FoundationsofOnlineLearning(FOL)AugmentedRealityGame:Changing

StudentsOnlineLearningExperiences

Createdby:
JamesWest
UniversityofNorthTexas,Denton

KashiekaPopkin
UniversityofNorthTexas,Denton

TessaWest
UniversityofNorthTexas,Denton

AbdulrahmanAlamri
UniversityofNorthTexas,Denton

TableofContents
Contents
Topic

Audience

Purpose

Format

Problem

Theory

GeneralLearningExpectations

LearningGoalsandObjectives

LearningActivities

Activity1.OnlineLiteratureReading

Activity2.CollaborativeorTeamBlog

Activity3.SocialNetworking

Technologyrequired

Timeline

Assessment

AppendixIJobAid

OverviewofFOLAugmentedRealityGame:ChangingStudentsOnlineLearning
Experiences
Topic
AnAugmentedRealityGame(ARG)regardingonlinelearningenvironments,onlinelearning
tools,anddigitalcitizenship.

Audience
Undergraduateorgraduatedegreeseekingstudentswhohavenotcompletedanonlineclassat
theuniversitylevel.ThesestudentswillbeplacedinanewFoundationsofOnlineLearning
blendedcourse.FoundationsofOnlineLearning(FOL)isamandatorycourseforallstudents
planningtoenrollina100%onlinelearningcourseortakenduringthefirstsemesterastudentis
enrolledintheirfirst100%onlinelearningcourse.

Purpose
TointroducestudentstoOnlineLearning,establishexpectationsandeducatestudentson
elementsthatcanbefoundina100%onlinelearningcourse.

Format
InstructionwillbedeliveredinanAugmentedRealityGame(ARG)structureutilizing
transmediaandpromotinggroupcollaboration,criticalthinking,problemsolving.Studentswill
beregisteredinthelearningmanagementsystemcanvas.Conceptsofinstructionwillinclude
synchronouscommunication,asynchronouscommunication,learningmanagementsystems,

forums,blogs,groupprojects,individualprojects,selfdiscipline,andselfmotivation.

Problem
Studentstodayarenotgivenanintroductiontoonlinelearningpriortobeingenrolledina
completelyonlinecourse.Noonlinelearningexpectationsareestablishedandthereisno
restrictionagainststudentsenrollingthemselvesin100%onlinelearningcourses.Thisleads
manystudentstoelevatedlevelsoffrustrationanddifficultyhandlingtimeelementsassociated
withonlinelearning.

Theory
ThelearningphilosophybehindthisinstructionwillbeaConstructivistPhilosophywithafocus
onSocialConstructivism,ProblemBasedLearning,InquiryBasedLearningandothers.

GeneralLearningExpectations
Learnerswillgainsufficientknowledgerelatedto100%onlinelearningcoursesthatwillenable
themtobecomebetteronlinelearningstudents.

LearningGoalsandObjectives
Attheendofthiscoursestudentswillbeabletosuccessfully:
G.1.Discussabaselevelofknowledgepertainingtoelementsfoundinanonlinelearning
environment
O.1.Learnerswillunderstandsynchronousandasynchronouscommunication
methods.

O.2.Learnerswillbeabletodiscussselfdisciplineandthevaluerelatedtoonline
learning.
O.3.Learnerswilldemonstratetheconceptofselfmotivation.
O.4.Learnerswillconstructknowledgeonelementsfoundinonlinelearning
environments
G.2.Recognizeandutilizeonlinelearningtools
O.1.Learnerswillbeabletoidentifylearningmanagementsystems(LMS)
O.2Learnerswillbeabletoviewdocuments,postdiscussions,submits
assignemntsinLMS.
O.3.Learnerswilldecidewhichsoftwaretoolwouldbestaccomplishagiventask
O.4.Learnerswillunderstandcommunicationtoolsandstrategies.
O.5.Learnerswillpracticeoralandwrittenskills.
G.3.UnderstandandexhibitproperDigitalCitizenship
O.1.Learnerswillmaintainopencommunicationwithgroupandinstructor.
O.2.Learnerswillpracticeselforganization.
O.3.Learnerswillworkcollaborativelytosolveproblems.
O.4.Learnerswillreflectonindividualandgroupwork.

LearningActivities
StudentswillparticipateinactivitiesrelatedtoTheRead,Reflect,Display,andDo(R2D2)
Model.R2D2isamodelfordesigninganddeliveringonlinelearningwhichintegratevarious
learningactivitieswithappropriatetechnologyforeffectiveonlinelearning(
Bonk,&Zhang,

2009)
.Thelearningactivitiestiedtogoalsandobjectivesare:

Activity1.OnlineLiteratureReading
Thelearnerwillbeableto:
A
.1.Usewebsitestofindoneresourcerelatedtosynchronousandasynchronousmethod
thenreadandpostsummarywithlinkforthereference.
Skills:
1. Learnerwillusesearchingtechniquestofindappropriatecontentwith
knowledgereviewquestions.
2. Leanerwillcreatepersonalandgroupblogsusingafreebloggingwebsite
suchaswordpress.
3. Learnerwillcreatehyperlinktoablogtopostasummarythatcanbe
accessedwiththeparticularlink.
A.2.Learnerwillreadarticlesfoundandidentifythesynchronousandasynchronous
method(s)andsummarizetheinformationlearned.
Skills:
1. Leanerwillcrtticallyanalyzetheinformationfound.
2. Learnerwillusingpropersentenceconstruction,grammarandcorrectspelling
towriteasummary.

Activity2.CollaborativeorTeamBlog
Theleanerwillbeableto:
A1.Choseapartnertoworktogethertosummarizetheirreadingandotherexperiencesas
wellasfortheinstructortoprovidefeedback.
Skills:
1. Learnerwillcreatereflectivewrittenwork.
2. Leanerwillcollaborate,interpret,analyze,andshareinformation.

Activity3.SocialNetworking
Thelearnerwillbeableto:
A1.ParticipatewithothercolleaguesintheuseofsocialmediatoolssuchasTwitterand
Facebook.
Skills:
1. Learnerwillexplore,findpersonalizedlearningexperiencesviapersoal
learningnetworks,socialize,share,andcollaborateinthesocialmedia
tools.
2. Studentswillposttosocialmediasitesatleastonereferenceorcomment
aboutinformationlearnedforotherstoreview,shareandcommenton.

Technologyrequired
Learnerswillhaveaccesstocomputers
Learnerswillhaveaccesstovariousfreesoftwareapplication.

LearnerswillhaveaccesstoanInternetconnection.
Learnerswillhaveaccesstomobiledevices.
Learnerswillhaveaccesstoemailaccounts.
InstructorswillbecomefamiliarthemechanicsoftheAugmentedRealityGameinordertoplay
theroleofdifferentcharacters.Themechanicswillconsistofemailautoreply,postingfrom
socialmediatoolsandothers.
Timeline
InstructiondeliveredthroughanAugmentedRealityGamestructurewillcoveraperiodno
longerthan3weeks.

Assessment
RubricforForumPosts
Student:

Needs

Somewhatmet

Met

Total

/20

/30

/30

improvement
Originalpostaccurate

/5

withgiventopic
Originalpostlengthof

/5

/20

/30

/30

/2

/12

/20

/20

5001000words
Responsesto2or
morepeerforumposts

Responselength

/2

/10

minimum100words
Followupto1or

/15

/5

/5

/1

/3

moreresponses
Totalpoints

/15

/100

Generalfeedback:

RubricforBlogPosts

Student:

Needs

Somewhatmet

Fullymet

/30

/40

Total

improvement
Originalpostaccurate

/12

withgiventopic
Originalpostlengthof

/40

/12

/30

/40

/40

/6

/10

/20

/20

5001000words
URLsubmittedto

correctdropbox
Totalpoints

/100

Generalfeedback:

AppendixIJobAid
FoundationsofOnlineLearningAugmentedRealityGame
TheFoundationsofOnlineLearningcourseisanewcoursethathasbeendevelopedto
introducestudentstoconceptsofonlinelearningduringthesemesteroftheirfirstonlinelearning
courseorpriortothesemesteroftheirfirstonlinelearningcourse.Thiscourseismandatoryfor
anystudentlookingtotakeanonlinelearningcourse.

FoundationsofOnlineLearningisablendedcourse.Thefirst3weeksofthecoursearebended,
facetoface(F2F)andonline,classes.Theremainingportionofthesemesterallmeetingswillbe
conductedonlinewiththeexceptionofthefinalcoursemeetinganditwillonceagainbeF2F.
Theclasswillmeettwiceperweek,onceF2Fandonceonlineforthefirst3weeks.

Preparation
Priortothestartofthesemester,instructorshould:
DetermineRoleplayactressforthecurrentsemester

 Verifyaccesstorequiredemailaddresses
o Instructoremail
o UniversityCyberSecurityemail
Verifyaccesstonecessarysocialmediasites
o FacebookLeArning
o Twitter

LeArning

UniversityCyberInvestigationsDivision

o Google+LeArning
o LinkedInLeArning
Locateanycurrentarticlesforsemesterlearningactivities
UpdateCanvasLearningManagementSystem
o Currentarticles
o Datesforcurrentsemester
Printnewsetofbusinesscards
o Blackinkonwhitecards
o QRcodesideone
o ShortURLsidetwo

Day1F2Fmeetingfirstclassdayofsemester
Asthesemesterbegan,theinstructorwasstartingthedeliveryofinstructionforthefirst
dayofclass.Unexpectedly,amysteriouswomanbargesinthedoorinapanic.Shortofbreath,

shetellstheinstructorandthestudentsthathernameisOnliNeleArningandsheiswiththe
schoolscybersecuritydivision.Ms.Arninggoesontotellthatahorribleeventhasoccurred.
Theschoolhaslostallofitsdatafromthedatabase.Thedatabaseservedasanimportantstorage
locationforalldocumentationrelatedtoonlinecourses.Thedatabasewasthebackboneofthe
onlinelearningplatformasitheldimportantdetailsnecessaryforrunningcoursesoverthe
internet.Throughsomespeculationintothematter,itseemedthatahackerhadgained
unauthorizedaccesstotheonlinelearningdatabaseandstoleordamagedallthedatathatwas
beingheldbythesystem.Afterhavingundergoneamajordataloss,thereisnowtheneedfora
largecollectiveefforttogathertheinformationagainsothatthedatabasecanberecreatedfor
currentandfuturestudentsalike.Themajorrecreationofthedatabasewasrequiredand
requiredsoon.
Ms.Arningrealizedthedatalossfromthedatabasecameasagreatdisappointmentfor
thestaffandthestudents.Theincidentnotonlymeantadelayintheavailabilityofonline
learningmaterials,butlackofanydetailsfortheircurrentcourse.Italsomeantthatthedatahad
tobecollectedandcompiledonceagain.Theentireprocesscouldbelongandtedious.Alarger
numberofindividualsworkingtorecoverthelostdatacouldgreatlyspeeduptherecovery
process.Ms.Arningrequeststheassistancefromtheentireclasstohelpingatheringand
compilingallofthenecessarydatatorebuildthedatabase.Toaidintheinformationcollection
process,thestudentswereprovidedwithabusinesscard.
AllthebusinesscardhadwasaQRcodeononesideandaURL
ontheother.At
thatpoint,Ms.

Arningthankedtheentireclassfortheirassistanceinthistryingtimeandmentionedhowshe
lookedforwardtoworkingwitheveryone.
Duetothelackofinformationandthecurrenteventsathand,theinstructordecidedit
wasbesttoletthestudentsgo,sotheycouldgetstartedonthetaskathand.Beforeleavingthe
instructorhadtheclassselforganizeinto5groupsof3to5studentseach.Whilethiswasnota
competition,smallergroupswouldallowforclosercommunicationandcooperation.All
informationgainedbyanyindividualorgroupwastobesharedontheclassforumsinCanvas.
Oncethegroupshaveselforganized,theinstructorreleasedthemtoworkatthelocalcomputer
labormoveonwiththetaskinanymannertheirgroupchose.
StudentActivities
1. Selforganizeinto5groupsof35students
2. Navigatetowebsiteusingbusinesscardandregister
3. WorkwithingrouptolocateanyinformationwithinWelcomeemail

Selforganizationandgroupworkpromotessociallearningandcollaboration.
WorkingingroupstolocateinformationwithintheWelcomeemailpromotescooperation
andscaffoldingofinformationamongpeers.

PostclassDay1andDay2
InstructorwillactivelymonitortheemailaddressfortheUniversityCyberSecurity
Division

 Instructorwillverifystudentsareregisteringthroughthewebsite
InstructorwillconfirmtheautoresponseWelcomeemailisbeingsenttoallregistrants

UniversityCyberSecurityDivisionWelcomeemail

FilesembeddedinimageonWelcomeemailfromtheCyberSecurityDivision

Educationimage

VideoShortcutcontainingYouTubevideoURL

Furtherinstructionsdocument

Day3OnlinemeetinginAdobeConnect
AttheopeningoftheonlinemeetinginAdobeConnect,theinstructorwillopen
discussionwiththeclassregardingtheirprogressonwiththecurrentevent.Theinstructorwill
confirmeveryonehasregisteredandreceivedthewelcomeemailfromtheCyberSecurity
Division.Ifnot,allindividualswillneedtogoregister.Onceithasbeenconfirmedthat
everyonehasreceivedthewelcomeemail,theinstructorwillaskifanyonehasuncoveredany
secretswithintheemail.Classwilldiscusssynchronouslyallfindingswithinthewelcomeemail.
Oncetheyhavecompletedtheirdiscussionontheemail,theinstructorwillpullupaURL
(
http://www.affordablecollegesonline.org/onlinecollegesguide/#nine
)fromthereadingand
selectadiscussionleaderfromtheclass.Theinstructorwillfunctionasthefacilitatorand
conductathoroughdiscussionregardingalloftheassignedreadings.Someofthequestionsthe
instructorwilllayoutforthestudentswouldbe:
1.Whatmotivatesyouasalearner?
2.Whataresomebenefitsofonlinelearning?
3.Whichcommunicationapproachdoyoupreferandwhy?
Inyourbreakoutgroupsdiscussthequestionsbelow.
4.Whatareyourexpectationsinanonlineclass?
5.Whatarethethingsthatasalearneryouwouldneedtodoinordertobesuccessfulin
anonlineclass?
Onceallbreakoutgroupshadampletimetodiscussthequestionspresentedtothem,the
instructorwouldpullallthegroupsbacktogether.Theinstructorwouldthankallthestudentsfor
thegreatworktheyhavebeendoingandpreparetowrapuptheclass.Asafinalnote,the
instructorwouldremindtheclassthatallgroupsneedtowritea5001000wordblogbySunday

atmidnight.

StudentActivities
1. ClassdiscussionregardingWelcomeemail
2. Classdiscussionoverreadings
3. Groupdiscussionoverreadings
4. Groupblogs500100words
Classdiscussionpromotessocialconstructivism,cooperation,andscaffoldingof
knowledge
Groupdiscussiongeneratescollaborationandcriticalthinking
Discussionenablessociallearning

PostclassDay3andDay4Day7
Instructorwillprovidehintstoclassgroupsasneeded/requested
InstructorlogontoAdobeconnectonDay5
o InstructorwillutilizetheroleofOnliNeleArningandtheCyberSecurity
Division
o Instructorwillassiststudentswithanyinquiriestheyhaveregardingthe
investigationprocess
Instructorwillreviewgroupblogposts(asavailable)
InstructorwillsendSuspectemailfromUniversityCyberSecurityDivisionemailtoall
studentstheeveningofDay7

SuspectemailsentfromCyberSecurityDivision

Day8F2F
Asthestudentsbeginarrivingforclass,theynoticeahugewheelontheprojector.There
isnothingaroundtellingaboutit,butitlooksreallynice.Theinstructorcomesinandgreetsthe
class.
Instructoropensthisclassmeetingwithadiscussionregardingthereadingsforthenight
onSocialMediaandSocialMediainEducation.(seeCanvas)Theinstructoractsasthe
facilitatorfortheclassdiscussionandusesthefollowingquestionstodirectthediscussion:
1.Howdoyouusesocialmediatools?
2.Whatareyourpreconceivedfeelingsaboutusingsocialmediatoolsinaclass?
Next,theinstructorasksifeveryonereceivedtheemailfromtheCyberSecurityDivision
regardingthepossiblesuspect.Theinstructorconfirmseveryonehasbeeninvestigatingthe
informationprovidedbytheCyberSecurityDivisionusingtheirexistingsocialmediaaccounts
orbycreatingnewsocialmediaaccounts.Itwouldbeagoodideatocheckoutsomeofthe
majorsocialmediasitessuchasTwitter,Google+,Facebook&LinkedIn.Besuretotweetall
yourfindingsandinclude#ucidivision.
Theinstructorasksifanyonenoticedthebigwheelwhentheycamein.Whatcoulditbe
for?Didanyonehaveanyideas?Theinstructortellsthemitisforagametheywillbeplaying.
TheCyberSecurityDivisionwasabletointercept5sectionsofanelectronictransmission.They
werenotabletoreadthetransmission,buttheybelievethereisvaluableinformationineach
sectionandtheremaybeahiddenclue.Eachgroupwillspinthewheeltoseewhichmodulethey
willbeworkingon.Onceeachgrouphasbeenassignedamodule,theinstructorwillsendthe
groupsouttothelabtobeginworkingontheirmodulelocatedontheCyberSecurityDivision

website
http://cybersecuritydivision.weebly.com/missingdata.html
.
StudentActivities
1. Classdiscussionoverreadings
2. Groupselectionofmodules
3. Groupworkonmodules

Customlargewheelfrom
http://wheeldecide.com

SnippetfromCyberSecurityDivisionwebsiteformodules
http://cybersecuritydivision.weebly.com/missingdata.html

Unencryptedmodulesandthehighlightedsecretwhencombinedcorrectly

EncryptedmodulesandthecorrespondingROTlevelencryptionmethod

Day10OnlinemeetinginZoom
OnceeveryonehasloggedontoZoomMeeting,theinstructoropensthediscussionwith
reflectionsoftheGameonActivityfromMonday.Theinstructorsaskswhatprogresshasbeen
madeonthemodulesfromtheactivity.Waseveryoneabletodecrypttheirinformation?What
diditsay?Whatdidyoufind?Ifanyonehasnotbeenabletoreadtheirmoduleyet,theclasswill
worktogethertodiscussandresolveanythatareoutstanding.
Oncetheyhaveallbeenresolved,theclasswillhaveanopendiscussiononthecontent
fromeachoftheirmodules.Agroupleaderwillbeselectedtopresentthefindingsfromeach
groupsmodule.
Nexttheinstructorwillhavetheclassworkcollaborativelyoncombiningallofthemodulesinto
asinglecohesivestory,thatwhencombinedcorrectlyuncoversanotherclue.Oncethegroups
havesuccessfullycombinedthemodules,theynowknowdetailsaboutwheretheirnextF2F
classonMondaywillbemeeting.

StudentActivities
1. Grouppresentationofassignedmodulesfindings
2. Classcollaborativeworkoncombiningmodules
3. Classdiscussiononfinalfindingsfrommodules

PostclassDay10andDay11Day14
Instructorwillreviewallindividualblogs
Instructoractivelyreview/interactwithonlineforums

Day15F2FclassintheDiscoveryParkAgoraRoom
Instructorstartstheclasswitharolecalltoseeifeveryonemadeittothespeciallocation
basedonthesecretfromtheGameonactivity.Continuingonwiththeconceptofcollaboration
andcooperation,discussionleaderswillbechosenatrandomtotalkabouttheassignedreadings.
(seeCanvas)Theinstructorwouldusethefollowingquestionstoguidethediscussion:
1.Whatareyourviewsofcollaboration?
2.Howwasyourcollaborativeexperience?
3.Whatisyourroleinacollaborativeactivity?
Inyourbreakoutgroup
4.Designacollaborative30minutesactivitythatmakeuseofsocialmediatoolsand
synchronousandasynchronousactivity.
Theinstructorwillconcludewithaclasswidereflectiononthebasicsofonlinelearning
andanyquestionsorcommentstheyhaveoncontentthathasbeenuncoveredoverthepast
coupleofweeks.

StudentActivities
1. Classdiscussiononreadings
2. Classreflectionovercontentandactivitiesforthepastcoupleofweeks

PostclassDay15andDay16
Sincethelastclass,theCyberSecurityDivisionsentanemailouttoeveryonenotifying
themthatEnilnoLeArninghasbeenapprehendedandhehadahugestashoffilesstillonhim.
Takingalloftheinformationgatheredbyeveryoneassistingusandalloftheinformation
recoveredfromthethief,wecannowrebuildthedatabase.TheCyberSecurityDivisionneeds
onelastthing.Theyneedallgroupstocreateachainofeventsusingtheknowledgeandskills
theyhaveusedandlearnedoverthepastfewweeks.
InstructorwillsendoutApprehensionemailfromCyberSecurityDivision

ApprehensionemailsentfromCyberSecurityDivision

Day17OnlinemeetinginGoogleHangouts
OncetheclasshasallconnectedinGoogleHangouts,theywillbeinstructedtodivide
intotheirgroupsandlogintoWeMap.Allgroupsshouldcreateafullchainofeventsoverthe
pastfewweeks.Onceallgroupsaredone,everyonecomebacktogetherandhaveafinal
discussionregardingallofthecontenttheyhavediscoveredoverthepast3weeks,howitwas
workingincollaborationwithasmallergroupinsidethelargergroupandtheirpersonalresults
fromthepast3weeks.Upontheconclusionoftheclass,theinstructorwillremindallthe
studentsthattheremainingportionofthesemesterwillbe100%online,withtheexceptionof
thelastclass.

StudentActivities
1. Classdiscussionoverthepast3weeks
2. GroupworkonWeMaptrackingactivityandinformationoverthepast3weeks
3. Finalgroupdiscussion
References
Bonk,C.J.,&Zhang,K.(2009).
Empoweringonlinelearning:100+activitiesforreading,reflecting,
displaying,anddoing
.JohnWiley&Sons.