The Learning Curve in Restructuring Courses for the Millennium

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The Learning Curve in Restructuring Courses for
the Millennium

• Dr. Joan D. McMahon
• Professor of Human Resource Development
• Towson University, Towson, MD 21252
• mcmahon_at_towson.edu

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We ask

• Will your students remember your class in 10
  years?
• Will your students remember your concepts in 2
  months?
• Will your students remember your lecture in 2
  weeks?

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Or

• Will you remember me in 1,000 years?
• Will you remember me in 200 minutes?
• Will you remember me in 2 sec.?
• Knock-Knock

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Whos There?

• See you already forgot me!

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Re-inventing Myself

• What does it mean to be a teacher?

• Role
• Assumptions about learning
• Philosophy of teaching and learning

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Re-inventing Myself

• What do I have to do to transform myself as an
  online teacher?

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The Faculty Learning Curve

• Level of Difficulty

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Design (content) files on computer
Time
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The Faculty Learning Curve

• Level of Difficulty

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• Reformat to html
• and/or Rich Text
• Format (rtf)
• for viewing on most
• computers (Mac and PC)
• in most word processing
• software in any version

Time
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The Faculty Learning Curve

• Level of Difficulty

• Learn course desgn/ mechanics and upload files
• Rethink the course design
• Repackage files in a different order (generic
  syllabus, schedule, assignments
• View files and reformat for easier online
  reading.
• Take control of the discussion

Time
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The Faculty Learning Curve

• Level of Difficulty

• Learn Course Management Strategies
• Labeling files
• Re-thinking the entry level or how to enter the
  course.
• Designing inventories to assess skills.
• Turning control of the discussion over to the
  students

Time
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The Faculty Learning Curve

• Level of Difficulty

• This issue may be a problem

• Bells and Whistles New Technologies such as
• Video
• Voice
• CD-ROM
• dont address essential learning issues

Time
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Deviating from the Curve

• Level of Difficulty

• But is this the right direction

Time
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Helping students learn online

• Level of Difficulty

spur

• Something is wrong with the deliverable - whose
  fault?
• Analyze what the learning issues are
• Design learning solutions

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Helping students learn difficult and complex
concepts online
spur

• Level of Difficulty

• Phone/fax
• Logic problems use webbing
• Organization of thinking sticky notes, cut and
  paste, outlines, powerpoint notes
• Clarity of thinking peer review

spur
Time
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Your Challenge?

• Thinking about both issues at the same time

• Your own learning
• Your students learning

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Thanks!

• Dr. Joan D. McMahon
• http//www.towson.edu/mcmahon
• mcmahon_at_towson.edu