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ACCJC Special Event: DE on the Front Burner - New Regulations, New Challenges and Accreditation

Upcoming Events - Thu, 04/19/2012 - 9:11am
Full:  0 Course Type:  Desktop Seminars Course Topic:  Online Teaching Instructor:  Barbara Beno and Patricia James Date:  Wed, 05/09/2012 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Join Barbara Beno, President, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges and Patricia James, Mt. San Jacinto College, as they discuss major issues in Distance Education with James Glapa-Grossklag, College of the Canyons, Pamela K. Shay, Franklin University and Sharyl Thompson of the American College of Education.

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@One Certification Practicum Program (Summer 2012)

Upcoming Events - Wed, 04/11/2012 - 7:33am
Full:  0 Course Type:  Certification Course Topic:  Showcases Instructor:  @One Mentors Date:  Mon, 07/09/2012 - 12:00am - Fri, 09/28/2012 - 12:00am

 

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Designing Effective Online Assessments

Upcoming Events - Wed, 04/11/2012 - 7:29am
Full:  0 Course Type:  Online Courses Course Topic:  Online Teaching Instructor:  William Doherty and Kathryn Damm Date:  Mon, 07/09/2012 - 8:00am - Fri, 08/03/2012 - 5:00pm

Properly assessing your students’ performance can be challenging even in traditional classrooms. While teaching online you’ll discover not only new challenges, but also more assessment opportunities. This course will introduce you to effective practices in online assessment. Building on a solid understanding of California Community College distance education policies and procedures, you will actively create an effective assessment strategy aligned with student learning outcomes. As you design your assessment strategy you will learn:

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WAITLISTED: Building Online Community with Social Media

Upcoming Events - Wed, 04/11/2012 - 7:26am
Full:  Full Course Type:  Online Courses Course Topic:  Online Teaching Instructor:  Michelle Pacansky-Brock Date:  Mon, 07/09/2012 - 8:00am - Fri, 08/03/2012 - 5:00pm

NOTE: This course is currently FULL. If you would like to join the waitlist, please click the link below. Joining the waitlist does not gaurantee registration.

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Introduction to Teaching with Blackboard 9.1

Upcoming Events - Wed, 04/11/2012 - 7:24am
Full:  0 Course Type:  Online Courses Course Topic:  Online Teaching Instructor:  Greg Beyrer Date:  Mon, 07/09/2012 - 8:00am - Fri, 08/03/2012 - 5:00pm

Are you interested in learning how to use Blackboard to teach online? In this course, you'll experience Blackboard from both student and instructor perspectives, while creating your own online course. You'll also learn how to include content from a variety of sources (including multimedia) to give you more teaching power. This course is recommended for faculty new to using Blackboard, or for those would like to learn more about new features. This course is taught using Blackboard v9.

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Introduction to Teaching with Moodle 2

Upcoming Events - Wed, 04/11/2012 - 7:21am
Full:  0 Course Type:  Online Courses Course Topic:  Online Teaching Instructor:  Joan Van Duzer Date:  Mon, 07/09/2012 - 8:00am - Fri, 08/03/2012 - 5:00pm

Are you ready to become a Moodler? Moodle is an easy-to-use, open source, course management system for online, hybrid, or face-to-face classes. In this course you'll learn how to enter a Moodle course shell and organize and present content—including graphics—all without needing to know HTML! You'll discover handy tools for site, course, and student management functions, as well as tools for creating quizzes, assignments with due dates, grades, and interactive forums.

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WAITLISTED: Introduction to Online Teaching and Learning

Upcoming Events - Wed, 04/11/2012 - 7:18am
Full:  Full Course Type:  Online Courses Course Topic:  Online Teaching Instructor:  Catherine Hillman Date:  Mon, 07/09/2012 - 12:00am - Fri, 08/03/2012 - 12:00am

NOTE: This course is currently FULL. If you would like to join the waitlist, please click the link below. Joining the waitlist does not gaurantee registration.

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Creating Accessible Online Courses

Upcoming Events - Wed, 04/11/2012 - 6:51am
Full:  0 Course Type:  Online Courses Course Topic:  Online Teaching Instructor:  Carolyn Fiori and Jayme Johnson Date:  Mon, 07/09/2012 - 8:00am - Fri, 08/03/2012 - 5:00am

Are you interested in reaching as many of your potential students as possible? Then make your course(s) accessible to all students by following a few simple practices. Not only is accessibility legally mandated for public education in California, it's simply the right thing to do. It's not hard and your students will benefit.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to do the following:

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Keep Students Engaged in your Online Courses

Upcoming Events - Fri, 03/02/2012 - 4:22pm
Full:  0 Course Type:  Desktop Seminars Course Topic:  Online Teaching Instructor:  Sandy Jones Date:  Fri, 04/20/2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Join us to learn some great techniques on how to keep students engaged in your online courses. From Business curriculum to Computer Forensics, acquire some
hands-on skills for students to grasp, spark their interests and work collaboratively in groups. This session will provide lots of scenario based problems which students
can master and allows them to showcase their work.

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A Revolution in Learning: Community College Consortium for Open Education Resources

Upcoming Events - Thu, 03/01/2012 - 5:41pm
Full:  0 Course Type:  Desktop Seminars Course Topic:  Collaboration Tools Instructor:  James Glapa-Grossklag and Una Daly Date:  Wed, 05/02/2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

A decade ago, MIT Open Courseware ignited an open education revolution sharing lectures and course syllabi online and thousands of colleges and universities joined worldwide.  Fast-forward to 2012, more and more community colleges are producing and adopting open educational resources (OER) as a way to reduce student cost and increase access. Hear about different OER projects and explore options to “open” your classroom practices to improve student learning and enhance your teaching.

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Take Your Online Teaching to New Heights: The @One Online Teaching Certification Program

Upcoming Events - Tue, 01/31/2012 - 5:57pm
Full:  0 Course Type:  Desktop Seminars Course Topic:  Online Teaching Instructor:  Anna Stirling & Micah Orloff Date:  Tue, 05/22/2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Ready to take your online teaching skills to the next level? Looking for a way to stand out from other online instructors in your job search?  This seminar will provide you with an informational overview of @One's new online teaching certification program for instructors.  After enrolling in the program, certification candidates  complete coursework that is aligned with the iNACOL Quality in Online Teaching Standards.  In the end, you will have created a reflective ePortfolio containing artifacts that demonstrate your mastery of effective online teaching.

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Mobilize by Using Dreamweaver to Publish Course Content to Phones and Tablets

Upcoming Events - Mon, 01/30/2012 - 4:14pm
Full:  0 Course Type:  Desktop Seminars Course Topic:  Online Teaching Instructor:  Terry Gleason Date:  Thu, 03/29/2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Want to take advantage of the mobile revolution by making your course content more available to your students' phones and tablets? Learn how to use a combination of Google tools, and Adobe Dreamweaver to create class materials that will display properly on your students' mobile devices.  Make your class into true anywhere, any time learning.

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If I Read another Bad Paper I’ll Scream: Developing Alternative Assessments with Technology

Upcoming Events - Mon, 01/30/2012 - 3:54pm
Full:  0 Course Type:  Desktop Seminars Course Topic:  Online Teaching Instructor:  Shelley Rodrigo Date:  Wed, 03/14/2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Are you getting tired of using the same old traditional assessments? Come learn about a variety of Web 2.0 Applications that you and your students can use, especially to replace the traditional “research” or “term” paper. You'll be introduced to different web-based applications to construct collages, maps, timelines, and social bookmark lists. Afterwards, we'll discuss how and why these various technologies can better assess teaching and learning as well as some of the related legal issues.

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Using Google+ in Education

Upcoming Events - Mon, 01/30/2012 - 1:49pm
Full:  0 Course Type:  Desktop Seminars Course Topic:  Online Teaching Instructor:  Grace Esteban Date:  Tue, 03/06/2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

You may have heard of the Google+ launch last year. It's a new socially-oriented group of services, rivaling Facebook.  Come and see demonstrations of these Google+ features with potential for education.  In particular, we'll cover how to use Circles, Huddle & Hangouts to help you harness the new social networking craze in both your hybrid/online and face-to-face classes.

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Beyond Online Teaching with Virtual Presentation Skills

Upcoming Events - Mon, 01/30/2012 - 1:19pm
Full:  0 Course Type:  Desktop Seminars Course Topic:  Online Teaching Instructor:  Eileen Dittmar Date:  Fri, 03/02/2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Asynchronous meetings and presentations require an innovative delivery to assure participants engagement or learning outcomes.  Come and hear the top strategies to develop your voice, content, visuals, and technology to become a master of your virtual presentation skills.  This session's materials can be applied in the classroom to help your students hone their virtual presentations skills, too.

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DE Coordinators' and Managers' Web Seminar

Upcoming Events - Mon, 01/30/2012 - 10:29am
Full:  0 Course Type:  Desktop Seminars Course Topic:  Online Teaching Instructor:  Pat James & LeBaron Woodyard Date:  Fri, 03/09/2012 - 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Join Pat James, LeBaron Woodyard, and your California DE Coordinators and Managers for an informative web seminar that will cover current topics in Distance Education.

 

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Windows and SQL in the Cloud (and Why You Should Care)

Microsoft Education Webcasts - Tue, 12/13/2011 - 3:00am
Take time to put your head in the cloud! The Cloud offers many benefits for educational organizations. Come learn more about Windows and SQL Azure. This session will cover the basics of both solutions and highlight easy, effective, and valuable partner solutions that leverage cloud computing. From reducing the burden of monthly security updates to providing seamless replication of SQL data, we will start to explain it all. Plus, we explain how Windows and SQL Azure are structured from a cost of services perspective. Come, learn, inhale, and embrace the cloud!
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Office 365 for education and the Power of the Cloud for US Research Universities

Microsoft Education Webcasts - Mon, 12/12/2011 - 5:00am
Partnering with top research universities in the United States, Microsoft has developed a cloud-based email and collaboration solution that can meet the rigorous needs of research institutions. Join us and discover how Office 365 can support your requirements for privacy and security, HIPAA BAA, MAC and PC, accessibility, and on premise and cloud environments.
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Office 365 for education and the Power of the Cloud for US Research Universities

Microsoft Education Webcasts - Wed, 12/07/2011 - 1:00am
Partnering with top research universities in the United States, Microsoft has developed a cloud-based email and collaboration solution that can meet the rigorous needs of research institutions. Join us and discover how Office 365 can support your requirements for privacy and security, HIPAA BAA, MAC and PC, accessibility, and on premise and cloud environments.
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Rich, Interactive Teaching & Learning

Microsoft Education Webcasts - Mon, 11/14/2011 - 4:00am
Unleash creativity and boost engagement in the classroom and beyond for students and educators! Learn how the powerful yet simple combination of Windows 7, Microsoft Office 2010, Office Web Apps, and Kinect for Xbox 360 can provide the rich, interactive and intuitive tools you need to improve education outcomes. Join us for lively demos and discussion and discover how you can captivate students and enrich learning.
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