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FACULTY’S NEW TOOLBOX A THREE PART MODEL FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT Tracy Miller Online Teaching Coordinator Northern Illinois University
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Faculty's New Toolbox presented by Tracy Miller at Lilly Conference Spring 2014 in Bethesda, MD on May 31, 2014.
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FACULTY’S NEW TOOLBOXA THREE PART MODEL FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT
Tracy Miller
Online Teaching Coordinator
Northern Illinois University
Objectives• Key trends in teaching with technology in higher education• Identify and assess essential skills in delivering online and
blended content• Faculty Development: Objective, Competency, and
Assessment Model
Teaching in a 21st Century Classroom
Emerging Trends• Learning Analytics• Social Media• Games and Gamification• 3D Printing
Less than 1 year
One to Two Years
www.securedgenetwork.com
Social Media in Education
Two to Three Years
http://www.weiterbildungsblog.de/2012/02/21/the-gamification-of-education-infographic/
GamesAndGamification
Two to Three Years
www.teachthought.com
3D PrintingPrototyper
Challenges
Solvable
• Low Digital Fluency of Faculty• Relative Lack of Rewards for Teaching
Difficul
t
• Competition from New Models of Education• Scaling Teaching Innovations
Wicked
• Expanding Access• Keeping Education Relevant
“Professors generally want to improve their pedagogies, but lack the resources and encouragement from their institutions to do so.” (Johnson, et al, 2014)
Scary? Who’s ready for this?
How do you know?
Preparing to Teach Online - Pilot• 6 Required Modules + Design Project
• Overview of Online Teaching• Models of Online Course Delivery• Designing an Online Course• Encouraging Communication in Online Courses• Technology Tools for Online Teaching and Learning• Assessing Student Learning Online
• Electives• Presentation Tools for Online Courses• Integrating Multimedia in Online Courses• Best Practices for Online Teaching Using Webconferencing Tools• Working with a Design and Development Team• Open Educational Resources
6 Required Modules
Insidethe Module
Elective Modules
Preparing to Teach Online
Self-Paced Modules
One-on-One Consultation
Face-to-face Workshop
LMS 101LMS 201Communicating with StudentsAssessing StudentsTracking Students ProgressUsing Synchronous Tools
Essential Skills and Techniques• Needs Assessment Exercise• In small groups of 3-4 use the 12 Starters to generate
ideas on what skills faculty need to be successful in today’s educational climate.
• **For the advanced folks: Tackle an emerging trend!
Share out!
Three Part ModelObjective - Competency - Assessment
Workshop Objective Competency Assessment
LMS 1 Add, Revise, and control availability of content
• Link• Upload• Create content• Edit/Revise• Time /Date Restrict
Ex. In Information add a document and name it syllabus
Structure a course with folders
• Create a folder• Put content in
folders• Customize a course
menu
Ex. Add weekly module folders and make them available for the correct dates
LMS 2 Customize the look • Update course colors
Ex. Change the theme of the course
Communication Notify students • Create an announcement
• Send an email
Ex. Write a short welcome announcement
Use communication tools
• Create a discussion board
• Post, reply or provide feedback
Ex. Write a welcome message and add a link to syllabus already added
Competency-Based RubricCompetency Not-Demonstrated Proficient Mastery
Link to external site
Upload file
Create content item
Edit/revise item
Date /Time Restrict
Contact Information
• [email protected]• Office: (815)753-8315• Adams Hall 312• @tracymiller256
Tracy Miller, Ed.M.Online Teaching Coordinator
Faculty Development and Instructional Design CenterFaculty Development is on Facebook and Twitter!
www.facebook.com/facdev :: @facdev
