Teflin 2013

Preparing teachers for web 2.0 education:

Shifting from conventional Face to Face to

online teaching

workshop TEFLIN 2013

Gumawang Jati & Finita Dewi

Background

The internet has had a considerable impact upon the way we teach and learn.

ICT is a challenge for educational institutions and teaching professionals.

Effective programs of teacher development and training are needed to support this significant change.

...”without staff development nothing is likely to happen beyond pilot schemes” (Salmon, 2000, p 55)

Shifting from 1.0 to 2.0

Web 2.0 in Education

Workshop highlight

Describe the online teacher preparation before becoming online tutor in a blended learning course “XL Future Leaders”

Identify some key findings for prospective online tutors and teacher development and training program developers

Provides required competencies of online tutors based on online class observation

Discussion 1

What are the technical requirements for an online tutor?

Overview of XL Future Leaders Project (1/5)

There were 130 participants

Groups into 5 clusters

• Jakarta

• Bandung

• Yogyakarta

• Surabaya

• Makasar

Coming from various Universities and they are at semester 4, 6 and 8


Duration: 80 hours (on-line and off-line) Aims:

help the participants to learn to communicate more effectively and confidently in discussion and presentation. Objectives:

• Increase their active vocabulary for the purpose of discussion and presentation

• Develop reading and listening skill to support their communicating skills in discussion and presentation

• Develop their confidence to present ideas in discussion and presentation with great fluency and accuracy at their levels


This online course provides lots of materials taken from the real resources in the form of reading text, audio and video. Participants will be exposed to different kinds of English in the real life situation.

There are five units in this course Each units consist of three parts:

Reading

Listening

Watching Video

Each parts will be followed by interactive exercises and various kinds of tasks


In each parts, there are some tasks that will give the participants chances to practice their english both in written and oral form. The tasks are:


Off-line material outline;

Socializing

Giving an Introduction in a speech/ talk and discussion

Making a good presentation

Making and responding to points given by audience

Delivering different kinds of talks/presentations

Handling voice and body language

Handling questions in discussion and presentation

Cross Cultural Tips and Terminologies related to discussion and presentation

The Online Tutors (background)

There were 6 online tutors

Background

• 4 English Dept. graduate with 1 – 2 years experiences

• 2 International Relation dept. with 4 – 5 years experiences

Computer & Internet literacy

• Computer literacy

• Emails

• Browsing

• Social Network

• No experience as online students

Discussion 2

If “yes” what do you think about your online tutor?

What are the biggest challenge to be online student?

What are the best strategies to facilitate online learning?

Have you participated in an online course?

If “no”, Can you predict the significant differences in teaching F2F and Online in term of methodology?

Training Program

Face to face workshop preparation

Program overview

Familiarization with platform

• Getting involve in the online discussion forum and giving engaging comments

• Checking students’ assignments

• Giving comments and score to assignments

• Checking students’ online activities and giving necessary feedback

Try to be a student

Discussion including methods how to respond to students posts, quizzes, assignments etc.

Online teaching observation

Observation

• Frequency of login to online class

• Giving announcements and reminder

• Quick response to the online students

• The language used in giving comments/response

(Formal Vs Friendly)

Discussion and input (online)

Discussion and input F2F

Sample of Tutors’ responses


Online tutor

only provided

general

comments


Comments from

online tutor

started to be

more engaging

and keep the

communication

going on

Students’ Voices

the online tutor, mas ilyas, is quite good, he is a kind person and help me to using this elearning and

improve my english.. but, i give 1 recommendation, please check your email as often as possible, hmm or 1 times in a day, because we dont know if we

want know information or something that must ask to online tutor, we need it as soon as possible,.. but thank you very much to all of online tutor that help

me to do this whole english course

I think the tutors should be more

responsive to us.

My tutor is good thanks mrs yuli. For the motivation and the correct writing. But she didnt reply again my message about the listening

section broken. \

Students’ Voice

My online tutor is Ms. Grace. She’s very kind and helpful. Although I often late to do my assignment, she persistent remind me friendly. A very patient

tutor. Thank you Ms. Grace :)

I like my online tutors, Grace. Always remind

me and give a supporting comments.

My online tutors, Grace, is really communicative and caring. She always gives comments to my assignments eventhough I don’t reply it. Actually I want to reply, but I don’t know how to reply it because there is only edit submission button which is shown. I am grateful to

be tutored by her because she pointed out my mistakes and my lack.

The Tutor’s Voice

The most challenging part is

in giving constructive yet motivating comments for the

participants

The challenge was managing time. I should adapt the new situation when

the participants had different available time

I have to be aware of using appropriate words to motivate the students

I have to reread my comments before posting to avoid inappropriate wording

Findings

Ability to demonstrate sufficient technical skills in using the online learning environment

Confident in the use of technology

Ongoing practical application during the program provide hands on experience

Ability to identify the significant differences and similarities between face to face and online learning

The control of learning is in the hand of the students – Teachers have to wait

Challenge in giving comments or reminder

• Repetition – using different mode of instruction

Dealing with Ss with low technical literacy

Motivating students via online communication

Synchronous Vs. Asynchronous Communication

Ability to identify strategies and techniques to facilitate online

Not explaining materials but giving comments and facilitating the learning process

Showing concerns to the students

• Content

• Pace

Required Competencies for Online Tutor

Act like a learning facilitator rather than a

professor

Be willing to contact students who are not

participating

Communicate technical information in plain

English

Create a warm and inviting atmosphere that

promotes the development of a sense of

community among participants


Deal effectively with disruptive students

Develop relationships

Effectively use whatever technology has been

selected to support online learning

Encourage students to bring real-life examples

into the online classroom

Get students to respect assignment due dates and

agreed-upon working times

Give prompt feedback


Help students identify and use appropriate

learning techniques

Help students identify strengths and areas of

needed improvement

Provide structure for students but allow for

flexibility and negotiation

Use the web as a resource

Most of all, have fun and open yourself to

learning as much from your students as they will

learn from one another and from you!

Teflin 2013

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