{"id":7969,"date":"2013-10-24T11:26:02","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T15:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/?p=7969"},"modified":"2013-10-24T11:26:02","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T15:26:02","slug":"d2l-faculty-readiness-usgrockeagle13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2013\/10\/24\/d2l-faculty-readiness-usgrockeagle13\/","title":{"rendered":"D2L Faculty Readiness #USGRockEagle13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dee McKinney and Kathy Whitaker, East Georgia College<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>3k students, access inst, grant associates degrees,<\/li>\n<li>Many students first generation in family.<\/li>\n<li>Part of first Georgia implementation group so started Fall 2012.<\/li>\n<li>VP Academic Affairs asked all faculty to 1) upload a syllabus, 2) keep the grade book updated. So students can tell where they are in the course. At least an update every other week.<\/li>\n<li>Purpose of study:<\/li>\n<li>What training effective? Did it work\/<\/li>\n<li>12 * 3 hour training sessions in May-July. 4 * 2 hour &#8216;quick start&#8217; sessions in August. Covered basic tools: syllabus, grade book, discussions, dropbox, import content, email, quizzes, class lists, etc.<\/li>\n<li>As time allowed: widgets, nav bars, news, pagers, custom profile, elementary design. Experiment.<\/li>\n<li>122 faculty. 33% attended training. 65% of those full time faculty. 2 dedicated trainers. Some trainees given stipend to be in the field mentors.\n<ul>\n<li>Online experts: substantial online experience. Mix of full and part time. 27 total. By choice came to earliest sessions.<\/li>\n<li>Curious Optimists: some online experience. Mix of 2 to longer. 1 to quick.<\/li>\n<li>Reluctant Participants: Little to no online teaching experience. All full time faculty. 7 total. A few admitted only there because required. Did not attend group training. Made appointments for individual.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Additional training: extensive list of docs, found apps, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Survey before and after plus 5 weeks after start of Fall 2012. Emails approx 400 from help. Informal reviews.<\/li>\n<li>Results: 3 hours was enough but not too much b\/c workshop oriented not lecture. Essential for time to play with advisers to help. Instructors worked on own content not sample course. 1:8 trainer to trainee ratio.\u00c2\u00a0Participants collaborated. IT person on hand for passwords.<\/li>\n<li>Multiple methods of training.<\/li>\n<li>Mentors on hand regularly.<\/li>\n<li>Perception of readiness: anxious prior. Confident after. Requests for advanced training.<\/li>\n<li>Group one more competent. Reluctant willing try more positive.<\/li>\n<li>Allow as much lead time as possible.<\/li>\n<li>Accept some faculty will never buy into online teaching.<\/li>\n<li>Suggestion faculty get a course release for first time teaching as so much work to start.<\/li>\n<li>Was training or new LMS that made faculty happier.<\/li>\n<li>Fall 2013: 2 hour training. Quick start guide. Start set0up while trainer in the room. Focused workshops for followup training on grade books, quizzes, widgets, intelligent agents (spring).<\/li>\n<li>Met with professional advisers to focus on needs of online students.<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dee McKinney and Kathy Whitaker, East Georgia College 3k students, access inst, grant associates degrees, Many students first generation in family. Part of first Georgia implementation group so started Fall 2012. VP Academic Affairs asked all faculty to 1) upload a syllabus, 2) keep the grade book updated. 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