UMass Lowell

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Web-based Instruction Project

• UMass Lowell
• UMass Presidents Office
• MECC Conference
• June 10, 1999

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Agenda

• Introductions
• Project Overview
• Dean Jacqueline Moloney
• Training Program
• Steven Tello
• Faculty Perspective Experience
• Professor Alice Walters
• Evaluation Assessment
• Discussion

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Rationale for WBI

• WEB integral to student learning in all
  disciplines
• Build Faculty Capacity for Web-Based Instruction
• Future of On-line Education
• UMass Lowells historical commitment to Faculty
  Development
• over 50 of faculty have participated in faculty
  development
• hosted Web Institute for faculty from across the
  country

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Project Design, Faculty Selection and Support Team

• 25 UMass Faculty, Range of Web experience
• Development must be incremental
• must integrate faculty expertise
• 2,500 incentive grant
• Technical Support
• Professional Developers Faculty Mentors
• Faculty Collaboration Using the Web
• Student Media Assistants
• Handbook for Web developers

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Project Design, Workshops, Assessments Products

• Training Web-based Course Materials
• Intensive Introductory Workshops
• Follow-up Special Topics Workshops
• Faculty Agreements/Expectations
• Pre-Post Assessments
• WBI Products
• Web-Based Instructional Materials Site
• http//cyberchat.uml.edu/faculty/wbi
• On-line Manual
• 21 Course WebSites
• WBI Course Portfolio

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Training Program

• Integrate Pedagogy Technology
• Why use technology?
• How to use technology effectively?
• How to engage students in learning?
• Range of Skill/Equipment Levels
• Time, Place Duration
• UMass Lowell, 2 Days Intersession
• Web Mentors on home campus
• Follow-up Sessions

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Training Program

• Introduction to Web-based Instruction
• What is WBI? Why use technology?
• The Learning Centered Syllabus
• Lecture, Demonstration, Hands On
• Creating Web-based Course Materials
• What materials go online? How?
• Syllabus, Lectures, Resources, Students
• Netscape Composer-Editing/Publishing
• Class Connections Template

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Training Program
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Training Program

• Enhanced Presentation Skills
• PowerPoint, Real Audio on the Web
• Presentation Design Guidelines
• Facilitating Online Communication
• How to increase student interaction?
• Email, Chat, WebBoard Discussion Forum
• Follow-up Training
• Designing/Developing Course Graphics
• Video on the Web

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Faculty Perspective

• Professor Alice WaltersHistory Dept., UMass
  Lowell
• Western Civilization
• The Modern World
• Science in the Modern World
• Historical Research Methods

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Why Web?

• Access
• Multi-media
• use color to convey meaning
• use pictures to enhance content
• Multidimensional
• links can clarify content
• Surfing for fun and profit

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My Experiencesince July 1998

• Web sites for four courses
• 2 in Continuing Education
• Excellent means of distributing course handouts
• Good resource for students over course of
  semester
• Limited success with WebBoard

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Future Plans

• Summer 1999 and Fall 1999
• Better use of the WebBoard
• Class journal reviews of recommended videos
  (Modern World)
• Weekly reviews of course content
• Collect links on relevant topics
• Student input/evaluation
• Student Web Sites

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Evaluation Assessment
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Evaluation Assessment
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Discussion Resources

• High Demand for Training
• Pedagogy/Technology Balance
• Multiple levels of training
• Faculty/Staff Planning Timelines
• Model Technology Use
• WebBoard/Email Communication
• Student Tech Assistance Critical
• Limited Use of Faculty Mentors

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Discussion Resources

• http//cyberchat.uml.edu/faculty/wbi
• Course Web Sites
• WBI Manual Online
• Discussion Forum