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Nurturing a Community of Practice

For Developing Online & Blended Learning Experiences OESIS 2013 Emily McCarren @emilymccarren Director, Wo International Center Punahou School, Honolulu, HI

Punahous Journey in Online & Blended Learning


Founding of Global Online Academy Students begin to take Global Online Academy Courses Punahou Faculty Begin Teaching in GOA Two Hybrid Language Courses Offered Online Summer Course: Composition on the Net Punahou Academy Faculty Online Learning Cohort

Three Online Summer Courses Offered in Punahou Academy Summer School

Punahou Academy Faculty Online Learning Cohort

1997

2007-8

March, 2011 2011-12

Summer 2012

2012-13

Community of Inquiry Framework


Students take Global Online Academy Courses

An educational community of inquiry is a group of individuals who collaboratively engage in purposeful critical discourse and reection to construct personal meaning and conrm mutual understanding.
Garrison, D. R., Anderson, T., & Archer,W. (2000)

Cohort Guiding Questions: Year 1


How do we administer an online program?

How do we develop a sense of community?

How do we identify and enhance what is unique and rich about online learning?

How do we promote best practices?

Impact on Face-to-Face Classes


Value of face to face time

Personalizing learning

Empowering Students

Cohort Guiding Questions: Year 2


What is the optimal Learning Management System (LMS) for our students? What can we learn from current trends and research in online learning?

How do we identify and enhance what is unique and rich about online learning?
What courses should we submit to the GOA?

How do we invite more faculty members to the conversation about blended and online learning?

WordsRUs (Linguistics)

Global Art

Buddhism and the Game of Go

Japanese for Heritage Language Learners

Yoga French Cinema

The Science of Surng

Zone of Proximal Development

What I can do easily

What I can do with help

What I cant yet do

(Vygotsky, 1978)

Learning

Zone of Proximal Development

What I can do easily

What I can do with help

What I cant yet do

(Vygotsky, 1978)

Learning

E Book Development

WordsRUs (Linguistics)

Buddhism and the Game of Go

Blended Course Development

Japanese for Heritage Language Learners

Yoga

Module Development

Global Art

French Cinema

The Science of Surng

Community of Inquiry Framework


Students take Global Online Academy Courses

Garrison, D. R., Anderson, T., & Archer,W. (2000)

Discussion Group Schedule: Semester 2


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Topics Instructional Design for Online Learning: The ADDIE model Screen Casting: Tips and Tools Flat Classroom Projects and Certied Teacher Course: A summary What do we want in an LMS? Series Haiku What do we want in an LMS? Series Canvas Social Presence in Online Learning Social Web Tools The Punahou Filter: What to consider when asking students to collaborate online MOOCs: What is is the big deal? Other Topics, to be determined by interest and input from CRTs and DHs How To: Submitting Course Proposals to the GOA

Possible Readings
Research Related to Using ADDIE

Winslow, J. (2009). Screen capture tutorial design for preservice educators. In G. Siemens & C. Fulford (Eds.), Procedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2009 Flattening Classrooms: Chapter 1 (pps. 4030-4034). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Conceptual Framework for Considering Instructional Design as a Wicked Problem. (n.d.).Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology. Retrieved from http://www.cjlt.ca/index.php/cjlt/ Ma, Y.,article/view/23/21 (2009). A Case & Harmon, S. W. Study of Design-Based Research for Selwyn, N. (2007). Screw Blackboard ... do Creating a Vision Prototype of a Technology-Based. investigation of it on Facebook!: anJournal of Interactiveeducational use of Facebook students Learning Research, 20, 75 93. So, H.-J., & Brush, T. a. (2008). Student Screw Blackboard ... do it on perceptions of collaborative learning, social Facebook!: an investigation of presence and satisfaction in a blended students educational use of learning environment: Relationships and Facebook. Most, (November), 123. critical factors. Computers & Education, 51(1), 318336. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2007.05.009 Selwyn, N. (2007). Screw Blackboard ... do it on Facebook!: an investigation of students educational use of Facebook Screw Blackboard ... do it on Facebook!: an investigation of students educational use of Facebook. Most, (November), 123. Case Study of Web Filter Reality

Report on Hack Education about the short history of MOOCs

The 2012 K-12 Horizon Report

Global Online Academy Course Proposal Forms

Nurturing a Community of Practice


For Developing Online & Blended Learning Experiences OESIS 2013 Emily McCarren @emilymccarren Director, Wo International Center Punahou School, Honolulu, HI

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