Program for Online Teaching http://mccpot.org/wp Putting the "prof" in professional development since 2005 Sat, 19 May 2012 18:12:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 POT for Fall 2012 http://mccpot.org/wp/2012/05/pot-for-fall-2012/ http://mccpot.org/wp/2012/05/pot-for-fall-2012/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 17:09:27 +0000 llane http://mccpot.org/wp/?p=1800

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 . . . → Read More: POT for Fall 2012]]>

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?

November 2 – 3:00-3:50 p.m.: Evaluation – How do you have students evaluate your classes and how do you evaluate your students’ work?

December 7 – 3:00-3:50 p.m.: Renewal – What are your plans for your future classes?  What did you learn or what do you want to try next? ]]> http://mccpot.org/wp/2012/05/pot-for-fall-2012/feed/ 0 Using Google’s chatback badge http://mccpot.org/wp/2012/05/using-googles-chatback-badge/ http://mccpot.org/wp/2012/05/using-googles-chatback-badge/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 16:51:04 +0000 llane http://mccpot.org/wp/?p=1794 Google’s badge can be put on any webpage or LMS to show students you are online. They can chat with you instantly without installing any programs or being . . . → Read More: Using Google’s chatback badge]]> Google’s badge can be put on any webpage or LMS to show students you are online. They can chat with you instantly without installing any programs or being in Google.

]]> http://mccpot.org/wp/2012/05/using-googles-chatback-badge/feed/ 0 Blackboard modules: getting flex credit http://mccpot.org/wp/2012/05/blackboard-modules-getting-flex-credit/ http://mccpot.org/wp/2012/05/blackboard-modules-getting-flex-credit/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 21:43:29 +0000 llane http://mccpot.org/wp/?p=1784 You can get flex credit for taking the self-assessed training modules Karen Korstad has created in Blackboard.

Here is Lisa’s tutorial on how to sign up for the Blackboard training at the PDP Flex website.

Here is Karen’s tutorial on how to print and email your trascripts to PDP as . . . → Read More: Blackboard modules: getting flex credit]]> You can get flex credit for taking the self-assessed training modules Karen Korstad has created in Blackboard.

Here is Lisa’s tutorial on how to sign up for the Blackboard training at the PDP Flex website.

Here is Karen’s tutorial on how to print and email your trascripts to PDP as documentation.

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First Day Exercise from Program for Online Teaching on Vimeo.

A description of the lengthy first day survey I give to . . . → Read More: Lisa’s first day student exercise]]>

First Day Exercise from Program for Online Teaching on Vimeo.

A description of the lengthy first day survey I give to online students.

]]> http://mccpot.org/wp/2012/05/lisas-first-day-student-exercise/feed/ 0 POT Newsletter #41 (April 2012) http://mccpot.org/wp/2012/04/pot-newsletter-41-april-2012/ http://mccpot.org/wp/2012/04/pot-newsletter-41-april-2012/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:16:16 +0000 llane http://mccpot.org/wp/?p=1752 Come discuss the successes we’ve experienced this year using technology in our classes.

POT Book Discussion Group: Connections: Virtual Learning Communities 3:00-3:50 pm, OC 4804

Ongoing discussion based on the  free e-book by Richard Schwier, titled Connections: Virtual . . . → Read More: POT Newsletter #41 (April 2012)]]>


Program for Online Teaching Newsletter #41

April 2012

May 4 – Last of the year: First Friday at Oceanside

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

Come discuss the successes we’ve experienced this year using technology in our classes.

POT Book Discussion Group: Connections: Virtual Learning Communities
3:00-3:50 pm, OC 4804

Ongoing discussion based on the  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.

Free open online class for new college instructors

First Steps into Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, is a free, open, online class targeted at new lecturers, people entering higher education teaching from other sectors and postgraduate students who teach. They also welcome experienced lecturers to update and share their knowledge and expertise. The First Steps course is an element of the Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development’s (OCSLD) HEA accredited Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education (PCTHE).

Building on OCSLD’s experience of running courses for a national and international audience, First Steps into Learning and Teaching in Higher Education will be an open online course, free to the global academic community, with peer and general tutor support. The class runs May 21- June 22.

Free open online class with Curtis Bonk starts today

Free, 5-week, massively open online course (MOOC) about online teaching entitled Instructional Ideas & Technology Tools for Online Success.

 Curt Bonk is Professor of Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University and President of CourseShare.
Full participation in the course requires that each week from April 30 – June 4, you:
  • listen to a live (or archived) hour-long online session
  • read an article
  • respond via contributing to a discussion board, blog, or wiki
You can learn more about and register for the course here: http://events.blackboard.com/open

Live webinar April 30: Moodle Quizzes

A free online webinar on using quizzes in Moodle

Summer classes from @ONE

·  Introduction to Online Teaching and Learning
·  Creating Accessible Online Courses
·  Introduction to Teaching with Moodle 2 
·  Introduction to Teaching with Blackboard 9.1
·  Building Online Community with Social Media
·  Designing Effective Online Assessments 

Cool video on Flipping the Classroom

“Flipping” is not a new idea – we give students lecture material via the internet, then use class time for greater discussion and interactivity.

POT presenting at Ed-Media

For the first time, POT will be presenting at the World Conference on Educational Media and Technology in two sessions, one on the Simul-learn setup created by Laura Paciorek for out simultaneous online/on-site workshops, and one on the POT Certificate Class (see below). Laura Paciorek and Lisa M. Lane will be presenting live in Denver, with other POT leaders and certificate class members participating virtually.

Planning ahead: Fall Flex

POT All-Day Workshop: Strategies and Tools for Online Teaching
Tuesday, August 14 (tentative – not yet approved)
9:30 am - 3:50 pm, lunch included
Flex time: 6.5 hours
Limit enrollment: 35 participants
Cost: $20/person includes lunch

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).

Planning ahead: POT Online Teaching Certificate Class


Over a dozen of this year’s participants will be receiving POT’s online certificate, with a badge they can display on their class websites. Certificate are being awarded to participants from MiraCosta, but also from schools in Spain, Pakistan, New Zealand, and across the U.S. You can see this year’s activity at our aggregated blog: Pedagogy First!

Our next class begins on September 1. There is a textbook, and activities for 12 weeks in fall and 12 weeks in spring. Participants learn about teaching online by putting their pedagogical goals first, and learning to use various technologies to fulfill their objectives, whether teaching online, hybrid, or in a classroom. The class is free and open and led by POT participants, moderators from around the globe, and graduates of the certificate program.

More details forthcoming.
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]]> http://mccpot.org/wp/2012/03/designing-effective-online-assessments/feed/ 0 POT Newsletter #40 (March 2012) http://mccpot.org/wp/2012/03/pot-newsletter-40-march-2012/ http://mccpot.org/wp/2012/03/pot-newsletter-40-march-2012/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:11:39 +0000 llane http://mccpot.org/wp/?p=1669 The Where the Hell Do I Start? mini-course tutorial is now available at the POT website.

This mini-course takes novice online instructors through the process of determining ones own pedagogical goals, and implementing them in an online class. This model has been successfully used at several of . . . → Read More: POT Newsletter #40 (March 2012)]]> Program for Online Teaching Newsletter #40: March 2012

Self-paced mini-course is available

The Where the Hell Do I Start? mini-course tutorial is now available at the POT website.

This mini-course takes novice online instructors through the process of determining ones own pedagogical goals, and implementing them in an online class. This model has been successfully used at several of POT’s all-day workshops, and is now available to go through at your own pace.

Upcoming workshops and sessions in April

  • Thurs, April 5, 2 pm  – Todd Conaway presents on Creating Your Personal Learning Network
    Collaborate session meets here
  • 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 OC4804 – Discussion Group for Connections: Virtual Learning Communities
  • Thurs, April 19, 2 or 3 pm PT
    On campus and online combined session with faculty from Yavapai Community College, MiraCosta Community College, Shelton State Community College, and Folsom Lake College. More information coming!

New videos at the POT website:

Louisa Moon’s Ten Time-saving Tips for Online Teachers is one of our most viewed items, but as an Elluminate recording it is a large file and difficult for some to view. A slideshow version with audio is now available.

Three for Moodlers — these tutorials work together to help make your Moodle discussions more interactive and effective:

New recordings from Pedagogy First!

Pedagogy First! is the location of POT’s Certificate Class in online teaching, and most of our synchronous sessions are recorded:

The Google Plus Hangout from March 15 on Differences between online and on-site pedagogy video is here! —->

Kelly Trainor’s presentation on teaching hybrid classes is available as a Collaborate archive session.

Lisa’s presentation on Control and Freedom in Online Classes is available as a Collaborate archive session.

Ted Major’s presentation on Audio and Video is available as a Collaborate recording here.

Lisa, Eric, Todd, Ted and Zack presented in Collaborate on Personal Learning Networks on Feb 2.  Slides and audio are posted here.

Some cool trends and technologies

As you can see from the above sessions, Google Plus Hangout works well as a way to get up to 10 people together in a videoconference. Here’s a tutorial on activating Google +.  Robert Erichsen introduced Robert Kelley to a YouTube feature called Interactive Transcript which makes searching a video easier.

 

 “Flipped” classes (where “homework” is done in class and “lecture” is done online outside of class) are hardly a new idea, but here’s a good video we looked at this month: 

 

Happy online, hybrid, and web-enhanced teaching!

 

Lisa

]]> http://mccpot.org/wp/2012/03/pot-newsletter-40-march-2012/feed/ 0 Moodle: a brief introduction on changing student permissions for a forum http://mccpot.org/wp/2012/03/moodle-a-brief-introduction-on-changing-student-permissions-for-a-forum/ http://mccpot.org/wp/2012/03/moodle-a-brief-introduction-on-changing-student-permissions-for-a-forum/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 04:08:43 +0000 llane http://mccpot.org/wp/?p=1663 A brief introduction on how to change student permissions for any particular forum so they can do things like rate posts, erase posts, . . . → Read More: Moodle: a brief introduction on changing student permissions for a forum]]> A brief introduction on how to change student permissions for any particular forum so they can do things like rate posts, erase posts, etc.

]]> http://mccpot.org/wp/2012/03/moodle-a-brief-introduction-on-changing-student-permissions-for-a-forum/feed/ 1 Moodle: a brief introduction to types of forums http://mccpot.org/wp/2012/03/moodle-a-brief-introduction-to-types-of-forums/ http://mccpot.org/wp/2012/03/moodle-a-brief-introduction-to-types-of-forums/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 03:59:31 +0000 llane http://mccpot.org/wp/?p=1659 A brief introduction to the four types of forums . . . → Read More: Moodle: a brief introduction to types of forums]]> A brief introduction to the four types of forums in Moodle.

]]> http://mccpot.org/wp/2012/03/moodle-a-brief-introduction-to-types-of-forums/feed/ 2 Moodle: using it as just a discussion board http://mccpot.org/wp/2012/03/moodle-using-it-as-just-a-discussion-board/ http://mccpot.org/wp/2012/03/moodle-using-it-as-just-a-discussion-board/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:52:13 +0000 llane http://mccpot.org/wp/?p=1654

For more on forums in Moodle, see also:

Moodle: A brief introduction to types of forums

Moodle: a brief introduction on changing student permissions for . . . → Read More: Moodle: using it as just a discussion board]]>

For more on forums in Moodle, see also:

Moodle: A brief introduction to types of forums

Moodle: a brief introduction on changing student permissions for a forum

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