On Time WebCT Training A faculty development model

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On Time WebCT TrainingA faculty development
model

• Charles W. Cosmato
• Assistant Director
• Technology in Learning Center
• Radford University

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On Time WebCT TrainingSession Objectives

• Describe what on time training is
• Demonstrate the interaction between academic
  events, training timeliness, and meaningfulness
  of the training
• Describe where an On Time training approach
  fits in a general model of instructional design

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On Time WebCT TrainingSession Objectives

• Give participants a take away exercise they can
  use to begin planning for On Time training.
• Demonstrate concrete examples of training
  modules, institutes, and initiatives born out the
  On Time approach.

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What is on-time training and where does it fit
in the design process?

• On-time training
• Analysis of events that occur in the academic
  cycle
• Impact of those events on learner needs
• Subsequent impact on appropriate training
  objectives

Analyze
Design
Develop
Implement
Evaluate
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Infernal Triangle of Training Meaningfulness
Training Events
Training Curriculum
Academic Events
Meaningfulness
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Meaningful objectives

• Something the learner needs to know as a
  prerequisite to something else they will need to
  know.
• Something the learner wants to know
• Something the learner can use (and probably will
  use). Sullivan and Higgins (1983) Teaching for
  Competence.

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Meaningful objectives

• Something the learner needs to know (at x time)as
  a prerequisite to something else they will need
  to know (at x time).
• Something the learner wants to know (at x time).
• Something the learner will need to use (and
  probably will use) at x time.
• adapted from Sullivan and Higgins (1983)
  Teaching for Competence.

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Take-away exercise

• The Documents I am about to use can be
  retrieved http//www.radford.edu/ccosmato/impac
  t

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On-Time Planning in Action

• Concrete Examples
• WebCT Faculty Support Coursehttp//webct6.radford
  .edu
• WIKI as Training Resourcehttps//php.radford.edu/
  tlc/ru_macWebCT Tool Pak
• RU NFI New Faculty Institute
• Breeze Conference Installation

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Contact and Resources

• Charles W. CosmatoAssistant DirectorTechnology
  in Learning CenterRadford University
• ccosmato_at_radford.edu
• http//www.radford.edu/tlc
• http//www.radford.edu/ccosmato/impact