This document discusses next steps for perfecting the blend of online and face-to-face teaching. It addresses five issues: 1) avoiding the "course and a half" problem of excessive workload by streamlining content and seeking help; 2) re-examining learning objectives to ensure activities align with goals; 3) developing strategies to build social presence and connectivity online through communication; 4) providing collaborative learning opportunities to build an online community; and 5) managing time carefully through scheduling, records, and clear expectations. Breakout groups discuss and respond to these issues on a wiki page with suggestions for enhancing social presence, collaborative learning, and addressing time management challenges.

1. Next steps:
Perfecting the
blend
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2. UWM’s
faculty
development

3. • Ten questions
• Designing learning modules
• Online vs. F2F - Integration
• Decision rubric for
content choices
• Learning objects
Content
• Progressive/summative
• Before, during, and after
• Self evaluation
• Peer evaluation
• Student evaluation
Course Evaluation
• Rubrics
• CATs
• Templates
• Traditional formats
Assessment
• Synchronous/asynchronous
• Establishing voice
• Discussion forums
• Small groups
Interactivity
• Managing expectations
• Time management
• Technology support
Helping Your Students
• Staying organized
• Managing workload
• Avoiding course and a half
Course Management
Course Redesign
Transitioning to
online and
blended teaching
Pedagogy and more

4. Experience

5. F2F 1
3 hrs
Online 1
F2F 2
3 hrs
Online 2
F2F 3
3 hrs
Showcase
3 hrs
Post-
Program
Blended

6. Backwards design

7. Active learning

8. Practice-based

10. Next Steps: Five issues to address
in “perfecting” the blend
1. “Course and a half” syndrome
2. Re-examining course goals and objectives
3. Building presence, enhancing connectivity, and
building community
4. Community Building
5. Managing your time and staying organized
http://ut2015.wikispaces.com/The+Next+Questions

11. Breakout: Respond to Next Steps
issues
Respond to one of the five questions in a group at
your table. In responding to your question, consider
the elements of the question that you find intriguing,
problematic or surprising?
Post your responses to the questions at the following
wiki space:
http://ut2015.wikispaces.com/

12. Question 1: “Course and a half”
syndrome
Now that you delivered your first blended course and
have experienced course and a half, what strategies
can one use to streamline the course and help
manage instructor workload to avoid course and a
half?

13. Next Steps: “Course and a half”
syndrome
• Focus on learning objectives and outcomes
• Take advantage of LMS reporting features
• Seek help or feedback from colleagues
• Cut approximately 20% of your course
• Join or create a community of instructors
• Keep teaching logs for reflective practice
• Use progressive and summative evaluation

14. Question 2: Re-examining course
goals and objectives
How can one identify and build upon the successful
elements of learning objectives in the blended
model?
Specifically, was the learning environment (face-to-
face or online) appropriate for the assigned activity
and achievement of each learning objective?
Did it provide the evidence or documentation that
the learning objective was met?

15. Next Steps: Re-examining Goals &
Objectives
• What should students be able to do
• Discipline-specific language, more active verbs:
• compile, create, plan, articulate, revise, apply, design,
analyze, select, utilize, apply, demonstrate, prepare, use,
compute, discuss, explain, predict, assess, compare,
rate, judge, distinguish, compare/contrast, critique…
• Usually NOT ‘think critically’, ‘know’, ‘understand’…
• Assessment
• F2F, online & integrated learning modules/exercises

16. Question 3: Building presence,
enhancing connectivity, and building
community
Sometimes we can lose the connection and our
ability as instructors to build presence in the
mediated environment. Instructors need to develop
skills and strategies to meet these needs in the
blended format.
What are some ways one can successfully enhance
social presence and connectedness with students?

17. Next Steps: Presence,
Connectivity, & Community
• Social presence
• Connection
• Community of learners
• Online relationships
• Challenges
• Community creation
• Preparation
• Trust
• Responses
• Socially intimate communication

18. Question 4: Community Building
Many times when we introduce a mediated
environment, we find out course design needed
more opportunity for collaborative learning for
students to engage students and assist them in
building peer networks.
Where can your course lends itself in assisting
students in building community with other students?
the instructor? and, the public?

19. Next Steps: Community Building
• Don’t forget the basics
• Unlike a F2F course, instructor must encourage and
manage community building
• Comfort with the technology and delivery model
increases community building
• Collaborative learning opportunities increases online
community
• Active learning strategies increases online community
• Bridge course work with extra-curricular
• Build-in synchronous opportunities for peer interaction
and group work

20. Question 5: Managing your time
and staying organized
Many students enroll in blended courses because of the
flexibility associated with time shifting. At the same time,
they may overbook their schedules or not allocate time
for studying.
What strategies did students employ to balance their
schedules and manage their in- and out-of-class time
effectively?
What effective instructional strategies can one employ to
help students stay on track?
Are there any additional strategies one could implement
the next time the course is delivered to help students
stay organized, assessed student readiness, and manage
student expectations?

21. Next Steps: Managing your time
and staying organized
• Course Scheduling: Manage time carefully
• Explain and inform
• Keep good records
• Manage student expectations

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