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Online and Hybrid Learning Come Alive: How
We Can Move From a Passive to an Engaged
Community of Learning
Dr. Laurie Yates
Eastern Oregon University
Where/Who Are Our Students?
• Online: at least 30% (Friedman & Friedman,
2011; Hoskins, 2012)
• Traditional and non-traditional students
• Trends: online and hybrid
• “Online is a culture to the Millennial generation.
Yet to most colleges, it is a delivery method”
(Pacansky-Brock, 2013).
Poll Everywhere
Poll Everywhere
THE CHALLENGE
Teaching in an Online Environment
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Asynchronous environments
Sense of isolation/disconnection
Reduced channels of communication
Retention
How to engage and motivate students?
Develop a community of learning?
Student Engagement
• Student-Student, Student-Teacher, StudentSubject
• Goals: Students develop skills and abilities
– Problem solving
– Critical thinking
– Communication
– Collaboration
– Ethical judgment
– Navigation of the Internet to find useful
information
DIFFERENT CHALLENGES CALL
FOR DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS
• “Technology should not be integrated into
college learning for the sake of using cool new
tools to engage tech-savvy students” (PacanskyBrock, 2013)
• Prepare students for a successful life in our
digital, interconnected, collaborative society.
Best Practices: Teacher Presence
• Frequent feedback
• Timely grading
• Quick response to student questions/problems
• Interest in getting to know students
• Communication using several methods
• Adaptive and flexible
• Incorporated life experiences
• Fun, energetic
(Baran, Correla, & Thompson, 2013)
Techniques and Tools
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Visual and audio feedback
Video announcements and lectures
Well organized and visually pleasing LMS sites
Virtual office hours, communication with
students (phone, chat, email, video, social
networks)
• Meaningful and engaging discussions
Content and Feedback
• Jing
– http://www.techsmith.com/jing
– Free and paid upgrade
– Video recording of computer screen/5 minutes
– Screen capture
• Camtasia
– Fee discount for educators
– Video screen capture and editing
– http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html
• Voice Thread and Audacity (audio record & audit)
• Announcements Welcome to Marketing
Strategies
• Feedback on assignments Feedback on
Advertisement Critiques
• Virtual classes or group discussions
Producing Videos
• YouTube
– Free
– http://www.youtube.com
– Private or public
• Windows Movie Maker
• iMovie for Mac
Participatory Learning Environment
• Poll Everywhere
– http://www.polleverywhere.com
– Limited to 40 responses: free for educators
– Text messaging, Twitter, web browser
• Experiential
– Digital simulations
– Games
Communication
• Skype
• Google Hangout
• Social Media
– FaceBook
– Google+
– Twitter
Conclusion
• Using today’s communication tools to reach
today’s students
• Disruptive technology
– Print
– Radio
– TV
– Internet/Web 2.0
• Teacher presence
References
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201-211.
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of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 22(2), 107-119.
Callaghan, N. & Bower, M. (2012). Learning through social networking sites: The critical role of
the teacher. Educational Media International, 49(1), 1-17.
Chen, P. D., Lambert, A. D., & Guidry, K. R. (2010). Engaging online learners: The impact of
Web-based technology on college student engagement. Computers & Education, 54,
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Cole, M. (2009). Using Wiki technology to support student engagement: Lessons from the
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Dyment, J., Downing, J., & Budd, Y. (2013). Framing teacher educator engagement in an online
environment. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 38(1).
References
Friedman, L. W., & Friedman, H. H. (2013). Using social media technologies to enhance online
learning. Journal of Educators Online, 10(1).
Hoskins, B. J. (2012). Connections, engagement, and presence. The Journal of Continuing
Higher Education, 60, 51-53.
Liaw, S., Huang, H., & Chen, G. (2007). Surveying instructor and learner attitudes toward elearning. ScienceDirect, 49, 1066-1080.
Pacansky-Brock, M. (2013). Best practices for teaching with emerging technologies. New York,
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Waycott, J., Bennett, S., Kennedy, G., Dalgarno, B., & Gray, K. (2010). Digital divides? Student
and staff perceptions of information and communication technologies. Computers &
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Thank You