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Reverse Engineering the Online ClassroomAnn H. TaylorDirector, Dutton e-Education InstitutePenn State University

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+Where do we begin?

This is a chance to rethink your course!

Most faculty start by selecting a textbook

If my colleagues and I all use the same textbook,

what am I adding to this class?

A better way: Know where you are going, then reverse engineer!

Outcomes Assessments Learning Resources

+Step 1:Identify Learning Outcomes

Why? Learning outcomes provide: Students with a target and motivation for learning,

plus a basis for self-assessment Faculty with a focus for course design

Your starting point: Where do you want your students to end up?

Think “performance”—What should your students be able to… Know? Do? Feel?

+Learning Outcomes:Practice, Practice, Practice!

Is it clear to others what is expected?

How would you measure it?

Are you reaching for a wide range of skills and knowledge? Cognitive Affective Psychomotor

+Learning Outcomes: Poor Examples

Demonstrate to students how to set up laboratory equipment

Explain to students how to calculate a quadratic equation

Understand addition is commutative and demonstrate with turn-around facts

Understand the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction

Demonstrate knowledge of the team process

Develop an appreciation of music

+Learning Outcomes: Good Examples

Cognitive

Affective

Psychomotor

+Learning Outcomes:The Cognitive Domain

Remembering: Can the student recall or remember the information?

Understanding: Can the student explain ideas or concepts?

Applying: Can the student use the information in a new way?

Analyzing: Can the student distinguish between the different parts?

Evaluating: Can the student justify a stand or decision?

Creating: Can the student create new product or point of view?

Source: http://ww2.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/blooms_taxonomy.htm

+Source: http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html

+Getting Started: Action Verbs!

+Step 2:Determine Assessments

What ARE “assessments”?Tools you use to determine how far a student has come in reaching a desired learning outcome

Assessments should directly link to learning outcomes

The tool should match the job

Might need to adapt yourassessment for a distant audience!

+When and How to Assess

WHEN

Formative vs. Summative

Informally vs. Formally

HOW

What tasks make sense for the learning outcome?

How will the assessment be scored?

What evaluation criteria and standards will you use?

+The Rubric – An Assessor’s Best Friend!

Scoring guide

Details the criteria that will be used to evaluate performance

Helps focus teaching

Helps ensure consistency in evaluation

Communicates expectations to students

Provides students with a means for self-check

Primary types: Holistic and Analytical

+Holistic

http://www.temple.edu/tlc/resources/handouts/grading/Holistic%20Critical%20Thinking%20Scoring%20Rubric.v2.pdf

+Analytic

http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/upload/Reflection-Journal-Rubric.doc

+Potential Issues When Assessing Online

Some things never change: Cheating Plagiarism Late or dog-eaten homework

Technology failure

Lack of access to needed resources

Submitting work, sharing feedback File size, file transfer File formats Alternatives to “writing in the margins”

+Step 3: Teaching and Learning

Now that you know where you are headed, how will you get there?

What do you need to teach?

What do your students need to experience?

What kinds of practice will they need en route?

How will you do this all online??

+Text-first Teaching

Glitzy ≠ Quality

Use media when/where appropriate

Chunk!

Watch tone

Watch idioms and culture-specific references

+Step 4: Obtaining Resources

What do you already have?

What do you need?

DIY? Existing?

Required vs. Supplemental

Primary vs. Remediation

+Resources to get you started

Merlot

Khan Academy

TED Talks

Academic Earth

Teachers’ Domain (College edition) / PBS Learning Media

FREE

National Science Digital Library

Thinkfinity

The Internet Archive

YouTube

News sites:NBC Learn, NY Times

Publishers!

MovieClips

+Questions?

+Acknowledgements

Background Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/11738433@N03/4092900623/

Question Mark Sign Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/35034361412@N01/2300558555/

Map Reader Photo:http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoetnet/4851934830/

Student Driver Photo:http://www.flickr.com/photos/14132971@N05/3323161419/

Piano Teacher Photo:http://www.flickr.com/photos/31133811@N07/3652034878/

PennDOT Testing Sign Photo:http://www.flickr.com/photos/20166293@N03/5871493928/sizes/l/in/photostream/