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Enhancing Online Teaching: Strategies and Tools for Effective Student Engagement**

This presentation explores innovative methods for enhancing online teaching using tools like Wimba, Elluminate, SAM/CaseGrader, and Adobe Captivate. Edna Fry and Kathy Hamby share insights from their experiences in conducting a Dean's Forum, focusing on the importance of flexibility, instructor interaction, and timely responses in online courses. The session highlights the benefits and challenges of interactive components, offering practical applications of technology to improve student satisfaction and support diverse learning needs. Discover how to balance student expectations with effective teaching strategies.

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Enhancing Online Teaching: Strategies and Tools for Effective Student Engagement**

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  1. Enhancing Online Teaching with Wimba, Elluminate, SAM/CaseGrader, and Captivate By Edna Fry and Kathy Hamby

  2. How We Started • Conducted Dean’s Forum using WebCT • Survey of Internet courses and Student Satisfaction • Included 17 Discussion questions • Survey

  3. Experience Learning curve and expectations varied Different levels of Expertise How do you create a balance? Things we Learned • Convenience • Students want anytime, anywhere • Flexibility

  4. The Biggest Surprise • Should not be completely self-taught • Students want Instructor Interaction • Helps level playing field • More than a static website • Interaction and/or more feedback • Timely responses • Wanted Chats and Discussions

  5. Student and Instructor Frustration

  6. Interactive Component Pro • Immediate clarification • Encourage interaction Cons • Required chats/sessions detract from the anywhere, anytime advantages “..you don’t have to wait for several hours or even days for a reply to your question or response.”

  7. What we did

  8. Applications used • Wimba/Horizon • Elluminate • SAM/CaseGrader • Exams • Projects • Adobe Captivate http://www.wimba.com/ http://www.elluminate.com/ http://sam2007.course.com/ http://www.adobe.com/products/captivate/?promoid=DJDVX

  9. Wimba Classroom Capabilities • Audio, • Video, • Application sharing, • Content display • Polling • Presenter on-the-fly • Shared Web browsing • Asynchronous chats • Recorded chats • participant lists • MP3 downloads • Interactive whiteboarding

  10. Wimba/Horizon Wimba Voice • a web-based voice solution that facilitates and promotes vocal instruction, collaboration, coaching, and assessment.

  11. Benefits • Voice Discussion BoardsPost voice and text • Embedded Voice within Course PagesAdd listening exercises and voice messages, simply highlight important points. • Voice-Enabled E-Mail • Integrates right into your Course Management System Just like any other component • Podcasting

  12. Student messages

  13. Wimba Live Classroom

  14. With Archive features

  15. Podcast Weekly News

  16. Demo Kathy Hamby

  17. Elluminate.com

  18. Demo Edna Fry

  19. Use of Sam Projects, Assessment, and CaseGrader in Online and Hybrid Courses

  20. Demo SAM Edna Fry

  21. Demo CourseGraderEdna Fry

  22. Adobe Captivate Is a software that automatically records all onscreen actions and instantly creates an interactive Flash simulation. Point and click to add text captions, narration, and e-learning interactions without any programming knowledge. http://www.adobe.com/products/captivate/features/?view=topnew

  23. How can you use it? • Can be used for Internet courses • Traditional Courses • Hybrid Courses

  24. Automatically generated when you create a Captivate demonstration: • Mouse path • Visual mouse clicks • Explanations • Standard playback controls

  25. With these capabilities • Adding Videos • Incorporates PowerPoint presentations • Full motion • Simulations with feedback—quiz your students on concepts

  26. Automatically generated when you create a Captivate simulation: • Interactive hot spots • Prompts • Instructional feedback • Scoring & tracking of interactions

  27. This was wonderful • Have you ever had a concept or just syllabus information that the students just don’t get? • Mine was:

  28. Guess how many times I’ve had to say this? There is no Student CD!!!

  29. How many students ask a semester? • On the Internet I list this in at least in 6 different places • I have it posted on the homepage • Did they get it?

  30. Captivate takes minutes to create • Adds clarity • Actually visually assists the students • Fills the gap between instructor and vague concepts • Helps bridge the digital divide • And it lowers that frustration level

  31. Minutes to create or longer • Use existing Power Points • Point and Click—quick and dirty • Animated text and pictures • Incorporate movies and sound • Only creates 2 files to upload • Swf • Html—this file is incorporated into WebCT

  32. Captivate New Project

  33. Captivate Recording Tool

  34. Captivate Publishing

  35. Captivate Demo and Tips Link-Kathy Hamby http://www.adobe.com/devnet/captivate/?trackingid=ZOGA

  36. Thank You! Questions? Governors State University http://www.govst.edu Edna Fry e-fry@govst.edu Kathy Hamby k-hamby@govst.edu

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