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Adding an online component to your classroom

Adding an online component to your classroom. Presented by: Blair Roy Project Specialist OTAN broy@otan.us. http://goo.gl/oHvJmq. What experience do you have with online learning or teaching?. What do you think of when you hear “ online ” ? Have you taken an online class?

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Adding an online component to your classroom

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  1. Adding an online component to your classroom Presented by: Blair Roy Project Specialist OTAN broy@otan.us http://goo.gl/oHvJmq

  2. What experience do you have with online learning or teaching? • What do you think of when you hear “online”? • Have you taken an online class? • Have you created an online class? • Have you created a Web site for your students? • What are you expectations for this presentation? http://goo.gl/oHvJmq

  3. What do your students need? Created using wordle.net + text from NEA Guide to Teaching Online Courses

  4. Are we ready for the changes? • Barbara Treacy, EdTech Leaders Online • “The change we are in the middle of isn't minor and isn't optional” – Clay Shirky, author and professor, NYU • The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. Alvin Toffler & Herbert Gerjuoy

  5. What is the definition of online learning? Allen & Seaman, Class Differences – Online Education in the United States, 2010

  6. Blended learning by commoncraft • http://youtu.be/UM_Y2NSJcmE

  7. What does online learning look like? • CMS – course management system • provides a secure environment for teachers and learners • to interact with the environment and one another • to construct knowledge with and for one another • independently or collaboratively

  8. Why offer an online component? • An online component can offer: • content • activities • collaboration • reflection • assessments • in an always accessible online environment Other reasons?

  9. What are the opportunities? • Flexibility: anytime, anyplace learning • Access: to experts and resources that may not have been available locally • HippoCampus.org • USALearns.org • Personalization: custom paths with multiple learning styles addressed • Reflection: learners have time to reflect • Pacing: individualized as allowed by the teacher • Repeat material as needed by student

  10. How can you add an online component? • CMS or LMS – course/learning management system • Angel, BlackBoard, Desire2Learn, Sakai, Schoology, Edmodo, and many more • Hosting – free or for a service fee • GoDaddy, Remote Learner, OTAN, MoodleRooms, KeyToSchool • OTAN hosts a Moodle site – free hosting to eligible CA Ad Ed agencies

  11. What can you have in your online class? • Text • Videos • Images • Music • Assessments • Activities • Files • Grades • Assignments • Books • Communication • Reports • ???

  12. ACTIVITIES ANDRESOURCES

  13. ADULTEDCOURSES.ORG – MOODLE SERVER HOSTED BY OTAN

  14. What does an online course in moodle look like?

  15. Navigation & docking

  16. Assignments

  17. Assignment grading summary

  18. Assignments submitted

  19. Assignments Grading page

  20. Assignment graded student view

  21. Assignment Creation

  22. Assignment Creation

  23. Assignment Creation

  24. Assignment Creation

  25. Editing a moodle course Teacher View in Editing Mode

  26. Hot potatoes quizhttp://hotpot.uvic.ca/

  27. Moodle made quiz

  28. Moodle made quiz

  29. LESSONS – DELIVER CONTENT, CHECK FOR COMPREHENSION AS THEY PROCEED, DIFFERENT BRANCHES

  30. Glossaries to reinforce vocabulary, interactive activities by students

  31. Mp3 Recording for listening activities, student recordings, dictation

  32. Forums for discussion, reflection, testing

  33. Books for content

  34. Best practices with online teaching • Provide explicit directions • Respond in a timely manner • Stay engaged to keep students engaged • Use a variety of activities and resources • Consistency • Consider file formats • Monitor student progress and activity • Update course content as necessary • Be a present online teacher

  35. College Transition & Career Development (Some advesl teachers are using this course)

  36. Advancedesl 18 topicsForumsLessonsQuizzesAssignments Glossary

  37. USALearns Wrap Around Course • 20 Units • USA Learns content • Glossaries • Quizzes • Assignments • Forums

  38. EL Civics Through Distance Learning by Susan Escobar of Elk Grove Adult School

  39. ESL Citizenship Preparationby Kay Johnson, JAS • 14 topics • Assignments • Forums • Glossaries • Hot Potatoes • Lessons • Quizzes

  40. The Write Stuff by Francisca Wentworth, JAS

  41. What can otan offer you? • For Adult Ed agencies who are WIA funded: • Advanced ESL, USA Learns 2nd Course Moodle Wrap Around, College Transition & Career Development • EL Civics Through Distance Learning, ESL Citizenship Preparation, The Write Stuff • Free hosting • Free Moodle training – 3 hour face to face and/or online workshops

  42. Administrative Tools • Change the settings of your course, Topic vs Date • Back up your course (import easily to another Moodle server) • Reports – see course activity, who signed on, what they did • Manage users and grades • Manage Questions Banks for Quizzes

  43. Grades • See grades listed by student • See individual student performance • Scalable • Custom Grading Scales • Moodle does the math!

  44. Question Analysis

  45. Backup, Restore, Reset • Back ups of all or some content • Restore your course if needed • Reset Your Course Each Semester to remove student data

  46. Reports

  47. Why add an online component to your class with a CMS? • Depository • Your content • Publisher content • Always on • Scheduling • Secure • Participation • Teachers and students creating content • Self-paced • Different learning styles • Digital literacy • Grading • Recording keeping • Build, interact, collaborate, independent • Communication in one place with history

  48. Could you use Moodle? • Discussion • Is using an online component viable for your classes? • Would an online component enhance student persistence? • What do you perceive as barriers to adding an online component to your classroom? • Other Comments? Suggestions? • Feel free to contact me at: • broy@otan.us or (800) 894-3113 (CA only) • (916) 228-2357 direct

  49. More Information: • Free software, community, information: http://moodle.org/ • Commercial support and other services: http://moodle.com/ • Moodle demonstration site: http://demo.moodle.org/ • Moodle documentation: http://docs.moodle.org/ • OER (Open Educational Resources): http://www.oercommons.org/

  50. Are you ready? • OTAN Free Professional Development • Face to face workshops at your site • Online workshops • OTAN OTAC – Online Teaching Academy • A year of support • Application process http://goo.gl/oHvJmq

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