practice what you preach: collaborating towards solutions in online course development

PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH: COLLABORATING TOWARDS SOLUTIONS IN

ONLINE COURSE DEVELOPMENT

Introductions

FEAR

WORRY

TRUST

Positive Attitude

Listen &

Learn

#1

Gail Morong & Joe KellyGail Morong & Joe KellyGail Morong & Joe KellyGail Morong & Joe Kelly

Job Shadowing

Some preferred to do it in groups of 4Some preferred to do it in groups of 4(Moragh Macaulay, Jon Fulton, Bob Byrne, Wayne Egers) (Moragh Macaulay, Jon Fulton, Bob Byrne, Wayne Egers)

Some preferred to do it in groups of 4Some preferred to do it in groups of 4(Moragh Macaulay, Jon Fulton, Bob Byrne, Wayne Egers) (Moragh Macaulay, Jon Fulton, Bob Byrne, Wayne Egers)

Learn about partner’s job

84 % have learned a lot about their partner’s job84 % have learned a lot

about their partner’s job

“Friendly, functional exploration of the two

jobs, challenges & opportunities.”

“The volume of learning was equal to

weeks on the job.”

#2

The Production TeamThe Production Team

Production ProcessProduction Process

•Collects course materials•Fills out forms•Packages all materials

together•Submits course to

Production Supervisor

•Reviews course request•Checks for major

problems• Estimates time and

resources needed•Assigns 2 DSOs

• Main DSO• Second DSO

• Reviews all course materials

• Organizes Production Meeting

• Prepares work

Production Process 2Production Process 2

•Main DSO•Prepare course materials•Makes PDFs AND/OR•Uploads content to BB•Updates reports regularly•Second DSO•Reviews work of Main DSO•Provide coverage and

support

•Reviews course•Provides feedback or

sign off In written form Combined

• Completes sign-off procedure

• Online Curriculum Developer’s Resource

• Simulation in LEAD 4901

• Innovations Lab• WordPress Multiuser

(WPMU)• VoiceThread

• Elluminate

Online Curriculum Developer’s Resource

http://olcourseblog.tru.ca/idg/

Online Curriculum Developer’s Resource

http://olcourseblog.tru.ca/idg/

Mount Everest Simulation

Mount Everest Simulation

Innovations Lab

Purpose

•Experiment with new technology•Training in use of technology•Testing and research which is

oriented towards improved user experiences•Investigation of supportable Web

2.0 environments and processes•Research into digital OERs•Delivery of webinars and online

sessions

Collaborators

•Instructional Design Department•Canada Research Chair in

E-Learning Practices•OL Course Developers•OL Faculty Members•IT and Curriculum Services•TRU Faculty and Students•E-Learning Facilitator•Academic Directors•Research Partners•Centre for Teaching and Learning

WordPress Multi User

WordPress Multi User

Collaborators

•Course Writer•IDs•Open Learning Faculty Members•IT Services•Students

Uses

•Modified LMS in EDDL courses (Graduate Certificate in Online Teaching and Learning)

•Flexible•Authentic learning experience•Access to content after online

course ends•Plug-ins increase its functionality

Plugins

•BuddyPress - free and open source plugin adds social networking features, including “Groups”

•Test other plugins that may improve WPMU blogging tool as an LMS for TRU-OL online students

Issues

•Security concerns•Interactions between plugins•Content and form not easily

transferable to new versions of the course (not scalable)•No way to archive course data •Each offering requires intensive

instructor set-up (double posts, broken RSS feeds)•Tools for creating discussions

problematic and complicated to maintain

Collaborators

•Course Writers•Media Team•E-Learning Facilitator•IDs•Director of IDD•Open Learning Faculty Members•Students

Uses

•Collaborative, multimedia slide show •Holds images, documents and

videos•Allows people to navigate slides and

leave comments in different ways•Supports PDF, Microsoft Word,

Excel, and PowerPoint images, and videos•Imports photos from Flickr,

Facebook or the web

Collaboration with the Media Team

Collaborators

•IDs•Delivery Support•E-Learning Facilitator•OLFMs•Students•IT•Canada Research Chair in

E-Learning Practices

Uses

•Course Delivery•Professional development of Open

Learning Faculty Members