Thursday, April 14, 2011

Fulfilling the Institutional Mission: Learning in a Winter Wonderland - A virtual classroom in the midst of and ice storm!

Baylor University, Louise Herrington School of Nursing, Dallas
Nan Ketcham and Cheryl Tucker

Used Tegrity during the ice storm of 2011 (think just before Super Bowl XLV)

  • 300 students
  • Started with Tegrity in May 2009
  • Lecture capture in lectures and labs, undergrad (19) and grad (7) faculty, guest speakers and adjunct faculty, remote faculty who only come to campus once/semester
  • Spring 2010:  Independent auditor interviewed students about Tegrity
    • Helped students focus
    • Helped them follow along more efficiently
    • Increased understanding of complicated concepts
    • Use mobile devices to listen to lectures
    • Allowed flexibility in studying
  • Faculty feedback
    • Faculty observed better preparation by students
    • 50% full-time faculty use in 12 months
  • Snow and ice storm, February 2011
    • Lost five days of classes
    • School developed virtual classroom and clinical environment using Tegrity and Blackboard
    • Gave tests remotely using Blackboard and Respondus Lock-Down Browser
    • Students' progress and testing monitored using Blackboard Grade Center
    • Rolling blackouts occurred, but students were held accountable to view lectures on smartphones
    • Virtual simulated clinical experiences provided via Tegrity/Blackboard
    • Also e-mails, texts phone conferences used
    • Concern about quality of content learning during ice storm revealed higher scores that year than this, well above national average
    • Lessons learned
      • Make sure Tegrity is easily accessed via course management system
      • Policy development
        • Class attendance
        • Make up days for class and clinicals?
        • Home computers or laptops: Make a course requirement to have Tegrity and other technologies always available, just in case?
    • Next steps
      • Have students develop studies/research presentations
      • Remote testing
      • More lecture capture video recordings
      • Tegrity Live Webcasts
      • Integration of Blackboard and AAIRS

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