The Sloan Consortium is an institutional and professional leadership organization dedicated to integrating online education into the mainstream of higher education, helping institutions and individual educators improve the quality, scale, and breadth of online education.
A list of spring workshops can be found below (more information is available at http://www.sloan-c.org/2009ws_schedule). This January through March, the Sloan Consortium is offering Blended and Online Teaching Certificate programs, and these are available to interested faculty (click on the certificate tab at http://www.sloan-c.org/certificates to find out how you can receive a certificate in online education). Through the Office of the Vice-President of Academic Affairs, Louisiana Tech University is a member of the College Pass Professional Development Program, which allows faculty at member institutions to enroll in sessions at a discounted price. In addition, some faculty training sessions are free of charge for member institutions, such as the January 2009 sessions listed below. Contact CAPD to acquire the coupon code and instructions to enable you to take the January classes at no cost.
Spring 2009 Workshop Schedule
Blended Teaching Certificate Program, Session One
January 11 - March 9, 2009 (Classes below highlighted in blue)
Online Teaching Certificate Program, Session One
January 13, 2009 - March 20, 2009 (Classes below highlighted in red).
JANUARY (Free for Tech Faculty with Coupon Code).
Designing Blended Courses & Building a Blended Learning Community (Workshop 1: Blended Teaching Certificate)
January 11 - February 1, 2009
Getting Started: Online Course Development Basics (Foundation Workshop: Online Teaching Certificate)
January 14 - January 30
Learning Online 2.0: 20 Engaging, Interacting and Syndicating Applications
January 14 - January 23
Online Learning - Making the Institutional Business Case
January 21 - January 30
Intermediate Second Life for Educators
January 21 - January 30
FEBRUARY
Getting Started in Second Life
February 4 - February 13
Using the Community of Inquiry Framework to Design and Assess Online Courses
February 11 - February 20
Delivering Content, Fostering Student Interactivity, and Assessing Learning in Blended Courses (Workshop 2: Blended Teaching Certificate)
February 15- March 8
Video Tools for Teaching and Learning
February 25 - March 6
Using the Quality Matters Rubric to Improve Your Online Course (Foundation Workshop: Online Teaching Certificate)
February 25 - March 13
MARCH
Podcasting in Higher Education: Current Trends and Applications
March 4 - March 13
Using Moodle to Create Online Courses
March 4 - March 13
Getting Started Primer
March 11 - March 27
Introduction to Second Life for Educators
March 18 - March 27
Copyright Compliance for Online Educators
March 25 - April 3
APRIL
Online Teaching Certificate Program, Session Two
April 22nd - June 26th 2009
Retention Strategies in Online Education
April 1 - April 10
Accommodating Students With Disabilities: Leveraging the Online Learning Environment
April 8 - April 17
Staying Organized, Evaluating Course Design, and Moving Forward with Your Blended Course (Workshop 3: Blended TeachingCertificate)
TBD
Selection, Incorporation and Assessment of New and Emerging Technologies for Online Courses
April 20 - May 8
Getting Started: Online Course Development Basics (Foundation Workshop: Online Teaching Certificate)
April 22 - May 8
Technology Bootcamp: West Coast Conference 2009
April 29 - May 15
MAY
Audio Tools for Teaching and Learning
May 6 - May 15
Getting Started in Second Life
May 13 - May 22
Using the Quality Matters Rubric to Improve Your Online Course (Foundation Workshop: Online Teaching Certificate)
May 27 - June 9
Intermediate Second Life for Educators
TBD *
For more information, contact CAPD through the link at the left or by calling 2912.
