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Best Practices in Distance Learning: Student Identification, Engagement, and Accessibility

Join us for the Fall 2013 All College Day presented by the WVC Distance Learning Committee. We’ll cover critical topics including student identification through secure logins and proctoring, the importance of tracking the last day of attendance for financial aid, and the distinction between correspondence and distance education. We'll also focus on regular and effective contact strategies, like discussion forums and announcements, to enhance student engagement. Additionally, learn about accessibility practices in compliance with ADA, including captioning and document accessibility.

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Best Practices in Distance Learning: Student Identification, Engagement, and Accessibility

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  1. Fall 2013 – All College Day Presented by the WVC Distance Learning Committee

  2. Hot Topics - Overview • Student identification • Last day of attendance • Correspondence vs. Distance Ed • Regular and effective contact • Accessibility and ADA compliance

  3. Student Identification • HEOA 2008 - Requires institutions to verify the identity of a student • Secure login/passcode for Each Student • ANGEL requires unique login • Need to Continue to Improve • Other technologies and practices that are effective in verifying student identification • Proctored examinations?

  4. Last Day of Attendance • Date used to calculate the amount of Title IV (Financial Aid) refund when a student withdraws from a course • The later the LDA, the less refund • All Instructors (esp. DE) need to determine when students stop participating in class For Fall 2013 = October 31, 2013 (Always 60% of Semester)

  5. Hands-on Workshops Regular and Effective Contact Using Discussion Forums and Announcements Wednesday, September 4 3 – 4:30 PM – Room Fox 104 Creating Accessible Documents Wednesday, September 18 3 – 4:30 PM – Room Fox 104

  6. Correspondence vs. Distance Ed • Students separated from instructor • Students separated from instructor • Instructional material provided electronically • Instructional material provided via mail or electronically • Regular and substantive interaction between (i.e., regular & effective contact): • Students and instructor • students and students • Students and text • Limited interaction between students & instructor; primarily initiated by students • Course typically self-paced • Regularly scheduled, graded assignments, set due dates for quizzes, exams

  7. Regular and effective contact – Engagement Tools • Office Hours & Phone Calls • Regularly Scheduled, Graded Assignments • Progress Reports • Discussion Forums and Blogs • Email and Front Page Announcements • Group Projects • Video Conferencing (ccconfer.org)

  8. Two Easy Tools that ANGEL Offers • Announcements • Weekly to Keep it Current • Course News (Reminders) • Add Color / Change Fonts / Add Image

  9. Discussion Forums • Three places you can access forums once they are created • Use open-ended questions and be specific to avoid short responses • Forum modes • Make them mandatory by grading your forums

  10. Sample “Meet and Greet” Discussion Forum

  11. Accessibility & ADA Compliance: It’s the LAW! • Closed Captioning of media • DECT Grant • Making Word docs accessible • Alternate description (alt tags) for images • Converting accessible Word docs to PDF files

  12. Captioning $$ • DECT Grant – Free Captioning! • (usually $3.35-$4.35/min. depending on format requested) • Email notice sent every semester • New content only • self-created or other formats • Must be placed online for course • Course may be f2f, hybrid, online • Captioning stations available in AV in future

  13. Training Topics • Accessible Word to PDF • PDF – Acrobat Pro • (Site License for All Faculty) • Publisher PDFs/course content • Their responsibility! • Magic Words: • “508 or ADA Compliant”

  14. Future Trainings • Accessible Word • Accessible PDF • Accessible PowerPoint • Captioning • Alt tags • Others?

  15. “Good is better than bad…even if it’s not perfect!” • Alternate Media and Assistive Technology • DESP Lab – Appointments for Advice/Help • Trainings • Angel Module (PG&D Credit) • Resource Page and HTCTU (htctu.net) • Anne Crosby • anne.crosby@westvalley.edu • DESP – (408) 741-2063

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