Richmedia for Student Engagement in the Online Course: FS 201 Food Science and the Consumer

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Rich-media for Student Engagement in the Online
Course FS 201 Food Science and the Consumer

• with your hosts
• Dr. Keith Harris and Lee Ann Gillen

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But first, lets introduce your tour guides
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Keith and Lee Ann

• Lee Ann is an Instructional Designer at DELTA,
  Distance Education and Learning Technology
  Applications at NC State

• Keith is an Associate Professor of Food,
  Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences at NC State

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Thanks!We could not have put this course
togetherwithout a great supporting cast. We
want to thank them before we begin.

• Animation / Post Production
• A.J. Kingenmairer
• Videos
• Larry Evans
• Jeff Robinson
• Darren Ley

• Special Guest Stars
• Sara Cohen
• Caroline Summers
• Robert Holloman
• Kiano Manavi
• Robert Faires
• Robert Holloman
• Terry Davis

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Tour Our Course Before the Conference!

• You can choose one of two options for touring our
  course
• You can follow along with this presentation for a
  guided tour
• You can take a self-guided tour at your own
  pace.
• Log-in as a Guest
• Your Enrollment Key is tltc
• Either way, please tour our course before the
  conference to stimulate a lively discussion about
  the cast of characters and overall design of the
  course on Tuesday, March 17 at 1020 1110.

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The Guided Tour

• Here are the stops on your pre-conference tour
• Course Design
• Our Approach
• Lessons Learned
• Click on the Introductory Video for the course

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FS201 Course Design Guiding Principles

• This course integrated weekly, HTML-based course
  modules with chat and video using the Moodle
  Learning Management System
• Due to the introductory nature of the course and
  the unfortunate fear that students often bring
  with them to science courses, we chose to take a
  light-hearted approach to the introduction of new
  scientific ideas.
• In addition to the materials in the course
  itself, we used weblinks to connect our course to
  give students multiple ways to explain ideas to
  themselves.

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FS201 Course Design Software

• Dream Weaver
• Flash Animation
• LecShare Voice-Over and Subtitling Software
• Moodle
• Post-production Editing Software
• Mediasite Recording Software

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FS201 Course Design Hardware

• Digital Voice Recorder
• Video Filming Crew

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Course Design

• This course was designed around weekly lessons.
• Students navigated from a Moodle Home Page to
• HTML lesson pages or chat rooms.
• Weekly lessons involved an introductory
  paragraph, 2-3 weekly exercises, and a wrap-up
  exercise.
• HTML pages were linked to PowerPoint
  presentations with voice-over and subtitling, as
  well as videos.
• See page captures in the succeeding slides.

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Course Design Home Page
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Course Design Weekly Web Lesson
Introduction, Learning Objectives, Key Terms
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Course Design Weekly Web Lesson
Lecture, Videos, Active Learning Exercises
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Course Design Weekly Web Lesson
Wrap-up Exercises
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Course Design Chat
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Course Design Video

• We filmed videos to introduce scientific concepts
• Click on the thumbnails below to see a video.

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Course Design Characters
We used a number of recurring characters to gain
student interest and establish continuity.

• Chuck Overboard- news anchor
• Dirk Selzum- infomercial king
• Dr. Debacle- pro wrestler
• Dr. Zuper-Brainy- mad scientist
• Officer Friendly- food policeman

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Course Design Character Snapshots
Dirk Selzum Chuck Overboard Dr.
Zuper-Brainy Dr. Debacle
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Course Design Guest Speakers
Mediasite Recordings Combining PowerPoint and
Video
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Our Approach Engage the Emotions

• Learning is intrinsically linked to emotion.
• We used bright colors, animation, and downright
  silliness in order to positively engage students.
• The purpose of these techniques was to make
  science approachable.

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Lessons Learned

• Moodle is a versatile Learning Management System,
  but its grade book needs improvement
• Subtitling software varies in its ability to
  handle special characters

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End of Tour!

• Thanks for taking a tour of FS201, Food Science
  and the Consumer, with us.
• Now take a tour of the course itself.
• Log-in as a Guest
• Your Enrollment Key is tltc
• Keep in mind it was written in Fall of 2008, so
  references to Thanksgiving, Halloween, etc. were
  topical at that time.
• We look forward to talking with you on Tuesday,
  March 17 at 1020 for our synchronous discussion
  of the course and answering any questions.