Interactive Instruction
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You have been asked to teach your first online class next semester. While you may have concerns about teaching online, the document provides reassurance and strategies for interactive instruction. It recommends using a familiar platform like Blackboard and emphasizes the importance of communication. Interactive methods like brainstorming, role playing, cooperative learning, interviews, and problem solving can help engage students. You are encouraged to enjoy the experience and not be afraid, as interactive instruction and communication can help make your first online class a success.
Interactive Instruction
- 2. Your Choice Life behind bars ….
- 3. Or… Teach an online course
- 4. Imagine This… Your department chair tells you that you will teach your first online class next semester
- 5. Your Reaction…. Beg your chair to reconsider Try to bribe colleague to take the class instead Keep hearing all the “horror” stories run through your head
- 6. Calm Down … You can do this … Take a deep breath Gather your wits It is time to make a plan
- 7. Delivery Method Blackboard Course cartridge with textbook Do you need training Campus Cruiser Do you need training
- 8. Other Instructors? Are you the only one who will teach the class Collaborate to ensure parity between the courses
- 9. Taught Class Before? Course materials Lectures PowerPoint presentations Handouts Tests Check with other instructors
- 10. Interactive Instruction Brainstorming Role playing Cooperative learning Interviews Problem solving Discussion
- 11. Brainstorming Brainstorming rules Quantity, not quality Criticism is not allowed Play off of other learner’s ideas Do not censor ideas Avoid discussion at this point
- 12. Brainstorming Get brainstorming into group projects Chat sessions Email Discussion board Virtual classrooms
- 13. Role Playing Students take on another identity, either made-up or real When ideas are generated by a “nameless” person, there is less embarrassment Allows students to view problems from unusual viewpoints Post anonymously “ Shy” learners contribute more
- 14. Cooperative Learning Asynchronous discussion Group work More communication between instructor and student and between students as well Students develop social and team skills
- 15. Interviews Help students learn about each other Show learners that they can be helpful resources for each other Helpful in developing communication skills
- 16. Problem Solving Communicate, listen, brainstorm, evaluate options, identify good options, agree on solution Give learners “real-world” problems to work Competitive or collaborative Give problems to groups to work or individually and then share problems solving methods
- 17. Discussion BlackBoard Discussion board threads Chats Group projects Email Campus Cruiser Message board Email Group projects Chats
- 18. Summary You CAN teach online Use a familiar method such as interactive instruction Communication is extremely important ENJOY
- 19. References and Resources Roblyer, M. (2000). How Interactive are YOUR Distance Courses? A Rubric for Assessing Interaction in Distance Learning. Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 3 (2). Retrieved March 1, 2005, from University of West Georgia Web site: http://www.westga.edu/~distance/roblyer32.html Innovation Tools (Retrieved February 25, 2005) http://www.innovationtools.com/resources/brainstorming.asp Creativity & Innovation in Science & Technology (Retrieved February 27, 2005) http://www.mycoted.com/creativity/techniques/index.php Saskatoon Public School Division Cooperative Learning http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/coop/index.html (Retrieved February 26, 2005) Saskatchewan Education Interactive Instruction (Retrieved February 26, 2005) http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/entre36/atien6.html Resources for Hutterian Educators (Retrieved February 26, 2005) http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/hutt/strateg/interact.htm