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Keynote Presentation Four distinct generations, from the tech-savvy to the technology-challenged, are enrolled in higher education today. Are we as educators in tune with their wants and needs? In an era where students can text message their registrations, how many “bells and whistles” should we offer them? And how do we manage to track the trends? This presentation will explore possibilities and innovative solutions for the digital age.
Keynote What more important problem can we solve than helping students make intelligent decisions in their course selections? The South Orange County CCD created a new system dedicated to helping students define, refine and implement their personal educational goals. It went online in April 2007 and has already been used to create more than 20,000 plans. MAP was awarded a 2007 state Focus Award and there is interest in expanding it to accommodate other institutions. Learn how we developed this system using a cross-functional design team and how it integrates data from Project ASSIST, CurricUNET and our local student system.
Keynote Dan and Pat will lead a fun, interactive session, underscoring the passion of teaching online, while sharing wisdom and lessons learned from years of working with students in an online environment.
Does making your content accessible seem overwhelming? Just as the title says, 80 percent of online accessibility issues can be resolved with a few simple strategies (the ABCs) of universal design. It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3 steps to make sure course content is delivered compliant with Section 508 and California SB 105 guidelines. In this hands-on presentation, you will learn how to ZAP! your word documents, PDFs, and PowerPoint presentations into accessible formats. You will also pick up captioning resources for your online teaching. Bring your documents to work on. Pick up your printed copy of “Quick Tips for Accessible Online Teaching,” which includes the ZAP! Strategies, as well as the universal design and development of course materials from Project FITT (Faculty Integrating Teaching and Technology), sponsored by the San Diego Community College District, San Diego Community College District Online Learning Division, and the California Virtual College (CVC).
Do you use Microsoft PowerPoint but don’t know how to make it accessible on the Web? You can add accessibility information to your slides and then export them into an accessible Web-based version using LecShare Pro. The LecShare Pro utility also allows content authors to add accessibility information into previously authored MS PowerPoint presentations, as well as reorganize it. LecShare Pro also offers you the option of exporting QuickTime movies of the presentation, with text content added by the instructor that’s automatically synchronized with the movie. With this feature, you can create captioned MS PowerPoint presentation movies that are easily adaptable to podcasting or the Web. In addition to LecShare Pro, you can see other options to improve accessibility and usability of MS PowerPoint presentations for all students.
Whether it’s an open-source or a commercial solution, the choice of a CMS has a profound affect on the campus. Accessibility is one question that commonly arises as part of the review and assessment of a CMS. Which CMS is the most accessible for students? To answer this question, it’s necessary to examine different facets of the CMS, including the container, the content, and the capability of the systems to support access for individuals with disabilities. Understanding the interplay between these three facets, as well as strategies to address accessibility shortcomings, allows colleges to make informed decisions when reviewing the accessibility of such systems and satisfy institutional needs.
Would you like a wider audience for your PDFs? Making your content functional and accessible to individuals with disabilities has become a core issue within higher education. Understanding which features to use in the MS Office suite that support accessibility allows content authors to build PDF-based learning materials that become more functional to all your students.
What problems do students with disabilities face when taking an online course? What can you do to make your online courses accessible to all of their students? What is meant by “universal design”? What is the government doing to promote online course accessibility? Come and learn the answers to these questions. In addition, you will better understand some of the challenges students with disabilities face when accessing online course content. Also find out about free Web-based tools to check course accessibility.
Many educators and designers are unaware of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and its potential impact on the delivery of online learning content. This presentation teaches people who develop, design, and implement online learning content about the issues related to the ADA and how to address them.
Did you know whether you had students with learning disabilities in your classroom today? Actually, you are likely to have had at least three students with a learning disability in every one of your classes. Public education is all about Universal Access. Would you like to know the easiest and most practical methods to address the learning needs of all your students, including those with learning disabilities? During this presentation you will be introduced to a self-paced online course about best practices for teaching all types of learners. You will also have an opportunity to share your own experiences with your colleagues in this area. Come to this session to learn the latest in best practices for universal access for all types of learners.
Do your online students ever complain about having to read Web pages? Do they want more stimulating ways to learn? These kinds of complaints from my students motivated me to search for delivery options. Providing variety in online course delivery, with informational exchanges, is a solution. Concepts can be delivered in many forms, including video clips, flash animations, podcasts, art or music, humorous cartoons and more, but each medium presents its own challenges. It’s important to develop and deliver courses targeted to different learning modalities to more fully engage students.
Basic Skills Teaching basic math can be a challenge. This successful instructional model contains three main components: lecture notes, worksheets, and videos. Each component is designed to function individually or collectively. Students choose how to use the components based on their own needs. A social emotional experience is embedded within each video presentation as the instructor simultaneously portrays himself as a symbolic student character. This added dimension allows the instructor to redirect the projection of information away from the student viewer to the student character. In many cases, this approach—with some humor—appears to alleviate fear and maintain student focus. Worksheets that mirror video presentations allow students to work alongside the student character to promote active learning. Come to this session to hear where it all began. Learn about the model’s organic development process, where it is going, and see what students who use the model have to say.
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Our multi-college district has recently gone through a Learning Management System (LMS) evaluation process and is making a decision to change, after using the same product for six years. We have over 3,000 course sites on our system, several thousand faculty using the system, and over 73,000 student enrollments on our current LMS. So, the decision to make a change in a mission-critical system was not taken lightly. We feel that the process we used worked very well, and we are happy to share our information with others who may be considering making a change in their LMS. Many factors can influence the success of the evaluation process, including selection of the current LMS options to evaluate, the criteria used to evaluate each option, the methods of gathering feedback and input from users, and then the process used to reach a collaborative decision. We will share the documentation that we obtained on various LMS options, including the pros and cons and features and functionality comparisons of each. Lastly, the planning for the transition process and timelines for making the change will be described.
Collaborations between the academy, businesses, and non-profit organizations have great potential for engineering new models for content delivery. Through the use of next generation teaching, learning, and social networking tools such as Epsilen/The New York Times Knowledge Network, this presentation will provide a pedagogical discussion on how to engage cross-region, cross-campus, and multi-course collaborations. To further engage deeper interaction and meaningful learning in online environment, this session will also discuss the effectiveness of combining synchronous and asynchronous methods in online teaching. The learning outcomes of this session are to (1) learn variety of teaching and learning activities for face-to-face, online, and/or hybrid courses, and (2) discuss instructional approach for online teaching and learning. Learning outcomes and assessments of such collaborative efforts will also be discussed.
Hot Topics Numerous online counseling programs have emerged over the past decade and continue to be implemented by many of the 109 California community colleges. Developed primarily to help counselors facing overwhelming student ratios, the design, delivery, and implementation of online counseling is as varied as the students themselves. Unfortunately, there is little if any research on the impact of online counseling. This presentation will highlight the key findings from data collected directly from the key players in online counseling: the students and counselors. These findings can guide developing online counseling programs by providing concrete data for best practices as growing enrollments increase demand for services.
@ONE has a comprehensive selection of courses offered both face-to-face and online. These are focused on preparing faculty to be successful online teachers. By organizing the opportunities available through @ONE into suggested curriculum pathways for teachers, colleges can create customized training programs for meeting their particular needs. Learn about @ONE’s new certification pathways and process. We can create customized certification pathways for your college.
Frustrated by your students’ lack of basic skills? Wish you could get students to contribute their analyses and new ideas, instead of just rehashing what they can recall? In order for students to progress from exposure through proficiency, and on to analysis and application, certain basic skills must become fluent in every discipline. Using games to build that fluency is a natural solution. Computer-delivered games can provide excitement to learning instead of dull, repetitive tasks. When students learn through gaming, assessment is built into the process. Once basic skills are fluent, learners are released to higher levels. Computer-based games don’t have to be expensive or use fancy multimedia. You can create your own engaging games. Learn basic game design principles and combine them with course design methods for your online courses. You'll build a prototype game and receive a starter kit to help you take it from concept to live online classroom.
Have you heard about podcasting and wondered how it could enhance student learning? Hear and watch examples of how faculty are using audio and video to help make ideas come alive. You'll see that you won't need a fancy studio to do it—your PC or Mac will do just fine! You'll hear audio podcasts, enhanced podcasts (using PowerPoint presentations), and even some instructional video podcasts to help you generate ideas about how to use podcasts in your course. Questions are encouraged!
Marketing Demo Real-time collaboration with Elluminate is becoming a useful if not essential tool in many educational applications like professional development, office hours, direct instruction, and many others. But what about the rest of the activities in the instructional cycle that support live instruction? Shouldn't it be easier to prepare for an online session? Shouldn't the content and interactions in a successful real-time session be replicable by you and others in the future? Shouldn't recordings of important and relevant sessions be made available for on-demand access? Come to this session to learn about an extraordinary new product called Elluminate Plan! Learn how Elluminate Plan, Elluminate Publish, Elluminate Live, and Elluminate Bridges make up the complete Elluminate Learning Suite that address each point in the instructional cycle that supports live, online instruction.
Want to give students the best possible feedback in an effective manner? Managing student feedback is critical to achieving success in the distance education environment. Each institution has its own requirements and potential templates to use. Rubrics are a great way to manage this monumental task. This session will demonstrate some effective techniques for using rubrics to provide great student feedback.
Looking for excellent quality content? Fill your teacher's toolbox with the FREE high-quality multimedia-rich college-prep courses from the University of California College Prep Online (UCCP). In UCCP session #1 you will learn how to access UCCP courses and use them to add value to your teaching. In UCCP session #2 you can "kick the tires" on the courses and content and find out what works best for you. Attend both of these session to "fill gaps" in your current course resources, or add sophisticated online content from a trusted California "a-g" requirements-approved source. The presenters will answer all questions and provide continued contact information to help you adopt these materials.
How can online instructors respond to students in online discussion to encourage meaningful interactions with course content and with each other? Some faculty feel obliged to respond to each student response, some respond after four or five student posts, others summarize each day’s discussions because they believe a visible faculty presence is important. On the other hand, some avoid responding at all, opting to use announcements instead, saying that instructor presence in the discussion board inhibits real conversation among students. In this workshop, different strategies and practices will be examined, along with their pedagogical motivations and results.
This presentation is in two sessions. In the first session, you will get started in Second Life by building your avatar and learning to fly. In the second session, you will participate in two demonstration examples used in a business course taught in Second Life. How do you encourage student interactions with each other, with the course content, and with the instructor? One way is to use the virtual world called Second Life. In Second Life, students interact with each other, the instructor, and others from all over the world through avatars, i.e., computer representations of themselves. After building your own avatar, you will participate in two different exercises to identify assess of legal issues that arise in business.
Online Teaching Want to teach your net-savvy students with the tools they use themselves? Our online courses can get a bit static, particularly when using a course management system. Research on individual learning styles clearly demonstrates that students learn in a variety of ways: visually, kinesthetically, and musically. Today's "net generation" may especially benefit when given more than text and images. Online tools, many of them free or low-cost, are becoming easier and more intuitive to use. In addition to enhancing our classes, the features of the "read-write web" also benefit us professionally by providing opportunities to learn new technologies and connect to our peers. See how Web 2.0 sites and features can be tapped to enhance teaching by bringing in aspects of social networking, blogging, audio/video and collaborative projects.
We all know how important it is to create a sense of community in the online classroom, but there’s more to making your students feel welcome and excited about your class. This seminar will show you how to set up your classroom to welcome students and give them a sense of accomplishment and community. You'll learn effective techniques for making your classroom look and ”feel” inviting, along with tips for first week assignments and assessments. Discover just the right balance between not enough information and too much. Making the best first impression will help ease students into your class and keep them coming back for more.
Online Teaching This session will report on the results of an exploratory study meant to determine students' receptivity to a blended learning environment and its impact on academic performance. The study focused on two sections of a large Introductory Psychology course (n=1,000), whose enrollees were mostly freshmen new to the university environment.
This presentation is designed for new online instructors who are interested in preparing course material for Web-based learning. Our focus will be on the instructional design process (analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation) when creating an online course to be delivered in any course management system. We will discuss the online learning methodology and the constructivist issues an instructor will face in an online learning community.
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You have attended all the trainings, you have talked to your colleagues, your class is designed and ready to go. What more do you need to consider? This presentation will look at the nitty gritty details that make a course run smoothly. We’ll cover due dates, trouble shooting, assignments that introduce how to use the tools, group work (or not), the use of outside resources like Turnitin for students as well as the instructor, decisions concerning text or no text, etc. We’ll have a demonstration and a facilitated discussion.
Miami Dade College is the gateway to equality in our community. Open access is a critical entry point to higher education for many who traditionally have been left out of educational and economic opportunity. In addition to maintaining our open-door policy, the College recognizes a strong responsibility to support low income, first-generation, and minority students who face particular barriers to achieving their higher education goals. All first-time-in-college (FTIC) students needing a college preparatory course, based upon the results of computerized placement testing, must take a mandatory Student Life Skills (SLS) course during their first term. This presentation discusses components of this class design as delivered via the Angel Learning Management System.
"Is this going to be on the test?" College students today are often accustomed to memorizing definitions, facts, etc., to earn a good grade on a test. However, most instructors really want their students to be thinking about and processing course material on a higher level. Come to this session to hear about exercises the facilitator uses to promote advanced thinking, and also to share your ideas.
Online Teaching Are you interested in integrating multimedia into your classroom environment? Using Web-augmented practices and a learning management system, the instructor provides interactive presentations and learning objects delivered to the students in class and remotely. In addition, students learn to utilize tools, such as MS Producer, Windows Movie Maker, and Camtasia to generate their own learning objects that are ultimately incorporated into a compact disc-based mini portfolio of their work for the semester. In the manufacture of these objects, students apply critical thinking skills to the solution of various social, political, and ethical issues of interest to the community.
What happens when a roving librarian and a present-minded professor team up online to provide distance education students with synchronous and asynchronous instructional support? For the past four years, Tina Lau and Alisa Klinger have been working together virtually to enhance their online students’ research and writing skills. Their online students receive the same kind of personalized assistance as their face-2-face students at the Cuesta College Library and Writing Center. Using a show and tell format, we will offer practical technological advice and effective pedagogical suggestions about how to embed research and writing support in online courses, as well as how to enhance accessibility, encourage active learning, personalize instruction, increase communication, build community, and improve retention for distance education students and instructors in any discipline.
CCC Confer's new Elluminate interface offers powerful new teaching tools. This session will demonstrate effective ways to put these tools to work to accomplish instructional tasks, including the following:
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Showcase We'll demonstrate how you can seemlessly populate online classes with relevant video material available from your own, and related disciplines, in a dynamic and cost-effective manner. Online students are more apt to become active learners when the content is provided in varied formats and presented from different perspectives. In this presentation, faculty experienced in traditional, online, and telecourse classes will demonstrate the seamless integration of video clips into online classes using the INTELECOM Online Resources Network—a multidisciplinary digital content repository. The presentation will demonstrate the functionality of the repository. Participants will learn how to embed links to the video clips within their own online classes, and to use the content to engage students.
Computing is a basic necessary skill in the modern world, but time is short for most people. Demand for computer application courses from the corporate and academic workforces, students, and the community continues to increase. Classes that teach essential computer techniques provide students of all ages and skills with stepping stones to success. Providing these courses online offers students flexibility in time and location as well as access to resources, such as on-demand dictionaries, language translators, encyclopedias, etc. Online courses also extend opportunity beyond the traditional student population. However, making these classes succeed is a team effort in which students, instructors, technical and support staff, and deans must participate. We will share the good, the bad, and the ugly in our experience of taking the CAS lab online at Chabot College.
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Using an online collaboration methodology to address the problems, you will be led through specific problem-solving methodology during the session. You will use techniques such as Reverse Brainstorming, SHARE (Situation, Hindrance, Action, Result and Evaluation), and the What Works matrix. At the end of this walk-through, you will be asked to join a collaborative community and contribute online for thirty to ninety days following the conference. During this period, you will get feedback from facilitators to move systematically toward solutions. Throughout, you will learn how to use a virtual, statewide, collaborative process, and how to build communities of interest for online teaching and learning collaboration.
Showcase Are you stumped trying to get students to discuss typical topics in a modern U.S. history class? After all, how many times can you keep asking, "Was U.S. entry in World War I necessary?" or "What happened in the Gulf of Tonkin in 1964?" While these questions may serve to be crucial issues in the preparation of a research paper, they aren't exactly "sexy" enough for discussion topics. Since today's students are hooked on iPhones, Blackberries, and YouTube, let’s explore ways to incorporate some of these elements into an online class. By focusing on three topics, we will tie in YouTube videos with traditional means of presenting information for the purpose of online discussions.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then is multimedia worth a million? Tired of being caught in the online “textbook” syndrome? Want to learn to create interactive multimedia demonstrations and presentations for your online course? Then Adobe Captivate is the solution to your problems! Captivate enables anyone to rapidly create powerful and engaging simulations, scenario-based training, and robust quizzes without programming knowledge or multimedia skills.
In order to teach developmental reading online, you do not have to reinvent the wheel. Point your students in the direction of great Web sites that will boost their study strategies and motivate them to become better readers. See how you can incorporate the theme of child development/parenting into a reading course through the use of novels and research projects.
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Take a look at a comprehensive online course with lots of images, movies, and text done in both WebCT CE6 and Moodle. You'll see how certain CMS features can cause you to make different instructional design choices, even using the exact same course content. And while you're there you'll get to see some effective uses of multimedia in an online "lab" class. Come with your questions.
Looking for a good tool for online communication and collaboration? Wikis can help bridge the distance and time at little to no expense. Wikis are quick (by definition) and simple to use! Many are free and require little training. Changes can be tracked and users can be sent automatic e-mails. Also, wikis are easily searchable and editable. They have many uses around campus, such as creating procedure manuals that can easily be updated by any staff member, or creating resource guides. Some schools are even using wikis to manage Web site content. In this session you’ll get a brief literature review, along with handouts describing the many wikis (both password protected and open access) that are being used by educators around the world. You’ll see a demonstration of wikis and we’ll even create a new one.
Showcase San Bernardino CCD is unveiling EduStream.org, a Web-based video/MP3/learning object distribution application. Designed and developed by a community college for community colleges, EduStream enables you to browse through thousands of volumes of professionally produced and captioned videos, as well as upload your own videos, MP3s, and learning objects. Despite being a centralized solution, EduStream was designed to address both faculty and academic institutions’ unique needs. EduStream addresses digital rights management and integrates seamlessly with any course management system. EduStream is being rolled out on a system-wide basis to cater to call 109 community colleges. Learn how you can start streaming content to your students and communities today!
Are you looking for good tools for online collaboration on a budget? In this session you’ll get to see demonstrations on a variety of tools and approaches to online learning, including:
What makes an online class a success? During this session I’ll share with you the elements that have made my online biology classes a success. We’ll also cover feedback from students, and how it’s used to further improve my online classes. I use Blackboard for the general biology class, and eCollege for plant biology. I use Moodle to support my campus classes. I’ll share some of the features I like about each platform, and I will be happy to answer your questions via the online discussion board with this presentation.
Support Services How do you teach college and career success online when you want your students to get involved in campus and student services? College success courses can be successful online and you can promote and encourage campus involvement. Learn how to create assignments and discussions that get students involved in scholarships, financial aid, educational/transfer planning, library research, and more—topics that get your students to come to campus. Get students involved in campus events by creating a calendar and interactive activities while still allowing students the flexibility to be in online classes. Create college success topics and discussions that help students with important study skills. You will gain creative ideas to teach career development and college success courses online. You will also get resources and ideas for creating Web links within online courses to help promote college and career success.
Remember the excitement, anxiety, and frustration new students feel when their first semester approaches? You can help them prepare for a successful term with the Student Success Tips in this presentation. Topics include such issues as time management and stress management, something we all stand to revisit from time to time. Although you may have already seen some of these topics before, you can benefit from this much-needed refresher on support information to share with new or returning students.
Why do we need strategies for improving course quality? No matter what anyone says, online courses are significantly different from face-to-face on-campus courses. While the curriculum and student learning outcomes are the same, the context for learning, as evidenced by the teaching methods, delivery mode, interaction and communication, and assessment strategies, have undergone a transformation. Face-to-face course quality standards have been well established, and now it’s time to operationalize the same principles of good practice for the online modality. The strategies include the following: Recommend standards for best practices, provide faculty development and guidance, evaluate and assess the results, and make continuous improvements. Come explore and discuss the benefits of creating online course quality standards. Explore standards for course readiness, faculty proficiency, student readiness, student and faculty support, and faculty evaluation. Receive materials that you can customize to your college's specific needs.
How can you best use images in your content? Visual imagery can be used different ways. Four common uses include imagery as a theme, effect, metaphor, and humor. We will illustrate all four strategic uses of visual imagery. You should leave this panel with distinctly different ideas on how to best use visual imagery with your subject matter.
Group work is an essential skill for both a student's academic and professional career. Yet the actual logistics for group work online education can be challenging. Clear role definitions, methods of interacting, and carefully planned assignments are more important in online environments. However, new tools like Web blogs, wikis, and facilitating vibrant discussions can make online collaboration fun and engaging. With some thought and planning, class group collaborations will not only further learning but also contribute to future career success.
Your course is built, but are you still spending WAY too much time online? How can you save time without sacrificing quality? This panel will explore how to balance the business of teaching with the needs of learning. How can you easily and effectively incorporate classroom management while staying learner-centered and focused on academics and pedagogy? What tools in distance learning are available to the instructor? What tools are being used effectively and what distance learning tools are not being used at all? What academic technology should not be used? In which situations and why? Join us in this highly active moderated discussion on the sharing of best practices. Take home a packet of helpful templates, Web sites, and suggestions. Bring your own ideas to share. This session will help you to save time, energy, and your sanity!
English Composition naturally lends itself to the online classroom, where almost all work "happens" in written form. We will provide an overview of practical methods for marrying composition to the online delivery system. Further, we will show how National Public Radio and other free sites can add fun and depth to the online English experience. |
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