What are some of the available media applications that can increase learner motivation and engagement? Educators need effective tools to promote idea sharing, understandings, and collaborative, creative explorations. A wide range of media and tools are being designed and deployed in online education. This workshop seeks to explore effective emerging technologies that improve instruction and learning increasing satisfaction among students and faculty.

A student's online academic journey can be complex, but should it? When designed properly, emerging technologies can assist both institutions and students. What does an institution need to support online learning endeavors?

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.

Whats my grade? How am I doing? Performance evaluation throughout the learning path of a student in an online environment is evolving. How are new technologies and applications helping us understand assessment? Lets examine emerging technologies that assist with assessment that will enable us to better serve our anytime, anywhere lifestyles. Concepts included will be: student learning and programmatic effectiveness.

Teaching and learning has vastly changed due to emerging technologies. Personalization, collaborative learning, and social software have produced and introduced perhaps a new paradigm. Can instructional designers keep up? How? We'll explore what has been done to improve pedagogy using these new tools. Other considerations include: open educational resources, collaborative efforts, design paradigms, and affordable, sustainable delivery models.

Technology Bootcamp is a 4-week crash course for new cadets who seek to acquire new skills, or perhaps brush-up on old ones prior to the conference. As online educators, mastery of new technologies can help you stay ahead of the curve. Through hands-on technology demonstrations, you will obtain clear new ideas on how technology can improve you online classroom.

Recognizing quality is much like recognizing art – you know it when you see it, but everybody sees something different. And when it comes to online courses, your students, faculty, administrators, peers, and accrediting bodies may certainly not see what you do. In fact, they might not even know what to look for in assessing quality. Sloan-C announces an interactive online workshop focused on learning how to improve your online course(s). Learn how to use the rubric tool developed by the nationally recognized, FIPSE-funded Quality Matters (QM) project. The QM rubric provides a research-supported framework with annotations and examples for applying quality practices to specific course design standards. Affirm the strong areas in your course(s) and generate specific ideas for improvements. The QM rubric is the centerpiece of the QM process. Additionally, this course serves as a stepping stone for faculty interested in becoming certified course peer reviewers.

Recognizing quality is much like recognizing art; everybody sees something different. With regard to online courses, your students, faculty, administrators, peers, and accrediting bodies may not know what to look for in assessing quality. Defining quality standards proves crucial to successful course design and implementation.

Learning Objectives
Participants will:

• Identify strategies to improve their course(s)
• Learn how to use the rubric tool developed by the nationally recognized, FIPSE-funded Quality Matters (QM) project
• Affirm strong areas in their course(s) and generate specific ideas for improvements

In the online classroom, interaction prompts more interaction by stimulating more perspectives, points of view, ideas, questions, and disagreements. Through collaboration and discussion, both facilitators and students help each other in the learning process. This workshop examines how facilitators can increase and provide quality engagement in an online academic environment.

Throughout this workshop participants will learn the basics of Second Life, and integrate learning theories in the use of virtual worlds. Participants will be encouraged to create activities that are student-centered and maximize the real potential of virtual worlds. A primary goal of the workshop is to get educators thinking about their classes and how the tools used in Second Life can be personalized for the learning environments that they create. The workshop will explore examples of good teaching in Second Life and move beyond PowerPoint, lecture, and passive learning. Participants will make use of asynchronous discussions, multimedia materials, reading assignments and live, interactive class sessions to collaborate, learn, and expand the range of instructional possibilities that are available to students.

As an online educator, you need to know how copyright affects you when using materials to supplement your online courses. You also need to know how your original works can be protected. In this workshop, Linda Enghagen, of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, will take you through the key copyright issues that you and your colleagues should be aware of when preparing and delivering your online courses.

Many educators know a couple, some practice three or four, but this unique workshop experience reveals practical tips to making your podcast a dominate force in your online classroom. The facilitators will walk you through podcasting essentials and help you establish pedagogical linkages. Content is tightly focused on engaging the online learner, so bring your questions as this workshop is designed to be interactive in nature. Prerequisite: Podcasting in Higher Education: Current Trends and Applications.

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.

This workshop focuses on the important aspects of marketing online programs to potential students. Two companies that are highly involved in understanding the rigors of higher education marketing, as well as two successful institutions that deal with these issues on a daily basis will provide key information you can use to more effectively market your online course offerings. Many of the challenges of marketing online programs in today’s higher education will also be addressed.

Recognizing quality is much like recognizing art – you know it when you see it, but everybody sees something different. And when it comes to online courses, your students, faculty, administrators, peers, and accrediting bodies may certainly not see what you do. In fact, they might not even know what to look for in assessing quality. Sloan-C announces an interactive online workshop focused on learning how to improve your online course(s). Learn how to use the rubric tool developed by the nationally recognized, FIPSE-funded Quality Matters (QM) project. The QM rubric provides a research-supported framework with annotations and examples for applying quality practices to specific course design standards. Affirm the strong areas in your course(s) and generate specific ideas for improvements. The QM rubric is the centerpiece of the QM process. Additionally, this course serves as a stepping stone for faculty interested in becoming certified course peer reviewers.

Throughout this workshop participants will learn the basics of Second Life, and integrate learning theories in the use of virtual worlds. Participants will be encouraged to create activities that are student-centered and maximize the real potential of virtual worlds. A primary goal of the workshop is to get educators thinking about their classes and how the tools used in Second Life can be personalized for the learning environments that they create. The workshop will explore examples of good teaching in Second Life and move beyond PowerPoint, lecture, and passive learning. Participants will make use of asynchronous discussions, multimedia materials, reading assignments and live, interactive class sessions to collaborate, learn, and expand the range of instructional possibilities that are available to students.

Web 2.0 technologies are revolutionizing the way in which we engage and interact with students online. Through RSS syndication, we are automating the delivery of learning objects to the students. Through Web 2.0 applications a whole host of new ways to engage and interact with students has emerged. Wikis, blogs, podcasts, interactive whiteboards, VoIP, tagging, image sharing, discussion rooms, and many more learning tools are freely available to educators. This workshop introduces and explores 20 of the most engaging and promising Web 2.0 technologies that are freely available for use in online learning. Workshop facilitators will discuss and demonstrate both the technologies and the pedagogies associated with best applying those technologies. Participants will be assisted in developing mini-projects using their choice of the applications. An emphasis will be placed on practical application and implementing working models that can be expanded by participants for immediate use in their own online learning classes. The workshop facilitators will also look to the near horizon for ways in which these and soon-to-be-released technologies will be implemented in mobile learning applications, virtual environments, and the next generation of online learning.

Moodle is an open source Learning Management System and is a low cost alternative for educators to create vibrant online content. This workshop will define Moodle and it’s features. Later, the facilitators will illustrate how to use Moodle to create an online course and take participants through the actual process of creating actual course content with Moodle. Following the workshop participants will have a working knowledge of Moodle and will be prepared to create their own effective online courses with this open source tool.

E-learning content is becoming much more pervasive. This developing content which can be shared within one institution, or across continents represents a powerful possible paradigm shift in the distribution methods of learning content and courseware from traditional publishing models to those of open and collaborative in nature. Major initiatives from leading institutions to provide open courseware further support the growth of this segment of online learning.

Throughout this workshop participants will learn the basics of Second Life, and integrate learning theories in the use of virtual worlds. Participants will be encouraged to create activities that are student-centered and maximize the real potential of virtual worlds. A primary goal of the workshop is to get educators thinking about their classes and how the tools used in Second Life can be personalized for the learning environments that they create. The workshop will explore examples of good teaching in Second Life and move beyond PowerPoint, lecture, and passive learning. Participants will make use of asynchronous discussions, multimedia materials, reading assignments and live, interactive class sessions to collaborate, learn, and expand the range of instructional possibilities that are available to students.

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.

Podcasting has had a revolutionary impact on formal and informal teaching and learning. Rising out of the advent of the Apple iPod, podcasts have grown into the mainstream of online media since their inception in early 2004. The power of the individual to use podcasts to communicate globally has important implications for educators. Higher education professionals must learn how to harness the power of podcasting to reach an increasingly more tech savvy population of students and colleagues. Learn all about podcasts and podcasting in this online workshop conducted by two of the pioneers in using this technology in higher education: Burks Oakley II and Ray Schroeder.

Every participant will receive a welcome e-mail by noon the day the workshop begins with the workshop URL and an enrollment key that must be entered to access the site.

This workshop provides concrete strategies for faculty developers and trainers who wish to help faculty redesign their courses for blended teaching and learning. A well established and highly successful blended teaching and learning faculty development program is presented from the viewpoint of faculty developers and trainers. The workshop provides guidance regarding program structure, content, and activities as well as general tips and pointers for fostering a successful faculty development experience. Actual workshop materials will be reviewed and discussed. The interactive sessions will help participants address the challenges related to instituting a blended course faculty development program on their own campus and help them to find the next steps needed to get their program up and running.

Every participant will receive a welcome e-mail by noon the day the workshop begins with the workshop URL and an enrollment key that must be entered to access the site.

Recognizing quality is much like recognizing art – you know it when you see it, but everybody sees something different. And when it comes to online courses, your students, faculty, administrators, peers, and accrediting bodies may certainly not see what you do. In fact, they might not even know what to look for in assessing quality. Sloan-C announces an interactive online workshop focused on learning how to improve your online course(s). Learn how to use the rubric tool developed by the nationally recognized, FIPSE-funded Quality Matters (QM) project. The QM rubric provides a research-supported framework with annotations and examples for applying quality practices to specific course design standards. Affirm the strong areas in your course(s) and generate specific ideas for improvements. Additionally, this course will familiarize participants with the QM course review process.

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Every participant will receive a welcome e-mail by noon the day the workshop begins with the workshop URL and an enrollment key that must be entered to access the site.

Cross-cultural virtual classrooms are fast becoming the rule rather than the exception. In today’s interconnected and independent world, the online learning environment is becoming more diverse. Faculty and students involved in international learning communities provide opportunities for both to understand the world across the breath, depth and complexities of human experiences. This workshop explores the opportunities and challenges institutions face as they expand their classroom doors overseas, such as instructor/learner preparation, conflict resolution, team building, and time zone/holiday management. Participating institutions will demonstrate how effective management of the global classroom contributes toward building human-to-human connections and rendering educational boundaries between countries irrelevant.

Every participant will receive a welcome e-mail by noon the day the workshop begins with the workshop URL and an enrollment key that must be entered to access the site.