The presentation discusses how to teach science courses online for the Y Generation. It notes that this generation views lectures as boring, needs instant feedback, can become disengaged, desires high interactivity, and wants to work smarter. Benefits of online courses include greater mobility, lower costs, increased availability and collaboration. Challenges include interactive labs, understanding difficult topics, group work, and maintaining integrity. Current options discussed are campus/hybrid models, simulations, and commercial lab kits. The presentation provides tools to utilize like virtual labs, lab quizzes, photos and videos to ensure students complete lab work. It stresses setting clear expectations for students and instructors.

1. Presenter: Nahel Awadallah
How To Teach A Science Course Online
Johnston Community College

2. How to Teach a Science Course Online

3. Y Generation (1982–2001)
Is Our Educational System Designed For Them?
➔ View lectures as boring and uninteresting
➔ Need instant feedback and evaluation
➔ Become easily disengaged
➔ Desire high interactivity
➔ Want to work smarter not harder
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4. Y Generation (1982–2001)
Benefits of Online
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Greater
Mobility &
Convenience
Increases
Opportunities for
Collaboration
Lower Tuition
Cost
Increases
Course
Availability
Work at Their
Own Pace
Creates a Global
Learning
Community
No Time
Constraints

5. Y Generation (1982–2001)
Challenges of Online
➔ Interactive Laboratory Exercises
➔ Understanding Difficult Topics
➔ Group Work and Interaction
➔ Instructor/Student Communication
➔ Class Integrity: Attendance and Exams
➔ Retention Rate
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6. Y Generation (1982–2001)
Current Options
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➔ Student Engagement and Interaction
Goal for Online
➔ Campus/Hybrid – Face-to-Face or Online with Labs on Campus
➔ Simulations – Do not provide practical laboratory skills or measurement,
instrumentation, and analysis.
➔ Commercial Lab Kits – eScience Labs, LLC provides complete and
comprehensive labs kits for your online and hybrid science courses.
www.esciencelabs.com

7. Tools To Utilize in Online Courses

8. Tools for Online Courses
➔ Virtual
➔ 2nd Life
➔ Hands On
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Lab Component

9. Tools for Online Courses
How do we ensure students are doing the labs?
 Data collection
 Lab Quizzes
 Peer interaction/ critiques
 Unknowns in kit
 Photos
Videos
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How do we know the students are doing their labs?

10. LMS Integration
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Embed information into the text of your course

11. Tools for Online Courses
• What do you expect of the students?
• Time on task & devotion
• Online Learning Packet
• What should the students expect of you?
• Availability, online office hours, grading
• Assignments should match expectations
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Expectations

12. Tools for Online Courses
Nahel Awadallah
Johnston Community College
Biology Instructor, Director of Programs
nwawadallah@johnstoncc.edu
919-209-2059
➔ Doing online for multiple years
➔ Sees the benefits that online courses offer his students:
➔ Convenience
➔ Cost
➔ Communication
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