Summer Technology Workshop

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Summer Technology Workshop

• (or What we did during our summer vacation)

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Daily schedule (x 4 days)
TOPICS Creating web pages Enhancing
PowerPoints Using WebCT Working with
images Capturing digital video Using Excel
gradebooks
Group lunch
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Online Summer Courses

• (or What we will do during our summer vacation)

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Process
Selection of courses Gen Ed
Courses
Selection of instructors
Instructors
Training and support
Training Support
Controlled first-time environment
Controlled 1st Time
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Instructors and Courses
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Participants will

• become familiar with the terminology
• experience being a student in an online
  course
• explore instructional methodologies involved
• understand similarities and differences between
  WebCT and Moodle as learning management systems
  (LMSs)
• become familiar with online courses
  components/tools
• gradebooks
• asynchronous discussion forums
• synchronous chat rooms
• assignment drop boxes
• quizzes and tests
• resource pages
• determine which online course components/tools
  best meet their individual instructional needs
• understand challenges in delivering online
  tests/quizzes
• create an online course using the components and
  features conducive to teaching their particular
  subject matter

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Heres what their works in progress look like
Moodle
WebCT
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• What the participants have to say