EDUCAUSE | Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences, Online Teaching Strategies, and E-Learning

A Complete Online Class: Course Management, Live Web Conferencing, and Teacher-Made Streaming Movies

drupal — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:21:28 -0600

Explore an online course by viewing the actual course preparation, live web office hours, and teacher-made movies. Participants will experience a live online web session with students in California using NetTutor. Attendees will leave with strategies and tools to create links in Blackboard to improve student retention. Make your class as personal as possible.

Inspiring Innovative Teaching Ideas Through the E-Teaching Collaborative

drupal — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:54:54 -0600

The E-Teaching Collaborative is an innovative, interdisciplinary team that provides faculty with one-stop access to support in electronic learning resources, technological tools, and educational methodology. This session will feature an interactive discussion of the ETC's collaborative processes and the unique technological solutions employed by the team.

Using Video Streaming and Podcasting to Design Rich-Media Online Courses

drupal — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:16:30 -0600

This session will cover lessons learned and best practices for creating highly interactive, student-centered, rich-media online courses with customizable and mobile learning using Mediasite video streaming and video and audio podcasting. It will include a tour of a course Web site, 10 principles for good practice for innovative online education, and a course design toolkit.

Improving Distributed Education Through Research: Three Studies of E-Pedagogy

drupal — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:04:17 -0600

The demand for quality, effective online teaching environments is growing. Using three research studies (on social presence in distance learning, threaded discussion, and student technology usage), Academic Outreach proposed synchronous and asynchronous educational strategies to faculty and students in distributed/blended learning environments. Don't miss this opportunity to hear our results.

Models for Collaborative Online Learning: Pedagogy, Design, and Epistemology

drupal — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:42:41 -0500

This session will examine models for collaborative learning evidenced within the context of an online Master of Educational Technology program. This session will examine models of online learning from pedagogical and instructional design perspectives and consider the epistemological implications of collaborative spaces for learning and knowledge production.

The Embedded Librarian Program: Librarians and Faculty Partnering to Serve Online Students

drupal — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:56:48 -0500

Each semester, Community College of Vermont faculty members and librarians work together to "embed" personalized, meaningful library assistance into online classes. This presentation will track the genesis and rapid growth of the program, as well as the benefits and challenges. Future directions such as RSS feeds, video conferencing, and NetMeeting will be discussed.

Evaluating a Virtual Academic Department

drupal — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:34:27 -0600

Sunoikisis, a virtual classics department formed by classicists at 13 liberal arts colleges, blends on-campus teaching with distributed, online, interinstitutional instruction. This evaluation studies Sunoikisis by examining the gains and challenges to institutions and asks how institutions can sustain liberal arts education values while increasing reliance on technology in the classroom.

The Fusion of Learning Theory and Technology in a Music History Course Redesign

drupal — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:34:31 -0600

This presentation describes how faculty and technologists collaborated to adapt a course on the history of jazz to online delivery. The presenters were faced with the problem of how to adapt a media-heavy course that satisfies multiple academic requirements and incorporates innovative teaching methods and learning theories.

Beyond the Foothills: Passion and Personality in the Virtual Classroom

drupal — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 16:58:38 -0600

This presentation will focus on the conversion of traditional classroom courses into online courses that retain the passion and personality of the faculty. Using courses from the new online degree in psychology at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, we will demonstrate how stories, images, class projects, streaming media, interactive links, and integrative courseware can preserve the faculty presence and the student experience in a virtual classroom.

Tips and Tricks for Online Courses

drupal — Tue, 21 Sep 2004 17:21:57 -0500

Innovative ways to develop, manage and deliver online courses is the focus of this panel. Simple design tips, strategies and best practices in instructional design will be presented. Course management issues such as on-line testing and grading and student support will be addressed. Support issues for faculty including training, technical assistance, and funding alternatives will also be presented. In addition, panel members will describe innovative uses of emerging technologies in online course delivery, including streaming video as well as other methods to synchronize audio, video and text.