E-Learning & Online Teaching

E-Learning for Educators UW-Stout Graduate Certificate Program

University of Wisconsin-Stout
School of Education
Online Professional Development

E-Learning and Online Teaching Graduate Certificate http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/elearningcertificate.html

• Are you looking for an E-learning and Online Teaching Certificate program?
• Is your institution rapidly developing online courses and programs?
• Are you looking for a new career or a way to supplement your current salary?
• Our courses benefit educators interested in effectively teaching online or blended courses.

Spring registration is open. Sign up soon.

Courses are completely online; no travel to campus required.
8-Week Online Courses Recommended Course Sequence

• EDUC 760 E-Learning for Educators two start date options:  February 8, 2010 or March 22, 2010
• EDUC 762 Assessment in E-Learning Begins January 11, 2010
• EDUC 763 Instructional Design for E-Learning  Begins February 1, 2010
• EDUC 761 Creating Collaborative Communities in E-Learning Begins January 25, 2010
• EDUC 764 E-Learning Practicum  (Prerequisite: Completion of EDUC 760, 761, 762, 763 and Consent of Instructor)

For more information, visit http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/elearningcertificate.html You may enroll in any single course for professional development or complete all four courses and the practicum to receive the Certificate in E-Learning and Online Teaching.

Courses can be used to fulfill requirements in the Master of Science in Education, Master of Science in Career and Technical Education and Ed.S. in Career and Technical Education degree programs.
Benefits

• Expert facilitation by veteran online educators
• Small highly interactive classes
• Professional quality projects for an e-portfolio to aid in job searches
• Career mentoring and job placement assistance
• Credits may also apply as electives in three different UW-Stout graduate degree programs
• Highly competitive tuition (tuition is the same for Wisconsin residents, out-of-state and international students)

The courses model best practices in e-learning with interactive discussions and hands-on experiences

• creating and using blogs, wikis, and other social tools
• integrating video and podcasts
• adopting best practices for engaging class discussions and assignments
• designing authentic assessment activities, quizzes and grading options
• building strong communication activities in your online class
• motivating online students who are falling behind
• managing your online teaching workload

If you have any questions, please contact Dennis O’Connor, the program adviser, at (530) 318-1145 or email oconnord@uwstout.edu

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Register online today to reserve a spot at: http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/register.shtml

Mark university billing (do not include credit card info) and no tuition payment is due until mid January.

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

• NSU | Apply For An Adjunct Faculty Teaching Assignment

  NSU (Northwestern State University) is hiring online adjuncts in many different areas. Be ready for a serious application process. I suggest you fill out both the online application and follow up with the more in-depth mail in application form.

  (tags: e-learning jobsearch jobs)

Resources – NACOL

Virtual School Trends and Benefits: A great index of k-12 online education resources

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

Careers at Chatham

On-Line Adjunct Instructor(s) – Master of Professional Writing Program

Interested candidates should submit a resume or academic vita, a cover letter with salary requirements, and the names of three professional references to:

Chatham University
Human Resource Department
Job#_____
Woodland Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Or e-mail to: chathr@chatham.edu
(If using electronic mail, please send as WORD document)

http://www.chatham.edu/about/careersdetails.cfm?JobNumber=955 

I’ve been working for several years with Moodleroom hosted Moodle course installations. I’ve noodled around with Moodle since 2002, but stayed away at first because I didn’t want to climb the learning curve of running my own server. Then I found Tom Murdock & Gina Stevens at Thinking Distance. They were educators who were committed to providing online elearning experiences with a great open source platform. With hosting off my plate I had more time to dedicate to creating and teaching classes, just the way I like it. The years have flown by and I’ve developed a number of classes and CMS systems (21cif.mrooms.net, reading1st.mrooms.org, wiredinstructor.us ) Theses experiences have given me insight and respect for Moodle. I’m so glad I got on this train

Recently the number of calls from interested educators, consulting work in education and elsewhere, and just general interest has been off the charts. Many are realizing the wisdom of NOT paying exorbitant seat costs to the big commercial outfits when an open source system can do the job…. better!

• Dougiamas.com: EDMEDIA 2003 This paper summarizes a PhD research project that has contributed towards the development of Moodle – a popular open-source course management system (moodle.org).(tags: moodle)
• Moodle Bibliography – Brandeis University The LATTE Project team offers these selected Moodle resources for the Brandeis community. Professionally assembled bibliography of Moodle Content.(tags: moodle)
• The Moodle Playpen Welcome to the Playpen. This site demonstrates the use of Moodle when augmented by community code. A fantastic looking site that demonstrates what moodle themes can do… Wow(tags: moodle)
• Moodle: Moodle Buzz Moodle news and publications from around the world. Entries require approval before they are viewable by everyone. Moodle.org collects news pieces about Moodle and posts them here.(tags: moodle)
• knowMOODLE KnowMOODLE is Open Knowledge Technologies authorized Moodle Training Partner in Canada.(tags: moodle)
• The MoodleMan Blog Promising new blog focused on Moodle. Looks great, uses one of the new templates. Worth keeping an eye on.(tags: moodle)
• Moodlebug UK based blog with many detailed posts. While the information is localized, the UK is a hot bed of moodle action, so there’s a lot to be learned.(tags: moodle)
• Moodle JournalMoodle Journal using the Moodle VLE to promote e-Learning through forum, lesson, quiz and chat we chronicle using podcasts, streaming, downloads, training, metadata, scorm, lessons, quizzes, forums, chat, journals and assignments by lecturers in the deployment of the Moodle vle UK based(tags: moodle)
• Mahara portfolios now out of Beta | The MoodleMan Blog Mahara is an open source ePortfolio system being designed from the ground up to work with Moodle.(tags: moodle e-portfolio)
• Moodle Tutorials ::: Educating Educators Focus on 1.9 High Resolution Tutorials Complete Dedication to Moodle Faster Video Uploads Ability to Get .swf Directly Published Rleatively new site with great promise. YouTube for Moodle? I joined and am always grateful for good Moodle training video(tags: moodle video)

  Time Management?

I’m always dreaming of the ultimate time management system. I used to joke about the 36 hour graduate student day.  Just right for getting it all done.  These days I rarely have time to joke!   That’s one of the appeals of this great blog article Joan Vandervelde recently sent me.

Looking for rock solid advice on how to handle the work flow of teaching online? Need a little help with your course designs? Trying to get a handle on online assessment?

This terrific blog entry is a real gem. Check it out!

• Christopher D. Sessums :: Blog :: Notes on Workload Management Strategies for Online Educators

  Excellent overview of online instruction / design ideas. Concise, well illustrated… a must read!

  (tags: e-learning assessment design)

• How to organize your cluttered desktop and regain your sanity

  (tags: time management)   I keep meaning to try this fellows desktop folder system, my desktop looks like my office a battle zone!

UW-Stout: Good Training Opens Doors

There is a growing interest and enrollment in online classes at Community Colleges. it makes sense, CC’s work with adults who are striving to learn while working in a job oriented world. It’s not just about students working to get to the University, it’s about providing education that fits into a busy world. CC’s have been ahead of the universities in many cases for years. Market forces make online classes a natural fit for CCs. Since quality online learning takes true teaching art, I suspect that those with training as an online instructor combined with the subject matter expertise that comes with a masters’s degree will crack a tough market and find new jobs as online adjuncts.

• Distance Ed Continues Rapid Growth at Community Colleges :: Inside Higher Ed :: Higher Education’s Source for News, and Views and Jobs (tags: community_college)
• League for Innovation in the Community College(tags: communitycollege blended community_college)
• American Association of Community Colleges(tags: communitycollege)
• Community College Research Center: Home(tags: communitycollege community_college)
• CCC Registry – Jobs at California Colleges(tags: community_college communitycollege jobs)
• National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development(tags: communitycollege community_college)
• Community-College.org: Community College DirectoryDatabase of CC’s around the country(tags: communitycollege community_college)
• Career Stages of Community College Faculty: A Qualitative Analysis of their Career Paths, Roles, and Development | Community College Review | Find Articles at BNET.com(tags: community_college communitycollege)
• Adjunctopia | part-time and adjunct teaching jobs at colleges and universities(tags: community_college communitycollege jobsearch)
• Higher Education Jobs(tags: community_college communitycollege jobsearch)
• The Riley Guide: Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet(tags: jobsearch jobs)
• American Association of Contingent Faculty

  AACF is a non-profit association whose mission is to help members develop and share personal, professional, and technical expertise, and to develop and facilitate innovative strategies that improve the knowledge, skills, and abilities of members, improve

  (tags: jobs jobsearch e-learning community_college communitycollege)