Webinar 12.03.08: Course Design Process: Active Learning Online
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Keith Lynip (UM-M)
Dec 12, 2008, 8:56:46 AM12/12/08
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Colleagues--
Please post additional comments, questions, and suggestions related to
the MUS webinar held on 12.03 here. The presenters are members of the
Network and can respond and of course, anyone is welcome to respond to
any questions here.
Keith
Please post additional comments, questions, and suggestions related to
the MUS webinar held on 12.03 here. The presenters are members of the
Network and can respond and of course, anyone is welcome to respond to
any questions here.
Keith
Pat Pezzelle - FVCC
Dec 12, 2008, 4:02:53 PM12/12/08
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I had to bug out just before the end and missed some of the
discussion. We have some faculty that have created such good
discussion threads that it really eats up theri time. I'm wondering
what type of rubrics our presenters use to grade the discussion
responses andwhether or not they grad all the discussion entries. In
looking at the time our instructors are spending in their online
courses, I find that they far exceed the contact time of live site
instructors. Is anyone looking at adjusting the teaching load for
online instructors?
Pat
discussion. We have some faculty that have created such good
discussion threads that it really eats up theri time. I'm wondering
what type of rubrics our presenters use to grade the discussion
responses andwhether or not they grad all the discussion entries. In
looking at the time our instructors are spending in their online
courses, I find that they far exceed the contact time of live site
instructors. Is anyone looking at adjusting the teaching load for
online instructors?
Pat
Jim Vanides
Dec 13, 2008, 12:55:47 AM12/13/08
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There are two things I do to make "grading" discussions manageable.
For one, I ask students to fill out a "quiz" weekly, where the
questions are prompts for self-reflection on their own participation.
The rubric is built into their quiz, and they rate themselves - and I
can override their rating if I think they are being to hard on
themselves or too glowing. I don't grade all the discussion entries!
Heaven's, I have hundreds - so it would be impractical (and not very
meaningful).
To your other point, though, I agree that contact time can be HIGHER
than in a F2F course. I don't really mind, because I'm trading off
"time spent lecturing at them" + "office hours" with "facilitating
discussion between all of us". In the end, I still think I'm spending
slightly more time than for a face to face course. I would be very
interesting in hearing what everyone else thinks about this. In fact,
is anyone collecting data on how much time it takes to teach online
vs. F2F? Here's my data point:
* 1 unit course
* Full semester taught in a compressed 6 week time period (2x
compressed)
* Students average 8-10 hours per week
* I average 10-15 hours per week
How does that compare to anyone else's teaching load?
- Jim Vanides
"Science of Sound" - MSU online (www.scienceteacher.org)
For one, I ask students to fill out a "quiz" weekly, where the
questions are prompts for self-reflection on their own participation.
The rubric is built into their quiz, and they rate themselves - and I
can override their rating if I think they are being to hard on
themselves or too glowing. I don't grade all the discussion entries!
Heaven's, I have hundreds - so it would be impractical (and not very
meaningful).
To your other point, though, I agree that contact time can be HIGHER
than in a F2F course. I don't really mind, because I'm trading off
"time spent lecturing at them" + "office hours" with "facilitating
discussion between all of us". In the end, I still think I'm spending
slightly more time than for a face to face course. I would be very
interesting in hearing what everyone else thinks about this. In fact,
is anyone collecting data on how much time it takes to teach online
vs. F2F? Here's my data point:
* 1 unit course
* Full semester taught in a compressed 6 week time period (2x
compressed)
* Students average 8-10 hours per week
* I average 10-15 hours per week
How does that compare to anyone else's teaching load?
- Jim Vanides
"Science of Sound" - MSU online (www.scienceteacher.org)
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