Group+D+Characteristics

     **Members:** Barry McCarthy Catherine Hendrickson Nancy Whitman Christopher Gilbert Alicia Erlinger

FINAL SUBMISSION (as of 11:09pm - January 31, 2010): 1. Skills   - facilitation - organization - technical (Smith [1] ) 2. Desire to make a difference in people's lives (Smith 5)  4. Open to seeing content in a different format or from a different perspective (#5 NW)  5. Use a wide variety of resources (video, blogs, wiki etc) to initiate student discovery of content (#4 NW)  **STUDENT:** 1. Skills - Critical Thinking - Reading / Writing - Organization (Time Management / Multitasking / Setting Priorities) (Smith) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">2. Most comfortable speaking and learning in an environment that is accessible 24/7 (Coleman1 [2] ) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">4. Personal motivation (#3 NW) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">5. Able to participate in discussion that allows thoughtful input. (#5 NW)
 * TEACHER:**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">3. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Motivation to use technology to teach, perhaps to reach more students and encourage them to experience a more personal "in-depth" learning experience (#3 NW)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">3. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Ease of the schedule (Smith)

[1] Smith, Robin M. //Conquering the Content.// Jossey-Bass. 2008. [|www.josseybass.com]. [2] Coleman, Stephanie. //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Why Do Students Like Online Learning? //. [|www.worldwidelearn.com]. retrieved 1/17/2010. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; msospacerun: yes;">

1Catherine: HEY! Fellow team members: What do you think about moving over to the Discussion Tab so we can talk about strategy?

T//he 5 Key Characteristics of Students Who Take and Instructors Who Teach Online Courses//

Step One: Begin by listing those characteristics you each individually find to be key. Step Two: Come to agreement on which 5 you feel as a group are most important to understand as you consider developing an online curriculum. Step Three: Annotate the list with references, additional informational sites, education statistics, etc.

**This assignment due by 11:55 on Sunday.**


 * Initial Work**

Barry McCarthy - Considerations with respect to Teacher / Student characteristics

TEACHER / MENTOR In no particular order:

Knowledge - Applicable SM Expertise Attitude - Conducive to Learning Skills - **CH** - facilitation - organization - technical

STUDENT In no particular order:

Knowledge - Baseline (RWA) Attitude - Conducive to Learning Skills - **CH** - Critical Thinking - Reading / Writing - Organization (Time Management / Multitasking / Setting Priorities)

Catherine - Teacher Characteristics: 1. Desire to make a difference in people's lives (Smith 5) - **CH** 2. Seeking a creative and effective teaching method (Smith 12)(#1 NW) 3. Ability to distinguish between development v. design and facilitation v. teaching (Smith 13) (#2 NW) 4. Recognizes the value of using dynamic interfaces and synchronous communication (Cao 2) 5. Flexibility with and awareness of students' learning styles (VARK/Felder)

Catherine - Student Characteristics: 1. Desire to learn on own terms and own schedule (Smith 5)(#1 NW) 2. Seeking a plethora of knowledge (Smith)(#2 NW) 3. Most comfortable speaking and learning in an environment that is accessible 24/7 (Coleman 1) - ​**CH** 4. Online environment allows for a broad spectrum of content, access to databases, & virtual libraries (Coleman 2) 5. Desire to hurry through the known and spend more time on unknown concepts (Smith 5)

[Cao, Qldong. //Journal of InformationSystems Education//. v. 20 no. 3 (Fall 2009) p. 331-8.] [Coleman, Stephanie. //Why Do Students Like Online Learning?//. [|www.worldwidelearn.com]. retrieved 1/17/2010.]

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nancy Whitman Characteristics of Students in online courses: 1. Interest in completing specific course content for personal learning (Smith), 2. Ease of the schedule (Smith), - CH 3. Personal motivation,(#3 NW) - CH 4. Learning style (Smith), 5. Personal facility using the computer or technology (#4 NW)

Characteristics of Instructors in online courses: 1. Motivation to use technology to teach, perhaps to reach more students and encourage them to experience a more personal "indepth" learning experience, (#3 NW) - CH 2. Open to seeing content in a different format or from a different perspective,(#5 NW) - **CH** 3. Need to communicate with students to teach content, 4. Want to participate in a community of learners, 5. Desire to touch the future and add to the knowledge base <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">n

Alicia: Characteristics of Instructors 1. Desire to reach a diverse and broad spectrum of student experiences in order to have different point of views contribute 2. Use a wide variety of resources (video, blogs, wiki etc) to initiate student discovery of content (#4 NW) ​CH 3. Allows for individual perspective in contributing to subject matter 4. Allows for more direct communication with students 5. In depth organization of subject matter

Alicia: Student Characteristics 1. Convenience 2. Ability to access information relevant to their learning style as well as interest. 3. Able to participate in discussion that allows thoughtful input. (#5 NW) ​CH 4. Able to review content 5. Able to access resources at own pace.

Christopher Gilbert Excellent resource: []