E-Learning & Online Teaching

Google Documents (Fully Facilitated 5 Day Online Class)

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How much time will this take?

Plan for at least 5 hours of instruction (about an hour a day). It will be easy to put in more time than that. We hope you’ll find the information so interesting that the time will fly by.

Do I have to login at a specific time each day?

The course is completely time shifted. It’s designed so that participants can enter the online classroom 24/7 and still interact. This let’s you fit the class to your schedule. We’ll go Monday – Friday, with the following Saturday to wrap things up.

What will I learn how to do?

• Create a Google account
• Upload documents to Google docs
• Share a Google document with a colleague
• View the revision history of a shared document (a wiki like function of Gdocs)
• Publish a shared document as a web page that automatically updates when the source document is edited.
• We also have an optional independent study module on how to use Google Docs offline.

How is this course taught?

Instruction includes the use of illustrated webpages and video. Additionally Dennis O’Connor will be facilitating this class. (Dennis is a highly trained online teacher.) There are discussion forums where participants can share ideas. The instructor will also be monitoring the class for questions and be available for trouble shooting help.

What about teaching resources?

You will find many resources with ideas for teachers and librarians interested in using Google Docs in the classroom.

How long will I have access to this course?

The course remains open to you for at least three months so you can continue study and have access to the resources.

How do I register?

• First establish an account on http://21cif.mrooms.net. Note the graphic on the course home page. (Each person taking the class should create their own account.)
• Next login using your established username and password.
• Click into the Gdocs online classroom.(Found in the Information Fluency Category.)
• When you first enter you’ll be presented with a PayPal registration page.
• Click through to pay for the class by credit card.
• You do not need a Pay Pal account to use this secure system. (We do not store your credit card information.)
• Once you have paid you’ll be returned to the Gdocs class.
• The full course will open on December 1, 2008.

We hope to see you online!

Great teachers are natural lesson design experts.  You observe your audience, diagnose their learning needs and create lessons to meet those needs.  This process can be so intuitive that you aren’t even aware of the steps to your own methods.

It helps to break down the process to better understand how ‘natural lesson design’ works.

In business the action mapping process describes how to go about rapidly planning training.  Rapid training/lesson development is a survival skill for all of us.

This Slideshare presentation from Cathy Moore was posted on her  Making Change Blog.

Cathy Moore: “I’ve been using a quick, visual process to design projects. I call it action mapping because it helps you change what people do, not just what they know.”

The action mapping process:

1. Identify the business goal
2. Identify what people need to do to reach that goal.
3. Design activities that help people practice each behavior.
4. Identify the minimum information people need to complete each activity.

It’s always better to show, rather than tell:

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For more in-depth information (Including a pdf version of this Slideshare) go to Cathy’s Blog!

I’ve been teaching social bookmarking as part of my e-learning classes for some time. Social bookmarking is always a difficult concept to get across. Truly, it’s something you need to actually do in order to begin to grasp the power of this web 2.0 technology.

On a basic level, you move your bookmarks from your browser to a website where you can get to them from any computer connected to the Internet.

On a social level you can build a trusted community of searchers who share their results by ‘tagging’ the content with descriptive words.

This technology lets you go beyond searching to sharing results and insights with other humans. Hear are some resources I tagged and/or annotated using Diigo, a user friendly social bookmarking service. Try it! You may like it!

• Information Fluency Social Bookmarking Resources

  These tools let you store and share your bookmarks online. Once you’ve configured your account and customized your browser it becomes easy to bookmark, describe and tag your Internet discoveries. Just click the toolbar icon and you will be prompted to save your bookmarks (including comments and tags) to the online service you have chosen.

• Teaching Generation Z » Blog Archive » Del.icio.us Made Easy

• Wired News: Social Bookmarking Showdown

• The Social Bookmarking Faceoff

• Ma.gnolia.com – Find Web Sites & Build Community Online

• Social Bookmarking in Plain English
• 7 Things You Should Know about Social Bookmarking (Educause Connect)
• delicious blog: who says librarians (and teachers) don’t like tags?

*Thanks to the readers who wrote to tell me that many of the links in this post were dead. I’ve revised the post with new resources! ~ Dennis

Online discussion is the heart of a community of practice oriented e-learning course. However, it can be difficult to know how to respond.

UW-Stout: Good Training Opens the Door to Your Future

UW-Stout: Good Training Opens the Door to Your Future

Gifted LearningLinks is the online distance-learning program of the Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University. We currently offer over 100 courses to students in grades three to twelve, including enrichment, honors and AP®. The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools accredit CTD as a Special Function School.

Beginning in the fall of 2008 we introduced monthly enrollments for our honors and AP courses. These courses are nine months in duration, but students may accelerate. We are looking for an instructor for AP English Language and Composition and Literary Analysis Honors beginning October 15th.

Please visit http://ctd.northwestern.edu/learning for information about our program and a course description.

Interested applicants please contact:

Roxanne Greenberger
Director of Gifted LearningLinks
Center for Talent Development
Northwestern University

847-491-4979
rgreenberger@northwestern.edu
Center for Talent Development

UW-Stout: Good Training Opens the Door to Your Future

Gifted LearningLinks is the online distance-learning program of the Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University. We currently offer over 100 courses to students in grades three to twelve, including enrichment, honors and AP®. The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools accredit CTD as a Special Function School.

Cryptography is an enrichment course for grades 6-8 and is three months in duration, beginning Sept. 15. Obviously, we need a math teacher to fill this opening immediately.

Please visit www.ctd.northwestern.edu for information about our program and a course description.

Interested applicants please contact:

Roxanne Greenberger
Director of Gifted LearningLinks
Center for Talent Development
Northwestern University

847-491-4979
rgreenberger@northwestern.edu

I’ve been researching and writing about Information Fluency since the turn of the century. My work is published on the 21st Century Information Fluency Portal: http://21cif.imsa.edu You’ll find modular online learning content including games, micromodules and assessments on the portal. (Free for all educators.)

I include information fluency training in all of my online classes. I introduce power searching and website investigation to the graduate students studying in the E-Learning and Online Teaching Certificate Program at UW-Stout ( http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/elearningcertificate.html ) because I believe that Information Fluency is a foundation skill for all online teachers and learners.

What continually surprises me is that most educators (including those with advanced degrees) lack formal training in this field. Unless I’m working with a Library Media Specialist, most have little experience in searching, evaluating, and ethical use of digital materials.

Curiously, most educators think they are competent searchers and evaluators, when they are really just beginners. Their disposition is to ask for help rather than search for answers. With simple instruction many radically improve their ability to search, and evaluate. This is empowering and greatly increases learner satisfaction. Instruction in copyright and fair use is also part of the program.

At the same time I push the idea that it is everyone’s duty to teach website evaluation and ethical use as part of any online curriculum. Too often educators assume someone else should have done the job by the time their students walk through the door. The application of information fluency to all curriculum areas is profound. Students given even rudimentary instruction in Information Fluency immediately benefit.

As online teachers and learners we work in a computer where information is just a few keystrokes away. I hope we can promote the disposition in all online teachers and learners that skilled use of Internet resources is the essential learning skill of our times.

Dennis O’Connor
Program Advisor
E-Learning & Online Teaching
School of Education
Online Professional Development
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Wisconsin’s Polytechnic University
oconnord@uwstout.edu
530-318-1145 (Cell)
Skype: wiredinstructor2

UW-Stout: Good Training Opens the Door to Your Future
Those seeking online teaching work also need subject matter expertise. If you have subject matter expertise, consider the following positions. ~ Dennis

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Online Curriculum Company is looking for highly qualified content reviewers for the following high school courses:

Biology

Biology- 2nd half
Environmental Science

Environmental Science- 2nd half
Personal Fitness
Research
Media Studies
P.E.
Life Management
Financial Literacy
Ethics
Essentials of Business
Music Appreciation
Business Communication
Digital Arts

If you are interested and qualified, please send your resume to kyler@fyioc.com. Please indicate which course you are applying for.

Another school year is starting! Where will you be a year from now?

The decision to return to graduate school for the UW-Stout E-Learning and Online Teaching Certificate isn’t made lightly. During hard economic times you can choose to stand pat or grow your teaching arts by seeking new ideas and opportunities. It’s not enough to simply be curious about teaching online. You have to act now to learn the skills to swim in this 21^st Century sea of change. The bottom line is to develop real experience and skills that open the door to new jobs and opportunities.

• If you want to qualify for the best part time job a teacher can get; join our program.
• If you want to deeply understand how to integrate the latest web technologies into your classroom, join our program.
• If you want an edge in an uncertain job market, join our program.
• If you want flexibility, opportunity, and intellectual challenge join our program.

Despite the economic downturn, there are many jobs available for those with online teaching experience and solid curricular subject matter expertise. Our program will provide you with the skills and real online teaching experience needed to break into this booming field.

The market for experienced online teachers at the K-12 level is red hot. Also more community college and university opportunities are developing everyday. As part of the UW-Stout E-Learning and Online Teaching Graduate Certificate Program you will receive hands on instruction along with current educational theory about distance learning. Job search advice and a steady stream of fresh job opportunities are being regularly updated on my blog at: http://doconnor.edublogs.org/category/e-learning-jobs/

If you want to work from home, love a challenge, enjoy technology, crave a change of pace and are seeking new horizons now is the time to become an online teacher. Join our program!

Questions? Concerns? Call or email, I’m always happy to share information.

Fall courses begin in late September and are open for registration NOW!

Dennis O’Connor, Program Advisor

E-Learning & Online Teaching

School of Education

Online Professional Development

University of Wisconsin-Stout

Wisconsin’s Polytechnic University

530-318-1145 (Cell)

Skype: wiredinstructor2

Oconnord@uwstout.edu

UW-Stout: Good Training Opens the Door to Your Future

Job Description

We are expanding our team to meet the needs of our rapidly growing institution and are currently accepting resumes for Online Adjunct Faculty in: Accounting, Anthropology, Communications, Composition, Environmental Science, ESL, History, Literature, and Philosophy. Ashford University offers programs in General Education, Organizational Management, Accounting, Psychology, Business Administration, Social Sciences, Health Care Administration, and Masters in Teaching and Learning with Technology.
Online Adjunct Faculty are expected to place a strong emphasis on student-centered learning as well as:
Hold a minimum of a Masters Degree in at least one subject area listed above Reside in one of these states: Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, WashingtonHave an interest and commitment to teaching in an online environmentBe proficient in the use of Internet toolsTeaching experience preferredOnline training is provided. Qualified applicants are invited to submit their resume and cover letter indicating their interest in online instruction. Email materials to: teach@ashford.edu

A benefit package may or may not be available. Request specific information from the employer.

	Company Job ID: 4656193 Online Adjunct Faculty Ashford University AJE Reference Number: 514421987 To apply for this position, select one of the contact methods listed below. Please reference the AJE Reference Number, Job Title and Company Job ID listed above when applying, and mention that you found the job on America’s Job Exchange. To apply you must be a U.S. citizen or an individual authorized to work in the United States.
	Access this website to post your resume or fill out a job application online: http://www.jobtarget.com/c/jobclick.cfm?site=7&job=4656193

• 6 Trait Books
  Booklists by trait. Lots of ideas!
  (tags: 6-traits books)
• Search Results
  Milwaulkee Public Schools Database of resources. Try querying this with each of the traits and you’ll find a wealth of activities and ideas.
  (tags: 6-traits writing)

UW-Stout: Good Training Opens the Door to Your Future

*My friends who work for DeVry tell me it’s a quality organization! ~ Dennis

Financial Literacy Curriculum Writer – Temporary, Advanced Academics

Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Bricktown, Oklahoma City, Okla., Advanced Academics, a company affiliate of DeVry, Inc. partners with school districts to help high school students graduate and succeed. Advanced Academics supplements traditional classroom programs through online course instruction using highly qualified teachers and a proprietary technology platform specifically designed for secondary education. Advanced Academics also operates virtual high schools in partnership with school districts and charter schools in 6 states.

The Curriculum Writer is responsible for writing content and assessments for the development of an online Financial Literacy course and associated assessments. The Curriculum Writer must possess strong knowledge in subject area and instructional design practices. Strong written communication skills are necessary in order to ensure that the course content is engaging and covers the topics necessary to meet the appropriate state and national education standards. The Curriculum Writer must be able to provide content and assessment items that are rigorous and correlate to middle and higher levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy and that meets Lexile readability standards. Previous teaching experience in Financial Literacy strongly preferred.

We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

Please send inquiries and resumes to hr@advancedacademics.com.

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Ancient Civilizations Curriculum Writer-Temporary, Advanced Academics

Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Bricktown, Oklahoma City, Okla., Advanced Academics, a company affiliate of DeVry, Inc. partners with school districts to help high school students graduate and succeed. Advanced Academics supplements traditional classroom programs through online course instruction using highly qualified teachers and a proprietary technology platform specifically designed for secondary education. Advanced Academics also operates virtual high schools in partnership with school districts and charter schools in 6 states.

The Curriculum Writer is responsible for planning, designing, and writing content and assessments for the development of an online 6th Grade Ancient Civilizations course and associated assessments. The Curriculum Writer must possess strong knowledge in subject area and instructional design practices. Strong written communication skills are necessary in order to ensure that the course content is engaging and covers the topics necessary to meet the appropriate state and national education standards. The Curriculum Writer must be able to provide content and assessment items that are rigorous and correlate to middle and higher levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy and that meets Lexile readability standards. Previous teaching experience in 6th Grade Social Studies strongly preferred.

We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

Please send inquiries and resumes to hr@advancedacademics.com.

UW-Stout: Good Training Opens the Door to Your Future

Dear Colleagues:

Here at the Friday Institute at NC State University, we have a number of new projects evaluating educational innovations, including virtual schools, 1-1 computing programs in middle and high schools, virtual computing applied to high school and community college engineering programs, technology integration projects, professional development programs, and state-wide policies and programs related to e-learning and 21st century skills. As a result, we are currently seeking to hire 8 additional researchers, 4 at the associate level and 4 at the senior associate level, to further build our existing research and evaluation team. I’ve attached the job description for each level position. Please spread the word to former students (masters and doctoral level), post-docs, and others who would be qualified and interested. Questions or requests for further information should be directed to Marj Santoro (msantor@ncsu.edu), who is coordinating the search process.

Thanks,
Glenn

Glenn Kleiman
Executive Director, Friday Institute for Educational Innovation
Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
College of Education
North Carolina State University
1890 Main Campus Drive
919-513-8509
glenn_kleiman@ncsu.edu

Senior Research Associate
(Multiple positions are available)

The mission of the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at NC State University is to advance education through innovation in teaching, learning, and leadership. We conduct research, create resources, advocate to improve teaching and learning, and provide services to educators and policymakers. Our work focuses on innovations that will help prepare all students, from preschool through college, to live and work successfully in the 21st century.

The Senior Research Associate (SRA) will work on several projects to evaluate the implementation and impact of technology-enabled innovations in K-12 classrooms. This individual will assume a central role in the evaluation process and will manage the day-to-day operations of evaluation projects. The SRA will serve as the primary liaison between school personnel, project team members, graduate assistants, and the faculty members serving as principal investigators. The SRA will oversee all data gathering, data management, and data analysis activities related to the project. In addition, the SRA will be responsible for managing the production of reports for the LEAs and schools participating in the study, the funding agencies, and interested educators, researchers, and policymakers. The SRA will also be centrally involved with presentations and publications arising from the projects, and will contribute to proposals for additional evaluation projects. Multiple positions may be available.

This is a one-year appointment under a term contract, subject to renewal depending upon job performance and anticipated continuation of funding.

Qualifications:
• M.A. required, Ph.D. strongly preferred, in relevant field such as education or psychology;
• Training in Evaluation, Educational Psychology, Education or related fields.
• Strong methodological skills, including research design, quantitative analysis, qualitative analysis, measurement, and knowledgeable in using SPSS or SAS.
• Strong writing skills.
• Good project management and organizational skills.
• Ability to interact well with teachers, principals and other administrators in public schools at the elementary and middle level.
• Experience working in an elementary or middle school setting.
To Apply:
To apply please visit http://jobs.ncsu.edu and search for position number 03-27-0802.

AA/EOE. In addition, NC State welcomes all persons without regard to sexual orientation.

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FridayInst_SeniorResAssoc.doc

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