When Instructors Become Students: Developing Online WebCT Vista Training for Faculty

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Thursday, July 13, 2006
This presentation is part of 3: Poster Sessions
When Instructors Become Students: Developing Online WebCT Vista Training for Faculty

Description: In Spring 2006, WebCT Vista Grade Book Online was developed and delivered by the Instructional Development Center (IDC) as its first online course at Purdue University. This session will showcase the course, describe the instructional design strategy and development process, and present an analysis of the assessment results and class evaluations.
Presentation Format: Poster
Topic: Enabling learning: Effective instructional practices and student support models
Target Audience: Course Designers, Faculty and Other Instructors, E-learning Managers, K-12 Educational Staff
Appropriate Audience Level: Beginning or new users of WebCT, Experienced WebCT users
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Abstract Text: At Purdue University, a recent survey determined that faculty prefer online, self-paced learning. This, coupled with sagging attendance in face-to-face training and a mandate from above to offer Web-based training, led to the development of Purdue's first online Vista training class in Spring 2006. Vista Grade Book Online was developed and delivered by the Instructional Development Center (IDC), a division of Teaching & Learning Technologies at Purdue.
Purdue University has been using WebCT Vista as its enterprise-level course management system since Fall 2003. An average of 4,000 classes are offered per semester on the West Lafayette campus, and roughly a third of these use WebCT Vista, most for blended instruction delivery.
Because Vista Grade Book Online is offered in WebCT Vista, instructors get a better understanding of the student experience in Vista. Trainees may work at their own pace, but are encouraged to follow a detailed agenda. Facilitators are available for the duration of the class if trainees need further guidance.
This presentation will showcase the class and describe the instructional design strategy and development process. Course content is designed to accommodate a variety of learning styles. The instructional strategy focuses on procedural learning, and trainees practice what is learned in their own training classes. Assessments are distributed throughout the course to provide trainees with the opportunity to practice and reinforce what they have learned.
This presentation will conclude with the analysis of the assessment results and class evaluations, followed by discussion of lessons learned in the development and delivery of the class. Conclusions based on the evaluation results will be leveraged in the development of further online classes. IDC plans to develop online offerings for many of its most popular training classes as Purdue moves into Fall 2006.

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Description:	In Spring 2006, WebCT Vista Grade Book Online was developed and delivered by the Instructional Development Center (IDC) as its first online course at Purdue University. This session will showcase the course, describe the instructional design strategy and development process, and present an analysis of the assessment results and class evaluations.
Presentation Format:	Poster
Topic:	Enabling learning: Effective instructional practices and student support models
Target Audience:	Course Designers, Faculty and Other Instructors, E-learning Managers, K-12 Educational Staff
Appropriate Audience Level:	Beginning or new users of WebCT, Experienced WebCT users
WebCT Version:
Abstract Text:	At Purdue University, a recent survey determined that faculty prefer online, self-paced learning. This, coupled with sagging attendance in face-to-face training and a mandate from above to offer Web-based training, led to the development of Purdue's first online Vista training class in Spring 2006. Vista Grade Book Online was developed and delivered by the Instructional Development Center (IDC), a division of Teaching & Learning Technologies at Purdue. Purdue University has been using WebCT Vista as its enterprise-level course management system since Fall 2003. An average of 4,000 classes are offered per semester on the West Lafayette campus, and roughly a third of these use WebCT Vista, most for blended instruction delivery. Because Vista Grade Book Online is offered in WebCT Vista, instructors get a better understanding of the student experience in Vista. Trainees may work at their own pace, but are encouraged to follow a detailed agenda. Facilitators are available for the duration of the class if trainees need further guidance. This presentation will showcase the class and describe the instructional design strategy and development process. Course content is designed to accommodate a variety of learning styles. The instructional strategy focuses on procedural learning, and trainees practice what is learned in their own training classes. Assessments are distributed throughout the course to provide trainees with the opportunity to practice and reinforce what they have learned. This presentation will conclude with the analysis of the assessment results and class evaluations, followed by discussion of lessons learned in the development and delivery of the class. Conclusions based on the evaluation results will be leveraged in the development of further online classes. IDC plans to develop online offerings for many of its most popular training classes as Purdue moves into Fall 2006.