Ginger H' Szabo

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• Ginger H. Szabo
• Advanced Learning Technologies
• Board of RegentsUniversity System of Georgia

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Advanced Learning Technologies

• http//alt.usg.edu/

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Building Faculty Online Teaching Skills Online

• Background
• Development of FLO
• Key Elements of FLO
• Question and Answer session

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Background

• Where do we start?

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Survey the Faculty

• How much time does teaching your online course
  require per week? How long should it take?
• How do you spend most of your time when you are
  teaching an online course? How does this compare
  with the time spent on various tasks for
  face-to-face courses?
• How often should you check in on your online
  course?
• How long should you take to respond to a student
  discussion post or e-mail?
• Faculty presently teaching What surprised you
  most about teaching your online course?

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Present Scenarios for Discussion

• You are receiving three or four e-mails a day
  from students asking when a particular assignment
  is due. You posted the information on the
  Calendar tool, but students dont seem to be
  finding the information. How do you correct the
  situation?
• Several students in your class are shy about
  asking questions in the Discussion area and are
  sending their content-related questions to you
  via your faculty e-mail account. Do you continue
  to respond privately? If so, why? If not, what
  alternatives would you offer?
• Youre making an effort to respond to every
  message posted in the discussion area for your
  course, but notice that student participation is
  rather low. How do you address this problem?

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Online Teaching and Learning (OLTL)

• Course consisting of four week-long units
• Week 0 Preliminary Activities (2-3 days before
  official start of the course)
• Week 1 The Role of the Instructor and the
  Learner
• Week 2 Effective Teaching Strategies
• Week 3 Building Learning Communities,
  Participation, Collaboration
• Week 4 Evaluation and Transformative Learning
• Week 5 Post-class evaluations/reflections

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Development of FLO

• How do we use what we have learned?

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Facilitating Learning Online (FLO)

• Provides training for faculty in facilitation
  skills to support online learning.
• Demonstrates a spectrum of online learning
  concepts, theories, and principles using
  interactive and collaborative experiences.

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Facilitating Learning Online (FLO)

• Participants are expected to commit 4-6 hours per
  week for 10 weeks.
• Participants experience various instructional and
  technological delivery methods from the student
  perspective in an online environment.
• The course is facilitated by experienced online
  instructors.

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FLO Objectives

• Express positive valid views about online
  learning and effective facilitation.
• Interact collaboratively, supporting online
  learners and learning.
• Plan activities that promote active learning.
• Assess online learning activities.
• Apply strategies to organize and manage an online
  course.
• Formulate plans for research and development as
  an online facilitator.

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Key Elements of FLO

• What is the focus of the course?

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Delivered in WebCT Vista
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Content Focus Pedagogy
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Advance Organizers
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E-Journal
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Surveys
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Assignments
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Discussions
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Tools
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Best Practices
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Self Assessment
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Collaborative Project
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Assessment
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Resources
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For more information about FLO, please contact

• J. Marie Lutz
• Phone [phone]
• Email j-lutz_at_georgiasouthern.edu

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Questions?