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Technology Integration & Training for Online Course Development : A Needs
Assessment
Melissa KunitzerUniversity of Hawai'i at Mānoa
• 50% increase in student enrollment over 6 yrs.
Lei & Gupta, 2010
Local college
• 50% increase in student enrollment over 6 yrs.
Lei & Gupta, 2010
Local college
Increased Student Demands• Computer lab access, Parking, Books• Meetings with the teacher, Tutoring
Is there a Solution?
We could teach more courses online!
Benefits of Online Classes
Lei & Gupta, 2010
But are the teachers ready?
Purpose of NA
• Teachers who may want to teach online
• Identify support and training needs
Method• Survey invitation sent via a listserv
– 274 regular, part-time & casual faculty at a small Pacific college
• Survey Gizmo– Branching and Page logic features
Survey Questions
• 2009 NASULGC-Sloan National Commission on Online Learning at Central Michigan University, MI
• College’s Instructional Design Service
• Likert scales, MP choice, Open-ended, Categorical, & Numerical types
Survey topics
• Physical and Technical skill Demographics
• Online Experience
– Teaching & Course Development
• Likes & Dislikes of Online Instruction
• Applications used
• Help & Support
Questions• What is your Online Experience?
Questions• What is your Online Experience?• Level of effort needed
o Teach online o Develop / Convert f2f course to online
format
Questions• What is your Online Experience?• Level of effort needed
o Teach online o Develop / Convert f2f course to online
format• Likes / Dislikes of online instruction
Questions• What is your Online Experience?• Level of effort needed
o Teach online o Develop / Convert f2f course to online
format• Likes / Dislikes of online instruction• Want to develop & teach online?
Questions• What is your Online Experience?• Level of effort needed
o Teach online o Develop / Convert f2f course to online
format• Likes / Dislikes of online instruction• Want to develop & teach online?• Need help & support?
Results• 30 / 274 ( 10.94%) completed the survey
• 22 Women, 8 Men
Results• 30 / 274 ( 10.94%) completed the survey
• 22 Women, 8 Men
• 29 Full-time, 1 Part-time
• Teaching Experienceo 19 (11+ yrs)
o 11 (o-3 yrs)
Results• 30 / 274 ( 10.94%) completed the survey
• 22 Women, 8 Men
• 29 Full-time, 1 Part-time
• Teaching Experienceo 19 (11+ yrs)
o 11 (o-3 yrs)
• All have comfortable using the computer
• All used the college’s CMS
What is your Online Experience?
30 respondents
,6
Compared to a f2f alternative, teaching an online course is …
16 respondents
Compared to a f2f alternative, developing an online course is …
15 respondents
Like MOST about Online Instruction
• 24 / 7 availability & Accessibility (6)
• Flexibility (9)
• Convenient, accessible to Outreach students (2)
• Students engage more online than in person (1)
• Working people can return to college (2)
• Creativity, reaching a new wave of computer learners (1)
22 respondents
Dislike MOST about Online Instruction
• 24 / 7 availability (1)• Development time needed (1)• Lack of Tech and accessibility support (2)• Limited free idea discussions (1)• Student retention / don’t do the work (1)• No hands on components (2)• Student disengagement / Lack of interaction (8)• Not all students have Internet access (1)
22 respondents
Want to develop & teach online?
29 respondents
Need help & support?
5 respondents
Discussion of Results• Sample size was small ( 10.94%)
– Too small for correlations
• Half of sample wants to teach online
• 5 (16%) wants help & support
• Some problem areas include:– Online Pedagogy, Applications, Building Online
communities, Online Interactions
Reflection
• Schedule survey deployment mid-semester
• Use a current listserv
• Extensive survey testing
• Paper versions of survey
• Add more application questions
Recommendations• Expand Needs Assessment into a
Research project– Document faculty progress
• Peer Mentoring• Create a Knowledge base
– Course specific templates– PBL – Web 2.0 tool training– Online pedagogy
Applications
Interaction• Blackboard Collaborate• Secure Social websites
• Edmodo or similar• Peer Reviews• Blogging
Collaboration• Google Docs• Skype
Interactive Media• Jing• Voicethread
Projects• PBL
Productivity• Wiggio
Course Website Creation• Weebly• Moodle
Thank you !• Instruction Design Services, Admin and
faculty• NASULGC- Sloan National Commission on
Online Learning • OTEC Alumni • UHM COE Ed Tech faculty • Critical friends: Laureen, Sarah and Vanessa• 2010 Cohort
Any Questions?
