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| Wednesday, July 12, 2006: 2:30 PM-3:15 PM | |||
| Michigan A Room (Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers) | |||
| D-7: Newsflash! Freshmen Don't Learn Like Graduate Students! | |||
| Detailed Description: | This session will focus on satisfying the diverse needs of lower division, upper division, and graduate/professional students taking online courses. While there are common characteristics of successful online students, freshman and sophomores generally need more assistance from course design and faculty interaction to succeed online. Explore ways to tailor teaching styles and instructional design to meet the needs of different student populations. | ||
| Presentation Format: | Showcase | ||
| Topic: | Enabling learning: Effective instructional practices and student support models | ||
| Target Audience: | Course Designers, Faculty and Other Instructors | ||
| Appropriate Audience Level: | Beginning or new users of WebCT, Experienced WebCT users | ||
| Abstract Text: | This presentation will focus on the differing needs of lower division, upper division and graduate/professional students taking online courses. Little formal research has been done on the subject, but anecdotal evidence strongly suggests that what works for one group does not necessarily work for another. While there are common characteristics of successful online students, freshman and sophomores generally need more assistance from course design and faculty interaction to identify and polish those personal characteristics. The objective of this presentation is to help instructors, instructional designers and program administrators gain insight into the importance of tailoring teaching styles and instructional design to different student populations. This presentation will be highly interactive, depending on audience participation to identify areas of difference, commonalities, and valid instructional strategies for the different student groups. Don Lucas, Assistant Professor of Psychology and veteran online instructor will share his experiences and insights into what works and what does not for students taking lower-division courses. Lisa Barnstrom, Instructional Designer, will focus on the importance of audience analysis and appropriate instructional design and teaching strategies. Upon conclusion of this session, participants will not only have a much better idea of how different these student populations are (and why this matters), they will also come away with specific, practical advice to help freshman and sophomore students stay in – and succeed in – online classes. | ||
| Session Leader: | Lisa Barnstrom Northwest Vista College | ||
| Co-Presenter: | Don Lucas Northwest Vista College | ||
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