Jeff Kissinger jkissing@fccj.edu

Training Faculty for Mobile Course Development and

Instruction

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Background• National Guard

• PDA

• Army: 100% portability

• deliver distance college courses w/o connectivity

• same academic rigor

• motivating & engaging learner experience

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Year One Courses

• English Composition I

• Introduction to Criminal Justice

• College Algebra

• Spanish I

• Earth Space Science

• Computer Applications

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• deployed

• minimal space

• access to minimal technology [need for all-in-one device]

• minimal or no connectivity

• motivation

Learner Population

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Challenges• what is the best device for the

learner population?

• supporting the disconnected learner

• motivating the disconnected learner

• instructional feedback

• training faculty: media development [Moodle, Elluminate]

• mobile learner framework---

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Socialconstructivist

learning

instructionalmultimedia

Situatedlearning

correspondencecourses

learnerisolation

motivationlearner

centered motivation

affective

motivation

absent?

higher orderlearning

higher orderlearning

mobile learning theoretical framework

technologyself-efficacy

mobilelearner

selfdirected

performancetracking[scorm]

pedagogicalagents

surrogatemotivation

engagement

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Technology Considered

• laptops and CD media

• PDAs and iPods

• flash drives

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Pepper Pad

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Pepper Pad Interface

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UMPC

Reworked Interface

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Training Trainer Method Timeline Cost Learning Outcomes

ID for self-directed and paced content & instruction

Sebastian Foti Workshop, Elluminate, and Moodle

TBD [complete by Dec 29th]

TBD [500.00] By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Apply research-based motivational techniques in course development, learning activities, and assessment • Apply motivation research & best practices to media

development• Acquire best practices based on learning and motivation

research to promote effective instructional practices in a distributed and untethered distance course delivery model.

iMovie Apple & FCCJ Staff

Workshop, Elluminate, and Moodle

TBD [complete by Dec 29th]

None • Become proficient at creating instructional media using iMovie

Garage Band Pod-casting Apple & FCCJ Staff

Workshop, Elluminate, and Moodle

TBD [complete by Dec 29th]

None • Become proficient at creating instructional media using Garage band

Applying Motivational Research to Create Optimum Learning Environments

Bill Ganza Online Asynchronous through Blackboard

Nov 12-Dec 30th

None By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Identify the factors that make up what we call motivation • Define motivation and its related components • Explore motivation theory through a real-life case example • Identify the research trends regarding motivation research • Identify the major theoretical approaches to the study of

motivation • Apply the research in various fields such as education,

business, and marketing • Design self-regulatory strategies that will aid learners in

developing self-motivation

LMS Demonstrated Competency or prior training [BlackBoard]

Staff FCCU Online Asynchronous through Blackboard

None By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• use common Blackboard features to: post an online syllabus and assignments; interact via discussion board; develop quizzes; and manage grade books; • use the tools to enhance interactivity such as teams and

collaboration • understand the experience of a course management system

from both the student and instructor perspective; • convert existing content for display in Blackboard • use the communication and course management tools

training plan december 2006

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challenges for faculty

• short time frame

• new course concept

• distributed team

• required moderate media skills

• required excellent team skills

• experienced with DL

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lessons learned year one...

• focus on instructional quality

• speaking skills essential

• tighter design guides

• auditions via YouTube

• media heavy courses

• utilize cross-departmental QA process/team

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Building on Situational Learning Theory

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Outcomes• most did well, 75% media was used

• some were quite prolific...

• most needed scaffolding and support initially

• some were self sufficient [ENC1101 & GLY1001] the entire time

• some drove to Florida...

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Future• iPhone/iTouch

• OLPC

• Classmate PC

• Offline LMS

• Generalize to non-military populations

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Thank You!Please contact me

for ideas and questions

Jeff KissingerDirector Emergent Development

Florida Community College

jkissing@fccj.eduoffice 904.632.5052mobile 904.485.0653

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