Making a Move and Finding a Groove in OnLine Instruction

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Making a Move and Finding a Groove in On-Line
Instruction

• Dr. Pam Petty Associate Professor, WKU Special
  Instructional ProgramsTate Page Hall
  363270-745-2922
• pam_at_pampetty.com

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Considerations

• What are the vital aspects of your course?
• What types of assignments move your content along
  and ensure learning?
• What pedagogy do you view as essential?
• How do these translate to a course in cyberspace?
  

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Making Note

• Print a copy of your syllabus and all related
  pages.
• Make notes on the hardcopy of changes you want to
  make at the end of the semester. It makes
  editing for the next semester so much easier and
  more effective.
• Understand and accept that on-line teaching is an
  ever evolving process.

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Investigate Resources

• Etrain resources (http//www.etrainexpress.com/re
  sources.htm)
• Blackboard
• Digital video equipment
• Logitech
• Storage devices
• Scanners sharing devices
• Production devices

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Portal Pages

• Welcome Message
• Contact Information
• Motivational Quotes
• Link to Syllabus
• Link to Blackboard
• Link to Calendar
• Link to FAQ
• Link to Glossary for Technology Terminology

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Portal Page Examples

• http//www.pampetty.com/519home.htm
• http//www.pampetty.com/444421homepage.htm
• http//edtech.wku.edu/kaeli
• http//www.pampetty.com/420home2005spring.htm

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Student Surveys

• Students self-determine if they are good
  candidates for on-line learning
• Center for Independent Learning
• http//www.cod.edu/dept/CIL/CIL_Surv.htm
• Introducing the courseLTCY 420 overview plus
  scavenger hunt over syllabus

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Foundation

• Teaching with TechnologyElements Present in
  Good Models of Teaching with Technology
• http//knowledgeloom.org/media/bpinter/1163/elemen
  ts.html

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Syllabi
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Protocol for Selecting Assessment Strategies
(Lindeman, 2000)
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Protocol for Selecting Assessment Strategies
(Lindeman, 2000)
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Protocol for Selecting Assessment Strategies
(Lindeman, 2000)
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WebQuests

• http//www.pampetty.com/webquests/home.htm
• WebQuests and On-Line Research Philosophy and
  Method
• http//library.trinity.wa.edu.au/teaching/webquest
  s.htm
• Student Examples
• http//www.pampetty.com/519webquests.htm
• Teaching Examples
• Patriotic Themes - Olivia
• Persuasive Reading - KAELI

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Module Maker

• http//questioning.org/module/module.html
• Example
• Teenage Smoking

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Filamentality

• http//www.filamentality.com/wired/fil/index.html
  
• TrackStarhttp//trackstar.hprtec.org/

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Assessment

• On-line exam LTCY 420
• Review PPT Praxis II
• http//www.flashcardexchange.com
• http//quizstar.4teachers.org

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Affective Domain

• Need a FUN break?  Click on the birds listed in
  the left column below.  ENJOY!

http//www.pampetty.com/444421calendar2003.htm
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Add-ons

• http//www.teachnology.com/
• http//school.discovery.com/quizcenter/quizcenter.
  html
• http//www.makeworksheets.com
• http//rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
• http//quizstar.4teachers.org/

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Frills

• Swish
• http//edtech.wku.edu/kaeli
• http//www.swishzone.com/index.php?referrerovertu
  re

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Text Effects

• MAGIC FLARE http//magicflare.com/magicflare/home.
  html

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Keeping Track

• Nedstat
• Toolshack
• Extreme Tracking

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When to Quit

• http//www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm
• Just for FUN!http//www.funbureau.com/
• http//www.mightycool.com/cgi-bin/figlet/figlet