Effective

online
course
Let’s begin by asking…

What is Education?
 Education is just…

Someone
wants
to
tell
them

a story of stories.
Education happens
when you put together…

someone
who
wants to
teach
+
someone
who wants

to learn
 It is a simple equation.

You have the And

time and the time and
place of the place of the
abc abc
teacher student
TIME t1 t2 TIME

PLACE p1 p2 PLACE

Teacher Student
 Traditional Education

abc abc

t1 = t2
p1 = p2

In traditional education both

times and places are equal
 Virtual Education

WWW

abc abc

t 1 = t2
p1 = p2
In virtual education times
or places can be different
And the connection is…
Technology
WWW
But virtual education
has been around for centuries.
Teachers and students
in different times and places
have been connected

by a technology called
Books!
With this ancient
technology

someone in one
time and place

can tell a story

to someone in a
different time
and place.

Hopefully…!!
Successful education
was based on «expert users»
of this ancient technology.
That is
good
readers
and
good
writers
That is:
good readers and good writers
Yesterday:

Reading
+
Writing

Berthe Morisot (1870) Johannes Vermeer (1670)

Today:

Recording
+
Playing
back
The process is the same
The tools are different

Different Media Different Speeds

When education has a time and a place

We have a course
A course is a place
where you can go

to listen to a story
Then a course is

One story
+
One host
+
Several guests
But today we have
a new arena

Help !!!!!
for this ongoing conversation
between teachers and students.
The virtual classroom
 WWW
Virtual Campus
Virtual Classroom
Activities Resources
• Discussions • Links
• Questionnaires • Readings
• Homeworks • Learning Objects
• Glossaries Files
• Chats • Folders
• Blogs • Documents
• Wikis • Videos / Audios
 It can be full of
Resources
Readings
Audios
Links Videos
Simulations
Learning objects
 And activities
Glossaries
Wikis
Discussions
Blogs
Chats
Questionnaires
Homeworks
Puzzles
 But it will
be lifeless
without an
active
interaction
of all the
participants
 So the
resources
 and
activities
 are
important
but not as
important
 as
creating
A community
We can have the best of both worlds….
…and go to school….

…in many ways

So Are you Ready ?
 Passion for Teaching
 Willingness to “rethink” how you teach
 Commitment and time to develop
 Complete online course
 Take a deep breath…. I will take you there
E-Education Modalities
 Complemented Course
 Hybrid Course (Blended)
 Completely online
Complemented Course
 Includes course descriptions, study guides,
communication tools and other electronic
resources.
 Students can access additional information
to complement presential activities.
Hybrid Course
 Some Traditional face-to-face classroom
presentations have been replaced by online
learning activities
Completely online
 Presential component does not exist.
 The whole interaction with facilitator, students,
content , learning activities, assessment,
evaluation and support services are offered on
line
What do we need to be effective?
 Interest
 Confidence
 Knowledge of the available technology
 Good communication: synchronous and
asynchronous
 Time
 Creativity
 Motivation
Here are 5 important steps to
follow…
Step 1: Create Electronic module
 Material designed to facilitate learning with
readings, examples, demonstrations, and
exercises.
 It allows a sequence of flexible learning using:
 Multimedia elements,
 Texts,
 Images,
 Sounds,
 Graphics,
 Video,
 And virtual reality
2. Choose your Virtual Platform
 Also known as Learning Management System
 It is a set of software and flexible services that
provides the cybernetic space to facilitate
information, learning, and communication.
Step 3: Combine Available online
tools
 Interactivity  Chat
 Types of Interaction  Mail
 Learning Objects  Blogs and Wikis
 Communication  Podcast
 Discussions  Assessment and Evaluation
 Facilitating Online Discussions  Online Quizzes
 Discussion Group Leaning  WebCT Assessment Tools
Principles
 Sample Reflective Posting
 Discussion Groups With Large
Numbers of Students
Step 4 : Validate
 Informal interviews
 Pre-test and post test
 Recommendations of an expert
 Recommendations of the students
 Compare distance education results with the
traditional face-to-face classroom courses
Step 5 : Maintain the information
 Include new interactive linkages
 Promote students’ work and research
 Include free recently created tools
 Provide linkage with the last versions of
free books and software
and here are 5 big mistakes to
avoid…
 #1

Big Mistake #1

Believing that
Virtual Education
= Massive Education
 #1
 Technology is a multiplier

… but education is a one to one process.

 There is no limit in the number of

Participants
Materials
Activities
Links
…but learning is not accumulation but assimilation.
 You don’t have one course of 250

… you have 250 courses of one.

 #2

Big Mistake #2

Believing that
Virtual Education
= Mysterious and
Complex Education
 #2
 There is no mystery in connecting someone who wants to learn and
someone who wants to teach.

…Give them the tools.

They’ll do the magic.

 There is a myth that goes around: A good traditional teacher will not
easily become a good virtual teacher.

...False. A good teacher is a good teacher

with any tool.
 #3

Big Mistake #3

Putting
Technology
before Pedagogy
  An educational system logic should be as follows:
#3
Student ◄ Teacher ◄ Materials ◄ Technology

…Technology is the tool that helps the teacher create

materials to share with the student

…Technology should be the bridge that allows

the teacher – student interaction.

 But the real system usually works like this:

Student ◄ Materials ◄ Technology ◄ Teacher

…Teachers become subordinates of technology which dictates the way

they should tell the story.
 #4

Big Mistake #4
Taking the Fun
out of Education
 #4

 In some schools, virtual education and stress are synonyms.

…Control, supervision, measurements, indicators and reports

have replaced the freedom and flexibility
that was originally promised
in virtual education.

…Education was transformed into

an industrial process.
 #5

Big Mistake #5
 #5

Making the same mistakes…

and expecting different results.

 The Begining
Ahmed.mourady@alexmed.edu.eg
http://elu.alexmed.edu.eg/elac

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