how to teach a science course online. y generation (1982–2001) is our educational system designed...
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How to Teach a Science Course Online
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Y Generation (1982–2001) Is Our Educational System Designed For Them?
➔ View lectures as boring and uninteresting
➔ Need instant feedback and evaluation
➔ Become easily disengaged
➔ Desire high interactivity
➔ Want to work smarter not harder
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Y Generation (1982–2001) Benefits of Online
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Greater Mobility & Convenience
Increases Opportunities for
Collaboration
Lower Tuition Cost
Increases Course
Availability
Work at Their Own Pace
Creates a Global Learning
Community
No Time Constraints
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Y Generation (1982–2001) Challenges of Online
➔ Interactive Laboratory Exercises
➔ Understanding Difficult Topics
➔ Group Work and Interaction
➔ Instructor/Student Communication
➔ Class Integrity: Attendance and Exams
➔ Retention Rate
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Y Generation (1982–2001)
Current Options
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➔ Student Engagement and InteractionGoal for Online
➔ Campus/Hybrid – Face-to-Face or Online with Labs on Campus
➔ Simulations – Do not provide practical laboratory skills or measurement, instrumentation, and analysis.
➔ Commercial Lab Kits – eScience Labs, LLC provides complete and comprehensive labs kits for your online and hybrid science courses. www.esciencelabs.com
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Tools To Utilize in Online Courses
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Tools for Online Courses
➔ Take full advantage of the components your LMS provides.
➔ Utilize the technology available to you. ➔ Jing➔ YouTube
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Tools
Group Work
Chat Rooms
Office Hours
Videos
Simulations
Webcams
Lecture Component
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Tools for Online Courses
➔ Virtual
➔ 2nd Life
➔ Hands On
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Lab Component
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Tools for Online Courses
How do we ensure students are doing the labs? Data collection Lab Quizzes Peer interaction/ critiques Unknowns in kit Photos
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How do we know the students are doing their labs?
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LMS Integration
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Embed information into the text of your course
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Tools for Online Courses
• What do you expect of the students?• Time on task & devotion• Online Learning Packet
• What should the students expect of you?• Availability, online office hours, grading
• Assignments should match expectations
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Expectations
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Tools for Online Courses
➔ Dallas TeleLearningJennifer Baggett is using the Biology Lab
component developed from Dallas TeleLearning. Her advice to online teachers:
“Find a way to reach students early in the semester. Give them information on the textbook, assignments, and navigating the learning environment. “
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Ask the experts
http://gln.dcccd.edu/Biology_Demo/
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Tools for Online Courses
Nahel AwadallahJohnston Community CollegeBiology Instructor, Director of [email protected] 919-209-2059
➔ Doing online for multiple years➔ Sees the benefits that online courses offer his students:
➔ Convenience➔ Cost➔ Communication
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Ask the experts
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Professional Development Course
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Professional DevelopmentDo you have what it takes?
Are your instructors:
• Informed of the objectives for the online course
• Knowledgeable of the tools available
• Ready to take on the challenge
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Professional Development
➔ Give your teachers the tools to learn how to teach online
➔ Science is critical to a students growth in their program
➔ Engage yourself in the learning process
➔ Must know how to utilize the tools
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Transforming from the “Sage on the Stage” to the “Guide on the Side”
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Professional Development
1. Setting the Foundations for Teaching Online Science Courses with a Hands-On Lab Component
2. Teaching with eScience Lab Kits
3. Assessing Learning in Your Online Science Courses
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Workshops
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