Tools and strategies to enhance quality in virtual learning environments. A 45-minutes presentation at Nordic Knowledge on the Web in Vasa, Finland, 24.11.2011

1. Quality in online teaching: Tools and strategies to enhance quality in virtual learning environments Morten Flate Paulsen A 45-minutes presentation at Nordic Knowledge on the Web Vasa, 24.11 .2011 http://twitter.com/MFPaulsen http://nettstudier.blogspot.com http://home.nki.no/morten www.slideshare.net/MortenFP www.facebook.com/mfpaulsen www.eden-online.org/blog/

6. College, vocational- and secondary school Picture from: http://youtu.be/NXBNVauG9bE

7. 400 online courses Picture from: http://youtu.be/NXBNVauG9bE

8. http://issuu.com/mfpaulsen Cooperative Freedom is discussed in these books that are fully available on the internet

10. Six Dimensions of Freedom It is difficult to combine individual flexibility and cooperation http://ppel4.pbworks.com/

12. NKI provides cooperative online education Independence with the help of others

16. Example of individual progress plan

19. Transparency or privacy ?

21. Transparency improves quality … of system data, course content, course work etc….

22. Audio Journalism: Berghs School of Communication (Sweden) Video Journalism: UPDATE – Danish School of Media and Journalism Text Journalism: NKI Distance Education (Norway)

23. Transparency promotes cooperation Dalsgaard, C. and Paulsen, M.F. (2009) Transparency in Cooperative Online Education. IRRODL, Vol 10, No 3.

24. The ideas are adopted by the EU-project e-teacher 2.0 | E-teacher 2.0 | www.e-teacher-2.eu |

26. Transparent feedback to the right people Online Education Barometers should have individual readings cooperative readings, aims, , warning levels and transparent feedback loops Ideal for Individual Start and Progression

28. Online teachers deserve decent support services http://nettstudier.blogspot.com/2011/08/online-teachers-deserve-decent-support.html 1992: Online course for online teachers 2004: Response Barometer 2010: Peer counseling and self-evaluation 2011: Quality Barometer for Teachers

30. Quality Barometer for Teachers Percentages shown in the teacher’s individual barometer and the cooperative barometer for all 140 teachers, are updated continuously as additional evaluations are submitted. The impressive barometer readings show the percentages of Very satisfied and Satisfied evaluations. After a random anonymity delay, the student’s comments are shown in the Teacher Details Report .

31. The Teacher Evaluation Window

32. Barometer Reading after 4017 Evaluations Evaluation Number Percent Very Dissatisfied 15 0,4 Dissatisfied 26 0,6 Neutral 364 9,1 Satisfied 1565 39,0 Very Satisfied 2047 51,0

33. Peer Evaluation of Teachers In 2010, NKI introduced an online course structure for systematic peer evaluation among all the teachers. Random feedback the teachers have given on student submissions are sent to a colleague who evaluate it and give advice on possible improvements. Professor Torstein Rekkedal has conducted a survey among the first participants and concluded that they perceive it as motivating and informative. They also reported that they learned at least as much from giving feedback as they did from receiving feedback. They will therefore both give and receive feedback on each other's work in the future.

35. Star teachers deserve Golden Apples along with other stars who are awarded with gold medals, Oscars and Grammies. Therefore, NKI has introduced a new, and hopefully sustainable, scheme for nominating and awarding online teachers of the year. Årets nettlærere

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