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Tuesday, 13 July 2004: 3:15 PM-4:00 PM | |||
Australia 3 (Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel) | |||
D-11: Roadmap to Effective Distance Education Instructional Design | |||
| Detailed Description: | This session provides an overview of a six-university collaborative project seeking to develop effective materials and innovative approaches to better prepare instructional designers at land-grant universities and other universities with agricultural academic programs to support their universities’ distance education teaching programs. | ||
| Presentation Format: | Showcase | ||
| Topic: | Enabling learning: Effective instructional practices and flexible design models | ||
| Target Audience: | Course Designers, Faculty and Other Instructors | ||
| Appropriate Audience Level: | Beginning or new users of WebCT, Experienced WebCT users | ||
| Abstract Text: | This session provides an overview of a six-university collaborative project which seeks to teach instructional designers who help faculty develop distance education courses how to be more effective in their jobs. Offering support for technology–based faculty training and development efforts is a key issue facing many institutions of higher learning. However, few institutions have invested in the training and development of instructional designers or educational technologists assigned to assist faculty develop distance education courses. Studies indicate that distance education faculty training is conducted by staff instructional designers, and that a larger percentage of these instructional designers do not have training or knowledge of distance education instructional design methods before being hired at their universities. These findings raise the questions: Who provides the technology skills and instructional design training and support for faculty? And are these staff members adequately prepared to train and support the faculty? In response to this need, six universities (University of Florida, Texas A&M University, Texas Tech University, the University of Idaho, the University of Missouri-St Louis, and Iowa State University) are collaborating on a project titled “Roadmap to Effective Distance Education Instructional Design”. Collaborators meet via desktop video conference once a month to discuss content and technical issues. The project has been developed in three broad phases: research design, implementation, and evaluation. A total of 106 people, representing 23 universities, registered to participate. The Roadmap theme guides participants in instructional design methods and delivery. Each of the six WebCT-delivered content modules (called destinations) is offered once a month. Destinations incorporate text, narrated PowerPoint, videos, case studies, electronic bulletin boards, and other interactive techniques to demonstrate effective distance education principles. Upon completion, participants receive a certificate through Texas A&M’s Center for Distance Learning. | ||
| Session Leader: | Travis R. Kramer Iowa State University | ||
| Co-presenters: | Allan Schmidt Iowa State University Randy Dalhoff Iowa State University | ||
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