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Creating Developmental Good Luck
Lessons from a Basement Studio: How to Create a Riveting Online ClassBarbara Oakley, PhD, PEProfessor of Engineering, Oakland University, Rochester, MichiganVisiting Scholar, University of California, San Diego
How advances in online education affect face-to-face classes.How to make fancy online materials.How to make simple online materials.How to use insights from online classes to improve your face-to-face and online teaching.
What well cover
Barb Oakley, Professor of Engineering Oakland UniversityRochester, Michigan
Terrence SejnowskiFrancis Crick Professor The Salk InstituteProfessor of Biological SciencesUniversity of California, San Diego
Im just a little engineering professor who had no national renown whatsoever.3
Barb Oakley, Professor of Engineering Oakland UniversityRochester, MichiganTerrence SejnowskiFrancis Crick Professor The Salk InstituteProfessor of Biological SciencesUniversity of California, San Diego
Lets get realwhat are the odds of connecting?4
From Northwestern University Archives, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grPZLbOrvw4
Online is highly competitiveSilicon ValleyHollywoodAcademiaPeople love it.
A preeminent cardiologist spots an extra
Our basement
Green screen can help reduce cognitive loadUse simple backgroundsUse gesticulation
Sony Vegas Pro - Adobe Premiere ProFilm twice or use a 4K camera
Give memory tips. Tips for better learningonline or in person
Gesticulation activates mirror neuronsMotion evolutionary basis, particularly looming motion.16
Give memory tips.
kilo, hecto, deca, (unit), deci, centi, milliTips for better learningonline or in person
Gesticulation activates mirror neuronsMotion evolutionary basis, particularly looming motion.17
Give memory tips.
kilo, hecto, deca, (unit), deci, centi, milli
"King Henry doesn't usually drink chocolate milk."Tips for better learningonline or in person
Gesticulation activates mirror neuronsMotion evolutionary basis, particularly looming motion.18
An example
Awareness of how people from many backgrounds will perceive the material. Vast instructor experience outside academia.
Emphasis on the practical and immediately usefulbacked by science
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Give memory tips. Move your hands!
Tips for better learningonline or in person
Gesticulation activates mirror neuronsMotion evolutionary basis, particularly looming motion.20
Give memory tips. Move your hands!
Tips for better learningonline or in personActionAction!Action
Gesticulation activates mirror neuronsMotion evolutionary basis, particularly looming motion.21
Give memory tips. Move your hands!
Tips for better learningonline or in personAction Action Action!Humor
Gesticulation activates mirror neuronsMotion evolutionary basis, particularly looming motion.22
Creation of a friendly, upbeat, welcoming world for learners.Plenty of dopamine hits of unexpected humor!
Humor!
The importance of good visuals
Kevin Mendez
Awareness of how people from many backgrounds will perceive the material. Vast instructor experience outside academia.
Emphasis on the practical and immediately usefulbacked by science
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Start with a puzzle!
Awareness of how people from many backgrounds will perceive the material. Vast instructor experience outside academia.
Emphasis on the practical and immediately usefulbacked by science
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AN EXAMPLE VIDEO(Sleep )
Give memory tips. Move your hands!
Tips for better learningonline or in personAction Action Action!HumorMetaphor
Gesticulation activates mirror neuronsMotion evolutionary basis, particularly looming motion.27
About six minute length
Six minutes
Examples of (sometimes dreadful) intro humor
Camtasia Studio
Headset
Condenser
Wacom tablet
Use partially completed notes fill them in by hand
Show students how to adjust play speed settings
Keep original Camtasia (or whatever) files so you can edit and make changes in original files.Keep files organized
Use indents Forced question enrollments
Quizzes are criticalbut check via in person tests or other means
Mastery learning approachTests on what is emphasized and importantnot simply on the easily testable. Builds student confidence.
Quizzes
Use of quizzes for learning and on-boarding
Introductory quiz arose from the suggestion of Senior TA Susan Fitzgerald, with great visuals by TA Antonio Milanese and Senior TA Cristian Artoni.
Trick for online syllabiGrading: The final course grade will be a weighted average of: Laboratory 7.5% Homework 7.5% Moodle quizzes 20% Learning How to Learn MOOC 10% In class quizzes 30% Final Exam 25%If your Moodle quiz grades ultimately average 10% to 19% higher than your in class quiz grades, your Moodle quiz grades will be reduced by 10%. If your Moodle quiz grades ultimately average 20% or higher than your in class quiz grades, your Moodle quiz grades will be reduced by 20%.
Excitement and adventure of learning!
Awareness of how people from many backgrounds will perceive the material. Vast instructor experience outside academia.
Emphasis on the practical and immediately usefulbacked by science
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