4.4 Evaluation Task ~15 mins.
Evaluation of FLOf Instruction Elements
PURPOSE OF THE TASK: Through this task you will focus on some of the different areas you need to consider when planning the facilitation of student guidance in your online course(s) (e.g. in the form of course orientation activities, instructions for learning activities and your course communication with the students). You will evaluate some of the FLOf design and facilitation elements.
TECHNOLOGY: For this task you will be working with Qualtrics, an online survey software to which the U of L has a subscription, so that you and your students can use it without any added costs.
INSTRUCTIONS:
STEP 1: Access the FLO Evaluation Survey by clicking on this link. Answer the survey questions to your best knowledge. No identifying information will be recorded, so your answers will be completely anonymous. DUE by SUNDAY, Oct. 27 by midnight.
STEP 2: Look at summary message the lead instructor will send out early on the morning of Tuesday, October 29th 2019. If you feel that she hasn’t appropriately addressed any feedback elements that you provided, please let her and your peers in the class know by leaving a brief post in the OPEN FORUM.
TEACHING INTENTIONS:
The structure and design of online courses has a great impact on how student engage with the interface of an online course, its content and other users in the environment. Here consistency (i.e. the standardization of design) can have a notable impact on student learning. Given that effective design is in place, the student learning experience is also heavily dependent on the nature of the instructor – student interaction (Dhilla, S. J., 2017). Online learners can experience points of distress when there is a lack of technological support, and in the areas of course content and communication (Hara, 2000). Skilled online instructors understand the experience of their online students and prepare/ teach accordingly. This task is designed to show the close link between effective online course design and competent facilitation as crucial to student success online.
References:
Dhilla, S. J. (2017): The Role of Online Faculty in Supporting Successful Online Learning Enterprises: A Literature Review, Higher Education Politics & Economics. 3 (1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/hepe.v3i1.12
