Engaging Students in Online Courses Susan Mircovich Kenai

Engaging Students in Online Courses Susan Mircovich Kenai Peninsula College University of Alaska Anchorage scmircovich@kpc. alaska. edu

Session Objectives • Create activities to engage students in your online lecture and laboratory courses Agenda • First - lecture examples from chem • Second - lab examples from chem, physics and A&P

What is “active learning”? • Students engage material: talking, writing, reading, reflecting, or questioning • Students are doing things - opposite of passively watching lectures • Students are engaged and involved in the learning process • Active Learning: learning occurs teacher-tostudent, student-to-teacher, and student-tostudent. • Involves cognitive activity

“active learning” components = Interaction Student – content Student– student Student– faculty 4

“active learning” components = games, puzzles, Learning Interaction Objects, self-check quizzes, introductions, study groups, group assignments – optional or mandatory, DB, Wiki report comments, email, phone, games, synchronous meetings, test questions on student content, LAB work! Student – content Student– student video lectures with handouts/worksheets, assignments, animations, problems, case studies, HW problems, student created content, essays Student– faculty DB, recorded introduction, personalized feedback on assignments and tests – written, audio and video, phone, synchronous sessions, prompt email replies, surveys 5 and feedback

Online Lecture Do’s Your voice Readable Interactive Images Branch Quiz Chunk

Online Lecture Dont’s PPTs w/no audio > 15 minute Outline only of f 2 f lecture Reread the textbook Folder of documents

Examples Inside Chem 103. . . • • Announcements Lecture recording/handouts LO in Chapter Content Weekly quizzes and assignments Formative Survey/Results Wiki Sign up, reports and comments Discussion Board Elive “recording”

More Examples - Intro to Org &Bio • Protein Wiki = student created e l p m Exa content • Use for exam questions!

More Examples - General Chem II • DB – students help each other. Students can subscribe for email notifications e l p m Exa

Distance Labs = any combination At home – students work with kits Virtual – online interactive simulations Remote – robotics to control equipment/do experiments, take measurements Hybrid/ – any above with on campus combo Blended

University of Minnesota Center for Allied Health Programs* • Uses “blended” model: – distance learning, classroom experiences, experiential education – supported by technology; simulations, videoconferencing, or teleconferencing * “Blended Learning: Emerging Best Practices in Allied Health Workforce” Development Journal of Allied Health, Winter 2010, Vol 39, No 4 (in your packet) 12

Labs Agenda • Virtual + 2 day on campus Hybrid Chem 103 L KPC Murdoch and Roper • At-home Physics 115 KPC Andy Veh • At-home + virtual Biology 111 (Anatomy and Phys) Kodiak College Dr. Suzanne Buie

KPC Hybrid Lab Instructors Maryna Roper KPC Liena Murdoch UAA Both ALSO teach on-campus 103, 104, 105, 106 Labs Survey of Chemistry Labs Intro to Organic and Biochemistry General Chemistry I and II Labs 14 Chem 103 L KPC

Lab Manual convert 15

KPC Hybrid Lab Chem 103 Prior to Lab • Reading assign • Instructor video lectures • Learning Objects • Pre. Lab Questions Lab Assignment After Lab • Lab manual/ • post-lab worksheet with questions in Bb instructions ONLINE • Virtual labs/ simulations • Reading assign • Lab manual • Lab reports • Instructor PPts • On campus lab • Post lab • Pre. Lab Questions experiments questions On CAMPUS Student feedback/support using EMAIL and DB 16

Virtual Chem Lab LO e l p m Exa Content/Activities Assessment 17 Chem 103 L KPC

Virtual Chem Lab e l p m Exa http: //www. chemcollective. org/ Content/Activities 18

Assessment e l p m Exa 19 Chem 103 L KPC

Virtual Gas Laws LO e l p m Exa Content/Activities http: //jersey. uoregon. edu/ Chem 103 L KPC 20

Interactive Periodic Table • le. Back on After completing this lab you will be able to: write the p m a x correct symbols or names of some elements E LO • Content/Activities categorize elements as metals or non metals • identify chemical families in the periodic table • determine the mass number, atomic number, and number of protons, neutrons and electrons given the complete symbol of an atom • interpret the trends in atomic radii, electronegativity and density within a family and a period of the periodic table • write an electron configuration for an element • describe the importance of radioactive isotopes in medical 21 diagnosis techniques Chem 103 L KPC

Andy Veh Physics 90% At Home Associate Professor for Physics, Math, and Astronomy, KPC • Also teaches F 2 F class. • Same experiments with some equipment the same, some different. • F 2 F turn in the same worksheets/assessments. Andy Veh Physics KPC 22

Andy Veh Physics Prior to Lab • video instructions • posting first data on the discussion board • pre-lab questions Lab Assignment • lab manual with instructions • student’s lab report After Lab • post-lab questions • photos, videos of student’s lab experiment (as proof and for evaluation) • Student support using EMAIL and ELIVE 23 Andy Veh Physics KPC

LO Pendulum Experiment • Confirm the first order approximation for the period of a simple pendulum • By measuring the periods for various pendulum lengths, determine the acceleration due to gravity g. (Do not use a published value for g in your calculations – the objective is that you will measure and compute it yourself. ) 24 Andy Veh Physics KPC

Pendulum Experiment - cont Andy shows how to set up the lab: Content/Activities • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=QDy. F 0 sq Gtxw&list=PLB 61658 E 5111 AFB 92&index=9&f eature=plpp_video Andy shows how to do the calculations: • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ff. Rg. YI 8 g_ 4 g&list=PLB 61658 E 5111 AFB 92&index=10&fea ture=plpp_video 25 Andy Veh Physics KPC

Pendulum Experiment - cont Content/Activities e l p m Exa Assessment 26 Andy Veh Physics KPC

Pendulum Experiment - cont e l p m Exa Assessment 27 Andy Veh Physics KPC

Pendulum Experiment - cont e l p m Exa *Adapted from NC State Univ/NSF Andy Veh Physics KPC 28

Physics Force Table Experiment Assessment e l p m Exa Content/Activities Assessment 29 Andy Veh Physics KPC

At home + Virtual Chemistry Dave Wilson Department of Natural Sciences Parkland College, Ill e l p m Exa 30

Virtual Chem Labs: Oregon State e l p m Exa http: //ecampus. oregonstate. edu/online-degrees/undergraduate/online-generalchemistry/labs. htm 31 Oregon State University

Dr. Suzanne Buie • Advanced Doctorate in Physical Therapy with a specialty in Sports and Orthopaedics. • Kodiak College, Faculty Chair; Health Sciences • Owner of Arctic Physical Therapy • Clinician, Clinical Coordinator and Instructor • Distance courses include: • Anatomy and Physiology I and II • Core Concepts in Health Science • Medical Terminology • Human Biology* • * Developed with NANSLO 32 Anatomy and Physiology UAS Slide by Dr. Suzanne Buie

Viewing the Course • UAA Faculty Technology Showcase at: http: //www. uaa. alaska. edu/facultytechnologyce nter/showcase/ • To view this course, please go to: “Tour of a copy of Dr. Buie's A & P II Blackboard shell (authentication required)” on the page above 33 Anatomy and Physiology UAS Slide by Dr. Suzanne Buie