SLOAN-C ONLINE WORKSHOP SERIES: GETTING STARTED - ONLINE COURSE DEVELOPMENT BASICS
Links to important information about the workshop:
Key Information
Workshop Description
Workshop Schedule
Technology Information
Attendance Pricing
Panelist/Presenter Biographies
Registration is now open.
Key Information
Total Minimum Length: ~ 5 - 10 hours/week
Start Date: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 (Start of online activities and discussions; viewing recorded presentations)
Synchronous Date: Tuesday, May 6th and Thursday, May 15th, 2pm-3pm ET– Live session conducted in online meeting room
Resources Provided:
- 3+ hours of presentations as well as exemplary courses, viewable online until December 31st, 2008
- 2, 1-hour Live Panel Discussions - Tuesday, May 6th and Thursday, May 15th, 2pm-3pm ET
- During the Panel Discussion - Participation in Live Q&A
- After the Panel Discussion - Viewing of Q&A Session until December 31st, 2008
Workshop Agenda at Glance
Activities begin Wednesday, April 23rd. A live synchronous Question and Answer Online Session will be held on Tuesday of the second week, May 6thand Thursday of the third week, May 15th, 2pm-3pm ET. All activity is recorded, even the live events, allowing you to watch the events at a later date if you are unable to attend. All workshop content will remain available until the end of the year.
Workshop Description
Based on research and the Sloan-C effective practices, this workshop provides the foundation for designing and delivering online courses. Faculty gain enhanced pedagogical knowledge and learn effective strategies for creative, online classroom facilitation. During the three-week workshop, facilitators will review the benefits and challenges of online curriculum development and teaching and address the qualities of effective online education. The workshop is designed as an 'active' learning experience, enabling faculty to explore actual online courses in several disciplines and institutions, as well as build a syllabus leading to the major outcome of the workshop: building a complete online course module relevant to their own educational interests
Schedule
April 23rd – 25th Activities: Learn Moodle, the workshop’s learning management system, and Elluminate Live!, the workshop’s web conferencing platform. Watch recorded presentations and begin reviewing guest courses.
April 28th – May 2nd Activities: Continue reviewing guest courses; participate in discussion forum with workshop facilitators, Kathleen Ives & Janet Mooren, and guest course faculty.
May5th – May 9th Activities: Continue reviewing guest courses; participate in discussion forum with workshop facilitators, Kathleen Ives & Janet Moore. First live web conferencing session: Tuesday, May 6th, 2pm – 3pm ET.
May 12th – May 16th Activities: Key topic areas: going public with course syllabus and module. Hands on activities facilitated by Joan D. McMahon. Asynchronous discussions are conducted in the forum. Second live web conferencing session: Thursday, May 15th, 2pm – 3pm ET.
Live Web Conferencing Sessions are conducted on Tuesday May 6th, 2pm-3pm ET & Thursday, May 15th, 2pm-3pm ET (Online using Elluminate Live!): facilitated by Kathleen Ives and Janet Moore. We will kick off the session with an open round of comments from the facilitators and then open the forum up for Q&A and/or presentations/show-and-tell from workshop participants. We will finish with summary thoughts from the facilitators. THE SESSIONS WILL BE RECORDED FOR LATER VIEWING AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.
Technology Information
Sloan-C brings you the following technologies to provide an exciting experience during the workshop:
 Elluminate™ Live! ™ -- Elluminate’s powerful Live! software will take this workshop to a whole new level of interaction. Well suited for the classroom environment, Live! provides the flexibility our workshop needs, from a speaker delivering to hundreds of workshop participants, to multiple small discussion groups occurring in unison. Live! effectively delivers lecture-type speeches, while also having the ability to facilitate collaboration among many individuals. For more information about Elluminate™, please visit the Elluminate page in the Sloan-C Vendor Corner.
 Moodle -- Sloan-C will use an open-source learning management system called Moodle to administer the asynchronous component of the workshop. Sloan-C has found Moodle to provide a flexible and user-friendly set of asynchronous collaboration and learning tools. As with most open-source technologies, the Moodle software is free, making it a very cost-effective software package for any institution or company. We have found though that low-cost does not mean that you have to sacrifice quality. Moodle still provides a robust environment that is dynamic, interactive, and provides cross-platform learner access through a standard web browser.
Attendance Pricing
Price: $295 Each
Individual/Premium Sloan-C Member price: $145 with coupon code* ( That's a $150 discount! Find out how to become a premium member)
College Pass Member Pricing: Free with coupon code* (Find out how to become a College Pass Member)
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*(Individual Premium Members receive 1 discount with membership, Institutional Premium Members receive 20 discounts, and College Pass Members receive 150 "free" seats in the entire 2007 Sloan-C Workshop series.)
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Presenter Biographies:
Kathleen Ives, The Sloan Consortium
Kathleen S. Ives, D.M. has worked in online technology for over 20 years and serves as The Sloan Consortium's Director, Online Education. Formerly, Dr. Ives oversaw all forms of alternative instruction at Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester, MA (distance learning, accelerated programming). She teaches online for University of Phoenix and Axia College of Western University, and in an accelerated environment for working adults at both Regis College in Weston, MA and the University of Phoenix, Greater Boston Campus.
Dr. Ives began her career at CBS and helped to develop the service that evolved into Prodigy. She then spent fourteen years designing and implementing consumer online information services, first at AT&T and then at Verizon where she spearheaded the development of the nation's first online Yellow Pages product, now called superpages.com. Dr. Ives sits on the Massachusetts Department of Education's Distance Learning Advisory Board for Adult Basic Education. Dr. Ives has degrees in communication, communication management, and organizational leadership from the University of California at Davis, the University of Southern California, Annenberg School of Communication, and the University of Phoenix-Online, respectively.
Janet Moore, The Sloan Consortium
Janet C. Moore, Ph.D. is the Chief Learning Officer for The Sloan Consortium. She helps edit the Sloan-C View, the Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, and volumes in the annual Sloan-C quality series. She helps conduct Sloan-C workshops and seminars,effective practices, and Catalog reviews. BA, Barry University; MA, University of Delaware; Ph.D., University of South Florida in literature and contemporary culture. Her interests include interdisciplinary learning and collaborative teaching across the curriculum. She teaches online courses in writing, fine arts, literature and communications.
Cancellation Policy
If you register and pay for a Sloan-C workshop/seminar and are unable to attend, we will be happy to apply your payment to another Sloan-C workshop/seminar at your request. However, no refunds will be given. This offer is good for one year. |
