Instructional Design Tips and ITV Procedures
Instructional Design Tips
-
The best distance learning instructors prepare their students for
the ITV environment by establishing class protocols early.
-
They get to know their students so they can call on them by name.
-
They plan for the delivery and dissemination of instructional
materials in a timely manner.
-
They communicate their needs with their room assistants and site
coordinators so that technology problems are minimized.
-
They manage their class so students at each site are equally
involved. Believe it! Students at remote locations who are
not interacted with regularly believe they are only watching
TV and may demonstrate inattentiveness.
-
If you are controlling the touch panel during class, make sure you
switch the camera back to you when talking for long periods
during PowerPoint presentations. You will lose your audience
at the remote site. They need to "see" who is speaking to
them. Don't be a talking presentation!!
-
Communicate your needs to those who provide support.
-
If you need the camera adjusted at the remote site location, let the
classroom assistant know.
-
If you feel your classroom assistant is not doing their job, give us
a call at the ITV Hotline x7138.
When preparing documents for use
on either the document camera or a computer, it is important to
remember the following guidelines:
-
Print on 8 ½" x 11" sheets of paper or a computer screen should be a
sans serif typeface from 28 to 36 points in size.
-
Characters are not legible on the television monitors unless they
are approximately ½ inch tall. One-half inch translates to
36 point in your word processor or presentation package.
However, 28 point is legible but would be the smallest that
you would want to use.
-
Use Sans Serif Typefaces -
-
TRY NOT PREPARING YOUR MATERIALS IN ALL CAPS! IT IS MUCH MORE
DIFFICULT TO READ IN THIS FORMAT - ESPECIALLY ON A
TELEVISION SCREEN. However, you might want to use text in
caps to EMPHASIZE a point!
-
Follow Instructional Design Principles - Remember that materials
placed on the document camera or a computer screen should be
visual - too many words make a visual difficult to read and
would be better as a handout.
-
Graphs, charts, and pictures should supplement words.
-
Television is a horizontal media, four units wide for every three
units tall. Therefore, all materials should be in a
landscape format. ·
-
An 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper placed sideways under the document camera
is ideal for use.
-
Pastel colored paper work better than plain white paper. White tends
to cause glare due to overhead lighting.
-
The use of paper with a glossy finish in particular should be
avoided.
-
Copying a transparency to a light blue paper or other pastel colored
paper can easily modify traditional material such as
overhead transparencies.
-
When using the document camera as a "virtual chalkboard" try using
medium tip pens (black, blue, green - dark colors) so that
it will be easier for the remote site students to read.
-
Always remember your
remote site students when preparing your presentation
documents. The students at your location have the advantage
since they are seeing the documents in real time (analog).
The remote site students view your presentation at 30
frames per second, through miles of phone lines!
-
Good interaction often does not just happen but is the result of
planning on the part of the instructor.
-
Students in a distance learning setting need to be encouraged to
interact not just with the instructor, but also with other
students from various locations.
-
Talk TO the students at the remote sites by knowing their names and
looking into the camera. Otherwise their perception will be
that you are "looking past" and thus excluding them.
Actively engage students at all sites. Call on students by
name regularly and design activities that require student
feedback.
-
The first day of the semester, introduce your students to ITV. Get
the students accustomed to using their microphones and being
on camera. Have students introduce themselves.
-
Include a percentage of their grade for class participation using
the ITV technology.
-
Make students aware of class expectations.
-
Have a student from one site answer the question of a student from
another site.
-
Do a roll call at the beginning of class and after breaks.
-
If students do not use their microphones when asking a question, do
not repeat the question. Make the student repeat the
question using the microphone. 9 times out of 10 they will
learn to use their microphone!
ITV Procedures
ITV Mail Service
ITV mail is sent and delivered to Longview,
Mexia, Palestine, and Tyler daily via Velocity Express, our
courier service. Velocity Express usually picks up outgoing ITV
mail from the UT Tyler Campus between 3:00 and 4:00 p.m. and it
is delivered to the remote sites the following business day by
12:00 p.m. ITV mail being sent from Longview is usually picked
up around 11:00 a.m. and delivered to the UT Tyler campus
between 12:00 and 3:00 p.m. the same day. ITV mail being sent
from Palestine is usually picked up around 2:00 p.m. and
delivered to the UT Tyler campus by 6:30 p.m. the same day, or
by 10:00 a.m. the following work day. Educational Technology
Services logs all incoming and outgoing mail, after which it is
delivered to the appropriate instructor's mailbox.
Location of ITV Mail
Boxes on the Tyler Campus:
A log of outgoing mail is
maintained at each of the mailboxes. ITV mail is picked up from
these mailboxes between 11:30 and 1:00 p.m. daily. Mail wishing
to be sent out needs to be placed in the ITV mailboxes by 11:00
a.m. to insure next day delivery.
-
ADM 310
-
ADM 345
-
BRB 2205
-
BUS 109
-
BUS 215
-
HPC 3070
-
HPR 226
-
SCI 236
The purpose of recording every
Interactive Television (ITV) class is to serve as a backup for
students at the remote site locations in the event that
technical difficulties interrupt or prevent transmission of the
class lecture. The recording is not intended to serve as a
substitute for class attendance. Instructors are encouraged
not to offer the recording to students as a means to catch-up on
missed class time.
Every Interactive Television
class is recorded during the course of the day and held until
the beginning of the next day. The recorded class information
will only be held for the following exceptions:
1.
In the event of
technical failure, Educational Technology Services will supply
the class information to the remote students.
2.
Instructors may request
a copy of their own class for personal use by e-mailing
itvsupport@uttyler.edu.
Educational Technology Services must have a request 24
hours prior to the requested class lecture.
If a student has an
extraordinary circumstance, and the instructor agrees, the
student may request the recorded class material from the
instructor. However, students are not to make the requests
with Educational Technology Services, the instructor must
make the request before any process can be established. The
student will be charged for any materials used by Educational
Technology Services due to the request.
