Torie L Wynn MA Senior Instructional Designer Instructional

Torie L. Wynn, MA Senior Instructional Designer, Instructional Design and Technology August 5, 2016 From Tele- to Online Courses: Transforming HIST 132 1

Agenda History of the Project Design Theory and the LEARN Model Implementation and Reception Looking Forward 2 2

Wait, who is this girl? Why is she here? 3

The History of the Project 4

Instructional Design at Wichita State • Blackboard Ticket support • Online Faculty Fellows – Evangelize their fellow faculty members – A university-wide game of telephone • New leadership in 2014 -2015 • 6 new hires in 2014 -2015 • New focus on Instructional Design and Educational Technology 5

Identifying the Need • Telecourses at Wichita State – Outdated technology – Quickly losing support and impact • The shift to online education – Fully online programs – Greater online emphasis in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences • The IDT connection to the History Department 6

Design Theory and the LEARN Model 7

What is the LEARN Model? • Developed by Dr. Carolyn Speer and John Jones. – The word “learn” isn’t measurable – “Today’s assessment paradigm can take the verb learn from our outcomes, but it can’t take it from our classes. Higher education is constructed on the love of learning. Learning is our foundation. Helping people learn how to learn is our job. ” • LEARN: Listen, Envision, Adjust, Revise, and Negotiate • The Green Light Principle 8

Listen: Leigh Jackson “I kind of pride myself on helping students that think they “hate history” by reframing the picture so they find that history exists in their lives. I try to help them experience history as I did in college through debate and questioning narratives. Ideally, they learn not only about history, but also about the pursuit of knowledge. ” 9

Listen: The Needs 1. Proctored Exams – 2. Choice & Exploration – 3. Easily revisit old material Cost – 10 Uncertainty about Blackboard Study Opportunities – 5. Mirrors Face-to-Face Course Simplicity – 4. Department requirement Increased cost for online courses

Envision: What Do We Want? 11

Envision: Answering Our Needs • Proctored Exams Proctor U, Counseling & Testing, and Traditional Classroom Proctoring • Choice & Exploration A variety of major assignments, Supplementary Material, Image Galleries • Simplicity Module Format, Course Manuals, Clean Colors, Navigation Directives • Study Opportunities Flash Cards, Chapter Breakdowns, Self-Assessment Quizzes • Cost OER Textbook, free video content, free options for proctoring 12

Adjust: Beginning Our Design 13

Adjust: Accomplish Immediate Goals 14

Adjust: Accomplish Immediate Goals 15

Revise: Thinking about Objectives • Revision = Collaboration • How does everything align? • Creation of course content – Quizzes/Exams – Assignments – Lecture material • Does everything work? 16

Implementation and Reception 17

Enrollments (Spring 2016) Course Type Enrollment Cap # of Enrolled Students HIST 132 Face-to-Face 375 216 HIST 132 Telecourse 54 13 HIST 132 Online 100 73 • • 18 Total # of enrolled students: 302 % of enrolled students in Face-to-Face course: 72% % of enrolled students in Telecourse: 4% % of enrolled students in Online course: 24%

Bumps Along the Way • • 19 Adaptive Release Proctored Exams Grading and Rubrics Unfamiliarity with Tech

Student Review “Honestly, I didn’t give students enough credit. Today’s students are very tech savvy and know what they are doing. I was so worried they were going to be bombarding me with tech questions I would not be able to answer, and that really hasn’t happened. They also aren’t afraid to straight up ask you things that in a face-to-face classroom they might not. It’s a liberating thing, but sometimes I’m like, wow! I’m getting old! ” 20

Leigh’s Experience What is your favorite part of online instruction? The ease of communication! Today’s traditional and non-traditional students think nothing of communicating entirely online. It’s on their terms. It’s so easy! Email and Blackboard are right on my phone, so I can “teach” from just about any place. They can dictate how much interaction they want to have with me, but I know they are getting everything they need to because I am constantly reading their posts and grading their assignments. It’s easy to track exactly where every student is within the course at any given time. What is your least favorite and how do you overcome that challenge? Asynchronous teaching takes some getting used to. I miss telling funny stories to drive a point home and seeing students smile involuntarily because they can relate. For a people person like me, I do occasionally feel very disassociated as an instructor, but I just try to read more posts, engage more students, and keep going. 21

Looking Forward or “Negotiation” 22

Negotiating Our Vision • Adaptive Release • Proctored Exams • Grading and Rubrics • Organization • Developing Lecture Materials 23

Accessibility as a Priority 24

Enrollments (Fall 2016) Course Type Enrollment Cap # of Enrolled Students HIST 132 Face-to-Face 270 168 HIST 132 Telecourse 0 0 HIST 132 Online 100 • Total # of enrolled students: 268 • % of enrolled students in Face-to-Face course: 63% • % of enrolled students in Telecourse: 0% • % of enrolled students in Online course: 37% 25

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My Contact Information • • 30 Torie L. Wynn, MA torie. wynn@wichita. edu (316) 978 -7750 @Torie. Wynn. ID