Course Website Design- Leverage Learning in Your Classes

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1 Course Website Design- Leverage Learning in Your Classes 2004 League for Innovation Conference Susan V. Crosson Santa Fe Community College

2 Why Add the Web to On Campus and Online Courses? Content Knowledge & Skills Taught/Learned Teaching/Learning Process Student Abilities and Attitudes Course Context (perspectives and values)

3 Course Design and Core Competencies Functional: Decision Modeling Risk Analysis Measurement Reporting Research Leverage Technology Personal: Professional Demeanor Problem Solving/Decision Making Interaction Leadership Communication Project Management Leverage Technology Broad Business Perspective: Strategic/Critical Thinking Industry/Sector Perspective International/Global Perspective Resource Management Legal/Regulatory Perspective Marketing/Client Focus Leverage Technology What Content Knowledge or Skills are Taught/Learned in a course? How is a Course Taught/Learned? What is the Teaching/Learning process? What abilities and attitudes does it develop? What Context (the perspectives and values) does a course use?

4 Make it personal It s Your Course and Website An Ongoing Process anchored by Your Mission/Vision

5 My Mission/Vision To create a learning process as individual as each student requires to master the course content and actively apply with confidence what's learned.

6 Developing a Course Plan Course Goals Curriculum, Course, and Professor Course Basics Orientation/First Day Course Sessions Syllabus Calendar Gradebook Student Readiness Student To Do List Student Consent Form Learning Objectives Teach Learn Assess First Day of Class To Dos not password protected First Day of Class To Dos-password please

7 Expands Course Design Opportunities Developing Teaching Strategies Constructing Learning Activities Designing Outcomes Assessment Delivering a Course

8 Students Learn in Many Ways. Learning Modalities: I See I Hear I Touch I Do

9 Identify Teaching Resources by Susan V. Crosson I SEE I HEAR I TOUCH I DO (Visual) (Aural) (Read/Write) (Kinetic) Internet and Publisher Generated Resources Textbook Visuals PowerPoint Slides Class Videos Lecture Outlines Virtual Tours Websites Class Videos Textbook Online Chapter Summaries Online Learning Objectives Online Glossary Teaching CDs Fingraph Accounting Tutor Excel Templates Online Study Guide Some Faculty Generated Resources Classroom Professor's Videos SE & E Videos Classroom PowerPoint Slides with Audio Classroom Chapter Experts Practice Exams Classroom Projects Demonstrations

10 Blackboard Example WebCT example Learning to Know Activities by Susan V. Crosson Homepage Evaluat ion Synthesis Analysis Application Comprehensi on Knowledge Chapt er Discussion Forum SDA Discussion Forum Threaded LO Web LO Flowchart Excel Template Problems with So lutions Explain Teaching Transparency Create Visual Pictures Crosswords Matching I SEE Phone mail feedback o f another student's audio journal Critique another student's work FRAs Fingraph One minute audio journal on chapt er Merge student notes into a o ne page recap of chapt er MRA spreadsheet SDA Web activities Audio journal on how and why you will apply LO Verbally compare answers with student consultant Recap notes Answer Chapter questions Reading Guides Quickbooks problems G/L problems Field trips with Feedback Working papers Excel templates GroupHwk Student solutions to old exams Explain SE or E to at least two ot her students Students create one page of notes for the class SE Exercises Create audio notes Speak your answers Develop neumonics Write notes LO recaps Create Fl ashcards Content checkli sts I HEAR I TOUCH I DO

11 Teaching Takeaways Ever Expanding Knowledge and Skills.. Consultants and Knowledge Experts Business Model Today Use your student demographics Students prepare notes and solutions Require web-ready reports and documents so they can be shared online Encourage Web-based research in addition to library-based research Use source documents Provide content in student s comfort zone Videotape lectures, old exams, online quizzing, IM, comics..

12 Learning Takeaways Make it personal Classroom=Workplace Give points for doing homework on spreadsheets Encourage collaborative web-based instead of paper-based projects Build students resumes by using work authentic software like ASPs, ERPs Use teams and collaboration Peer evaluations-multiple times Require Oral and Written Communication similar to workplace: , voice mail, online documents

13 More Sample Learning Experiences Blackboard Example WebCT example Business Simulations QuickBooks: Online Edition Ethics Survey: Quality and inventory issues with M&Ms Class Learning, Team Projects, and Evaluation Financial Class Notes

14 More Learning in Context Samples Annual Report Project Annual Report template in ppt and html Cookie Activities in class and on the web Journal writing using The Goal by Goldratt and Cox

15 Course Design for Today and Tomorrow No Turnkey Solutions Expresses You Continuously Challenges Delights Students! Get more out of the classroom, By getting learning out of the classroom

16 Susan Crosson s Homepages Any comments are welcome: susan.crosson@sfcc.edu or