TIPS FROM EXPERIENCED FACULTYPANEL DISCUSSION

Teaching Blended/Online classes

Dr. Gene Kozlowski

New Faculty Orientation

August 9 2012

3:15 pm – 4:00 pm

Webb 614

Overall Game Plan Per Course• Definition of day: min 4 hours, max 14 hours. Number of working days in week: 7.• State Course and Unit course objectives—1 to 2 days. Course objectives from Curriculum

as determined by Major within a Department; unit objectives usually available from textbook or instructor manual.

• Course Architecture—Order of Presentation of Subject Matter--Block out the course down to at least the weekly level based on the course and unit course objectives—2 to 4 days

• Develop content—30 to 40 days—Need to select LMS/CMS—Blackboard, Connect, others. Requires hardware and software and expertise with hardware and software.

• Manage course during delivery—1/4th to 1/2 day per course per week during semester• Interact with students during delivery—1/8th to ½ day per day, seven days per week, per

course during semester• Grade student submissions—1/2 to 2.0 days per course per week during semester.• Assessment/evaluation of course—1 to 2 days during and after semester• NOTE 1: due to long development and total development times, only courses which will be

offered very frequently should be delivered in Blended and Online formats. NOT for one-time or courses offered very infrequently.

• NOTE 2: Instructors should enroll in and complete the Quality Matters Rubric Certification Course prior to constructing and delivering blended/online courses.

Hardware Considerations• Need Very Powerful Computer (desktop/laptop)

• Quad Core Processor (CPU)• 8 GB ddr3 RAM• 750 GB 7200 RPM Hybrid Hard Drive• High end graphics card—2 GB video RAM; high resolution monitor• Blue-Ray read/write drive (also reads/writes DVD/CD’s)• High-Speed LAN port/high speed wireless (10, 100, 1000 mbps)• USB 3.0 and 2.0 ports; hdmi; s-video, video, mike, speaker ports• Dual monitor support—two monitors absolutely essential• High speed color printer/scanner/fax, preferably laser not ink based

technology• Camcorder, DigitalVoiceRecorder• Webcam with built-in mike• Headset with microphone• Need access to Apple hardware: iPad, iPodTouch, Iphone

Software Considerations• Useful Software

• Office Suite such as MS Office, etc• LMS/CMS such as Blackboard, Connect, MyITLab, etc• Video production software such as Camtasia from Techsmith, Windows movie maker• Screen capture software such as Jing from Techsmith, Print-Key Pro• Multiple media conversion programs

• Digital Media Converter• Cucusoft DVD Ripper + Video Converter Ultimate• ImTOO MPEG Encoder 3• Mini-stream RM-MP3 Converter• iTunes• M4a to mp3 converter• 101 AVI MPEG WMV Converter

• OCR such as ScanSoft OmniPage Pro 14.0 • Respondus 4.0 Campus-Wide• Several browsers: IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera• Adobe Acrobat Professional, Adobe Photoshop• Remote computer access software such as LogMeIn from Logmein, Inc.• FTP software • Media players: Windows Media player, RealPlayer, Media Player Classic• Optical burning software Nero Express, LG Power tools, • VPN software—Cisco Anyconnect

Need Places To Store Your Content• Need access to LARGE amounts of network based storage

for your course content• Need FTP, HTTP, VPN access to this storage• Currently using 1.5 Terabytes of storage for all courses on

just one server, more on others• Servers

• Blackboard Content Server (Content Collection)• Blackboard Server• Departmental Server (CBT has server)• Servers provided by Software vendors such as ScreenCast at

Techsmith

• Need backup devices such as 1 to 2 TB external disk drive• Need several 16 to 32 GB Flash Drives

Content/Help Sources

• Center For Teaching and Learning, NSU• You are a member of the course CTL1000-A, FACULTY

BLACKBOARD TRAINING AREA. Great source of support.• Google—Find websites, blogs, wiki’s, PDF’s, and much more (can

take quite a bit of time).• YouTube—Lots of good material therein• www.merlot.org peer reviewed teaching and learning materials• www.techsmith.com for Camtasia help—excellent support provided• Most every author has a textbook website filled with great source

materials• Other university and college web sites.• Development, Implementation, and Delivery Of Online and Blended

Clases: Our Experience By Dr. Gene Kozlowski and Mr. Dale Schrimshaw