1. Anderson Online
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2. Initial Home Page Design
Initial Design for SharePoint system was designed around topic areas listed below.
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New Faculty – two sections, tutorial/orientation and best practices
Communities of Practice
Tool Kit for new technologies
Discussion Board – area for faculty to discuss issues/challenges for current semester, open for other faculty to provide feedback. Will be reviewed and archived by topic area to build knowledge for future semesters.
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3. Final Home Page Design
The final design focuses on content areas that can be tied back to measurable faculty objectives and provides templates, examples, procedures, and expert advice for tasks faculty need to perform on a regular basis to be successful in the online environment. These areas are based on the best practices that guide the development and implementation for Anderson online courses.
Course Design Folder – creating a webCT course, syllabus, etc.
Communication with Students – , announcements, etc.
Creating Interaction with Students – articles, discussion board on this topic
Assessment/Assignment – graded, student self-assessment, etc.
Learning in the Online Environment – lessons learned, articles, etc.
The semester discussion board for is maintained on the home page. There is also an area for faculty to contribute knowledge assets, articles or other items for the project coordinator to review and add to the site as appropriate.
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4. Online Learning Proof of Concept
Example of how the knowledge management system will support the online learning processes in order to construct a syllabus.
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5. Process Diagram: Creating a Syllabus
Pulls
New Faculty
Template
Example
Procedures
Expert Advice
Standardized format
What it looks like
How do I?
Never thought of that
Feedback, discussion boards, brown bag sessions, CoPs
Meets objective: Syllabus created
Pulls
Pushes
Following along in the syllabus example, here is a process flow map showing the relationships between new faculty, experienced faculty and the Project Coordinator along with authors, reviewers and approvers.
Each objective/process should b supported by a “learning object” made up of the four items shown: template, example, procedure, expert advice.
Experienced Faculty
Template
Expert Advice
More Expert Advice
Project Coordinator Authors Reviewers Approvers
Metacognitive
Tacit knowledge made explicit Gaps identified Knowledge products strengthened
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6. Home Page Navigation
Course Design – start here for tips on the following topics
Creating your course in webCT
Syllabus design
Class schedule with student deadlines
Content presentation – learning module and video design
webCT orientation for students
Working with NMEL (New Mexico Extended Learning)
Visual navigation, intuitive
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7. Home Page Navigation
Communication with Students – tips on the following topics
Announcements
Web Conference
Telephone
Podcast
Wikis
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8. Home Page Navigation
Creating Interaction with Students – tips on the following topics
Discussion Boards – how to manage
Development of a faculty learning community
Student Study Groups
Assessment/Assignment – tips on the following topics
WebCT student survey already pre-loaded by NMEL
Templates and examples of assignments effective in the online environment
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9. Home Page Navigation
Learning in the Online Environment – tips on the following topics
Articles related to Online Pedagogy
Benchmarks and Characteristics of Successful online Courses
Team Discussion – area for faculty to discuss any issues/challenges for the current semester. Open to all faculty to provide feedback.
The team discussion board will be reviewed by the project coordinator at the end of each semester and relevant items will be archived as part of the lessons learned section of the KMS.
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10. Conclusion
The goal of the KMS is to enable faculty to easily transition from teaching face-to-face to teaching online.
The KMS provides the templates, tools and examples so faculty can use these resources based on best practices and subject matter expertise as needed on a just-in-time basis.
Faculty are encouraged to add to the KMS and collaboratively work together in communities of practice in their areas of expertise.
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