Online Optional

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Online Optional

• Merging Online and Traditional Students in One
  Course

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Overview

• What is online optional?
• Why use this format?
• How to develop this type of course?
• What are the different instructional
  methodologies that work with this format?
• What do students think of online optional?
• What do instructors think of online optional?
• Advantages/Disadvantages
• Do you think it will work for you?

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Online Optional

• Single class where students choose whether to
  complete the coursework online or in a
  traditional classroom.

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Why use this format?

• To give the students the option of working online
  or in the classroom.
• To provide additional face-to- face instruction
  to online students.
• To give the face-to-face students the flexibility
  of working online.
• To build enrollment numbers in advanced workforce
  classes

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How to develop this type of course?

• Develop ONE courseDO NOT Segregate Students
• Develop instructional materials that work both
  online and a traditional classroom.
• Develop assessment materials that work online.
• Test the material you develop
• Constantly improve and modify.

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Different instructional methodologies that work
with this format?

• Integrate the online tools with the traditional
  delivery methods.
• Discussion Discussion Board
• Question Answer Chat Room
• Lecture and Demonstration Voice over PowerPoint
  and Video Screen Capture

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What do students think of online optional?

• It allows me to be more flexible with my time.
• Allows the student to learn at their own pace, as
  well as enforces the need for reading the course
  material and use all resources available.
• It is convenient.
• If I'm in town I could go to the class. Even if
  I'm not in town but come back to visit (since my
  parents live here), I could talk to the professor
  as well, if necessary.

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What do instructors think of online optional?

• George
• Ann
• Elizabeth
• Sue
• Tebring

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Advantages/Disadvantages

• Advantages
• Schedule flexibility
• Learning style flexibility
• Teaching students who want to be in class.
• Having necessary enrollment figures for a class.
• More individualized instruction.

• Disadvantages
• Registration logistics.
• Does not seem to improve retention.
• More work upfront for instructor.
• Not know the number of students you will have in
  class each week.

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Do you think it will work for you?

• ?

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Contact

• Collin College
• George Jackson gjackson_at_ccccd.edu
• Ann Cervantez acervantez_at_ccccd.edu
• Elizabeth Pannell epannell_at_ccccd.edu
• Tebring Wrigley twrigley_at_ccccd.edu
• Sue Furnas sfurnas_at_ccccd.edu
• http//iws.ccccd.edu/epannell/txdla/onlineoptional
  .html