Transcript 12081s_mkunitzer3_2012_tcc.ppt

Technology Integration & Training for
Online Course Development : A Needs
Assessment
Melissa Kunitzer
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Local college
• 50% increase in
student enrollment
over 6 yrs.
Lei & Gupta, 2010
Local college
• 50% increase in
student enrollment
over 6 yrs.
Lei & Gupta, 2010
Increased Student Demands
• Computer lab access, Parking, Books
• Meetings with the teacher, Tutoring
Is there a Solution?
We could teach more
courses online!
Benefits of Online Classes
Lei & Gupta, 2010
But are the teachers
ready?
Purpose of NA
• Teachers who may want to teach online
• Identify support and training needs
Method
• Survey invitation sent via a listserv
– 274 regular, part-time & casual faculty at a small
Pacific college
• Survey Gizmo
– Branching and Page logic features
Survey Questions
• 2009 NASULGC-Sloan National Commission on
Online Learning at Central Michigan University,
MI
• College’s Instructional Design Service
• Likert scales, MP choice, Open-ended,
Categorical, & Numerical types
Survey topics
• Physical and Technical skill Demographics
• Online Experience
– Teaching & Course Development
• Likes & Dislikes of Online Instruction
• Applications used
• Help & Support
Questions
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What is your Online Experience?
Questions
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What is your Online Experience?
Level of effort needed
o Teach online
o Develop / Convert f2f course to online
format
Questions
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What is your Online Experience?
Level of effort needed
o Teach online
o Develop / Convert f2f course to online
format
• Likes / Dislikes of online instruction
Questions
•
•
What is your Online Experience?
Level of effort needed
o Teach online
o Develop / Convert f2f course to online
format
• Likes / Dislikes of online instruction
• Want to develop & teach online?
Questions
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What is your Online Experience?
Level of effort needed
o Teach online
o Develop / Convert f2f course to online
format
• Likes / Dislikes of online instruction
• Want to develop & teach online?
• Need help & support?
Results
• 30 / 274 ( 10.94%) completed the survey
• 22 Women, 8 Men
Results
• 30 / 274 ( 10.94%) completed the survey
• 22 Women, 8 Men
• 29 Full-time, 1 Part-time
• Teaching Experience
o 19 (11+ yrs)
o 11 (o-3 yrs)
Results
• 30 / 274 ( 10.94%) completed the survey
• 22 Women, 8 Men
• 29 Full-time, 1 Part-time
• Teaching Experience
o 19 (11+ yrs)
o 11 (o-3 yrs)
• All have comfortable using the computer
• All used the college’s CMS
What is your Online Experience?
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30 respondents
Compared to a f2f alternative, teaching
an online course is …
16 respondents
Compared to a f2f alternative, developing an
online course is …
15 respondents
Like MOST about Online
Instruction
• 24 / 7 availability & Accessibility (6)
• Flexibility (9)
• Convenient, accessible to Outreach students (2)
• Students engage more online than in person (1)
• Working people can return to college (2)
• Creativity, reaching a new wave of computer learners (1)
22 respondents
Dislike MOST about Online
Instruction
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24 / 7 availability (1)
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Development time needed (1)
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Lack of Tech and accessibility support (2)
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Limited free idea discussions (1)
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Student retention / don’t do the work (1)
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No hands on components (2)
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Student disengagement / Lack of interaction (8)
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Not all students have Internet access (1)
22 respondents
Want to develop & teach online?
29 respondents
Need help & support?
5 respondents
Discussion of Results
• Sample size was small ( 10.94%)
– Too small for correlations
• Half of sample wants to teach online
• 5 (16%) wants help & support
• Some problem areas include:
– Online Pedagogy, Applications, Building Online
communities, Online Interactions
Reflection
• Schedule survey deployment mid-semester
• Use a current listserv
• Extensive survey testing
• Paper versions of survey
• Add more application questions
Recommendations
• Expand Needs Assessment into a
Research project
– Document faculty progress
• Peer Mentoring
• Create a Knowledge base
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Course specific templates
PBL
Web 2.0 tool training
Online pedagogy
Applications
Interaction
• Blackboard Collaborate
• Secure Social websites
• Edmodo or similar
• Peer Reviews
• Blogging
Collaboration
• Google Docs
• Skype
Interactive Media
• Jing
• Voicethread
Projects
• PBL
Productivity
• Wiggio
Course Website Creation
• Weebly
• Moodle
Thank you !
• Instruction Design Services, Admin and
faculty
• NASULGC- Sloan National Commission on
Online Learning
• OTEC Alumni
• UHM COE Ed Tech faculty
• Critical friends: Laureen, Sarah and Vanessa
• 2010 Cohort
Any Questions?
Thank you
Melissa Kunitzer
[email protected]