Examples of TEL Developed Through the TEL Program
Below are some examples of TEL courses developed through the TEL Program. These examples are just snippets from entire courses/presentations. As you'll see, different types of instructional technology can be used to create effective, user-friendly, stand-alone TEL and blended learning courses.
Since 2004, the TEL Program Course Developers have learned many lessons according to student evaluations of the TEL courses. You can see many of these "lessons learned " in the course developer's toolbox.
- Data Aging in NWIS 4.6:
- http://oedbreeze.cr.usgs.gov/dataaging/
- This TEL presentation is narrated and very linear.
- The course was developed in Adobe® Connect™
- USGS Reimbursable Agreements:
- http://oedbreeze.cr.usgs.gov/a1440example/
- This TEL course is narrated and animations/text are synched with the narration.
- The course was developed in Adobe® Connect™
- Motorboat Operator Certification Course (MOCC):
- http://oedbreeze.cr.usgs.gov/moccl3/
- This course is a blended learning course. It consists of an on-line, prerequisite TEL module, followed by an instructor-led, 24-hour, practicals course.
- This is a fairly complex course as it has several videos, Flash® animations, and prerequisite TEL module will take approximately 6-8 hours to complete.
- For this course, Tj (TEL Program Lead) attended a 5 day traditional MOCC course and took massive amounts of videos and pictures of students and instructors performing exercises and demonstrations. The videos were edited and many are linked throughout the two TEL modules.
- Assertive Communication:
- http://oedbreeze.cr.usgs.gov/assertcommun/
- The presentation was done in Adobe® Connect™
- Bear Spray--Training for Defense Against Dangerous Animals:
- http://training.usgs.gov/TEL/TELExamples/BearSprayExample/player.html
- This course was developed in Articulate® Presenter and has been imported into DOI LEARN as a SCORM-compliant course.
- Water-Quality Principles -- Lesson 3
- http://oedbreeze.cr.usgs.gov/qw1022l3example/
- This is an undergraduate course in water-quality principles.
- It is quite comprehensive. This course is considered blended learning because it consists of on-line lessons, but is also facilitated by instructors. Students will have pre-lesson reading assignments, assignments to be emailed to facilitators, 13 on-line lessons, and a final proposal project to be done by the student to the facilitator via webinar.
- The duration of the course is 1 month (40-60 hours).
- This course prepares anyone who works with water-quality with a sound foundation in water-quality principles.
- Streamflow Measurements with ADCPs (SW1321) Prerequisite Course
- http://hydroacoustics.usgs.gov/training/SW1321_TEL_Published_Course/
SW1321_TEL_Lesson_2/player.html - This course is an on-line prerequisite to the instructor-led SW1321 class.
- The author, Nick Stasulis, uses a variety of technologies (video, demos, etc.) throughout the course to transfer learning objectives to the students. The course is also an exceptional model for Section 508 accessibility.
- http://hydroacoustics.usgs.gov/training/SW1321_TEL_Published_Course/
