USC Rossier Global Exec EdD Brazil presentation 2016

1. Text
Turning on the Cameras
in the Synchronous Online Classroom
University of Southern California, Rossier School of Education
Jenifer Crawford, Ph.D.

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3. Live Synchronous Online Class Session

4. Teaching Novice Teachers

5. Cameras in Candidates’ Classrooms

6. Tools: Adobe Connect, GoogleHangouts, GoToMeeting,
Cisco WebEx Connect, Skype, OkHello…

7. USC@MAT: Why we turn on the cameras.
Sociocultural
Learning
social
interaction
small group
breakouts
guided
participation
chat & polls

8. Turning the cameras on in the synchronous online classroom
Possibilities
Constraints*
Reboot instruction for deeper
learning
Technological Challenges
Maximize opportunities for
students and instructors to learn
Norm setting for 15 rooms
Accountability
Engagement and eye gaze
patterns
Increase presence
Non-linearity & cognitive load
Build Community Learners
Structure & onboarding
*These constraints are not unique to the online synchronous instruction.

9. How do you engage in
online education?
Think about all the times
you currently interact
with your students…
How could you turn on
the cameras in those
interactions?

10. Programs
Adobe Connect, GoogleHangouts, GoToMeeting,
Cisco WebEx Connect.
Use
We turn on the cameras because we find it is an
essential part of enacting a sociocultural
pedagogy based on guided participation and
social interaction.
Benefits
Reboot instruction for deeper learning; maximize
opportunities for students and instructors to learn;
accountability; increase presence; build
community of learners.
Turning on the Cameras
in the Synchronous Online Classroom

11. What is one thing
that you can take
away from this
presentation?

12. THANK YOU!
For additional information please
contact
• jenifer.crawford@usc.edu