Name
Leveraging Synchronous Engagement and Asynchronous Flexibility within an Integrated Online Model
Date & Time
Friday, March 15, 2019, 1:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Julie Estis Christopher Parrish David Williams
Description
The purpose of this workshop is for participants to explore the Integrated Online model, an online TBL course design that utilizes both asynchronous and synchronous modes of engagement. With the steady increase in online course enrollment, methods of providing online students with the same learning and engagement opportunities TBL often provides within face-to-face environments are greatly needed. Although best practices around implementing TBL within fully asynchronous and synchronous courses have been shared, a model that leverages both modes of engagement might be more helpful for particular courses and/or instructors. As such, the Integrated Online model was designed to combine the flexibility of asynchronous engagement with the connectedness offered through synchronous meetings. Further, the related essential principles of TBL were considered in the design of the Integrated Online model to ensure opportunities to establish cohesive teams remained central. The Integrated Online model includes synchronous class sessions for the course orientation and to start each module. The synchronous class session for each module includes the RAP and one or more 4S application activities. Additional 4S application activities are also assigned and completed by teams asynchronously. The Integrated Online model has been implemented within a single education course during two semesters and both learned best practices and students' perceptions of the model were collected. Workshop participants will gain an overview of the Integrated Online Model through preparation materials and the RAP. Workshop participants will also consider students' perceptions of the Integrated Online Model to determine possible challenges and affordances of adopting this TBL model. Lastly, workshop participants will consider how the Integrated Online model might be implemented within their own courses by sequencing phases of TBL and corresponding technology platforms within and across modules.
Session Type
Workshop