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A discussion on how we might work to gather information on what online learning opportunities are happening at each college. We need a vocabulary and a framework (fully online classes, web enhanced, etc) and a mechanism for compiling. We found it very difficult to compile just a count of full online courses last Spring (see distance learning at Maricopa). First we must share web sites and feedback from these meetings with our college TLT groups. Share best practices at the Technology Dialogue Days, the Ocotillo Retreat, Ocotillo Spotlight, the Learning eXchange, and through online forums. Training Services is getting ready to offer a "WebBoard" course, to help to disseminate information. Are we duplicating our work? Who's doing what? We have to constantly advertise. We should send out another open invitation to these meetings and those already attending should advertise on their campus. Phoenix Collegehas an "Unseated" program. Faculty are looking at their courses and trying to determine how to lessen seat time in the classroom. Paradise Valley - has "Choices@pvc" which includes, guided independent learning and flex express for example. What role should the OLG group have in Strategic Planning?Does this group want to share it's valuable input? Do we want to look at definitions and planning? What is our philosophy on a particular subject? We should select and discuss an issue or a need - come to an agreement on it and then share it (as a group) with the Technology Leadership Council. Each college has a Technology Leadership Council representative whose main role is to work together with all employee groups along with students on technology issues. They are asked to come together and brainstorm for strategic directions, then these directions are reported back to the strategic planning team. The name of your college TLC representative is listed on the Ocotillo Roundatble directory. Streaming Real Media for Online Accounting Courses Jeanne Franco (Paradise Valley Community College) She started with "tip sheets" that evaluated the students understanding of a particular topic. They consisted of multiple-choice interactive questions. It not only told you when you were wrong right away, but it also offered an explanation page. Why was B wrong, why is A correct. She began to wonder how she could improve this process. Demonstrations are hard to process online and streaming video needs a streaming server, which none of the colleges has as yet. She created a Flash program with the most difficult topics on a Mac/PC compatible CD. Flash is a streaming video format, that works better with a streaming video server or on a independent CD. She could have done a talking head, but decided to do a PowerPoint illustrated video with corresponding voice. She found that hearing someone explain a concept helped the students and those who need to hear it more than once can replay any and all of a segment. Not only did she receive positive feedback from her students, but she also saw an improvement on grades for the first test. Can You PDF? (Sandra Wells, Phoenix College) Sandra led a hands on activity showing how to convert Word documents and other materials to PDF format (her handout is provided below ** in PDF format **. You can create PDF documents directly from MS Word and other applications if you have the full vesion of Acrobat, but you can also use Adobe's online tools for creating PDFs at a low cost (5 free PDFs for the trial version).
Interactivity in MATEC modules: Flash, QuickTime VR, AuthorWareJohn Olson, Multimedia Specialist (Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC)) MATEC offers competency based curriculum, diverse and effective faculty development training and opportunities to the semiconductor manufacturing industry. They use Authorware to produce most of their programs. They provide enough information for a faculty member with limited knowledge of a particular subject to teach a course. The packages are mostly text based and also offer different languages to their international clients. John showed us how Macromedia Flash can be used to create movement on a page. Flash can for example, also be tied into a database that randomly chooses questions/answers for quizzes. Colin Moock is THE Macromedia Flash Guru. He has a web site which lists several resources and lecture notes, etc. For a demo of QuickTime VR, John handed out a CD that a Virtual Reality Tour of Penn State's Nanofabrication Facility. You can hold down your mouse key and look around the room or go down a hall or through a door. There are several excellent software packages out there for creating QuickTime VR scenes, including VRToolbox and VRWorks. |
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