Introduction to Teaching Online: Design and Development

Michelle Moore, Alana Phillips, Heather Robinson , Annie Sheffield

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Student Enrollment in K-12 Online Courses

Dawley, Rice, & Hinck, 2010

How did you learn to teach online?

I took coursework during my professional training.

I am entirely self-taught.

I had professional development or training in the workplace.

I do not teach online.

1.3%

98.7%

Learning to Teach Online: Training Offered in Teacher Education Programs

Training offered No training offered

Kennedy & Archambault, 2012

12%

88%

Prepared to Teach Online: Training Received During Teacher Education Program

(As reported by new online teachers)

Received training Did not receive training

Dawley, Rice, & Hinck, 2010

Prepare pre-service teachers with the skills and resources to teach online.

Provide an authentic experience and model constructivist teaching methods.

Contribute to the conversation.

Learners will be able to: Engage students in the online learning

experience. Navigate current and emerging tools for

online learning. Identify and implement support elements

that allow students to be successful online. Design an online unit of instruction.

Rich Environment for Active Learning (REAL)

student responsibility and initiative

generative learning activities

authentic learning contexts

authentic assessment strategies

collaborative learning

Grabinger and Dunlap (1995)

• Introductions, community development, basic skill building

• Development of Topics in Online Learning units

Weeks 1-5: Foundations

• Student-led units on Topics in Online Learning

Weeks 6-12: Topics in Online Learning Units

• Reinforce, extend, enhance, reflect, and synthesize

• Development and presentation of unit in K-12 content area

Weeks 13-15: K-12 Unit Project

Learning Activity REAL Attributes Bloom’s Level

Topics in Online Learning Project • Authentic• Generative• Student responsibility

• Analyzing• Applying• Creating

Synchronous Meetings • Collaborative• Authentic

• Understanding

Project Status Reports • Student responsibility• Authentic

• Evaluating

Design Review Meetings • Generative• Collaborative

• Analyzing

Self and Peer Review Activities • Authentic • Evaluating

K-12 Unit Project • Authentic• Student responsibility

• Applying• Creating

Access and equity online Using internet resources Online instructional design principles Online safety and netiquette Communication in online environments Managing group work and collaboration online Online assessment

Dawley et al., 2010; Duncan & Barnett, 2009; International Association for K-12 Online Learning, 2011

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Kennedy, K., and L. M. Archambault. 2012. Offering pre-service teachers field experiences in K–12 online learning: A national survey of teacher education programs. Journal of Teacher Education, 63(3): 185–200.