OBJECTIVES

• Describe methods for creating a welcoming course

• Illustrate course elements that provide a safe, comfortable atmosphere

• Explain how to mentor students in a distance-learning environment

• Relate the use of the above elements within faculty development programming

POLL EVERYWHERE GOES HERE

http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/MTM4NjEwNDE3MQ

GREET!

GREET!

The time they enter the room.

The first conversation in the front of the class

Sets the tone for the class

Provides housekeeping information

How will this class work

Points them to the next step(s)!

WELCOME MODULE EXAMPLES

COURSE DESIGN EXAMPLES

EXPECTATIONS

Course Commitments & ExpectationsSalem State prides itself on providing a quality learning environment to all of ourstudents. So that we meet these goals, the following expectations apply to this onlinecourse:

Your Instructor commits to:•Welcoming you into the course's learning community and respecting you as a learner.•Logging into the course at least five out of seven days per week and responding to requests within 48 hours.• Interacting with you in a meaningful manner through group discussions, email and other forms of communication.• Contacting you if you are not active in the course for more than a week.•Returning your assignments, and entering grades into the online gradebook within one week of the due date.• Providing you with constructive and individualized feedback on your work.•Communicating midterm and final grades to you.•Submitting final grades within three business days of the completion of the term.

We ask you to commit to:1. Budgeting sufficient time to complete the work of this course.2. Participating as a full member of the class learning community.3. Treating others with respect.4. Responding to communication from your fellow students, and your Instructor.

DIGITAL STORY TELLING

• Captivate the listener

• Easily remembered

• Something about yourself- what grabbed you about your discipline?

• What is the story behind the course, the key ideas?

• Can you create a min-case about the course?

SITEPAL AVATAR

VOKI AVATARS

SURVEY QUESTIONS

SURVEY QUESTIONS

SURVEY QUESTIONS

SURVEY QUESTIONS

SURVEY QUESTION

SURVEY QUESTION

GUIDE: POLLING, SURVEYS AND GOOGLE FORMS

Next poll goes here

Feedback & Flexibility= Successful students

Adjust lecture to review

Adjust lecture to explore area of interest

Change activity to capitalize on class dynamic

Handout for details

MENTOR

MENTOR

GUIDE TO SUCCESS

• Read a little every day. Figure out how many pages you can read in an hour while keeping a reading journal and figure out how many hours you will need to complete the reading assignment. Divide that by 5 days to plan out how many hours you need to read each day. Use the other 2 days to complete the written work!*

• Keep a reading journal and make sure you are writing down something about the text at least every 15-20 minutes.

• Ask questions and share insights in the discussion areas (bottom of wiki pages, Blackboard, Voicethread)

• Show you are reading and thinking about all the texts by posting passages from a variety of texts and asking thoughtful questions

• Complete your section of the World Lit guide in the Wiki before the due date

• Review the World Lit Guide, course discussion areas and your own journal before writing your paper. Use class insights to support your own theories or point out where you disagree with others in the class

Contact me before your assignment is late. If you know you will be unable to log onto the course for awhile, explain the situation and have a plan for how you will catch up with missed work. Let me know if you are falling behind, confused, frustrated or overwhelmed. Don't just miss assignments without communicating what is going on!

*example. I can read 20 pages of Gogol an hour while keeping notes. We will read 82 pages of Gogol. I will need to read for 4 hours (82pages/20pages per hour=4hours) to complete the reading for Gogol. That gives me 1 hour per day, plus all those online writing activities that will take at least 3 more hours of work!

EXAMPLE OF FEEDBACK

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

SMORGASBORD OF EVENTS

Workshops One-A-Days Institutes Programs

Intro to Online Going Mobile Sims & Games FLCs

Web 2.0 Web 2.0 Web 2.0 Hybrid and Online Program

Surveys Wiki Laptop Bootcamp SPACEOUT

LMS LMS Full Monty Brown-bags

Discussions Digital StoryTelling

NextGen Learner

Individual consultation, e-mail, phone, brown-bag lunches

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT: MENTOR

• Flexible workshop formats

• Follow up with individual contact

• Show what others are doing now!

• Supported work time

• Brainstorming

• Exploration

QUESTIONS

Marc Boots-Ebenfield, marc.bootsebenfield@salemstate.edu

Gail Rankin, grankin@salemstate.edu