Offering Online Professional Development for Faculty Using a Cross-Platform Strategy
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NIU presented on their strategy for offering online professional development for faculty using a cross-platform approach. They chose to deliver their Teaching Effectiveness Institute online using Blackboard and its mobile apps. This allowed more faculty to attend, saved travel costs, and modeled effective online teaching practices. Lessons learned included the success of the online format, need for backup activities, and managing time between sessions. Their next steps are to repeat the model, reuse content, try new formats, and possibly invite outside speakers.
Offering Online Professional Development for Faculty Using a Cross-Platform Strategy
- 1. Offering Online Professional Development for Faculty Using a Cross-Platform Strategy Blackboard Never Stop Learning Tour - Chicago May 23, 2013
- 2. Presenters Jason Rhode Assistant Director Jeff Geronimo E-learning Design Coordinator jrhode@niu.edu @jrhode jgeronimo@niu.edu @jeffminor
- 4. NIU’s cross-platform strategy NIU’s cross platform strategy Practices Lessons Learned Next Steps
- 6. » Main campus in DeKalb, IL located 65 miles West of Chicago » Total enrollment: 21,869 (Fall ’12) » 1,185 instructional faculty » Student to faculty ratio: 18:1 » 39 academic departments; 57 undergraduate majors; 80 graduate programs » 95% of undergrads and 79% of grad students are from Illinois » 685 international students from 116 countries About NIU
- 7. Blackboard Usage at NIU » 98% of students » 82% of instructional Faculty/Staff/TAs » 53% of course sections » 4 course sections per student on Blackboard As of Fall 2012:
- 8. Use by Individual Students Usage % for fall ‘12 with 22,009 enrolled is 97.5% of total number of students 21,473
- 9. Use by Individual Faculty/Staff/TAs 82.75% of all those who teach use Blackboard for credit courses, fall ‘12 1,449
- 10. Number of Credit Course Sections 53.3% of all scheduled course sections among the 4,947 sections use Bb, fall ‘12 *Course sections range from face-to-face courses with online components to “online courses” 2,637
- 11. Number of Course Enrollments Approx. 4 courses that use Blackboard per student, fall ‘12 87,430
- 12. Blackboard Mobile Learn App students can install on their smart phone or tablet to access their Blackboard course, receive notifications, and participate in course activities
- 13. Blackboard Mobile Learn 24,276 unique users during past year Total Logins Logins by Day of the Week Logins by Hours of the Day
- 14. Blackboard Collaborate Mobile Available to NIU faculty since released in 2012 Building Block update installed to enabled recently-released Android app
- 15. Center Staff
- 17. @facdev @facdev
- 19. Teaching Effectiveness Institute (TEI) offered twice/year, typically f2f, sometimes invited speaker
- 20. More Info About TEI at NIU niu.edu/facdev/programs/history.shtml 1 2
- 21. Why Online TEI? » Feedback from previous attendees asking for “online” version » Interest in exploring flexibility of the online delivery format » Opportunity to model collaborate online learning experience using available synchronous and asynchronous tools
- 22. F2F vs. Online Attendance – Sp ‘13 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Day 1 AM (F2F) Day 1 PM (F2F) Day 2 (Online) Spring 2013 TEI Participants 51 46 58
- 23. Savings…by the Numbers Average number of miles, round-trip, that would have been driven by each participant if everyone had driven to campus
- 24. Savings…by the Numbers Total number of miles, round-trip, that would have been driven by participants if everyone had driven to campus
- 25. Savings…by the Numbers Gallons of gasoline saved, assuming average mpg (23.8) of average vehicle sold in U.S. in 2012 if everyone had stayed home
- 26. Savings…by the Numbers Cost of gasoline saved, assuming cost of $3.93/gal. in the DeKalb area if everyone had stayed home today
- 27. Savings…by the Numbers Pounds of carbon dioxide emissions saved if everyone had stayed home today
- 34. Roles for Staff presenter, live discussions, discussion board Dan Cabrera Jeff Geronimo Janet Giesen Tracy Miller Cherie Quillman Jason Rhode Stephanie Richter presenter, live discussions, discussion board, twitter host, moderator, live discussions, discussion board tech assistance, live tweeting @facdev, discussion board technical support, live discussions, logistics coordinator, presenter, live discussions, discussion board, twitter presenter, live discussions, discussion board, twitter
- 36. Give-aways
- 39. Custom Clickable Icons (48x48) Recommended Mobile Apps Links to Activities and Resources Computer System Check Blackboard Mobile Learn Bb Collaborate Mobile NIU Mobile Intro to Bb Collaborate Bb Collaborate Live Sessions Discussion Blog Journal Wiki Tweets #niu #tei13 Presenters & Staff Download s Badge Online Archive Mobile Archive
- 40. Available for Ongoing Conversations
- 41. Archives Available of Live Sessions
- 42. » Picked topic » Used a community » Chose to make entirely mobile- compatible » Decided on roles for staff » Additional resources » Give-aways » Used consistent design template for presentations » Offered “badge” for recognition » Available after institute for ongoing conversations » Archives available of all live sessions, accessible in community Summary of Decisions Made
- 43. Process for Designing / Developing » Built using mobile-friendly design practices – Course fully-accessible via Bb Mobile app – Activities in live sessions (avoided web tour, used polling) – Use of guest links for Bb Collaborate sessions to make it easier to access via mobile
- 46. Guest Links for Bb Collaborate
- 47. Online and Mobile Archives
- 48. Process for Designing / Developing » Opened community 1 week early for preliminary access and intro activities » Used “Announcements” feature and email to notify participants about sessions » Use time availability feature to only show current sessions link in a content area » Online evaluation at the end of the institute » Online and mobile archives available
- 49. Showcase Course Features Course Links to important initial content areas
- 50. Schedule Course Links to folders in Session Resources
- 51. Presenters and Staff Added as Items with Icons hidden to allow more flexibility with content and positioning
- 52. System Check & Mobile Apps Added as External Links with custom icon images in description, clickable, with text description floating
- 53. Live Sessions & Recordings Used date/time availability settings to automate making available new sessions
- 55. Evaluation
- 56. Announcements
- 57. Conversations
- 58. Help
- 59. What’s Next
- 60. Mobile Preview – Smart Phone youtu.be/kI993l4XPZE
- 61. Mobile Preview – Tablet youtu.be/ypZXhpL-xm0
- 63. Feedback from Faculty Participants “The online delivery of this subject was critical to my understanding of how it feels to be the learner as well as the design required from a faculty perspective.”
- 64. Feedback from Faculty Participants “It was really convenient to have this (institute) online, and I think it showed what Blackboard Collaborate can do. I learned a lot and have new ideas for the upcoming semester.”
- 65. Feedback from Faculty Participants “This was wonderful! The flow was easy to handle and I stayed engaged throughout the day. I LOVED being able to attend from home.”
- 66. Feedback from Faculty Participants of faculty participants indicated they would attend another online institute in the future
- 67. Lessons Learned 1) Online format was very successful 2) Raised awareness of potential for using cross-platform strategy in teaching and learning 3) Modeled many features of Bb Collaborate and Bb Mobile Learn 4) Need to plan better backups (have backup activities if there is a lull)
- 68. Lessons Learned 5) Have plan for managing time between live sessions (left 30 mins between live sessions, but hadn’t planned who would stay in the session to see that everyone was removed so archive could begin processing)
- 70. Next Steps 1) Repeat model in the future, build upon 2) Possibly reuse content / framework that could be replicated using mobile-friendly best practices 3) Consider other online formats (multi- day, extended conversations, etc.) 4) Perhaps have invited speakers present instead of our staff (save $ on travel expenses for invited speakers)
- 71. Any questions? Jason Rhode Assistant Director Jeff Geronimo E-learning Design Coordinator jrhode@niu.edu @jrhode jgeronimo@niu.edu @jeffminor
- 73. NIU Case Study Download PDF from j.mp/niubbcase