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TEI About this course...The way things work...
They say you can't please everyone but we are sure going to try...
Faculty are asking for information and help using technology to enhance instruction. We have packaged everything into one place. We provide the "guide on the side" and maximum flexibility to meet faculty needs within their time constraints.
- Overview - Introduction to Technology Enhanced Instruction (1/2 unit) - guided tour of technology, tools, functions, discussions
.. all work is completed within the course - discussions, assignments, quizzes
- Basics - Enhanced Instruction (2 units) - Introduction, develop samples within own course shell, emphasis on application of technology to support learning objectives
.. each student has a course shell on the development system for building course content activities
- Course Management - Teaching and Learning (3 or 4 units) - Introduction, Enhanced Instruction, further development of own course to address broader needs of students in a hybrid and fully online learning environment, emphasis on course management and pedagogy, special topics - importing quizzes, content
.. students must have previous experience with technology enhanced instruction
For the Facilitated online course, students enrolled in the cohort work through the modules together, with predefined deadlines for completing individual lessons. The cohort provides a significant interactive learning experience. The facilitator monitors the progress. The facilitator is available to moderate discussions that go off track and to answer questions as they arise.
Cohorts are scheduled. Registration is required. Participation in discussions is expected. Activity completion is self-paced, but there is considerable advantage to working within the cohort schedule.
Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education
In 1987 Chickering & Gamson published the now famous “Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education.” These principles are based on the perspective that the goal of a proper undergraduate education should be active, cooperative, and challenging.
- encourage student-faculty contact
- encourage cooperation among students
- encourage active/engaged learning
- give prompt feedback
- emphasize time on task
- communicate high expectations
- respect diverse talents and ways of learning
Course modules address each of the seven principles. Each module contains activities grouped for building blocks for learning
- Learn - notes, reading, discussion about concepts associated with the Practice theme of the module, introduction to the technologies that support this module's Practice
- Explore - as a "student" use the tools and participate in demonstrations of the Practice
- Apply - from the instructional perspective, observe and/or implement the Practice tools
- Evaluate - reflect on the Practice, implementation process and student outcomes
Just want the overview? Complete the activities within the course identified as components of the Introduction. You will see that there are many other activities listed and tagged for Enhancing Instruction or Teaching and Learning. You are welcome to do any or all of these as your time and interest permit.
If you are planning to supplement an existing classroom course, you should work through all the activities tagged Introduction and Enhancing Instruction.
Experienced technology using faculty planning to use the course management tools are to review and participate in all activities.
Course Completion
How do you know when you are done? Rubrics are provide to check your work. If you would like academic credit for the work, a formal registration and review process is being considered.
There are no "grades" for the course - just assessment of Completion. As a participant in the TEI course, you are NOT working for actual course grades. All the assignments and quizzes are hands-on learning experiences - show and tell, only. With that in mind the grades are meaningless.
Did you do the assignment - yes/no? Do you have a student experience with various Catalyst options? Did you get something to think about, discuss and/or add to your own course? That is the ONLY objective for including graded assignments in this course.
Grades are not important, other than to see the ranges and how they work from a student perspective. The "course" is about personal learning experience, professional development, community building, and working toward providing more options for students.
Resources
The material in the Technology Enhanced Instruction course is intended to serve as a stand-alone self paced course as well as an ongoing reference for any faculty interested in learning more about the Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education and their application to courses via technology.
Self-paced study - Work through the lessons and activities in the order presented. Engage colleagues in discussion, review of course development. Available anytime. May request review for credit upon successful completion.
GETTING STARTED
- Notify ?? Valerie / Letha / Marie / Berta that you want to participate in the TEI.2007 - Technology Enhanced Instruction project.
- If you do not have a Catalyst faculty course development account, please request one. Review the Catalyst Online Course Request Checklist?
https://catalystdev.deanza.edu/course_checklist.pdf
then complete the Request a Catalyst Development account form
https://catalystdev.deanza.edu/?pg=account_request
If you already have a Catalyst faculty course development account, you can do the course activities in an existing course or the Sandbox course.
- Log into catalystdev.deanza.edu - De Anza's Catalyst development server
https://catalystdev.deanza.edu/
- To ensure your account's security, please change your password from the one that you were given when the account was set-up.
- You will need a course to work in. Assignments for the course required that you add activities - assignments, quizzes, etc. to your course. If you need a new shell within your account, please request one. Once have logged into Catalyst, there is a link to Catalyst Course Maintenance - select Request a new Master Shell
https://catalystdev.deanza.edu/maint/
Valerie Taylor, Instructor
Rather than a course, think of this a group project. That is a better model for this learning experience. We are all in this together. I changed the Catalyst course Settings to say Facilitator and Participants, because this more accurately represents our respective roles.
As a graduate and occasional instructor in the CSUEB MS Ed Online Teaching and Learning program, I thought the group project process was an extremely valuable learning experience. In fact, that was the subject of my Masters project (most of which is available from my DeAnza web page).
Group Project Project
http://faculty.deanza.edu/taylorvalerie/groupproject/index.html
Please contact me if you have questions of suggestions.
Enjoy!
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