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 * Proposal submission #21327**
 * WITHDRAWN** by Presenter 4/6 JT -byk

Personalizing the Online Course Through Instructor-Developed Video Presentations
 * Title**

Scot Headley, George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon, USA, sheadley@georgefox.edu Wes Cropper, ITT Technical Institute, wes@provenmedia.net
 * Presenter(s)**

The text-based asynchronous online course has a number of advantages for students, including the capacity to access courses from a broad geographic area, flexibility in timing requirements, and the ability to be reflective in responding to classroom discussion. A limitation that is often cited by students in these types of online courses, however, is the lack of community and a sense of the personal presence of the teacher and other students. There are a number of methods by which online instructors can address this limitation. Among these are the use of personal biographical statements, personal photographs, and reflections shared amongst course participants. While a number of other strategies could be employed, this presentation centers on the use of instructor-developed media clips.
 * Description**

In an attempt to create a stronger sense of personal presence in online courses offered in graduate education courses in a School of Education, a veteran online instructor sought out a colleague (an artist and videographer currently enrolled in a masters program in digital media) to work together with in developing media presentations. The purpose of the presentations was to help students get a more personal view of the instructor and to cultivate a stronger sense of community in the course. Several different applications were used, including iMovie, Windows Movie Maker, Camtasia, and Photo Story.

Several assumptions guided our work. These are a) the technical applications needed to be readily available at little or no cost, b) the applications needed to be user-friendly for the novice user, and c) the presentations needed to be readily available to students and viewable with standard software. Our presentation will present examples of our work, present our assessment of the available tools, and reveal students' views of the video presentations.

Forum Not previously published Novice audiences
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