Thanks, Michael! Does anyone have questions or comments on what Michael has done? Any similar or related experiences? Dee On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Thomas Michael Power < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Dee, > > Yes, indeed. I started teaching online using a combination of a basic > website and a virtual classroom about 10 years ago. Rather early on in > online learning, I realized that developing a full-blown website was > prohibitively time-consuming and simply an exercise in futility since > updating it in a timely fashion became a virtual impossibility. I also > realized that teaching online asynchronously was... well, boring. I missed > the spontaneous debating, the back 'n forth, the warmth of verbal contact > that had mad eme become a university professor in the first place. So I > lessened my dependance on asynch and added the synch classroom and have > never looked back. I now teach graduate courses only and I get the chance to > work with highly-motivated students from across the country and even > overseas. They are all present and accounted for, every Tuesday afternoon > from 4:30 to 7:30 PM with a 20-minute break in the middle, just like > on-campus. Students tell me that the much-vaunted 24/7 online course ends up > being 0/0 since, for some reason or another, they say they never seem to get > around to doing the work required in an online course. They say they feel > isolated and unmotivated. > > In a nutshell, I try to run my seminar just as I would on campus. Students > do have some individual work to do before class - reading - but they tend to > do it because they also have a team assignment that requires they do it. The > peer commitment seems to make it all work in that they come to class > prepared to debate, discuss and examine concepts and principles embedded in > the readings and discussed within their teams, in either synch or asynch > mode. > > I've added some references below for your perusal. > > Michael > > > @@@@@@@@ > Dr. Michael Power > Professor & Programs Director - Educational Technology > Faculty of Education - Université Laval > Founder of www.bold-research.org Research Network > Director of Research www.CNIE-RCIE.ca > Deputy Director (Education) http://geoeduc3d.scg.ulaval.ca/ > Member of the Board of Directors www.cirta.org > Office 1174 > 2320 rue des Bibliothèques > Université Laval > Quebec City (Québec) G1V 0A6 > CANADA > Phone : (418) 656-2131 #5467 > Fax: (418) 656-2905 > Email: [log in to unmask] > Website (FR/ENG) : http://www.fse.ulaval.ca/Michael.Power > Major article (ENG): http://jolt.merlot.org/vol4no4/power_1208.htm > New article (ENG): http://www.jofde.ca/index.php/jde/article/view/649 > 2008 book (FR): http://www.aupress.ca/index.php/books/120138 > 2009 book (ENG): http://www.aupress.ca/index.php/books/120161 (09/09) > 2010 talk (ENG): http://cider.athabascau.ca/CIDERSessions/sessionarchive > 2010 talk (ENG) http://edtechtalk.com/node/4722 > Professional site: www.facebook.com (Thomas Michael Power) > Instant messaging: www.twitter.com (drmichaelpower) > > ------------------------------ > *De :* Dee Fink [[log in to unmask]] > *Date d'envoi :* 21 juin 2010 21:09 > *À :* [log in to unmask] > *Cc :* Thomas Michael Power > *Objet :* Designing Better Learning Experiences: Updates on Website + > Question > > Hi Everyone, > > > I just wanted to alert you that the page on "Design Forms & Tips" (under > "Resource Downloads") has been re-organized and several new items have been > added. > > > *Question*: > > Does anyone have a "success story" they would like to share on the > listserv? Posting this would allow people to ask questions about how it > works, and what problems they had to overcome. > > > *Michael Powers* emailed me a month or two ago, about an online course > which he designed to include both synchronous and asynchronous activities > that seemed to be quite valuable. > > Michael: Would you mind sharing that with people on the listserv? > > > We would love to also hear "success stories" from others as well! > > > Thanks, Dee > > > -- > *********************** > L. Dee Fink > 234 Foreman Ave. > Norman, OK 73069 > Phone/FAX: 405-364-6464 > Email: [log in to unmask] > Website: www.finkconsulting.info > > **National Project Director: Teaching & Curriculum Improvement (TCI) > Project > **Senior Associate, Dee Fink & Associates Consulting Services > **Author of: Creating Significant Learning Experiences > **Former President of the POD Network in Higher Education (2004-2005) > -- *********************** L. Dee Fink 234 Foreman Ave. Norman, OK 73069 Phone/FAX: 405-364-6464 Email: [log in to unmask] Website: www.finkconsulting.info **National Project Director: Teaching & Curriculum Improvement (TCI) Project **Senior Associate, Dee Fink & Associates Consulting Services **Author of: Creating Significant Learning Experiences **Former President of the POD Network in Higher Education (2004-2005)