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== Social Presence: Engaging and Retaining your Students==
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[[Course:OL Delivery:OTL301|Course Page]]
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==Overview==
 
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==Outcomes==
 
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#analyze the characteristics of ‘social presence’ in an effective online learning environment
 
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# identify factors or considerations that contribute to student engagement and retention in distance learning environments.
 
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# evaluate and implement effective course design practices to increase student engagement and retention.
 
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# create strategies to maximize student engagement in distance learning courses.
 
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# quickly identify at-risk students and apply appropriate retention strategies.
 
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# Establish 3 goals related to improving and enhancing your social presence in your courses
 
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# reflect on your own practice and evaluate your progress towards improving and enhancing social presence.
 
  
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==Course Outline==
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== Creating a Positive Presence in Your Virtual Classroom ==
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===Week 1 - Welcome and Intro===
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This course focuses on the creation of a “Teaching Presence” with building knowledge and skills required to  create a positive learning environment and bring the human touch to the virtual class while developing and evaluating strategies for efficient time management.
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==What is ''Teaching Presence''?==
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From the [http://coi.athabascau.ca Community of Inquiry] website at Athabasca University, ''teaching presence is defined as the design, facilitation, and direction of cognitive and social processes for the purpose of realizing personally meaningful and educational worthwhile learning outcomes.''
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==Intended Learning Outcomes==
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===You will be able to===
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# analyze the characteristics of ‘teaching presence’ in an effective distance learning environment;
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# critique your teaching presence in light of the characteristics of effective distance learning environments;
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# evaluate the ways that interactions occur in a distance learning environment and develop ideas to encourage high quality educative interactions;
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# devise, implement, and reflect on the effect of these strategies for efficient time management;
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# explore the use of digital tools to enhance teaching presence and promote student learning;
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# identify gaps in your current practice and establish relevant goals related to improving and enhancing your teaching presence in your courses;
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# monitor your progress towards achieving your goals resulting in an improved and enhanced teaching presence in your courses.
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==Course Overview==
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===Week 1 - Welcome and Introduction===
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====Activities====
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*Read course guide
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*Set up blog
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**[http://courses.olblogs.tru.ca/biol3021/tutorials/authoring-a-post/ Author a post in WordPress]
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**[http://courses.olblogs.tru.ca/biol3021/tutorials/tagging/ Tagging your Posts]
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**[http://courses.olblogs.tru.ca/biol3021/tutorials/uploading-and-embedding-images/ Uploading Images]
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*Access Kumu wiki
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*Read [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1096751600000166 CoI article]
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*Post #1 - Self-Introduction
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====Resources====
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*WordPress and Wiki tutorials
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*CoI article
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====Assessments====
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None
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===Week 2-3 - Teaching Presence===
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====Outcome====
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*analyze the characteristics of ‘teaching presence’ in an effective distance learning environment
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====Activities====
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*Read ''Teaching Presence'' article
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*Browse for 3-5 open courses (Saylor, OERu, Coursera, EdX...) and skim each for characteristics of teaching presence.
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====Resources====
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*''Teaching Presence'' article
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====Assessments====
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*Post #2
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**give 3-5 examples of how teaching presence may or may not have been demonstrated in the various open courses you examined.
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===Week 4-5 - Interaction===
 
====Outcome====
 
====Outcome====
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*evaluate the ways that interactions occur in a distance learning environment and develop ideas to encourage high quality educative interactions
 
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*post short video
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Read
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**outside activities
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* Interaction resource
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**how to contact? (other, later students, social media)
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* Blog post 2 – Based on 3-5 open courses, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the various forms of interaction demonstrated in the course designs and suggest ways to improve the quality of interaction
  
 
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====Resources====
 
====Assessments====
 
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===Week 6 - Time Management===
 
====Outcome====
 
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*video creation module from CMS
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====Resources====
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====Assessments====
  
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===Week 7 - Digital Tools===
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====Outcome====
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====Activities====
 
====Resources====
 
====Resources====
 
====Assessments====
 
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===Week 4-5 -- ===
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===Week 8 - Goals for Enhancing Teaching Presence===
 
====Outcome====
 
====Outcome====
 
====Activities====
 
====Activities====
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*Review and summarize 2-3 current articles on enhancing teaching presence and identify 2-3 goals relevant to your work
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*Present strategies for achieving your goals...develop a plan
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====Resources====
 
====Resources====
 
====Assessments====
 
====Assessments====

Latest revision as of 15:27, 7 July 2014

Course Page

Creating a Positive Presence in Your Virtual Classroom

This course focuses on the creation of a “Teaching Presence” with building knowledge and skills required to create a positive learning environment and bring the human touch to the virtual class while developing and evaluating strategies for efficient time management.

What is Teaching Presence?

From the Community of Inquiry website at Athabasca University, teaching presence is defined as the design, facilitation, and direction of cognitive and social processes for the purpose of realizing personally meaningful and educational worthwhile learning outcomes.

Intended Learning Outcomes

You will be able to

  1. analyze the characteristics of ‘teaching presence’ in an effective distance learning environment;
  2. critique your teaching presence in light of the characteristics of effective distance learning environments;
  3. evaluate the ways that interactions occur in a distance learning environment and develop ideas to encourage high quality educative interactions;
  4. devise, implement, and reflect on the effect of these strategies for efficient time management;
  5. explore the use of digital tools to enhance teaching presence and promote student learning;
  6. identify gaps in your current practice and establish relevant goals related to improving and enhancing your teaching presence in your courses;
  7. monitor your progress towards achieving your goals resulting in an improved and enhanced teaching presence in your courses.

Course Overview

Week 1 - Welcome and Introduction

Activities

Resources

  • WordPress and Wiki tutorials
  • CoI article

Assessments

None

Week 2-3 - Teaching Presence

Outcome

  • analyze the characteristics of ‘teaching presence’ in an effective distance learning environment

Activities

  • Read Teaching Presence article
  • Browse for 3-5 open courses (Saylor, OERu, Coursera, EdX...) and skim each for characteristics of teaching presence.

Resources

  • Teaching Presence article

Assessments

  • Post #2
    • give 3-5 examples of how teaching presence may or may not have been demonstrated in the various open courses you examined.


Week 4-5 - Interaction

Outcome

  • evaluate the ways that interactions occur in a distance learning environment and develop ideas to encourage high quality educative interactions

Activities

Read

  • Interaction resource
* Blog post 2 – Based on 3-5 open courses, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the various forms of interaction demonstrated in the course designs and suggest ways to improve the quality of interaction

Resources

Assessments

Week 6 - Time Management

Outcome

Activities

Resources

Assessments

Week 7 - Digital Tools

Outcome

Activities

Resources

Assessments

Week 8 - Goals for Enhancing Teaching Presence

Outcome

Activities

  • Review and summarize 2-3 current articles on enhancing teaching presence and identify 2-3 goals relevant to your work
  • Present strategies for achieving your goals...develop a plan

Resources

Assessments

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