Introduction to Teaching Online: Design and Development - Anneliese Sheffield, Michelle Moore, Heather Robinson, Alana Phillips Presented at Moodlemoot Edinburgh 2014

1. Michelle Moore, Alana Phillips,
Heather Robinson , Annie Sheffield

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3. 0
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1,500,000
2,000,000
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2000 2009
Student Enrollment in K-12 Online Courses
Dawley, Rice, & Hinck, 2010

4.  How did you learn to teach online?
 I took coursework during my professional training.
 I am entirely self-taught.
 I had professional development or training in the
workplace.
 I do not teach online.

5. 1.3%
98.7%
Learning toTeach Online:
Training Offered inTeacher Education Programs
Training offered No training offered
Kennedy & Archambault, 2012

6. 12%
88%
Prepared toTeach Online:Training Received
DuringTeacher Education Program
(As reported by new online teachers)
Received training Did not receive training
Dawley, Rice, & Hinck, 2010

7. Prepare pre-service teachers with the
skills and resources to teach online.

8. Provide an authentic experience and
model constructivist teaching methods.

9. Contribute to the conversation.

10. Learners will be able to:
 Engage students in the online learning
experience.
 Navigate current and emerging tools for
online learning.
 Identify and implement support elements
that allow students to be successful online.
 Design an online unit of instruction.

11.  Rich Environment for Active Learning (REAL)
 student responsibility and initiative
 generative learning activities
 authentic learning contexts
 authentic assessment strategies
 collaborative learning
Grabinger and Dunlap (1995)

12. • Introductions, community development, basic skill building
• Development ofTopics in Online Learning units
Weeks 1-5: Foundations
• Student-led units onTopics in Online Learning
Weeks 6-12:Topics in Online Learning Units
• Reinforce, extend, enhance, reflect, and synthesize
• Development and presentation of unit in K-12 content area
Weeks 13-15: K-12 Unit Project

13. Learning Activity REAL Attributes Bloom’s Level
Topics in Online Learning Project • Authentic
• Generative
• Student responsibility
• Analyzing
• Applying
• Creating
Synchronous Meetings • Collaborative
• Authentic
• Understanding
Project Status Reports • Student responsibility
• Authentic
• Evaluating
Design Review Meetings • Generative
• Collaborative
• Analyzing
Self and Peer Review Activities • Authentic • Evaluating
K-12 Unit Project • Authentic
• Student responsibility
• Applying
• Creating

14.  Access and equity online
 Using internet resources
 Online instructional design principles
 Online safety and netiquette
 Communication in online environments
 Managing group work and collaboration online
 Online assessment
Dawley et al., 2010; Duncan & Barnett, 2009;
International Association for K-12 Online Learning, 2011

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21.  Our blog:
 http://learningbysharing.com
 Additional information:
 http://learningbysharing.com/teachingonline
 Michelle Moore
 michelle@elearningconsultancy.com
 http://slideshare.net/michelledmoore
 Twitter: @michelledmoore

22.  Moore, M., Sheffield,A., Phillips, A. & Robinson, H.
(2014) Designing a Course forTeachers: Introduction
toTeaching Online. In Proceedings for Society for
InformationTechnology andTeacher Education,
Jacksonville, FL.
 Robinson, H., Phillips, A., Sheffield,A., & Moore, M.
(2014). A Rich Environment for Active Learning
(REAL): A Model for Online Instruction. In J. Keengwe
& J. Agamba (Eds.), Models for Improving and
Optimizing Online and Blended Learning in Higher
Education.
 Nash, S. & Moore, M. (2014). Best Practices in Moodle
Course Design. Birmingham, U.K.: Packt Pub.

23.  Dawley, L., Rice, K., & Hinck, G. (2010).Going virtual! 2010:The status of
professional development and unique needs of K-12 online teachers.
White paper prepared for the InternationalAssociation for K-12 Online
Learning.Washington, DC.
 Duncan, H. E., & Barnett, J. (2009). Learning to teach online:What works
for pre-service teachers. Journal of Educational Computing Research,
40(3), 357–376. doi:10.2190/EC.40.3.f
 Grabinger, S.R. and Dunlap, J.C. (1995). Rich environments for active
learning: a definition. The Journal of the Association for Learning
Technology, 3(2) 5-34.
 InternationalAssociation for K-12 Online Learning. (2011). National
standards for quality online
teaching. Retrieved from
http://www.inacol.org/resources/publications/national-quality-standards/
 Kennedy, K., and L. M. Archambault. 2012. Offering pre-service teachers
field experiences in K–12 online learning:A national survey of teacher
education programs. Journal ofTeacher Education, 63(3): 185–200.