May 18, 2009 Workshop Facilitator: Maria H. Andersen 8:30-9:00am Welcome Who am I? PollEverywhere (by Text or by Web) 9:00-10:30am Effective Online Math Courses What makes an online math or stats class effective? Rather than recreating the face-to-face experience, we should actually look at the fundamental learning objectives for our math courses and then look for the organization and eLearning tools that best foster these objectives in the online environment. Our discussion will include best practices for creating engaging and reusable video lessons, fostering collaboration and a sense of community within your online course. We will also spend time looking at how to go about assessing learning with multiple strategies, pitfalls, and tips. From the Online Calculus Trenches (interactive menu-driven slides with screenshots of various topics we will discuss) Journey through Online Calculus (10-minute overview you can watch later if you forget something) Online Math Mindmap (map of resources for teaching online) Jing (capture and share screenshots and video, free to use) Jing Tutorials for Math Students WebAssign Tutorials (some for students, some for instructors) 10:40am-12:15pm Math Technology, Teaching, and Learning In this interactive workshop we will discover (and play with) a myriad of free web resources and technologies for math and stats that you can begin using immediately. We will also look at the bigger question of how and when to incorporate the technologies, how online technologies can be incorporated into traditional and hybrid courses, and how this can facilitate a shift to more student-centered instructional practices in any course format. Using the Internet to Spice Up Your Math Class Mathematics Instructional Practices Funky Function Notation (created with a website called Animoto) Top 10 Technology Tools for Math Going over the test Technology Style Speed Rounds (Test Review Game) "Clicker quizzes" for the Internet and Texting 12:15-1:30pm Working Lunch Cool Videos Middle Ages Tech Support 1:30-2:30pm Organizing Your Digital Self The role of the instructor is changing – no longer the guardians of information, we are quickly becoming the facilitators of learning – however that learning takes place. The classroom is not our only stage these days, and to meet learning needs, we communicate by email, manage online homework, build websites and courses in learning management systems. However, all this “going digital” can be a bit overwhelming. How do you manage the mountain of email? How do you keep track of your links, files, and website materials? How do you go about organizing and sifting through the vast array of resources on the Internet and turning them into an easy-to-use and coherent set of learning materials for the teaching? Let me share some of my strategies for coping with the information overload and the new digital era. We can also discuss ways that you can help your students stay on track in their online environment. Organizing Your Digital Self (mindmap of resources) 2:40-3:40pm Engaging Students in Online Math I’m sure you’ve heard from students that online homework is not the most engaging experience they’ve ever had. What else can you do to foster communication and interaction in your online courses? Often the biggest hurdle is getting the collaboration started. There are several free programs that you can use to communicate on the Internet that mimic the experience of discussing a problem face-to-face with a student. For example, you can hold virtual office hours with IM or a interactive-board tool, create virtual learning spaces for group work, use a contextual collaboration site, or provide peer-tutoring space. Digsby or Trillian (IM clients) Twitter for Accountability in Online Classes WizIQ, VYEW, Yugma Google Search Data vs CDC Data 3:45-4:15pm The Missing MathType Lessons Humor me. If you want to get students below calculus to write equations online, you’ve got to teach them something easy to use. Many of us use an equation editor, LaTeX, or MathType to make documents for our math classes, and probably you think it’s pretty cumbersome. But do you really know how to use MathType? Do you really know what it can do? Maybe you do, but then again, maybe you’re missing a few details that would’ve made your life (and your communication with students) so much easier … if you had only known! How fast can you type equations? MathType Tutorials Design Science Website MathDaisy for Accessibility Equations Anywhere 4:15-5:00pm Wrap Up Virtual Magnifier (someone always asks about this, here's the link) Mindomo (how I build the Mindmaps) PenAttention Jarnal etc. (alternatives to Journal) Workshop Evaluation Survey (live at evaluation time) |