Training Faculty for Mobile Course
Development and
Instruction
Jeff Kissinger jkissing@fccj.edu
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Background
• National Guard
• PDA
• Army: 100% portability
• deliver distance college courses w/o
connectivity
• same academic rigor
• motivating & engaging learner experience
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Year One Courses
• •
English Composition I Spanish I
• •
Introduction to Criminal Justice Earth Space Science
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College Algebra Computer Applications
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Learner Population
• deployed
• minimal space
• access to minimal technology [need for
all-in-one device]
• minimal or no connectivity
• motivation
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Challenges
• what is the best device for the
learner population?
• supporting the disconnected learner
• motivating the disconnected learner
• instructional feedback
• training faculty: media development
[Moodle, Elluminate]
• mobile learner framework---
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mobile learning theoretical
framework learner self
learner
motivation centered directed motivation
isolation
Situated
higher order
learning
learning
correspondence
absent?
courses
Social
mobile
constructivist technology
learner
self-efficacy
learning motivation
pedagogical performance
instructional tracking
agents [scorm]
multimedia
higher order
learning
surrogate
motivation
engagement
affective
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Technology Considered
• laptops and CD media
• PDAs and iPods
• flash drives
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Pepper Pad
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Pepper Pad
Interface
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UMPC
Reworked
Interface
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training plan december 2006
Training Trainer Method Timeline Cost Learning Outcomes
ID for self-directed and Sebastian Foti Workshop, Elluminate, and TBD [complete TBD [500.00] By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
paced content & Moodle by Dec 29th]
instruction • Apply research-based motivational techniques in course
development, learning activities, and assessment
• Apply motivation research & best practices to media
development
• Acquire best practices based on learning and motivation
research to promote effective instructional practices in a
distributed and untethered distance course delivery model.
• Become proficient at creating instructional media using
iMovie Apple & FCCJ Workshop, Elluminate, and TBD [complete None
Staff Moodle by Dec 29th] iMovie
• Become proficient at creating instructional media using
Garage Band Pod-casting Apple & FCCJ Workshop, Elluminate, and TBD [complete None
Staff Moodle by Dec 29th] Garage band
Applying Motivational Bill Ganza Online Asynchronous Nov 12-Dec None By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
Research to Create through Blackboard 30th
Optimum Learning • Identify the factors that make up what we call motivation
Environments • Define motivation and its related components
• Explore motivation theory through a real-life case example
• Identify the research trends regarding motivation research
• Identify the major theoretical approaches to the study of
motivation
• Apply the research in various fields such as education,
business, and marketing
• Design self-regulatory strategies that will aid learners in
developing self-motivation
LMS Demonstrated Staff FCCU Online Asynchronous None By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
Competency or prior through Blackboard
• use common Blackboard features to: post an online syllabus
training [BlackBoard]
and assignments; interact via discussion board; develop
quizzes; and manage grade books;
• use the tools to enhance interactivity such as teams and
collaboration
• understand the experience of a course management system
from both the student and instructor perspective;
• convert existing content for display in Blackboard
• use the communication and course management tools
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challenges for faculty
• short time frame
• new course concept
• distributed team
• required moderate media skills
• required excellent team skills
• experienced with DL
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lessons learned year one...
• focus on instructional quality
• speaking skills essential
• tighter design guides
• auditions via YouTube
• media heavy courses
• utilize cross-departmental QA process/
team
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Building on Situational Learning
Theory
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Outcomes
• most did well, 75% media was used
• some were quite prolific...
• most needed scaffolding and support initially
• some were self sufficient [ENC1101 & GLY1001] the
entire time
• some drove to Florida...
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Future
• iPhone/iTouch
• OLPC
• Classmate PC
• Offline LMS
• Generalize to non-
military populations
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Thank You!
Please contact me
for ideas and questions
jkissing@fccj.edu
office 904.632.5052
mobile 904.485.0653
Jeff Kissinger
Director Emergent Development
Florida Community College
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