting comment about the previous week, something about the learning that has taken placeAny important information that needs to be shared up front.
What you should be working on:●List module and other reading material●List pending assignments●List online meetings or activities to be part ofWhat you should be planning for:●Assignments coming up●Meetings and activities coming up
Closing greeting
Full nameSignature (with email and telephone)
READ Judy O’Connell’s blog post, ‘Images in Announcements - what’s the catch?’ on the QLT Online blog
Learning ActivitiesWhat designed activities are planned to support information exchange and knowledge construction?
Introductions - What is the FIRST activity students will do in your subject?
Introductions online - Padlet complements the Forum introduction!●Visual●Multimedia●Interactive
https://padlet.com/julielindsay/1730ETL523
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Learning Activities
Learning ActivitiesWhat designed activities are planned to support information exchange and knowledge construction?
Interactions/Discussions
ETL523 - Digital Citizenship in SchoolsSubject content discussion Week 2-3Flipgrid supports interactive conversations●Video and audio responses and●Individual responses can be embedded into blogs, i2 etc.
Interactions/Discussions - What further activities support socialisation and information exchange?
Learning ActivitiesWhat designed activities are planned to support information exchange and knowledge construction?
Interactive Assessments - How are learning activities embedded in assessment?
Assessment Item 1Interactive Piece - Value: 5%Due date: 17 July 2017Length: Part A - 400 words or 90 second video padlet post. Part B - 200 word or 45 second padlet response to another student.
TaskUsing Padlet create a post that introduces yourself to the rest of the cohort. Within this post, briefly discuss your thoughts regarding the impact that leisure and health activities can have on one of the following populations - older persons, children with an intellectual disability, people with a mental health disorder, or people who are wheelchair bound. Provide a response to at least one other student’s Padlet post. Choose from these options for your contribution:●Video - Padlet will embed a video uploaded from your device (phone , tablet or computer). Padlet will also embed a video located on YouTube or another place in the web●Audio - Same as video - create the file and then upload or share the URL●Image - Padlet will use your webcam to take a quick picture as needed●Text - The contribution box allows for a Heading (larger font) and a posting area (smaller font)●Response to another post - Each person has a ‘Comment’ place under their post - this is where you can leave a text comment
Module 3 activityModifying leisure activities - Student smackdown!This is your opportunity to pitch a modified leisure activity and be the voted the BEST activity designer for the week!Task: ●Consider a person with a condition that affects them either physically, psychologically or physiologically.●Select and modify a leisure activity to accommodate this person●Pitch/Smackdown your modified activity in around 200 words on the Forum●Respond to other student pitches with comments, questions, suggestions for further improvements etc.●The student with the MOST comments and interaction to their post wins the Smackdown!
This activity prepares for Assessment 3: Research paper
Salmon, G. (2013). E-tivities: The key to active online learning. Routledge.
Learning E-tivitiesHow can you support learning and interactivity in your subject?
This five-stage framework provides one way to understand the ‘stepped’ approach to implementing online learning activities, or ‘e-tivities’
Look! Teacher Presence….Behaviours• Set clear expectations and be consistent throughout your course.• Be present in the course in some way 3-4 times each week.• Encourage questions.• Model the behaviors you expect students to exhibit.• Refer to students by name when possible.• Admit when you make a mistake. It will make you more real and students
appreciate that!• Don't try to be perfect. Students appreciate instructors they can relate to.• Give regular feedback on assignments. If it is a group activity, defer to email
when sensitive or firm guidance is necessary. Group feedback should be benefit all learners.
• Share your stories. Let your passion for what you do come through in your online class.
• Represent the most important information in multiple ways: text, image, and video. This is Universal Design for Learning and it supports the way more people learn.
• Be clear about how you wish to be contacted and how quickly you will respond. Have this included in your syllabus as your "instructor communication policy."
• Track student log-ins using the Student Performance Dashboard. Contact students through email who appear to be struggling or are not logging in.
• Reach out to students by phone who you seem to have disappeared.
http://page.teachingwithoutwalls.com/instructorpresencestrategiesci
Look! Teacher Presence….Strategies
• Create a 5-minute video to introduce yourself to your new students. Consider recording it in a favorite setting (using a mobile device with an YouTube Capture) to personalize it.
• Mix an upbeat welcome video or course bumper with text, images, and webcam clips using Animoto.
• Create a course design tutorial video to orient students to the navigation of your course in week one. This can be done with Camtasia, Screenflow, or a free tool like Screencast-o-matic or Screenr.
• Record a 3-5 minute video to introduce each new learning module. Avoid referencing dates and focus on tying content back to the past unit and introducing the new content.
• Embed a 3-5 minute video of yourself sharing a story that personalizes content your students are learning about.
• Provide feedback in video or voice (try Jing or VoiceThread) to make your message more meaningful and reduce the chance of it being misunderstood (Ice, Curtis, Phillips & Wells, 2007).
http://page.teachingwithoutwalls.com/instructorpresencestrategiesci
How can you use these resources to keep your head above the clouds?
To enrich YOUR subject and foster engagement?
Questions?
Thank you!
Julie Lindsay Quality Learning and Teaching Leader (online) [email protected]
You will find these slides (and lots more PD resources!) on the FoAE Quality Learning and Teaching i2 organisation https://goo.gl/ZjOiu9
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