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ACCJC Special Event: DE on the Front Burner - New Regulations, New Challenges and Accreditation
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.
Register Live Link: Happening Now Archive: off Fee: FreeDesigning Effective Online Assessments
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:
Register Me Archive: off Fee: Online Courses(55/110/220)WAITLISTED: Building Online Community with Social Media
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.
Register Me Archive: off Fee: Online Courses(55/110/220)Introduction to Teaching with Blackboard 9.1
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.
Register Me Archive: off Fee: Online Courses(55/110/220)Introduction to Teaching with Moodle 2
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.
Register Me Archive: off Fee: Online Courses(55/110/220)WAITLISTED: Introduction to Online Teaching and Learning
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.
Register Me Archive: off Fee: Online Courses(55/110/220)Creating Accessible Online Courses
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 OutcomesBy the end of this course, you’ll be able to do the following:
Register Me Archive: off Fee: Online Courses(55/110/220)Keep Students Engaged in your Online Courses
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.
A Revolution in Learning: Community College Consortium for Open Education Resources
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.
Register Live Link: http://www.cccconfer.org/MyConfer/GoToMeetingAnonymousely.aspx?MeetingSeriesID=8... Files: Download PPTs for this seminar (1.8 MB) Archive: off Fee: FreeTake Your Online Teaching to New Heights: The @One Online Teaching Certification Program
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.
Register Live Link: http://www.cccconfer.org/MyConfer/GoToMeetingAnonymousely.aspx?MeetingSeriesID=0... Archive: off Fee: FreeMobilize by Using Dreamweaver to Publish Course Content to Phones and Tablets
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.
Register Archive: off Fee: FreeIf I Read another Bad Paper I’ll Scream: Developing Alternative Assessments with Technology
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.
Register Archive: off Fee: FreeUsing Google+ in Education
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.
Register Files: Download PPTs for this seminar (1 MB) Archive: off Fee: FreeBeyond Online Teaching with Virtual Presentation Skills
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.
Register Archive: http://www.cccconfer.org/MyConfer/GoToArchivesAnonymousely.aspx?MeetingID=d7d6fe... Files: Download White Paper Download PPTs used for this seminar Archive: off Fee: FreeDE Coordinators' and Managers' Web Seminar
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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