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Reflections on an Online Spanish Course Bridget Yaden, PhD Pacific Lutheran University April 2018 Targets I can describe how online language courses support the mission of a residential university by increasing student access and retention


  1. Reflections on an Online Spanish Course Bridget Yaden, PhD Pacific Lutheran University April 2018

  2. Targets • I can describe how online language courses support the mission of a residential university by increasing student access and retention . • I can identify three technology tools for effective online language teaching • I can summarize 3 years of access and retention results. • I can reflect on the role of online language courses in my own school.

  3. Three-year pilot goal • Three years of offering HISP 101 and 102 fully online during summer • To increase access and retention, while meeting the same outcomes as face-to-face classes

  4. Institutional Context • Small residential liberal arts college • Approximately 3,000 students • Long-time resistance to anything looking like “distance” education

  5. Need for more flexibility = access • Changing student population – work and family obligations – professional programs with a tight curriculum – first-generation college students – veterans – students of color – commuters

  6. PLUTO • PLU – Teaching Online initiative • Where it makes sense, offer high need courses online in the summer for ¼ the cost of regular tuition, with high-quality professional development

  7. Sakai for the LMS

  8. Sakai tools - Lessons • Used the LESSONS tool to create Learning Modules, to organize the materials

  9. Sakai tools - Statistics

  10. Camtasia for Screencasting

  11. Zoom for conversations

  12. VHL Central for digital text

  13. Discussion • What is the role of online learning at your school currently? • What potential could online learning hold?

  14. Targets • I can describe how online language courses support the mission of a residential university by increasing student access and retention . • I can identify three technology tools for effective online language teaching • I can summarize 3 years of access and retention results. • I can reflect on the role of online language courses in my own school.

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