ONLINE doesn t mean LEFT ALONE. Klaus Woelk woelk@mst.edu Chemistry Department, Missouri S&T Missouri Learning Commons Scholar

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1 ONLINE doesn t mean LEFT ALONE Klaus Woelk woelk@mst.edu Chemistry Department, Missouri S&T Missouri Learning Commons Scholar

2 Online Education a thread to traditional universities and colleges? Online Universities University of Phoenix Kaplan University Walden University Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) Kahn Academy, Coursera, Udacity, MITx, edx ed2go, Stanford Online,

3 Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education Principle 1: Encourage Student-Faculty Contact Frequent student-faculty contact is a key factor in student motivation, involvement, and learning. Faculty concern helps students get through rough times and continue to strive for success. Devise methods that actively and successfully promote studentfaculty contact with both individual students and larger groups of students.

4 Why redesign a course? Why use more online material in traditional courses? Improve student learning in changing environments online society millennium students No Child Left Behind generation Save money in times of budget constraints same work done with less faculty or with less expensive instructional personnel more students per section

5 Missouri Course Redesign Initiative ( ) The Governor of Missouri and Missouri s public four-year institutions established a major course redesign initiative to achieve improvements in learning outcomes as well as reductions in instructional costs by redesigning large-enrollment, multi-section courses using technology-supported active learning strategies. Missouri S&T participates in this redesign initiative with its General Chemistry I course (CHEM 1). Characteristics of CHEM 1: First in a sequence of two general-chemistry courses Annual enrollment exceeds 1,000 students Required lecture-and-recitation course (4 credit hours) for more than 75% of S&T s students General-chemistry education to both major and non-major students. Students typically enroll during their freshman year Generates the most student credit hours in a single S&T course.

6 Chemistry 1 Redesign ( ) SP 2011 & FS2011 (traditional) 1037 students 6 courses, 48 recitation sections 6 instructors 12 TAs + 6 PLAs (Peer Learning Assistants) 12 undergraduate and graduate student graders Cost: $150 / student SP 2012 & FS2012 (redesigned) 1036 students annually 3 courses, 24 collaborative learning centers 3 instructors 7 TAs + 9 PLAs Cost: $102 / student

7 Traditional Lecture 3 credit hours Presentation of concepts and examples Recitation 1 credit hour Presentation of practice problems Lecture Recitation face-to-face face-to-face

8 Redesigned Lecture 2 credit hours Presentation of concepts and examples Recitation 2 credit hours Presentation of practice problems Doing Lecture Recitation face-to-face online synchronous collaborative online

9 Lecture Face-to-Face attend in lecture hall use Clickers or ResponseWare to respond to in-class questions communicate with nearest neighbors raise hand or text messages to communicate with instructor Online Synchronous attend virtually through Adobe Connect dorm room computer lab unoccupied classroom anywhere with internet use ResponseWare to respond to in-class questions communicate with other students and GTAs using chat text messages to communicate with instructor

10 Lecture Option 1: Face-to-Face in the Classroom

11 Lecture Option 1: Face-to-Face in the Classroom Using clickers to enhance student engagement Technologysupported active learning strategies

12 Lecture Option 2: Online-synchronous Lecture Instructor camera List of participants PowerPoint slides with write-in option (same as presented in class) Student chat room Lecture is recorded for later viewing

13 Lecture Option 2: Online-synchronous Lecture Monitoring lectures remotely Answering clicker questions through laptop computers or smartphones

14 Study Options (FS 2012) Lecture face-to-face Lecture onlinesynchronous Collaborative Recitation Online Recitation Collaborative Recitation Online Recitation 42.7% 12.2% 26.1% 19.0%

15 Online doesn t mean left alone Intrusive Intervention Intense monitoring of first two week performance Academic alerts LASSI (Learning And Study Strategies Inventory) Study Plan Possibility to change study options Accountability MasteringChemistry diagnostics Optional Assistive Instructional Tools Course discussion board Office hours LEAD (Learning Enhancement Across Disciplines)

16 Additional Resources LEAD Centers and Tutoring (Learning Enhancement Across Disciplines) Opportunity for students to meet and collaborate homework online recitation additional practice problems Guidance instructor graduate teaching assistants (GTA) undergraduate peer learning assistants (PLA)

17 LEAD Collaborative Learning Centers

18 Undergraduate Learning Assistant (ULA) or Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA)?

19 Outcome vs. Number of Sessions Attended 110% Average % Grade 100% 90% 80% 70% Average % Grade 60% 50% Sessions Attended

20 Total Number of Students Per Session 200 Students Students

21 Average Seat Time per Student 120 Time/Student Time/Student Aug 30-Sep 31-Oct 30-Nov

22 Student Comments The use of clicker questions and the live text feed help me pay attention in class Strength: explaining the material without giving the answers out right Strength: Getting the class involved in discussions during lecture He really emphasized learning and helped us find out the answer ourselves instead of giving us all the answers Dr. Woelk made me realize the importance of working with others to complete assignments and study for tests, a skill I plan to use for the rest of my time here at Missouri S&T.

23 Additional Resources (Piazza discussion board)

24 Missouri S&T Chemistry Redesign Team Team Leader Klaus Woelk, Interim Department Chair, Associate Professor of Chemistry 2010 President s Award for Innovative Teaching Missouri Learning Commons Scholar Partners Next Generation Learning Challenges, The Missouri Learning Commons: Redesigning Gateway Courses at Scale National Center for Academic Transformation (NCAT) Redesign Team Emmalou Satterfield, Assistant Teaching Professor of Chemistry Travis McDowell, Chemistry Graduate Student Harvest Collier, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Affairs, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry Stephen Clark, Professor of Mathematics, Assistant to the Provost Julie Phelps, Instructional Designer, elearning Specialist Amy Skyles, Instructional Technology elearning Specialist Dan Cernusca, Instructional Design Specialist Diane Hagni, Program and Project Support Specialist

25 Success tomorrow depends on choices today. unknown author

26 Video clips from the redesigned Missouri S&T general chemistry course are available at: