1. Prince George’s Community College Online Express Training Faculty to Teach Online Mary Wells Margo Chaires Andrew Habermacher

2. Distance Learning at Prince George’s Community College Telecourses - well established but declining (729 students in Fall 99 to 381 Fall 01) Interactive courses - not well established, low enrollments (25 students in Fall 01) Online Courses 1996 - Few courses; no institutional support 1998 - Institutional support begins 1999 - More courses; Online Express funded

3. Online Learning Enrollments

4. Faculty Trained - Online Express

5. Planning and Implementation Administration Faculty Consultant(s) Technology Resource Center Instructional Support Technology Support

6. OLE Agreements Faculty Agrees To: Attend orientation and 10 2-hour training sessions Use Blackboard List course in Schedule of Classes Demonstrate course to colleagues College Agrees To: Compensation Training Development Provide Blackboard as CMS Provide training Provide Instructional Design support

7. OLE Faculty Training Course Ten weekly 2-hour sessions plus work sessions Emphasizes teamwork among faculty, administrative offices & technical support Targeted development of online general education courses leading to degrees. Qualified fulltime or adjunct faculty wishing to adapt an existing course to offer online or to create a “shared” course for use by other instructors.

8. OLE Major Components Pedagogy Instructor’s Role Changes Student Centered Technology Web Page Authoring Course Delivery Software

9. Challenges of Training Faculty to Teach Online Computer skills Lack of experience as online students Tendency to focus on technology Perceptions of online pedagogy Understanding of online course development process

10. Faculty Web Pages Need for Faculty Web Page Orient students “Advertise” course Online students expect it Create With Front Page Provide Template Use Front Page as editor and Web page creator

11. Using Blackboard to Teach Online Pedagogy Tours of Existing Online Blackboard Courses Provide Blackboard Account As a Teacher in Own Course As a Student in Online Express Handouts and course content Documents Internet Links Quizzes and Surveys Threaded, asynchronous discussion Digital Drop Box

12. OLE Modifications Multi-phased Assessment Process (implement Spring 02) Phase One - New Course Evaluation Phase Two - Course Evaluation after 2nd semester Phase Three - College Faculty Evaluation Process Phase Four - Student Evaluations

13. Phase One Using Checklist for Online Faculty Given at Orientation Includes major categories of course design Web page construction Interaction (student-student; student-teacher) Orienting students to the course Navigability Engaging students Giving feedback to students

14. Phase Two Using Principles of Good Practice Based on Chickering and Gamson’s Seven Principles of Good Practice in Undergraduate Education Focus on active learning, interaction

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