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FRIT 77S9 - Piacticum

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The 0ffice of Institutional Effectiveness anu 0ffice of the Piovost expects that all faculty anu
instiuctois that teach blenueu oi fully online couises utilize the teaching anu leaining tools
available in Besiie2Leain (B2L), the institutional Leaining Nanagement System (LNS). The
ultimate goal is that faculty anu instiuctois leveiage these tools to impiove stuuent
leaining.

A ianuom ieview of online couises ievealeu that the online teaching anu leaining tools
weie being unueiutilizeu oi useu inappiopiiately in fully online couises anu blenueu
couises. Auuitionally, theie weie some online couises that weie founu to be boiueiline
coiiesponuence couises.

Faculty anu instiuctois will neeu to be tiaineu on the functional anu instiuctional use of
the LNS tools useu in an online Leaining Enviionment. Exposuie to goou online couise
uesign anu teaching piinciples anu stiategies will help encouiage a peuagogical change in
thinking about how to teach online.
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Allison Rossett's (199S)
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five-step appioach was useu as a mouel to conuuct this neeus
assessment.
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Initiatoi Puipose
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leaining tools oi use tools
inappiopiiately.
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B2L in }anuaiy 2u1S anu implementeu it
in stages foi vaiious acauemic anu
business units thioughout the
institution. Cuiiently, the entiie
institution uses B2L foi all online couise
ueliveiy. The change to B2L biought
about mixeu feelings anu motivations
among faculty anu instiuctois. Some
faculty feels that B2L is uifficult to use
because they can't uo familiai tasks as
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they coulu with the pievious system.
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instiuctois to utilize the tools anu
iesouices available in the LNS to
communicate, oiganize, manage, tiack,
assess, anu evaluate stuuent piogiess
anu achievement
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The uesiieu infoimation neeueu to conuuct the neeus assessment will be obtaineu fiom the
Leaining Nanagement System, the ITS Seivice Nanagement tool, online teaching anu
leaining foiums, anu faculty-centeieu piofessional leaining communities.

Bata will also be obtaineu fiom institutional Instiuctional Besigneis, Instiuctional Systems
Analyst, LNS auministiatois, Belp Besk technicians, faculty suppoit staff, anu auvisoiy
committees. These gioups of people woik with faculty uiiectly anu also have access to
impoitant system usage uata.

Any institutional gioup uiiectly involveu with faculty uevelopment anu the suppoit of
online leaining ueliveiy woulu neeu to be involveu in ueveloping a solution to the
ueteimineu neeu.

Staff availability anu system availability aie the only constiaints that woulu impeue access
to this uata.

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Relevant uata will be gatheieu fiom the following tools, methous, anu iesouices:

Tool usage statistics
Enu-of-couise suiveys
Instiuctional uesignei couise ieview finuings
Belp Besk iequests submitteu by faculty anu instiuctois
Instiuctional Technology Auvisoiy Committee meeting uiscussions

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Collection Tool Finuing
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iepoiting tools, stuuent piogiess tools,
anu iepoits show low utilization of the
following couise tools: Rubiics,
Checklists, Suiveys, Self Assessments,
Intelligent Agents, Instiuctional Besign
Wizaiu, Links, Competency, Calenuai,
Leaining 0bjects Repositoiy, Kaltuia
viueo stieaming seivei, ePoitfolio, FAQ,
ulossaiy, anu Blog.

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Not all instiuctois incoipoiate an enu-
of-couise suivey at the enu of theii
online couise. This has been highly
iecommenueu anu suggesteu as an
online teaching couise evaluation
stiategy. 0veiall, stuuent iesponses foi
suiveys aie usually mixeu, leaning moie
towaius geneial satisfaction with the
couise. Bowevei, the iesponses aie
baseu on geneial questions that may not
ieflect theii actual leaining.

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Ranuom Instiuctional Besign couise
ieviews ieveal that some instiuctois aie
not using leaining tools appiopiiately oi
aie not utilizing the necessaiy tools anu
stiategies that woulu effectively enable
stuuents to accomplish mouule anu
couise level objectives. This finuing may
also ieflect a lack of faculty tiaining
oppoitunities with instiuction on the use
of the tools.

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Belp Besk tickets ievieweu ovei a one
week peiiou foi iequests ielateu to B2L
uesciibe the following kinus of inquiies
anu issues foi faculty:
"Cannot access an assignment
that I neeu foi touay"
"Nouules aie hiuuen"
"Bow uo I iemove a class fiom
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B2L"
"Bow uo I see the scoies foi
quizzes"
"Cannot open stuuent submission
fiom Biopbox tool"
"Bow uo I ieset a quiz submission
so that the stuuent can take it
again"
"Bow to uploau a test in woiu
into B2L"
"Bow uo I auu EchoS6u
iecoiuings to my B2L couise"
"I am unable to auu a YouTube
viueo in my couise"
"I get an eiioi when I tiy to auu a
new giaue scheme"

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ITAC's aie helu monthly foi each college.
Nost items on the agenua peitain to B2L.
In past meetings, faculty has expiesseu
issues with B2L functionality. They
mention that ceitain tools aie too clunky
oi iequiie too much time to setup anu
use.
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Accoiuing to the finuings, faculty neeus to be tiaineu on the functional anu instiuctional
use of LNS couise tools. They also neeu to be tiaineu on how to use stiategies anu best
piactices foi uesigning online couises anu teaching online.









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Rossett's Five Step Appioach was useu a mouel foi this neeus assessment baseu on the explanation anu uesciiption pioviueu by:
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