Successful Hybrid Strategies Dr Selia Karsten Seneca College

Successful Hybrid Strategies Dr. Selia Karsten Seneca College April 2004

Topics • Information Management • LMS Essentials • Course Home Page Design • Key links • Course Resources • Interactivity: Hooking Your Learners • Virtual Office Hours • Time Savers • Back Ups • References

Information Management • Step by Step Procedures • Examples and Models • Screen Captures • Video Tutorials • Power Point Tutorials • Surveys Example: http: //people. senecac. on. ca/selia. karsten/MRK/Nettutor. html

LMS Essentials • Use only what you like to use • Make it Simple • Give a Tour • Easy Navigation • Repeat Essentials • Use Eye Candy Example: http: //people. senecac. on. ca/selia. karsten/MRK/224 w 2005. html

Course Home Page Design • Find What Works • Create a Template • Provide Essential Links • Develop Resources • Weekly Notes • Announcements Example: http: //people. senecac. on. ca/selia. karsten/SSC/100 f 2004. html

Course Resources • • Orientation Tools Collaboration Design Resources How to Plan Search and Research Previous Projects Example: http: //people. senecac. on. ca/selia. karsten/MRK/224 w 2005 resources. html

Interactivity: Hooking your users • Online activities: games, surveys, quizzes, polls • Featured sites • Partnered Chats (publish logs) • Their choice (for project theme) Example: http: //people. senecac. on. ca/selia. karsten/MRK/creative. html

Virtual Office Hours • Give guidelines for email messages • Check email often • Offer chat tutorials • Chat office hours • Give alternate links for emergency info Example: http: //people. senecac. on. ca/selia. karsten/MRK/Teaching. Schedule 2005. html

Time Savers • Black. Board Gradebook (print and use) • Email reminders • Announcements on Course page too • Project Summaries • Project Marking Sheets Example: http: //people. senecac. on. ca/selia. karsten/MRK/teamwebcriteria. html

Take Breaks! Example: http: //www. astralsite. com/Garden/seliagarden. html

Backups • • Extra hard drive Log (handwritten) Blogging Memory stick Bookmarks Email attachments Zip discs and CDs Networked Computer

References Website for this presentation: http: //www. astralsite. com/teach/happyhybrid. html