Slides from May 5th BCcampus webinar on the basics of online learning

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Welcome to Online Learning Basics!

2. Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge the traditional territory on which we are gathered today:
Unceded territory of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam
Nations (Vancouver)
Traditional territory of the Lekwungen people (Songhees and Esquimalt
Nations), and WSÁNEĆ (Saanich) (Victoria)
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3. Upcoming at BCcampus
• May 6 3pm: Reducing Student Stress – Tips & Tricks for
Students with Online Learning
• May 8 10am: Open Conversation with B.C. and Ontario
Open Education Fellows Chad Flinn & Bill Ju
• May 11-31: Facilitating Learning Online (FLO)
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4. Agenda
1. Course Delivery Models
2. Synchronous/Asynchronous Learning
3. Tools of the Trade
4. Community of Inquiry Model
5. Components of Online Learning
6. Best Practice Recommendations
7. Open Resources for Trades

5. On a scale of 0-5, how much experience do you
have teaching online?
Make a mark on the line...
5
I have taught an online course
(i.e., I am very comfortable)
😎
0
I have never taught online
(i.e., I am a complete newbie)
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6. Chat:
What are your burning questions that you
hope will get answered today?

7. Course Delivery Models
Blended/HybridFace to Face Online
Hyflex

8. Bates, T. (2011). Models for selecting and using technology: 4. Synchronous or asynchronous? Retrieved from
https://www.tonybates.ca/2011/06/29/models-for-selecting-and-using-technology-4-synchronous-or-asynchronous/
Synchronous Asynchronous
Definition
Require all those participating in the
communication to participate together, at the
same time.
Enable participants to access information or
communicate at different points of time, usually at
the time of choice of the participant.
Examples
• Live webinar/video conferencing
• Telephone conference calls
• Instant Messaging
• Discussion forum
• Email
• Pre-recorded video lecture
• Course Readings
• Podcasts
Advantages
• Presence
• Immediacy
• Increased emotional attachment
• Flexibility for learner
• Provides time & space to think
• Low bandwidth
Disadvantages
• Technically resource intensive (bandwidth)
• Scheduling
• Can be draining
• Inclusivity & Accessibility
• Technical challenges are live
• Activities often take longer
• Can be more challenging to develop
community
• Feedback takes time

9. What does
Bandwidth
have to do
with this?

10. Tools of the Trade

11. Learning Management System (LMS)

12. OpenEd.ca

13. Conferencing & Webinars (Synchronous)

14. “An educational community of
inquiry is a group of individuals
who collaboratively engage in
purposeful critical discourse and
reflection to construct personal
meaning and confirm mutual
understanding.”
WHAT IS A COMMUNITY OF INQUIRY?
Garrison, D. R., Anderson, T., & Archer, W. (2000). Critical inquiry in a text-
based environment: Computer conferencing in higher education model. The
Internet and Higher Education, 2(2-3), 87-105.
Teaching
Presence
Social
Presence
Cognitive
Presence
Educational
Experience

15. Social
Presence
is the ability of
participants to identify
with the community,
communicate
purposefully in a trusting
environment, and
develop inter-personal
relationships by way of
projecting their individual
personalities.
Cognitive
Presence
is the extent to which
learners are able to
construct and confirm
meaning through
sustained reflection and
discourse.
Teaching
Presence
is the design, facilitation,
and direction of cognitive
and social processes for
the purpose of realizing
personally meaningful
and educationally
worthwhile learning
outcomes.
GARRISON, D. R., ANDERSON, T., & ARCHER, W. (2000). CRITICAL INQUIRY IN A TEXT-BASED
ENVIRONMENT: COMPUTER CONFERENCING IN HIGHER EDUCATION MODEL. THE INTERNET AND
HIGHER EDUCATION, 2(2-3), 87-105.

16. Components of Online Learning
Student-to-content
• How will you get content to
students in the easiest and
most accessible way?
• How will students engage with
that content?
Student-Instructor
interaction
• How will you as an instructor
feasibly communicate with
your students?
• How will they communicate
with you?
Student-to-Student
interaction
• How will students
communicate with each other?
• How will students collaborate
and work together?

17. Considerations
1. Be present.
2. Less is more. Everything takes longer.
3. Establish a safe learning environment.
4. Establish a regular schedule for communication.
5. Be clear and direct with expectations & instructions.
6. Create social interaction opportunities for learners.
7. Don’t underestimate asynchronous.
8. Use the tools provided by your institutions.
9. Proceed with care and empathy.

18. Open
Resources
for Trades
Open.BCcampus.ca

19. Open
Resources
for Trades
SkillsCommons.org

20. Did we cover the questions?

21. Thank you
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