Model: Practical Skills for Online Teaching Success

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1 Model: Practical Skills for Online Teaching Success January 30, 2013 The webcast will begin at the top of the hour. There is no audio being broadcast at this time. If you need assistance, contact Blackboard Collaborate: An archive of this webcast will be available on the WCET website next week.

2 Model: Practical Skills for Online Teaching Success January 30, 2013

3 Model: Practical Skills for Online Teaching Success Welcome. Thank you Blackboard Collaborate! Megan Raymond, WCET If you have technical issues: Call Use the chat box for questions. Archive,PowerPoint, and Resources available next week.

4 Audio Listening IF YOU ARE LISTENING OVER THE TELEPHONE, CLICK THE TELEPHONE HANDSET ICON. IF YOU ARE LISTENING OVER YOUR COMPUTER, ADJUST THE VOLUME WITH THE SLIDER.

5 The Elearning Consortia CIG What is a WCET "Common Interest Group" or CIG? CIGs are a way for WCET members who have like job responsibilities or interests to share information or to work on joint projects. To join one of WCET s CIG, you do have to be affiliated with a WCET member institution or organization.

6 The Elearning Consortia CIG What is an Elearning Consortium? For our purposes, a consortium fosters inter-institutional partnerships that share resources to increase institutional capacity for sharing of and access to technology-mediated courses and programs. Sample services consortia provide: Offering joint courses and programs, sharing student services, hosting technologies centrally, marketing courses and programs, and offering professional development experiences for faculty. If you do any sort of sharing across institutions, you're in.

7 The Elearning Consortia CIG In addition to sponsoring this webcast series, this CIG has an list to which you can subscribe and it holds face-to- face meetings at the WCET Annual Meeting. To join the listserv, Sherri at

8 Model: Practical Skills for Online Teaching Success Moderator: Megan Raymond, WCET Presenter: Kevin Corcoran, CTDLC Presenter: Micah

9 Kevin Corcoran Executive Director, Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium

10 Elearning Consortia CIG Webcast Series Elearning Consortia CIG Webcast Series January 30: model: practical skills for online teaching success by Micah March 27: Exporting Services to other jurisdictions: Kevin Corcoran, Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium May 29: Lessons learned from decades in the elearning consortia trenches: Gary Langer, Minnesota Learning Commons September 25: Maximizing the elearning Consortia Wiki and the WCET Annual Meeting for sharing best practices between consortia

11 Micah Orloff Interim Co-Director of Project

12 Today Introduce the Program Explain the Learning Path Identify Important Tools & Resources

13 Are you Choose Option A. Currently Teaching Online B. Planning to teach online in the next 1-2 Semesters C. Planning to teach online in 3 or more semesters D. No plans to teach online

14 History Solid curriculum for supporting effective online teaching Interest in serving the needs of individual faculty, as well as institutions Goal: leverage existing courses, package into a certification program for individual faculty Align certification program with national standards Maintain commitment to low cost and high quality

15 The Certification Program Opened for enrollment: July 2010 As of January 2013: Over 400 Candidates enrolled From over 100 Colleges, Universities & Institutions 4 Practicums completed 50 Graduates Support: Certification Staff Giving 21 st Century Educators Practical Skills for Online Teaching Success

16 Program Goal Demonstrate Proficiency of adapted inacol National Standards for Quality Online Teaching inacol: International, Non-profit Association for Online Learning

17 @ONE adapted inacol Standards Publicly shared to support national quality in online teaching. Quality development process: research existing standards, cross-reference, survey to inacol members/experts. 13 adapted standards:

18 What is your Primary Role? A. Faculty B. Staff Choose Option C. Administrator D. DE Coordinator / Other

19 Who is Enrolled? 6% 5% 12% Faculty Staff Administrators DE Coordinators/Other 77%

20 Learning Path 1 st Phase: Coursework 2 nd Phase: Teaching Practicum

21 1 st Phase: Coursework 1. Introduction to Online Teaching & Learning Online pedagogy Student-Centered learning Participatory learning activities Valuing student success Meeting diverse student needs Course design Copyright Review of online learning tools Design and build your own online learning unit in your eportfolio

22 1 st Phase: Coursework 2. Complete these four courses in any order: CMS Training (one course) Creating Accessible Online Courses Building Online Community with Social Media Designing Effective Online Assessments

23 1 st Phase: Coursework Online Course Details Each course: Is 4 weeks long Involves 10 hours of work each week Is offered three times a year: fall, spring, summer Is taught with Moodle (except intro to Bb) Certification Candidates receive priority registration!

24 st 1 Phase: Coursework Building your eportfolio Artifact Guides

25 Were you paying attention? What course do you need to complete first? Choose Option A. Creating Accessible Online Courses B. Building Online Community with Social Media C. Introduction to Online Teaching & Learning D. Introduction to Teaching with Moodle

26 2 nd Phase: Teaching Practicum Your Goal: Develop and share an eportfolio that demonstrates your proficiency in adapted inacol Standards through shared artifactsand personal reflections.

27 2 nd Phase: Teaching Practicum 12 weeks Semi- Structured Schedule

28 2 nd Phase: Teaching Practicum Assigned Peer Reviewer Experienced Online instructors Certification Program graduates review eportfolio together Revise/update based on feedback Schedule final eportfolio evaluation Complete CCC Confer training

29 Sample eportfolio 29

30 Sample eportfolio

31 Program Fees Course Type CA Public Educational Institution Private or non-ca Educational Institution Other Online Course (5 required) $65 $130 $240 Teaching Practicum $225 $225 $225 Total $550 $875 $1,425

32 License Request Course Download at 32

33 Important Tools and Resources inacol adapted National Standards for Quality Online Teaching(Version 1) Certification Program General Info & To enroll: Building your eportfolio Artifact Guides Online Teaching Practicum General Info Sample eportfolios & Presentations

34 Questions Anna Stirling Certification Coordinator Micah Orloff Interim Co-Director

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36 Learn More and Stay Connected Visit the WCET s Connect, Learn, Advance services on our website: Become a WCET member: benefits extend to your entire institution: News digests-academic, technology, and policy. Listservs. Free webcasts. Exclusive member only resources. Attend WCET s 25 th Annual Meeting in Denver, CO, November 13-16, 2013.

37 Additional Information and Resources Access to the resources discussed during this webcast, including the archive, will be sent out to those on the listerv next week and posted in the spotlight on the WCET homepage:

38 Thank you Blackboard Collaborate

39 Thank you Supporting Members for your commitment to WCET and e-learning Boise State University Colorado Technical University Dow Lohnes, LLC Lone Star College System Michigan State University University of Missouri/Mizzou Online University of North Texas University of West Georgia