Tools for Designing Distance Learning Instruction

Tools for Designing Distance Learning Instruction Marsha Chan Mission College, Santa Clara, CA Pasadena, California April 16-19, 2009

WVMCCD’s New Distance Learning Instructor Certification Course

Trains faculty to develop DL courses that

Reflect best practices in higher ed

Are technologically enhanced

Are learner centered

Are richer in content

Promote interactivity

Course Developers & Facilitators

Britta Burton

Marsha Chan

Heidi Diamond

Max Gault

Dulce M. Gray

Lisa Kaaz

Vicky Kalivitis

Curtis Pembrook

Cindy Vinson

Brief background

8 Modules

Module 1

Module 2 Module 3 Module 4 Orientation Pedagogy Course Management Ethics Introduction to DL Is online teaching right for you? Preparing for online instruction Synchronous vs. asynchronous tools Basic Organizational skills Principles of adult learning theory Learning styles and modalities Learning domains Bloom’s taxonomy Motivation models SLOs Web-enhanced, hybrid models Org/access Clear, consistent communication Tracking multiple sections Increasing efficiency Student retention Need for ethical literacy in DL Ethics definition Net generation Analysis of major issues Intellectual property, copyright, ADA Impact of ethics in DL

8 Modules, con’t

Module 5

Module 6 Module 7 Module 8 Design Tools Software Applications Audio/Video Evaluation Evaluating tech Browsers/plug-ins Web browsers Microsoft aps Apple aps Adobe aps CCC Confer ADA accessibility Relevant software PowerPoint ® Articulate ® Camtasia ® Impatica ® Captivate ® Live Chat How to use college equipment Basic production Audio/video content Captioning audio/video content to Section 508 standards Converting content for online Theories/Practices Formative/ Summative models Designing effective evaluation tools Evaluation challenges Best evaluation practices

Introduction to Tools for Designing Distance Learning Instruction

The following topics are introduced:

An overview of tools to create online learning objects

Links and references to resources to support these tools

Connecting tools, solutions, and pedagogical purposes

ADA accessibility considerations

Student Learning Objectives (SLOs): Participants will be able to…

1. Describe eight tools for designing distance learning instruction.

2. Locate resources for designing distance learning instruction.

3. Identify tools appropriate for specific pedagogical purposes.

4. Classify tools and resources on a personal learning curve as familiar, learn-soon, and not-now .

5. Choose several tools to use in designing elements of an online course.

6. Recall ADA accessibility guidelines for distance education learning instruction.

Assignment overview

Pts Description

0 Survey: Vote for the time of our live web conference!

10 Download and read Evaluating Technology PDF

20 CCC Confer: attend web conference or access archive

10 Quiz on browsers & plug-ins

15 Post to the Discussion Forum for MS aps

15 Post to the Discussion Forum for Sound, photos, movies

30 Module 5 quiz on design tools, CCC Confer Report

Greeting

Text + photo + sound

Hello, I'm Marsha Chan. Welcome to Introduction to Design Tools. I'll be your facilitator as we explore tools and resources for designing elements of online courses. If you have any questions, feel free to email me from Angel > Communicate > Send Mail. [ link ]

Evaluating technology

The US Distance Learning Association's Instructional Media Selection Guide

Enabling Technologies Supporting Synch & Asynch Learning Environments

Strengths and Weaknesses of Instructional Delivery Media

Asynchronous Web-Based Instruction (WBI)

Audio Conferencing

Audiographics (Electronic White Boards)

Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)

Recorded Audio (tape, CD ROM, or podcast)

Recorded Video (tape, DVD, Vodcasting)

Blended Learning--An Integration of Media

Distance Learning Instructional Media Selection… and more

Synchronous web conference www.cccconfer.org

CCC Confer [ link ]

Elluminate [ link ]

You are invited! Using Web Conferencing for Online Teaching Marsha Chan Fri. April 17, 2:15-3:45 p.m. Electronic Village

CCC Confer report

Attend the synchronous discussion with Marsha or access the archive.

Short essay: Elaborate on your experience above in relation to the objectives of this module. In your response, include your discipline and/or intended course.

Browsers and plug-ins

Popular browsers

Those that work with WVM’s AngelLearning learning management system

Those that don’t

Common plug-ins

Where to look for help

Who to get help from

Microsoft applications + AngelLearning

Using Word in Angel

Using Excel in Angel

Using PowerPoint in Angel

Windows Media

Windows Movie Maker

+ Examples of the above

Reflections on MS applications

Post to the Discussion Board

Which Microsoft applications are you familiar with?

Which ways of using these applications in Angel are you comfortable with (e.g., copying & pasting in a page, uploading to Angel, outputting to another format, linking to an external server, importing into a quiz)?

Are there any other ways that you would like to use these aps for your online course (specify the course)?

Are there any that you do not particularly want or need to use in your online course? Specify the course or discipline.

Using sound in your online or web-enhanced course

SourceForge Audacity [ link ]

Other sound editors

What is a podcast? [ links ]

Example: Using Audacity to provide comments on a student's oral recording [ link ] Describes how language teachers can import a student recording, record comments and corrections, export the file as an mp3, and teach listeners to hear one or both tracks.

Format: m4a

Author: Marsha Chan

Software used to create the podcast: Audacity, GarageBand, iPhoto, Word

Incorporating photos, movies, and other web-based learning objects

iLife: Apple's suite of applications for photos, webpages, music, movies, DVDs, etc [ link ]

Using images in your online course

Send an image to students by email.

Insert an image in Word, PowerPoint, or Articulate. [ link ]

Use it in an enhanced podcast. [ link ]

Upload to a web server and link it to your Angel course.

Link a photo to your personal info: your photo appears when you send email & post to a discussion board.

Link an image to an Angel page, an Announcement, a quiz page.

Creating podcasts for anytime anywhere learning

Tutorials

Examples

Audio podcast [ link ]

Enhanced podcast [ link ]

Creating a video clip for your online course

Windows Movie Maker tutorial [ link ]

Apple iMovie tutorial [ link ]

Final Cut Express [ link ]

Example: Best Practices in Distance Learning 2008 [ link ]

Reflections on tools for sound, photos, movies

Reflect on the learning outcomes for your online course. Can sound, images, movies, external websites, or podcasts serve any pedagogical purpose in the online or web-enhanced course that you plan to teach?

Adobe tools for visual media

Adobe Reader [ link ] (~Apple Preview)

Acrobat: reliable, consistent final print documents [ link ]

Illustrator: vector-based drawings [ link ]

Photoshop: pixel-based images [ link ]

Dreamweaver: web development [ link ]

Flash: rich interactive content [ link ]

Captivate: simulations, training [ link ]

Locking in your files in Portable Document Format (PDF)

PDF files and forms can be created, viewed and printed from almost any platform including Apple Macintosh OS X®, Microsoft® Windows®, UNIX® and LINUX® as well as numerous mobile platforms and devices.

@ONE Desktop Seminars (archives)

The ABCs of PDFs, Part 1: Getting Started Making PDFs [ link ]

The ABCs of PDFs: Part 2: Bookmarks, Forms, and Security [ link ]

The ABCs of PDFs, Part 3: Creating Accessible PDF Documents [ link ]

American Disability Act (ADA) Accessibility

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines [ link ]

Selected guidelines

Provide equivalent alternatives to auditory and visual content.

Don't rely on color alone.

Clarify natural language usage

Ensure direct accessibility of embedded user interfaces.

Ensure that documents are clear and simple.

On-campus resources

Example of 9 video clips with closed captioning [ link ]

Intro to Design Tools Final Quiz

17 fill-in-the-blank and short essay items, including

Identify tools + pedagogical purposes.

Classify tools and resources on a personal learning curve as familiar, learn-soon, and not-now.

Essay: Choose three salient ideas from AN INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA SELECTION GUIDE FOR DISTANCE LEARNING. Summarize and comment on them from your perspective, considering your discipline or intended online or web-enhanced course.

Q & A / Marsha’s contact info