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Theresa Flynn, Ed.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor
 Humanities & Teacher Education
 Pepperdine University
 tflynn@pepperdine.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teaching with Technology:
Exploring Online Pedagogy & Practice


Syllabus
 

Date

Agenda


Week 1
 9/22/2008

 

Building Community: The Virtual Face-to-Face Meeting

  • Class Introductions
     

  • Objectives for today:

    • build connections--faces, voices, names

    • familiarize ourselves with technology:

      • BlackBoard (contact: Denise Hoyt: dhoyt@sbccd.cc.ca.us)

      • SKYPE--tool for real-time voice & video conferences

      • email--daily communication
         

  • Course Objectives

    • understand the importance of building community when teaching online

    • become familiar with a variety of tools for online learning include those used for both asynchronous and synchronous discussions

    • understand the fundamental differences between teaching face-to-face and online

    • create a syllabus for a class that is taught at least partially online

    • be able to setup a BlackBoard course for use in one of their classes

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Extending the Learning

  • For the rest of the week, post in the Discussion Board of BlackBoard.  Do the following:
    • Post an introduction to yourself
    • Attach a picture of yourself or an icon to your post
    • Post a digital copy of one of your syllabus/syllabi to BlackBoard's discussion board
  • Homework Reading: Read PART I of Teaching Online: A Practical Guide (to be provided to you at the first face-2-face meeting.
  • Respond to the thread on the discussion board.

Week 2
 9/29/2008

Asynchronous Discussion: The Backbone of the Online Class
 

  • During this introductory segment, we will engage solely in asynchronous discussion using BlackBoard's Discussion Board. 

    Students will begin thinking about the courses they currently teach and how they might adapt them to the online environment. Topics will include:

    • Developing a syllabus
    • Rubrics for Student Participation
    • Instructor Feedback

Extending the Learning

  • Homework Reading: Read PART II of Teaching Online: A Practical Guide, specifically Chapter 3, Course Conversion, and Chapter 4, Creating an Effective Syllabus.
     

  • Post the syllabus for a class you have already taught to BlackBoard's discussion board.

  • As a follow-up, post a revised syllabus based upon suggestions in chapter 4's reading (don't worry if you don't have full understanding of the online course--just take a stab at it!)

  • Comment on on another's revisions.

 

 
Week 3
 10/6/2008

Synchronous Class—SKYPE

This will be our first foray into synchronous discussion from different locations. We will try a few formats, beginning with BlackBoard's CHAT feature.

Extending the Learning

  • Homework Reading: Read PART II of Teaching Online: A Practical Guide, specifically Chapter 5, Building an Online Classroom, and Chapter 6, Student Activities in the Online Environment.

  • Discuss readings in synchronous meeting (a follow-up thread will be posted in BlackBoard for lingering questions and comments).

 
Week 4
 10/13/2008

Using BlackBoard: Creating a Virtual Space for your Online Class

  • During this segment, you will work on building your respective BlackBoard courses to include all of the elements that you will need when you take your classes online.
  • Each student will develop the course shell they have been given for their existing class (or you can request a separate development BlackBoard shell).
  • We will add each other as "students" to our training shells

Extending the Learning

  • Homework Reading: Read PART II--Putting the Course Together--of Teaching Online: A Practical Guide, specifically Chapter 7, Creating Courseware, and Chapter 8, Copyright and Intellectual property
  • Discuss readings in BlackBoard's Discussion Board

 
Week 5
 10/20/2008

Synchronous Discussion: The Social Glue of Online Learning

  • We will focus our discussion on the importance of incorporating synchronous chat into course design
  • Synchronous Meeting in SKYPE--individual conferences--groups of 2-3
  • Date TBD
 

Extending the Learning

  • Homework Reading: Read PART III--Teaching in the Online Classroom--of Teaching Online: A Practical Guide, specifically chapter 9, Preparing students for online learning.
  • Discuss readings in BlackBoard's Discussion Board

Week 5
 10/27/2008

 Synchronous Class—BlackBoard
  • Synchronous Meeting in SKYPE--whole group meeting.
  • Date TBD

Week 6
11/3/2008

Learning Together: Creating & Facilitating Collaborative Projects

  • During this segment, you will work together on a group assignment with several members of this class.
  • Actual Assignment TBD

Extending the Learning

  • Homework--Post a PowerPoint presentation in BlackBoard that pertains to your own course material
 

Week 7
11/10/2008

Beyond BlackBoard: Exploring Tools for Online Presentations

  • Students will experiment with tools such as PowerPoint for both synchronous and asynchronous classes.

Extending the Learning

  • Continue building online BlackBaord course site
  • View and comment upon the courses of others

Week 8
11/17/2008

Synchronous Class—BlackBoard

Extending the Learning

  • Complete BlackBoard course materials using suggestions from your instructor & peers

Week 9
11/24/2008

REFLECTING ON THE ONLINE EXPERIENCE

 Possible face-to-face meeting--Friday, 12/5/2008 or date TBD

  • Students will showcase the work they have done in their online classes by presenting course materials
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 
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Contact Dr. Theresa Flynn: tflynn@pepperdine.edu