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Diane Gusa

Are Online Classes Meant Primarily for Introverts? | Inside Online SchoolsInside Online... - 1 views

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introvert extrovert benefits online

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  • For introverts these online learning benefits include: Ability to take time to think about what to write in discussions Not forced to interact with people with whom they feel uncomfortable Ability to take stances on subjects that might otherwise intimidate them in person For extroverts these online learning benefits include: Ability to hit the backspace key or delete button if needed Ability to interact within chat rooms and discussion areas to connect with other students Ability to showcase knowledge through the use of multimedia presentations
Diane Gusa

Learning Domains - 1 views

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Learning domains affective cognitive

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  • The affective domain is critical for learning but is often not specifically addressed.  This is the domain that deals with attitudes, motivation, willingness to participate, valuing what is being learned, and ultimately incorporating the values of a discipline into a way of life.  Stages in that domain are not as sequential as the cognitive domain, but have been described as the following: Receiving (willing to listen) Responding (willing to participate) Valuing (willing to be involved) Organizing (willing to be an advocate) Characterization (willing to change one’s behavior, lifestyle, or way of life)
  • Videos and audio clips are also excellent ways to engage the affective domain. These should be short and may include the following: Former students giving tips on how to be successful The instructor informing the students of the value of the course Professionals who are using the knowledge from the course in their lives An overview of the program with key support personnel and facilities visible to the student Streaming audio files throughout the course encouraging students and providing helpful tips Short video clips of the instructor explaining course content
Diane Gusa

How to Use Twitter in the College Classroom - 2 views

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TWITTER MODULE 3 SOCIAL PRESENCE

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  • A user can be totally anonymous if that is their wish. This is an added bonus because as an instructor I would never want to involve my students in an activity that could cause them harm or make them feel uncomfortable in any way.
  • Use Twitter as an Announcement Board.
  • hey could just always have the Twitter in the background when they are at home and just look at it from time to time.
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  • Web-Pages. One of the best and most useful features of Twitter is the ability to post URL links in your Tweets
  • Use Twitter to Ask Questions.
  • Use Twitter to Connect Students
  • The student did not sign up for an online course and those boundaries must be respected
  • Don't mix Personal Twittering with Classroom Twittering
  • Do "Block" users who try to Follow your Tweets and are not your students. Most people on Twitter are trying to sell something.
  • Do Tweet often
  • Do keep your Twitter page Public. Th
  • Do include a blurb on netiquette in your course Syllabus.
  • Do Tweet on topics related to the course
  • In fact you should probably Tweet daily. Just
  • Do keep your Tweets professional.
  • Do delete non-fact related Tweets between semesters
  • Do Re-Tweet your updates.
Diane Gusa

Should teachers embrace new technology? | My English Pages - 0 views

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teachers technology online learning pedagogy

shared by Diane Gusa on 07 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • Yes, we hardly master a technological tool that another version of it or another one is already in the market!! oufffff. Can you keep up with the pace??? You have to be both a marathon runner and sprinter at the same time What should  teachers do then to be able to follow the pace. The teachers who are themselves geeks are finding it so tiring, let alone those teachers who are reluctant to adapt to the new IT era.  How prepared are our educators? This is a legitimate question. A post by Andrew Marcinek describes this situation and suggests that teachers (and students) should be allowed to adapt to new tech at their own pace:
  • echnology now is everywhere. We don’t know where it will take us as teachers, but also as citizens of the world. It will surely help us build connections and provide new information even more faster; it will save us a lot of time searching for what we want. We cannot and should not miss the benefits. But we must also bear in mind that human beings are born to engage in real face-to-face warm interactions. Without this very characteristic which is exclusively human nothing can be gained!!!
Tiffany King

EBSCOhost: Online Collaborative Learning: Relating Theory to Practice - 0 views

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online collaborative learning theory

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  • Tiffany King on 20 Jun 12
     
    Abstract: Educational institutions have rushed to provide online courses; however, too often schools have discovered the difficulty in transferring effective teaching strategies in the classroom to an online environment. A unique aspect of quality online courses is how they rely heavily on effective collaboration to create a meaningful learning environment. Unfortunately, online instruction is not as simple as replicating the community atmosphere that is found in the traditional brick and mortar classroom. New strategies are demanded for the successful transfer of knowledge utilizing the Web. Investigating the pedagogical strategies of a program that promotes dialogue and collective intellect in a community model could benefit faculty designing courses. We will present a detailed case study using a mixture of quantitative and qualitative methods (including observation, focus groups, transcripts from synchronous and asynchronous discussions, surveys, and interviews) collected over a two-year span to identify perceptions of effective online collaboration and performance. Community formation, support, and sustainability are also explored. Examples are included that not only describe what participants perceive as enabling aspects of the support system but also ways in which educators can enhance program development by learning from other pioneers in this area.
Doris Stockton

JOLT - Journal of Online Learning and Teaching - 0 views

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studentcenteredlearning online learning elearning

shared by Doris Stockton on 20 Jun 13 - Cached
  • The transformation from the traditional Face-to-Face (FTF) classroom mode to new delivery methods and platforms (correspondence, Internet-online, one-way, two-way audio and video) collectively known as Distance Education (DE), led some experts so far as to predict that the ‘residential based model,’ that is, students attending classes at prearranged times and locations, will disappear in the near future (Blustain, Goldstein & Lozier, 1999; Drucker, 1997 as cited in O’Malley, 1999). It is beyond doubt that distance education has progressed in concept and practice (to encompass where applicable) from an “anywhere” to an “anytime” to an “any pace” delivery method.
  • Overall, 70% of the studies had a positive effect size (see Figure 1), demonstrating that DL students outperformed their traditional counterparts. Note – there is a clear upward trend of higher positive ES per period across time from 63% to 84%
  • Eduventures (a reputable Boston based research and consulting group in higher education) forecasts there were nearly 2.2 million U.S. students enrolled in fully online higher education programs in 2009, or about 12.1% of all students enrolled in university level degree-granting institutions that year by these estimates. This share is up significantly from approximately 1.3% in the 2000-2001 academic school year.
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  • While distance learning in higher education may have been looked down upon two decades ago, it has clearly become well accepted and gained legitimacy over the past decade. Students, universities, and employers no longer differentiate between university degrees earned traditionally or online. In many cases, universities offer the same degrees traditionally and online while the final diploma does not even mention the mode of delivery. The improvements of technology, the widespread Internet access, the increased legitimacy of online learning within established universities and employers, and the increased participation of adult learners in higher education with clear preferences toward learning anytime and anywhere will further drive future improvements in the quality of distance learning programs. Traditional programs suffered irreparable damages during periods of economic downturns (the post dot com era in 2000-2002 and the major economic recession from 2007-2009), their levels of support have eroded substantially, and their quality did not improve at the same levels as online programs.
  • Therefore, one should not be surprised if the gap in academic performance between online and traditional learning will only widen in the next decade.
  • The findings of this study reemphasize prior results and extend it for a period of twenty years. It is clear that the experimental probability of attaining higher learning outcomes is greater in the online environment than in the face-to-face environment. This probability is increasing over time.
  • The paradigm of the superiority of the FTF modality over its distance learning alternative has been successfully negated. The distance learning approach is becoming the “normal science” (Kuhn, 1962). Yet, this is not fully comprehended by the various decision making institutions where the gate-keeping positions represent, by and large, the past paradigm. Therefore, distance learning is still treated as the anomaly (“step child”) instead of as the emerging standard of quality in higher education. We expect that as a new generation of leaders in higher education emerges, the policy making orientation and regulatory models will change to reflect the new paradigm.
Diane Gusa

Bollinger Podcasting.pdf - 0 views

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podcasting

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  • Diane Gusa on 01 Jul 13
     
    "professor ' s explanation translated into more meaningful learning compared to only reading a textbook or discussing the material in discussion boards. These results communicate a powerful message to online instructors who may consider adding additional podcasts or implementing them in their courses. Many participants indicated that the ability to hear their professor ' s voice made them feel more connected to him or her. "
Tiffany King

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teacher presence introduction video online learning

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  • Tips for Increasing Instructor Presence in your Distance Learning Course
  • Record an introductory video for the first week of the course introducing yourself, your teaching style, student expectations and goals for the course. Contact the ATC to schedule a time for recording your video. Start off each week with a brief personalized note detailing your learning objectives for the lesson and what assignments or tasks need to be done for the week. If relevant, include a personal anecdote or a brief comment on a current event. An example would be to welcome students back for a new semester or from the midterm break. This can be done easily in myWPI by Adding an item at the top of your folder and typing your note in the text box. Incorporate your own voice by narrating your PowerPoint slides or other on-screen materials with Camtasia Studio. For written materials, try a more natural and conversational tone.
  • Show your presence by checking in to the website as often as possible and leave timely "evidence" that you have been there such as posting new announcements or discussion board postings. For example, if you only post every other week the students may feel that the course site has been "abandoned." Set expectations at the beginning of the course for your students of how often you will be checking in and your response time. Share information with your distance learners that will help them in their careers, just as you would with on-campus students. For example, post links to articles or current job postings in your industry to the Announcements area.
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  • Make your course site as organized, clear, and easy to navigate as possible
  • Post your weekly folders in reverse order so that the current weekly folder is at the top of the list and easy to find.
Diane Gusa

Instructional Immediacy and the Seven Principles: Strategies for Facilitating Online Co... - 1 views

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instructional immediacy principles online

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  • Table 1. Seven Principles of Good Practice in Undergraduate Education, Chickering and Gamson (1986) 1. Encourage contact between students and faculty: Frequent student-faculty contact both in and outside of class is an important factor in student motivation and involvement. 2. Develop reciprocity and cooperation among students: Faculty should create and encourage opportunities for collaborative learning among students. 3. Encourages active learning: Faculty should require students to apply their learning in oral and written forms. 4. Give prompt feedback: Faculty should provide appropriate and prompt feedback on performance. Students need help assessing their current competence and performance, and need frequent opportunities to perform and receive suggestion for improvement. Such feedback should be an ongoing process in collegiate settings. 5. Emphasize time on task: Faculty should create opportunities for students to practice good time management. This includes setting realistic time for students to complete assignments as well as using class time for learning opportunities. 6. Communicate high expectations: Faculty should set and communicate high expectations for students. Such becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy for students and they often will rise to meet the challenge. 7. Respect diverse talents and ways of learning: Faculty should create learning opportunities that appeal to the different ways students will process and attend to information. Varying presentation style and assignment requirement will allow students to showcase their unique talents and learn in ways that work for them.
Tiffany King

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assessment formative summative

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  • nother distinction that underpins formative assessment is student involvement. If students are not involved in the assessment process, formative assessment is not practiced or implemented to its full effectiveness. Students need to be involved both as assessors of their own learning and as resources to other students. There are numerous strategies teachers can implement to engage students. In fact, research shows that the involvement in and ownership of their work increases students' motivation to learn. This does not mean the absence of teacher involvement. To the contrary, teachers are critical in identifying learning goals, setting clear criteria for success, and designing assessment tasks that provide evidence of student learning.
  • Formative Assessment is part of the instructional process.
  • it can only help in evaluating certain aspects of the learning process.
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  • Summative assessments happen too far down the learning path to provide information at the classroom level and to make instructional adjustments and interventions during the learning process.
Diane Gusa

Ali's blog - 3 views

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      Diane Gusa on 16 Jul 12
       
      Hi Ali, You need to still tag and categorize before leaving this class! Category would be for this post Module 3. Tags are important because this helps people read your posts for the information. Your tags for this blog are incorrect. Tags are like keywords. What tags do you think this blog should have?
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      Diane Gusa on 27 Jul 12
       
      The teacher who inspired me was in college. I was first inspired by her deep knowlege, her humaness, and finally her reaching out to me, a very shy student.
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      Diane Gusa on 27 Jul 12
       
      You speak of literacy skills, but not attitudes...the love of reading, the power of writing, reflective thinking.
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  • First of all, the learning theory is a process that unites the cognitive, emotional and environmental influences and experiences for acquiring, or making changes in one’s knowledge, skills and values.
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      Diane Gusa on 27 Jul 12
       
      Love this definition. Is it yours or do you need to contribute this to someone?
    • Diane Gusa
      Diane Gusa on 27 Jul 12
       
      So the learning theory is multiple intelligence. What about the other theories? Behaviorism=gold stars, working in groups=constructivism etc.
    • Diane Gusa
      Diane Gusa on 27 Jul 12
       
      I disagree here. Effort is important to learn, but inefficent effort that does not lead to outcomes stated in the objectives need to be adhered to.
  • I would never fail anyone unless they really did not put any effort into the class. As long as you put the effort in and tried your hardest, you would do well in my class.
  • Carol’s post
  • Nicole’s discussion
Ilicia Kelly

TOOC - 4 views

In the age of technology, we still want a personal record of paper receipts and to have a copy that we can hold in our hand is a great new app! According to the reading in the Intro to Learning Tec...

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Diane Gusa

Devlin's Angle: The difference between teaching and instruction - 0 views

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teaching module 4

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  • Some of the ones who do well actually learn what the course is supposed to be about, though others (and I suspect most) simply learn how to pass the course tests.
  • They are simply two perspectives of the same human interactive process. From the teacher’s perspective it is teaching, from the student’s perspective it is learning.
  • Teaching and learning usually involve instruction. But giving and receiving instruction no more is teaching/learning than bricklaying is architecture.
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  • The distinction between instruction and teaching/learning becomes significant when cash-strapped education districts look to technology for assistance.
  • particularly students who have already learned how to learn –
  • https://www.mathreasoninginventory.com). The heart of MRI is a face-to-face interview: you ask your students questions (that the Common Core expects all middle school students to answer successfully), probe their thinking, listen to how they reason, and learn what they understand.
Kelly Stevens

Sticky note activity - 2 views

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      Doris Stockton on 18 Jun 13
       
      This sounds really interesting for a face to face class.
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      Doris Stockton on 18 Jun 13
       
      I wonder how to do this activity in an online class.
    • Doris Stockton
      Doris Stockton on 18 Jun 13
       
      Participation is the key to the online learning community to be sustainable.
    • Kelly Stevens
      Kelly Stevens on 18 Jun 13
       
      During my favorite teacher's lectures he would always tell funny stories that related to the topic he was teaching which kept the class engaged. Which is discussed under lecture practices in the Best Practice Article 
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      Kelly Stevens on 18 Jun 13
       
      My favorite teacher Mr. Tyrrell used many of the techniques that are found within Group discussion triggers in his classroom such as; role playing when teaching CPR and first aid, but he also used role playing when teaching his class how to be active listeners. 
Diane Gusa

Teaching and Learning at a Distance: The Learners: Self-Regulation - 0 views

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teaching learning

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  • Whether taking a face-to-face or online course, students must be able to manage their own learning.
  • onsider ways to facilitate self-regulation in your students by encouraging metacognitive awareness, promoting time management, encouraging social interaction, and providing effective, efficient, and appealing learning materials.
  • To succeed in online discussions and other online course activities, participants must have basic social skills including the ability to: listen (read) and comprehend classmate postings ask appropriate questions assist others through supporting comments build on the work of others take on the role of devil's advocate or other perspectives to promote discussion synthesize information and ideas presented by classmates and make a unique contribution participate in a timely manner
Tiffany King

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facilitator adult learning effective facilitator

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  • It refers to the process of helping learners achieve self-growth through self-evaluation and cooperation with others.
  • adults learn best when a facilitator can see that the following six conditions are met: They feel the need to learn and have input into what, why, and how they will learn. Learning's content and processes bear a perceived and meaningful relationship to past experience and experience is effectively utilized as a resource for learning. What is to be learned relates optimally to the individual's developmental changes and life tasks. The amount of autonomy exercised by the learner is congruent with that required by the mode or method utilized. They learn in a climate that minimizes anxiety and encourages freedom to experiment. Their learning styles are taken into account (pp. 47-49).
Diane Gusa

Teaching Today | How-To Articles | Social Bookmarking - 1 views

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socialbookmarking teaching technology web2.0

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  • A social bookmarking site provides a way for students or teachers to save all of their links in one place on the Internet. These links are saved with one or more tags to help find the site in the future.  
  • According to Netcraft, there are more than 100 million Web sites on the Internet. Between 3 to 4 million new Web sites are added every month. How do educators keep this information organized? How do educators and students plod through this morass and separate the good from the bad and the ugly? Social bookmarking provides one way for users to get control of this information.
Tiffany King

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cognitive theory

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  • Cognitive Load Theory (CLT) is an instructional theory that starts from the idea that our working memory is limited with respect to the amount of information it can hold, and the number of operations it can perform on that information (Van Gerven et. al., 2003). That means a learner should be encouraged to use his or her limited working memory efficiently, especially when learning a difficult task (Van Gerven et. al., 2003). We need to recognize the role and the limitation of working memory to help develop quality instruction (Cooper, 1998). Thus, we as instructional designers need to find ways to help optimize the working memory. Hence, the key aspect of the theory is the relation between long-term memory and working memory, and how instructional materials interact with this cognitive system (Ayres, 2006).
cassandra siebold

JOTS v32n2 - The Pedagogy of Technology Integration - 3 views

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technology pedagogy teaching

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  • Using technology to enhance the educational process involves more than just learning how to use specific piece of hardware and software. It requires an understanding of pedagogical principles that are specific to the use of technology in an instructional settings…Pedagogy-based training begins by helping teachers understand the role of learning theory in the design and function of class activities and in the selection and use of instructional technologies. (pp. 2 and 6)
  • In a broad sense, technology integration can be described as a process of using existing tools, equipment and materials, including the use of electronic media, for the purpose of enhancing learning
  • When you go to the hardware store to buy a drill, you don’t actually want a drill, you want a hole, they don’t sell holes at the hardware store, but they do sell drills, which are the technology used to make holes. We must not lose sight that technology for the most part is a tool and it should be used in applications which address educational concerns. (p. 87)
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