Preparing learners with online support

1. CRICOS 00111D TOID 3059
PREPARING
LEARNERS WITH
ONLINE SUPPORT
Professor Mike Keppell
Pro Vice-Chancellor, Learning Transformations

2. Overview
• Preparing students for F2F
Learning with online
support
• Connecting with students
• Synchronous and
asynchronous strategies
• Professional development

3. Preparing Students for F2F
Learning with Online Support
• Learning outcomes
• Starting with the end in mind
• Connecting with the students
• Concept exploration
• Choosing the approach

4. Connecting with Students
• Transactional distance (Moore,
1997)
• Transaction developed be-
tween teachers and students at
a distance needs to take into
account three factors: dialogue,
structure, and learner autonomy
(Moore, 1997; Falloon, 2011).
• Quality of the dialogue,
pedagogical approach,
assessment

5. Asynchronous Strategies
• Design a learning space in
Blackboard
• Ask students to introduce
themselves via a discussion
forum
• Pose a question that students
respond to
• Post slides or a short video
and ask students to respond to
via questions

6. Synchronous Strategies
• Design a Webinar about a
topic and present to students
• Follow-up webinar with a
synchronous chat session
(collaborate)
• Ask students to prepare a short
1-2 minute response to a
question and present verbally
via Collaborate

7. Professional Development
• https://www.swinburne.edu.au/
intranet/learning-transformations/
• https://www.swinburne.edu.au/
intranet/learning-transformations/
innovative-teaching/
• https://www.swinburne.edu.au/
intranet/learning-transformations/
tools-and-resources/blackboard-
learn/collaborate/