How to Teach a Science Course Online. Y Generation (1982–2001) Is Our Educational System Designed For Them? ➔ View lectures as boring and uninteresting.

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How to Teach a Science Course Online

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 2

Y Generation (1982–2001) Benefits of Online 3 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

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 4

Y Generation (1982–2001) Current Options 5 ➔ Student Engagement and Interaction Goal 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.

Tools To Utilize in Online Courses

Tools for Online Courses ➔ Take full advantage of the components your LMS provides. ➔ Utilize the technology available to you. ➔ Jing ➔ YouTube 7 Lecture Component

Tools for Online Courses ➔ Virtual ➔ 2 nd Life ➔ Hands On 8 Lab Component

Tools for Online Courses How do we ensure students are doing the labs?  Data collection  Lab Quizzes  Peer interaction/ critiques  Unknowns in kit  Photos 9 How do we know the students are doing their labs?

LMS Integration 10 Embed information into the text of your course

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 11 Expectations

Tools for Online Courses ➔ Dallas TeleLearning Jennifer 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. “ 12 Ask the experts

Tools for Online Courses Nahel Awadallah Johnston Community College Biology Instructor, Director of Programs ➔ Doing online for multiple years ➔ Sees the benefits that online courses offer his students: ➔ Convenience ➔ Cost ➔ Communication 13 Ask the experts

Professional Development Course

Professional Development Do 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 15

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 16 Transforming from the “Sage on the Stage” to the “Guide on the Side”

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 17 Workshops

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