Reap What You Sow: Cultivating Excellence in the Online Classroom

Reap What You Sow: Cultivating Excellence in the Online Classroom

2011 eLCC Conference

Presenters

Liz DzabicQuality Assurance Coordinatorelizabeth.dzabic@cccs.edu

Karen KaemmerlingTraining Director/Social Science Division Chairkaren.kaemmerling@cccs.edu

Donna HallInstructional Design Team Coordinatordonna.hall@cccs.edu

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Overview

TrainingDesign StandardsQuality AssuranceOngoing Communications

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Training opportunities

Synchronous Recorded Webinars Face To Face Annual Faculty Conference

Asynchronous Online Workshops Faculty Wiki Just-In-Time Tutorials

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Training Requirements

Required Workshops Before hire potential faculty are expected to

complete Getting Started Basic LMS (D2L Essentials)

First year faculty must complete Managing Discussions

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Training Requirements

Follow up training Earn 1 training credit/year Method determined by faculty & supervisor

Outside training in field Webinar Workshop

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Course Design

Collaborative team Faculty– knowledge expert(s) Division Chair Discipline Lead Instructional Designer

Communication is essential!

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Design Standards

Course appearance Consistent look

Students don’t have to relearn navigation Style sheet to maintain

Font sizes Colors Readability/accessibility

ADA/Section 508 compliance Troubleshooting easier

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Course Homepage

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Content

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Files

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Quality Assurance Program

Courses reviewed on regular basis Before semester Beginning (3rd week) of semester Midterm to end of semester

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Before Semester Starts

First-day checksFor every courseCorresponds to Course Readiness

Checklist

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Beginning of Semester

Administrative reviews for new instructors

Corresponds to Threaded Discussion QA Rubric

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During Semester

Full QA evaluationsFor every instructor once/yearCorresponds to Threaded Discussion QA

Rubric

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Ongoing Communication

ProfHelpWikiNewsCommunityBlogs

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ProfHelp

Instructors submit ticketsGet help by

Email Phone Elluminate Face-2-face

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Wiki

Professional development Tech toolsTeaching resourcesPolicies & proceduresInstructional DesignWho to contact

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Community

Created as training space Transformed into academic lounges Stores departmental communication

through discussions News on course home page for faculty

announcements.

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Faculty News Blog

Email RSS feed through Portal

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Cultivating Excellence Blog

Joint project of QA & Training weekly posts

Purpose - to foster excellence in courses

Strengths/challenges

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Questions/Discussion

Questions?What are you doing to cultivate

excellence in your classroom?