1. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 1 Copyright Statement Copyright Rebecca Frost Davis and Eric Jansson, 2004. This work is the intellectual property of the authors. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for non-commercial, educational purposes, provided that this copyright statement appears on the reproduced materials and notice is given that the copying is by permission of the author. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the author.

2. Pedagogy in the Inter- Institutional Virtual Department Rebecca Frost Davis Eric Jansson Associated Colleges of the South

3. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 3 Presentation Overview Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) Sunoikisis Virtual Department Problems faced by small departments Solutions of inter-campus collaboration Pedagogy of the Virtual Department Tools for the Virtual Department

4. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 4 Associated Colleges of the South (ACS)

5. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 5 Sunoikisis Association of Classics Departments within the Associated Colleges of the South Thucydides 3.3.1 Competes with large programs

6. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 6 Sunoikisis Faculty & Majors Totals

7. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 7 Problems Facing Small Departments Limited faculty resources Less diverse research community for students and faculty Problems attracting majors

8. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 8 Collaboration: Strength in Numbers

9. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 9 Impediments for Collaboration Institutions used to competing Faculty used to working alone Tension between asynchronous distance learning and liberal arts ideal –Close personal interaction between faculty and students

10. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 10 Sunoikisis Virtual Department Collaboration based on shared courses –5 year cycle of advanced languages One Greek, One Latin, each fall –Archaeology –CGMA: GIS in Mediterranean Archaeology

11. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 11 Inter-institutional Collaborative Courses (ICC) Distance education –Remote participation via ACS Course Delivery System Distributed Teaching Responsibilities –Students exposed to diverse perspectives from other students & faculty

12. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 12 Course Elements Weekly Synchronous online lectures –Discussions via a chat room Asynchronous course components –Online readings –Study questions or threaded discussion –Exams Face-to-face class meetings with the home-campus mentor

13. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 13 Lessons Learned Conclusions that confirm distance learning research Conclusions particular to ICCs

14. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 14 Pedagogy Involve students in active creation and sharing of knowledge Faculty reevaluation of teaching practices Lecturer as coordinator of information

15. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 15 Course Technology and Materials Streaming audio: lowest possible technology Strong visual focus and clear outline in lecture notes Efficiencies over time in developing course materials

16. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 16 Advantages of ICCs Faculty lectures on areas of expertise expose students to current research and research practices Students experience scholarly discourse first-hand

17. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 17 Administration Focus on common faculty interests rather than administrative structures No credit swapping Course Director

18. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 18 Advantages for Faculty Larger network of peers for research and pedagogy Summer curriculum workshops –Professional Development –Liberal Arts training for new faculty Recruiting new faculty

19. Creating Stronger Virtual Departments using Learning Management Systems Eric Jansson Associated Colleges of the South Technology Center

20. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 20 Creating Stronger Virtual Departments using LMSs Past: the Pre-LMS Years Present: the Course Delivery System LMS Future Tools

21. Past: the Pre-LMS Years

22. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 22 Spring 1999 /1st ICC Conference call (recorded) Threaded discussion (WebBoard) HTML lecture documents

23. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 23 Spring 2000 – Spring 2002 Streaming audio (Real Server) Threaded discussion and chat (WebBoard) HTML lecture documents

24. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 24 Fall 2002 – Spring 2003 Course Delivery System (CDS) v.1, integrated: Streaming audio (Real Server) Threaded discussion and chat (integrated) HTML lecture documents Plus a few LMS features: exam, email contact lists

25. Present: the Course Delivery System LMS

26. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 26 Fall 2003 – present Course Delivery System version 2: Streaming audio (Real Server) Threaded discussion and chat (integrated) HTML lecture documents More LMS features: exam, email and IM contact lists, web projects, media library, drop box, etc.

27. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 27 [CDS Image] [CDS image] [CDS]

28. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 28 Current challenges for the ACS Course Delivery System Support faculty lecturers in developing curriculum and lecturing online Foster student-student interaction Create collaborative workspaces

29. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 29 Support faculty lecturers Provide access to instructional technologist online Offer easy access to past lectures, curriculum and classroom sessions

30. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 30 Develop student-student interaction Student profiles: photos, course–specific profile questions Encourage use of existing communications: via integrated email, Quick Contact lists, IM handles

31. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 31 Create collaborative workspaces Integrated web-based software for creating group-editable websites

32. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 32 [Segue Image]

33. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 33 Web Projects: A Comparison EmailWeb Projects Process Media integration Involving others Publishing Linear “tennis match” Linear, hierarchal, hypertextual File-sharing, decontextualized Rich context, multimedia Tricky, “catch up” process Past work visible Requires separate work Automatic, “work- in-progress”

34. Future Tools

35. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 35 Future of the CDS? The problems with writing your own LMS: Keeping up with the Joneses (i.e. LMS vendors) Distraction from developing tools that reflect local research Can’t commit to maintenance, versioning, support, etc.

36. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 36 Customize an existing LMS for ICCs? Inherit new features with new versions Focus on developing features specific to our needs Be able to distribute and support innovations

37. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 37 Momentum towards“open” LMSs Some higher education LMS demands: Ownership of data Enterprise integration: interoperability with other administrative/academic systems Customizability/extensibility Lower costs

38. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 38 Vendors responses to open LMS model Extensibility:: –Blackboard Building Blocks program –WebCT PowerLinks Enterprise versions

39. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 39 Open-source responses to open LMS model Middleware: MIT’s Open Knowledge Initiative Frameworks: CHEF/SAKAI Portal technology

40. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 40 [diagram]

41. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 41 Ongoing work at ACS Researching and developing tools for inter-campus teaching Advocating open, extensible systems to allow for sharing of innovations

42. Thursday, February 26, 2004 Pedagogy in the Inter-Institutional Virtual Department 42 References ACSwww.colleges.orgwww.colleges.org Sunoikisiswww.sunoikisis.orgwww.sunoikisis.org CDS cds.colleges.orgcds.colleges.org SAKAI www.sakaiproject.orgwww.sakaiproject.org OKIweb.mit.edu/oki/web.mit.edu/oki/