SLOAN-C ONLINE WORKSHOP SERIES: Using Moodle to Create Online Courses
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Key Information
Workshop Description
Workshop Schedule
Technology Information
Attendance Pricing
Panelist/Presenter Biographies
Key Information
Total Minimum Length: ~ 5 - 10 hours/week
Start Date: Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 (Start of online activities and discussions; viewing recorded presentations)
Synchronous Date: Friday, July 18th, 2pm-3pm ET – Live session conducted in online meeting room
Resources Provided:
- Presentations and other workshop materials, viewable online until December 31st, 2008
- 1-hour Live Panel Discussion – Friday, July 18th, 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, July 9th. A live synchronous Question and Answer Online Session will be held on Friday of the second week, July 18th, 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
Instructors need to develop new time management skills when transitioning to online teaching. Online teaching can redefine faculty members’ teaching schedules. While the advantages for participating in online education include flexibility; the reality of the 24/7 classroom can prove daunting due to the investment in curriculum development and planning as well as the need to be responsive to student inquiries. This workshop offers strategies enabling online educators to manage time demands while teaching online courses. Topics include: course planning, information presentation, frequency of interaction, and scheduling.
Schedule
July 9th – July 11th 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.
July 14th – July 18th Activities: Continue reviewing presentations and ancillary materials; participate in discussion forum with workshop facilitators Catheryn Cheal, Kathleen Ives, and Jonathan Small.
A Live Web Conferencing Session is conducted on Friday, July 18th at 2PM(ET) (Online using Elluminate Live!): facilitated by Catheryn Cheal, Kathleen Ives, and Jonathan Small. We will begin the session with an open round of comments from the facilitator and then open the forum up for Q&A and/or presentations/show-and-tell from workshop participants. We will finish with a summary of thoughts from the facilitator. THE SESSIONS WILL BE RECORDED FOR LATERVIEWING 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 CollegePass Member)
*(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.)
Presenters:
Catheryn Cheal, Oakland University, MI
After finishing her doctorate in Classical Archaeology at Brown University and her Batchelor's in Classical Archaeology at University of Michigan, Catheryn Cheal taught art history at California State University, Northridge from 1981 to 2004, She has numerous publications in her original field of ancient art and the latest book chapter, entitled "The Meaning Of Skin Color in Eighteenth Dynasty Egyptian Painting" was published by African World Press in Dec. 2004. She created and directed the Office of Online Instruction at CSUN for four years, which trained and mentored faculty, campus-wide, in teaching with technology. She moved to Oakland University, Michigan as Assistant Vice President of e-Learning and Instructional Support in 2004 to facilitate the creation of online courses and programs. A book chapter entitled, "A Taxonomy Showing Relationships between Digital Learning Objects and Instructional Design" will be published in Summer 2006 by Informing Science Press.
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 University of Phoenix, and in an accelerated environment for working adults at 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.
Jonathan Small, New England College of Finance & The Sloan Consortium
Jonathan Small serves as the Assistant Dean of E-Learning at the New England College of Finance (NECF) in Boston, MA. He is responsible for day-to-day management of NECFOnline including faculty and student support, course design and development, and the integration of new technologies for the college’s academic programs.
In late 2006 Small began consulting for the Sloan Consortium as their Web Events Producer. For Sloan-C he markets, designs and hosts workshops and training programs.
Previously Small served as the E-Learning Program Manager for NECF. In this position he managed the administration of the college’s online programs. Before joining the online department he served as a Marketing Coordinator and Student & Member Advisor fostering relationships with partner companies in the financial services industry. Mr. Small began his career at the Boston office of Agnew Carter/MS&L; an international public relations firm. Small is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University where he received a degree in 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.
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