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• #1: Feb. 18 – Recording available at Community website.

• #2: Tues. March 4 (today)• Setting Expectations for e-

Education: Faculty Edition (Higher Ed focus)• Recording and resources will be

posted soon.• https://

community.desire2learn.com/2014-webinar-archives/

Barry Dahl, D2L Community

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• #3: Tues. March 18• Translating the Traditional to

Virtual: Creating a Classroom Culture that Engages Students and Promotes Success

• #4: Tues. April 1• Blended learning: Enhancing

communication and student feedback using D2L• Guest: Jaqi Broadbent of Deakin

University

Barbra Thoeming, D2L Community

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Setting Online Faculty Expectations for an Effective Digital Learning Experience

Faculty EditionHigher Education

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Great Expectations

The questions are …How clearly have they been communicated?How easy are they for the following to find?

Students? (Feb. 18)Faculty? (Mar. 4)Staff and Administration? (Both)

You Already Have Expectations

• What the college expects from online students.• What online students should expect from your

college. (Feb. 18)

• What the college expects from online faculty members.

• What the online faculty should expect from the college.

Have you clearly defined the following items?

Why Expectations Matter

http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/media/k2/attachments/variation-across-stakeholders.pdf

Your Mileage May Vary

There are at least three major items that may change the way you approach faculty expectations

Your Mileage May Vary

Faculty union?

Curriculum policies?

Fully-remote faculty?

Where do faculty usually learn about the expectations?

Student information on

the Online Learning website

Faculty Agreement (Contract)

Online Faculty Training Course Design

Rubric

Conversations with

Leaders/Admin

Where should faculty learn about the expectations?

Single document or website

Group document or website

College-wideExpectations

DepartmentalExpectations

Why should we bother with clarifying faculty expectations?

Establish a baseline set of expectations,

creating consistency, and providing the

basis for performance evaluations.

Decide whether to allow faculty to set

different expectations on a departmental

basis.

College-wideExpectations

DepartmentalExpectations

• Course design• Teaching loads• Student interaction• Course outlines/syllabi• Online office hours• Feedback/response

time• Final exams

• Proctored exams• Due dates/times• Sick/Personal leave• Course technology

usage (D2L, etc.)• Accessibility &

copyright compliance

College expectations of online faculty

Sample of possible topics:

Shaping Expectations

Student-friendly

Faculty-

friendly

Push/Pull between Students & Faculty?

Student-friendly

Faculty-

friendly

Example: Quiz Grading Times

Same day

Next day

48 hours

One week

Two weeks

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Reversion to mediocrity?

Example: Online Office Hours

College expectations of online faculty

… each faculty member is expected to maintain one office

hour (or hour of student availability) per week for each

three credits taught, to a maximum of five hours.

Online faculty are expected to post information about their

available weekly hours within the online course shell, including

information to inform the students of the various modes in which the instructor is available

to students.

Faculty who teach a combination of online and on-ground classes are expected to be available to

students who are on campus and also those who are at a distance.

Modes of communication can include (but not limited to): face-

to-face, telephone, email, live chat, instant messaging, webinar room, Skype or similar Internet

calling service, etc.

• Course offerings• Program offerings• Evaluation & oversight• New online faculty• Feedback/response

times• Workload/overload

• Class size limits• Technology support• Off-campus faculty• Prof. development• Intellectual property

claims

Online faculty expectations of the college

Sample of possible topics:

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Online faculty expectations of the college

Example – New online facultyFaculty teaching online for the very first time should expect the following:• to receive instruction

and help in online teaching from the e-Campus staff.

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• that a first online class will not be canceled if it receives at least ten student enrollments.

• that a first online class will have a reduced maximum class size of 20 students.

Mohawk College (ON)

St. Petersburg College (FL)

Penn State University

University of Nebraska Omaha

Colorado Community Colleges Online

Examples of Faculty Expectations

• Overall Course Design Considerations• Course tools properly configured • All links work properly • Consistent text formatting• Apply accessibility principles • Correct grammar, spelling & punctuation

Mohawk College

https://elearn.mohawkcollege.ca/shared/Documents/AcTrans/EssentialElements.pdf

Examples of posted expectations for Faculty:

Each Mohawk College course shall use eLearn@Mohawk (Desire2Learn) as the platform for online learning

St. Petersburg CollegeExamples of posted expectations for faculty:

http://www.spcollege.edu/ecampus/help/expectations.htm

Engagement with students via Learning Management System from first day of term through

the last day.

Respond to email within 24 hours, 5 of the 7 days a week at the instructor’s discretion.

Exam marked within 7 days of

due date.

Routine updates to all students at

least every 7 days.

Assignment marked within 7 days of due date.

Penn State

http://facdev.e-education.psu.edu/teach/bestpractices

Changing expectations for faculty:Previously posted: The instructor is asked to grade and submit to students all digitally formatted assignments and exams within two business days of receipt.

Current posting: Communicate to your students, in advance, when you will grade and return all assignments and exams.

University of Nebraska OmahaPosted expectations for Faculty:

Notify students openly and promptly if problems or unexpected events

(e.g., sickness/medical emergency, death in the family, computer or

internet access issues) will impact your participation in or access to the

course for more than 48 hours.

http://www.unomaha.edu/cas/docs/facultyexpectations.pdf

University of Nebraska OmahaPosted expectations for Faculty:

Notify students openly and promptly if problems or unexpected events (e.g., sickness/medical emergency, death in the family, computer/internet access issues) will impact your

participation in or access to the course for more than 48 hours.

What about the

college Dean or

H.R. office?

What do online-only faculty do about sick

leave?

Does this mean that sick time < 48 hours

need not be reported?

1. The Program Chair reviews each course the Thursday before a term begins to ensure that all courses are ready for the new semester.

2. The QA Coordinator evaluates the course discussions of each new instructor by the third week of a semester.

3. During the semester, the QA Coordinator measures instructor participation in course discussions according to the QA rubric.

4. Students complete course evaluations near the end of each term. Results are available to instructors after the term ends.

Instructors are evaluatedas follows:

https://www.ccconline.org/Instructor_Resources/Instructor_Handbook/

Posted expectations for faculty:• Organize class activities to take place mostly in

the online classroom, rather than by email, phone, or mail.

• Respond to student inquiries within two business days, even if it is just to let students know that the instructor is working on the inquiry and will reply fully as soon as possible.

The Graduate School

http://www.umuc.edu/faculty/facsupport/facultyexams/upload/TGS_Faculty_Expectations_new.pdf

Posted expectations for faculty:

Responsiveness to Students’ Circumstances

hybrid.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2012/09/BCC-Online-Teaching-Guide.pdf

Assignment deadlines and testing periods should not be set so that they fall within the typical work day.

Instructors should keep track of religious holidays and other observances that might preclude participation for individual students.

Lawrence Tech UniversityLTU Online – Faculty FAQ

http://www.ltu.edu/ltuonline/faculty_faq.asp

Why are we focused on

asynchronous rather than

synchronous online courses?

What will be the rate of

compensation for developing and teaching online

courses?

Are online classes taught within load or as an

overload for full-time faculty?

What about ownership of intellectual property?

All expectations need a certain amount of synergy and consistency.

Student Expectations

Faculty Expectations

Influence faculty expectations

Influence StudentExpectations

All expectations need a certain amount of synergy and consistency.

Student Expectations

Faculty Expectations

Influence faculty expectations

Influence StudentExpectations

Expectations of College Admin

Lake Superior CollegeExample of what students should expect of the college:

Grading

http://blogs.lsc.edu/expectations/student-expectations/

Students can expect to find a clear explanation of the instructor’s grading policy in the course syllabus.

Students can expect to find their grades for all assignments and other course requirements in the online grade book inside Desire2Learn.

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