We are busy planning for fall. The plan so far:

POT All-Day Workshop: Strategies and Tools for Online Teaching

Tuesday, August 14
9:30 am – 3:50 pm, lunch included
Flex time: 6.5 hours
Limit enrollment: 35 participants
Cost: $20/person includes lunch (check payable to Academic Senate, with PDP on memo line, sent to PDP)

Instructors of all levels and styles are welcome to join us for an all-day exploration of the strategies and tools that can be effectively used for online, hybrid or on-site classes that use web technologies. Beginning with developing good course design through individual pedagogy, participants will work hands-on with a selection of proven teaching tools and explore how they can be used to realize instructional goals.  If you have attended an all-day POT workshop in the past, there will be some new additions this year.

Please bring your laptop computer or smart phone if you have one.

Participants will receive 6.5 flex hours for participating (attendance of less than 6.5 hours may be recorded on the sign-in sheet).

POT Online Teaching Certificate Class at Pedagogy First!

Class begins September 1 for a free, open, online experience in learning to teach online.  Contact Lisa during the summer if you’d like to join – you will be starting your own blog and following a syllabus that runs 12 weeks in fall and 12 weeks and spring. Those who complete the tasks may earn a POT Online Teaching certificate and badge.

See the 2011-12 class for the kind of experience to expect. The new class website will open this summer.

POT First Fridays at Oceanside 4804

Come and discuss your online teaching adventures with fellow faculty members.  Individuals with no, little, some, and a lot of online teaching experience are all welcome.  Each First Friday will focus on what the group wants to discuss, however, prompts will also be provided to start the discussion.  Questions are welcome, too!
This workshop benefits faculty by giving them ideas that may improve instruction.

September 7 – 3:00-3:50 p.m.: Engagement – What do you do to engage your students in online classes?

October 5 – 3:00-3:50 p.m.: Time/energy management – How do you manage your time/energy as an instructor and how do you help your students manage their time/energy?

Schedule: see details below

• Th Feb 2 Pedagogy First! 3-3:50 Pacific Time — Welcome back and Personal Learning Networks (Collaborate)
• Fri Feb 3: First Friday: First Friday:  2:00-2:50 pm, Room OC4804 –Setting the Stage for Online Classes
• Fri Feb 3:  First Friday: 3:00-3:50 pm, Room OC4802 – Discussion Group for Connections: Virtual Learning Communities
• Th February 16 at 3 pm Control and Freedom in Online Classes (Collaborate)
• Wed Mar 7: Pedagogy First! 2-2:50 PT — Hybrid Teaching with Kelly Trainor (sponsored by Yavapai Community College) The Collaborate recording is here.
• Th Mar 15: Third Thursday Online: 3-3:50 pm PT — topic TBA (Collaborate) (Google Plus Hangout – contact Lisa for invite and see this tutorial on activating Google Plus)
• Fri Apr 6:  First Friday:  2:00-2:50 pm, Room OC4804 –Rejuvenating Your Classes
• Fri Apr 6:  First Friday: 3:00-3:50 pm, Room OC4802 – Discussion Group for Connections: Virtual Learning Communities
•  Th Apr 19: Third Thursday Online: 2:30-3:20 pm PT at the TIC (upstairs in back of the library) and in Google Plus Hangout Recording is here
  

  On campus and online combined session with faculty from Yavapai Community College, MiraCosta Community College, Shelton State Community College, and Folsom Lake College.

• Fri May 4:  First Friday:  2:00-2:50 pm, Room OC4804 –Successes!
• Fri May 4:  First Friday: 3:00-3:50 pm, Room OC4804 – Discussion Group for Connections: Virtual Learning Communities

First Fridays at Oceanside

Feb 3, Mar 2, Apr 6, May 4

Discussion/Experiment Workshops
2:00-2:50 pm, OC 4804

Beginning February 3, our First Fridays this semester will be at Oceanside campus in 4804, hosted by Laura Paciorek. Each  will feature a discussion and experimentation workshop for individuals interested in online teaching. The first part of the workshop will feature a focused discussion, suggested by the facilitator and/or attendees, then participants can move to computers in the lab to practice and or demonstrate some of the things we discuss. Each First Friday workshop may have a different focus and can evolve based upon interests.  There may even be some mini demonstrations and guest presentations. Topics:

• Setting the Stage for Online Classes (Feb 3, Room 4804, 2-2:50 pm)
• A Mid-Semester Check-In (March 2, Room 4804, 2-2:50pm)
• Rejuvenating Your Classes (April 6, Room 4804, 2-2:50pm)
• Successes! (May 4, Room 4804, 2-2:50pm)

POT Book Discussion Group: Connections: Virtual Learning Communities
3:00-3:50 pm, OC 4802

We are pleased to announce POT’s first book book discussion group, led by Laura Paciorek from 3:00-3:50 pm on each First Friday, following the Discussion/Experiment Workshops.

The first book is a free e-book by Richard Schwier, titled Connections: Virtual Learning Communities. For more information about the book, visit:http://rickscafe.wordpress.com/2011/06/01/connections-virtual-learning-communities-ebook-launch/.  To get your free copy of the ebook (epub file):http://edmac.usask.ca/rick/ebookflyer/

Sign up at the flex website.

Third Thursdays Online

Beginning Thursday, February 16 at 3 pm, we will have online presentations and discussions in Collaborate (previously Elluminate) as part a collaborative effort with other community colleges whose faculty are involved in the Pedagogy First! online certificate class. Everyone is welcome to join us. The topic for February 16 is “Control and Freedom in Online Classes” (Collaborate Recording is here).  Sessions will be at either 11 am or 3 pm to accommodate our international participants.

Our two other sessions will be:

Thursday, March 15 at 3 pm in Collaborate (Google Plus Hangout – contact Lisa for invite and see this tutorial on activating Google Plus (topic TBA)

Thursday, April 19 at 3 pm in Collaborate (closing session for Pedagogy First! 2011-12)

Sign up at the flex website.

PLN session at Pedagogy First! February 2

All faculty from all community colleges are welcome to join us for these online events at Pedagogy First!, the POT Certificate Class website. Our first is:

• Feb 2 Pedagogy First! 3-3:50 Pacific Time — Welcome back and Personal Learning Networks  (Collaborate session here)

Program for Online Teaching

Spring flex workshops

(register at http://www.miracosta.edu/flex after December 5 — space is limited!)

Tuesday, January 17

 10:00-10:50 am AIS workshop: Blackboard 101: Introduction to Blackboard
     with Karen Korstad, OC4607

Get the information needed to get you up and running in our Blackboard Introduction workshop. With Blackboard, instructors create and manage course content, use publisher content, evaluate performance, and communicate with students. This workshop will introduce you to the course building and communications tools in Blackboard.

  11:00-11:50 am Internet Basics
     with Jim Julius, OC4607

Are you still using Internet Explorer? At a loss when that URL you clicked on in an email doesn’t seem to work? Frustrated at how long it takes to find something useful on the web? Uncertain where to go to get past the crud that seems to litter the web? Or maybe just looking for a few tips and tricks to become more powerful in your use of the Internet? This workshop will help you develop greater comfort with the Internet and your web browser.

Website for this session: Internet Basics

2:00-3:50 pm Screencasting for Student Success
     with Robert Kelley and Jim Sullivan, OC4607

Sharing mini-lecturettes, replying to students, demonstrating a method, or providing students with feedback on their assignments/quizzes can be achieved with screencasting. We’ll focus on learning the basics of Jing, and providing your students with a tour or introduction to your class, website, or learning unit. Hands-on included.

Handout: Jing

 3:00-4:20 AIS workshop: Introduction to the Blackboard Gradebook
     with Karen Korstad, OC4607

Still recording your student’s grades in a paper gradebook? Would you like a secure place to store your grades online for student access 24/7? The Blackboard Grade Center may be the tool for you. In this workshop you will learn the basics of keeping your grades in Blackboard Grade Center.

Wednesday, January 18

1:00-2:20   Moodle as a Stand-Alone Discussion Board
     with Lisa M Lane, OC 4610

Love the idea of Moodle but don’t want to put a whole class there? Moodle’s greatest strength is its discussion forums, which can be used alone as a stand-alone application or for a whole class.

 2:30-3:50 All About Google
     with Jim Julius OC4607

Sure, you know the basics on searching with Google. Are you ready for more? This workshop will introduce you to powerful tools from Google enabling collaborative writing, analysis, data gathering, and presentation; real-time discussions; and even building a website. You just might learn some tricks to make your Google searching more powerful, too.

Website for this session: All About Google

Thursday, January 19: All-Day Workshop!

Beyond the Basics: Choosing Tools and Creating Learning Units Online

THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL AND, IN FACT, OVER-ENROLLED DUE TO A POT CLERICAL ERROR IN ENTERING THE WORKSHOPS INTO FLEX. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE AND ASK TOLERANCE FROM THOSE ENROLLED SINCE THERE WILL BE SOME SHARING GOING ON!

    with Pilar Hernández, Jim Sullivan, Robert Kelley, Laura Paciorek, Lisa M Lane, and Claudia Faulk, OC 4804/4809

You’ve got  an online or hybrid class set up, you know some Blackboard and maybe a cool website or two to start you off, but you know there’s so much more! Activities will move between classroom and computer lab. Workshops may also be taken separately. Bring your laptop if you have one. You can register for all day (bring a lunch) or:

10-11:50  How to Choose Good Tools for Online, Hybrid  and Web-Enhanced Teaching — Video is here!

Begin with your own teaching method, then explore which tools will be best for you to realize your pedagogical goals. Hands-on included.

12-12:50 Brownbag Lunch with Roundtable Discussion of Online Teaching

Included for those attending all day or available as an optional one-hour roundtable discussion for all instructors teaching online, hybrid, or web-enhanced classes.

1-2:50 Creating Learning Units for Online and Hybrid Classes– Video is here!

Learn how to organize your class in a way that makes sense for students, based on the familiar principles of a syllabus, with activities as part of a coherent whole. This method works in Blackboard, other systems, and on its own.  Hands-on activities included.

Handouts: Presentation slides, list of links

3-3:50 Drop-in Pedagogy Lab for Online, Hybrid  and Web-Enhanced Teaching

Come get help with your approaches and techniques for online courses and materials!

At San Elijo:

 10:00-10:50 am AIS workshop: Blackboard 101: Introduction to Blackboard
           with Karen Korstad, SAN107

 11:00-12:20 AIS workshop: Introduction to the Blackboard Gradebook

Friday, January 20

 1:00-2:20 Enhancing your productivity (and maybe student learning) with free web-based tools
      with Jim Julius, OC4607

Did you know that free tools on the Internet can make you (and maybe your students) more productive? This workshop will introduce five tools to help you be a more effective reader and note-taker, resulting in information customized for you, easily searched, and available on any Internet-connected computer. The tools we’ll try out include Evernote (for note-making), Google Reader and RSS (to automatically gather the latest information from your favorite websites), diigo (to save and annotate useful websites for later reference), Dropbox (for storing and sharing files “in the cloud”), and Instapaper (to save content-oriented websites for later reading, without clutter).

Website for this session: Free Tools