Best Practices in Online Lab Science Education
- 1. Best Practices in Online Lab Science Education Peter Jeschofnig, Ph.D. Institute for Excellence in Distance Science Education Best Practices in Online Science Education Symposium University of Alaska, Anchorage, March 29, 2013
- 2. Why Teach Science Online? Because That’s Where The Students Are! To Teach Science to Today’s Students, We MUST Teach Science Online Over 6 million students take online courses today 31% of college students are now taking an online course 69.1% of college administrators say Online is critical to their long-term growth strategy
- 3. Assumptions I’m Making … You believe in the importance of science education as foundational to a science-literate society You believe lab experimentation, in one form or another, is essential to science learning You believe online courses must meet the same articulation and accreditation requirements as F2F You are currently a classroom instructor, administrator, or course designer
- 4. Online Status Poll • How many of you are currently teaching an online science class? • Of those not currently teaching online, – How many are planning to do so in the near future?
- 5. Social Media Poll Do you have a: –Facebook account? –LinkedIn? –Twitter? –Other?
- 6. Setting the Stage for Engagement For Engaged Deep Learning to Occur: You must get to know your students, Your students must get to know you, and The students must get to know their classmates
- 7. The Skills Both Online Students And Teachers Must Have 1. Be Highly Communicative: Focus on the student, not the content. 2. Move From a Teacher-Centered (one to many) to a Student- Centered Approach (being a coach): Focus on helping students problem solve 3. Be Very Flexible: Online students work outside of normal 9-5 school hours and so must their instructors 4. Provide Continuous Feedback: Timely feedback helps students stay on-track and connected and is a critical success factor for online students. 5. Develop Supportive Forums: Optimize introductions, create a friendly environment, and build a sense of community so students feel supported and encouraged.
- 8. Pre-Planned Interactions For Effective Student Engagement Ideal Balance Current Imbalance
- 10. Backward Design Implementation Identify desired results Outline learning goals Determine needed evidence of learning – how learning outcomes will be assessed Plan learning experiences and instruction – activities that engage students, maximize deep learning, and promote their success
- 13. 5-E Model for Science Instruction 1. ENGAGE: Stimulate student curiosity, generate interest and involvement in the content, and pre- assess prior understanding of scientific inquiry 2. EXPLORE: Get students involved in the topic; providing them with a chance to build their own understanding 3. EXPLAIN: Provide students opportunities to communicate what they’ve learned and figure out what it means 4. ELABORATE: Allow students to use new knowledge and continue to explore its implications; 5. EVALUATE: Determine how much learning and understanding has taken place;
- 14. Adding Course Content Don’t Re-invent the Wheel • Annenberg Media • MERLOT • iTunes University • YouTube • TED • MIT – Prof. Levin • Khan Academy
- 15. Open Access Images, Videos, and Audios
- 16. MERLOT Reusable Learning Objects Repositories:
- 17. HippoCampus Reusable Learning Objects Repositories
- 18. Open Culture
- 20. BigThink
- 21. VIMEO - Open Access Videos
- 22. YouTube and TeacherTube Measure the Speed of Light - With Chocolate!
- 25. Congestive Heart Failure by Patricia Rand, Aims CC Congestive Heart Failure The Stories of Ruth and Oscar
- 26. Congestive Heart Failure by Patricia Rand, Aims CC
- 27. Annenberg Media
- 28. iTunes University Complete Courses, Videos, and Podcasts
- 29. Berkely on iTunes U.
- 30. MIT on iTunes U
- 31. MIT – Prof. Walter Levin
- 32. Directory of Open Access Journals
- 33. Tag Galaxy Search flickr Images by Tags
- 34. Evernote.com
- 36. eXe Open-Source Course/Lesson Design Software
- 37. eXe: Sample Design Page
- 38. Open Source Screen Capture Software Jing CamStudio
- 39. Exam Creation Software: Respondus For Creating and Managing Exams and Publishing Them to Learning Management Systems
- 40. Open Source Grading Software: Automatic Grading Software (via Google Forms)
- 41. Ustream Provides a Platform for Lifecasting and Live Video Streaming
- 42. Gocomics.com Search for Controversial Topics, Editorials, and Cartoons
- 43. 5 TED Talks on Science That Will Blow Your Mind Beyond Evolution - Engineering Biology
- 45. Impromptu Course Content Camtasia – CamStudio
- 47. Smart or Interactive Texts
- 48. Interactivity Reinforcing Through Short Questions with Feedback
- 50. Textbook-Free Classes? Open-Education Company Helps Develop Textbook-Free Associate Degree by Jake New (3/11/13)
- 52. Online Physics Text The Physics Classroom
- 53. Environmental Science in the 21st Century
- 55. Open-Source Chemistry Text • http://askthenerd.com/chemistryonline/index.html • http://www.chem1.com/acad/webtext/virtualtextbook.html • http://www2.chemistry.msu.edu/faculty/reusch/VirtTxtJml/intro1.htm • https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/BookDetail.aspx?bookId=69 • http://preparatorychemistry.com/ • http://chemed.chem.wisc.edu/chempaths/GenChem- Textbook/Introduction-679.html
- 56. Open-Source Physics Texts • http://www.learner.org/courses/physics/unit/ • index.html • http://motionmountain.net/ • http://physics.quantumwizard.com/Intro/ • http://www.lightandmatter.com/books.html • http://www.wright.edu/~guy.vandegrift/Physic sEquations/Reviews.htm
- 57. We Have Reached a Fork in the Road … Will Online = On Campus Lab Experiences? OPTIONS FOR ONLINELAB COURSES: Hybrid with On-Campus Labs Simulations/Virtual Kitchen Labs Lab Kits: Instructor-Made vs. Commercial Lab Kits Remote-Access Labs
- 58. Philosophical Considerations Simulations vs. Tactile Labs Seeing vs. Doing College Level Experiments vs. Basic Concepts Kitchen Chemistry String and Sticky Tape
- 59. The “Perfect” Campus Lab
- 60. This is Often What We Get…
- 61. Simulated Labs in Textbook CD-ROMs Example from Houghton Mifflin’s Ebbing Text
- 62. Late Nite Labs
- 63. PhET Simulations
- 64. Virtual ChemLab - BYU
- 65. Pig Dissection - Whitman College Through the peritoneal membrane
- 67. APPLETS/PHYSLETS • Wolfgang Christian – Davidson College • PhET – Univ. of Colorado
- 69. Kitchen Labs Anytime, anywhere chemistry experience
- 70. History of Lab Kit Usage
- 71. VLADIMIR PRELOG – CHEMISTRY NOBEL prize 1975
- 72. History of Lab Kit Usage by Colleges • Open University, UK: • Athabasca University, Canada: • Monash University, Australia:
- 73. The Open University - UK Since early 1970’s Very large science kit – storage problem $ 1.6 million/8000 students Very high annual costs for warehousing, shipping, replacement parts, etc. Developing a new kit that will be small non- returnable
- 74. Titration Methods via Home Lab Kit:
- 75. Home Lab Kit - Colorimeter
- 76. Analysis of Phosphate in Water
- 77. BOILING POINT OF A LIQUID
- 78. Student Performing Optical Bench Experiment
- 79. Student Performing Pig Dissection
- 80. Remote Access Experiments DIXIE: Double-crystal small-angle neutron scattering experiment at the ORNL High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) - Oak Ridge Nat’l Lab Materials Microcharacterization Collaboratory (MMC): Microscopy - Argonne National Laboratory Iowa State University – WebSEM Western Washington University ILN – Chromatography, Spectroscopy, Microscopy North Island College - Remote Web- based Science Lab
- 81. Remote Controlled Lab - Munich University of the Bundeswehr of Bavaria Diffraction of Electrons Photo Effect
- 82. iLabCentral •
- 83. North American Network of Science Labs Online (NANSLO)
- 84. MIT’s iLAB – FORCE ON A MAGNETIC DIPOLE
- 85. Remote Access Labs Integrated Laboratory Network (WWU) Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometer Scanning Electron Microscope
- 87. Video Experiments Radioactive Half-life Experiment - Part 1 - Equipment Overview
- 88. Commercially Assembled Lab Kits
- 89. Physics LabPaq
- 90. Home Lab Safety and Liability Issues Safety Videos
- 91. Student Instructor Interactions
- 92. Communicate Before Class Starts • Welcome letter • Communication via course structure & syllabus: – Give students a clear overall understanding of the course structure – Post course syllabus, policies, expectations, and objectives. – Include FAQ section – Frequent due date reminder
- 93. Pre-Course Questionnaire Questionnaire: To help you be successful in this class, I need to know as much as possible about you, your past learning and work experiences, your familiarity with technology, etc. Please take time to provide as many answers as you can to the following questions. This information will me provide you with a quality learning experience. Name:____________________________________________________ Day Phone: _____________________Night Phone:_________________________ email______________________________________________________ Course-related work experience ________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Current job ________________________________________________ Average work hours per week: Number of credit hours this semester:
- 94. Introduction Video Prof. Don Reed – San Jose State Univ. – Online Oceanography Software Used: Camtasia Studio – Debut Video capture Visual Communicator 3 Editing: Windows Movie Maker
- 96. True Colors Personality & Learning Styles
- 97. Discover your Learning Styles - Graphically! Learning-styles-online.com provides free information and tools to help you understand and use learning styles effectively. Learning styles are a way to help improve your quality of learning. By understanding your own personal styles, you can adapt the learning process and techniques you use. This site is dedicated to helping you better understand learning styles, as well as providing an easy way to discover your own styles. Learning Style Indicator Quiz
- 98. Communicate During The Semester Post your virtual office hours Have a Response time policy Email, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, discussion boards, announcements, group emails Use multiple means for important communication: - don’t trust that they will see just one announcement Email, announcement, calendar entry, discussion board I let my student know that I do not answer content- focused e-mails they belong in the discussion board Email are for personal & confidential communication
- 99. Communicate During the Semester • Grading Feedback • Positive re-enforcement • Encouragement when student falls behind
- 100. Communicating w/ Millennials (Gen Y) • Email obsolete • Text & tweet • Facebook • In CANVAS students select preferred mode of communication – Twitter, FB, etc.
- 102. Student to Student Communication • Discussion Board • Cyber Café • Group Projects (wikis, blogs, group assignments, Google docs, voice thread)
- 103. Discussion Boards
- 104. Discussion Board Activities Facilitate relationship building, idea sharing, collaboration, personal presence in the class. Components: Question and answer Problem solving, analysis or idea sharing Social (Cyber Café)
- 105. Discussion Board Hints Make discussions relevant and worthwhile Assessment? – Post your rubric Ensure students are technically competent Define an acceptable tone of language Large or small group discussions
- 106. Best Discussion Board Practices Establish criteria Set a clear deadline Moderate and lead by example Stay positive Praise students who participate well Summarize the conversation periodically Don’t dominate the discussion Deal with any issues privately
- 107. Using Multiple Discussion Boards
- 108. Discussion Board Grading Rubric
- 109. Wikis Hawaiian word meaning "fast" or "quick"
- 110. Blog = Web Log
- 111. Storify Storify lets students curate social networks to build stories, bringing together media scattered across the Web into a coherent narrative. This is the storify page for number10gov
- 112. Storify: Texas Tornadoes In Photos, Tweets
- 113. ePortfolios
- 114. Voice Thread
- 115. Learning and Teaching in “Second Life”
- 116. Science Learning Opportunities in Second Life
- 117. Collaboration in 2nd Life Contact People in Same Field of Interest From Around the World http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H863W9G7t-Y&feature=relmfu
- 118. Second Life at UAA
- 121. Get students involved! “Analyze problem in detail – share with class” “Edit a wiki page” – Create a “blog” Present a relevant current (chemical) event (relevant to the topic of the module) Use real-time, web-based data such as recent earthquake data, climate data Case studies Let them be creative – design a game
- 122. Assessment with Academic Integrity in Mind - Chemistry
- 123. Engaging Assessment with Academic Integrity in Mind: Chemistry
- 126. Student Video - A & P Dr. Penny Perkins-Johnston, CSU – San Marcus
- 127. student video - A & P Dr. Penny Perkins-Johnston, CSU – San Marcus
- 130. Providing a “Field Trip” Experience
- 131. Geology of N. Cascade National Park
- 132. Capstone field experience Dr. James Brown –Ocean County College
- 136. Make Your Online Class Better • Expect things to go wrong • Be prepared to help students • Anticipate common problems • Give lots of feedback • Give assignments that let students be creative
- 137. Q & A Session