Instructional Design and Technology

On Tuesday, May 29, and Wednesday, May 30, Instructional Design & Technology is offering 9 workshops.

These sessions are being offered “à la carte” to all NMU instructors. You are welcome to attend all 9, or select only the topics that are most interesting to you and fit into your schedule.  We are also scheduling “open lab” times each day, where you can start practicing and applying the things you learn in the workshops, with IDT staff on hand to provide assistance if needed.

Workshops will be led by IDT staff.  Sessions will cover a wide range of topics, including podcasting, audio and video editing, web conferencing, classroom technology, and active learning. An EduCat Transition Overview presentation is also included in the program.

• View the complete schedule of workshops
• View session descriptions and register

To help us get an accurate headcount, we ask that you register for each individual workshop that you plan to attend.   Please e-mail cite@nmu.edu  if you have any questions.  We hope to see many of you at the workshops!

In May and June, Sloan-C is presenting two webinars about teaching and design of online courses.  See below for details.   NMU is a Sloan-C institutional member, so these webinars are available at no charge to NMU faculty, staff, and students.  IDT will be hosting group participation sites for both sessions in LRC 112. If you would like to join us, please register on our IDT registration page.

If you would like to participate from your own location, go to the Sloan-C webinar page to register.  If you do not have a Sloan-C account, you will need to create one before registering.  Be sure to indicate your affiliation with NMU when setting up your account.  I will be happy to assist if you have any questions.

Sloan-C also offers a wide variety of multi-day online workshops on online learning topics.  Sloan-C workshops have a registration charge, but institutional members discounts.  We also receive discounts on Sloan-C conferences.   If you are interested in any of the Sloan-C workshops, contact me for information about the discount codes.

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Getting Started in Online Teaching – A Brief Overview

Date: May 22, 2012 – 2:00pm – 3:30pm

This webinar is meant for those just embarking on the journey of online education and want to review some tips and tools to help enhance the learning experience for their students.  This webinar can also be a good refresher for those who have completed Sloan-C Getting Started Workshop in the past.

Webinar topics that will be covered;

•   A basic overview of quality online courses

•   How to start the online course conversion process.

•   Using Course Objectives To Lead The Design

•   Building the Course Syllabus For The Online Classroom

•   Developing A Strong Social Presence Online.

Instructional Design Effective Practices for Successful Online Learning

Date: June 19, 2012 – 2:00pm – 3:30pm

The purpose of the webinar is to provide relevant tools, knowledge, and skills on Instructional Design effective practices for faculty and practitioners to apply to online and blended course design and development. This information, as aligned within the Community of Inquiry (CoI) Framework, can assist faculty, course designers, instructional designers, and other practitioners in increasing engagement, learning, and success in the classroom.

The audience will learn specific and fundamental tools and effective practices from Instructional Design that can positively impact the creation and development of an online course, strengthen the effectiveness of instructional delivery, and increase the opportunities for deeper student engagement and success. Additionally, participants will examine how the information can be the piece missing from the transition from theory to practice and utilize the examples for filling the gap between the two realms. Further, the audience will be able to take a virtual swag bag of documents from the webinar for future use.

The CFP for the 2012 Sloan-C Online Learning Conference is open.  See below for details.

Call for Presentations Now Open: 18th Annual Sloan-C Online Learning Conference (Orlando) 18th Annual Sloan Consortium International Conference on Online Learning October 10-12, 2012 Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Resort Lake Buena Vista, FL The Sloan Consortium invites you to submit a proposal for presentation and/or workshops for the 18th Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning to be held October 10-12, 2012 at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Lake Buena Vista, FL. Last year’s conference attracted nearly 1,500 onsite and 250+ virtual participants to more than 230 presentations, as well as 60 exhibits, 40 vendor showcase sessions, 18 total pre- and post-conference workshops, keynote and plenary addresses, and a variety of other special events. The theme of this year’s conference is “At a Crossroads: Online Education in a Complex World.” A crossroad, an intersection, however we define it, there is no doubt that the future of online education will be shaped by important choices that confront us today. The higher education landscape is changing rapidly and we have much to consider. The 2012 Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning is the premier forum for approaching the complex questions that face all concerned with the future of our students, faculty, colleagues, and institutions. Join us for this year’s gathering and participate in the conversations that will provide crucial insights and help us make the decisions that will chart the future course of high quality online education. Proposals must be submitted by May 7, 2012 Our conference seeks proposals for workshops and presentations that reflect the implications for the field of specific e-learning experience and practices. Proposals that address blended learning, issues of diversity, international applications of online learning, open educational resources, social networking, online learning and community colleges, and/or K-12 online education are especially encouraged. We look to share best practices and persistent challenges in online learning as they relate to pedagogy, learning activities, instructional design and course development, faculty development and training, student services, accessible learning opportunities, academic planning and strategy, and research through the assessment and evaluation of learning. We especially encourage proposals from those in quickly-evolving institutions, such as K-12 schools and community colleges, as well as proposals that explore emerging technologies (mobile, social media, open education resources) to assist fellow educators in improving their understanding of online education in a complex world. Proposals that highlight and demonstrate research, application and effective practices are requested in the following seven tracks: Open, Global, Mobile Faculty and Professional Development and Support Learning Effectiveness Technology and Emerging Learning Environments Student Services and Learner Support Leadership, Values and Society K-12 Online Education (*The Open, Global, Mobile track is a new addition to the 2012 Program.) Submit proposals by May 7, 2012 at http://sloanconsortium.org/conference/2012/aln/call-for-presentations. Timelines: Proposals due by May 7, 2012 Notification of acceptance by June 1, 2012 Deadline for presenters to accept is June 22, 2012 Presentation schedule posted to the website by July 9, 2012 Early Bird registration deadline is August 10, 2012 Final date for abstract edits is August 10, 2012 Full presentation submission for conference proceedings by October 1, 2012 To submit a proposal or for additional information on the conference, visit our website at www.sloanconsortium.org/aln, call (781) 583-7561, or email conference@sloanconsortium.org. The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) is composed of individuals, institutions, and organizations dedicated to continually improving the quality, scale, and breadth of their online programs, according to their own distinctive missions, so that education becomes a part of everyday life, accessible and affordable for anyone, anywhere, at any time, in a wide variety of disciplines. The Sloan Consortium – PO Box 1238 – Newburyport, MA 01950-8238

IDT will be hosting a group participation site for the Managing the Online Learning Environment online seminar on Monday, March 19 from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. in LRC 112.

This three hour seminar is presented by the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI).  “In the online environment, a course is available 24/7. The continuous accessibility of the online classroom demands that you develop new time management strategies. In addition, managing learner issues can be more difficult in the online learning environment than in a traditional learning environment. For some learners, the fact that they do not have to look a person in the eye makes it easier to act differently and exhibit inappropriate behaviors. There are also ethical issues of plagiarism that need to be managed and legal issues, such as copyright, that need to be considered.

Dr. Tina Stavredes will present a practical, hands-on workshop for faculty members, instructional designers and technologists, and others supporting online learning who are interested in discovering new ways to manage the online course environment. The workshop will be presented in an interactive fashion with presentation of information interspersed with polls, discussions, and hands-on activities. Participants will leave the workshop with a ‘toolkit’ of ideas, templates, worksheets, and approaches to manage their online course.”

I hope that some of you are able to join us.  If you plan to attend, please sign up at http://idt.nmu.edu/registration

Questions?  Contact Matt Smock.

IDT is hosting a group site in LRC 112  for an ELI webinar on March 5 at 1:00 p.m.   See the description below; go to http://idt.nmu.edu/registration to sign up.

Wondering what’s new in mobiles, electronic books, learning analytics, and other emerging technology areas? Join Malcolm Brown and Veronica Diaz of ELI as they review the Horizon Report and examine how the report’s findings can be put to work at your institution. During this live hour and a half webinar, they’ll review various emerging technologies likely to have a significant impact on teaching and learning and creative expression over the next five years. They’ll also highlight how institutions across the world are implementing these technologies. The Horizon Report is an annual publication of the Horizon Project, a joint undertaking of the ELI and the New Media Consortium.

Looking for a little holiday reading?  There’s the new Stephen King novel or the new Steve Jobs biography.  Or, if you’re looking for something a little less lengthy, how about the latest issue of MERLOT’s Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT).   Check it out!

With help from an NSF grant, LRC 108 is being renovated into a a high tech active learning classroom. Check out the renovation progress.

In addition to the workshops announced last week (see this blog entry if you missed that announcement), IDT will be hosting group participation sites in LRC 112 for three webinars in November and December.  For those that prefer to participate from their own laptops, all three webinars are also available at no charge for individual registration.

To register to join us at the group participation site, go to http://idt.nmu.edu/registration To register to participate on your own, click the links at the end of each description to go to the webinar’s home page for more information.

• Coding, Captioning, and Courses: Accessibility in the Digital Age on Monday, November 14 at 1:00 p.m.
  Join Malcolm Brown, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative director, and Veronica Diaz, ELI associate director, as they moderate this webinar with Kathleen Bastedo and Nancy Swenson. It’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of making courses more stimulating, engaging, and interactive by adding content such as online videos, virtual worlds, and mobile devices. The rise of these technologies has encouraged faculty members to add more complexity to their online courses than ever before. However, accessibility and universal design considerations can be overlooked. This webinar will explore items related to designing your online courses to meet the needs of all your students. There will be a review of current laws related to accessibility and a review of strategies and resources that are available to meet today’s challenges.  Get more information from the ELI web site.
• Why do my colleagues keep teaching the same way? on Friday, December 9 at 2:00 p.m.
  Recent books such as Academically Adrift suggest that traditional teaching practices result in “limited learning” for large numbers of students, while evidence mounts that using research-based, interactive-engagement teaching practices increases student learning. So why don’t more faculty members adopt these more effective teaching practices? We’ll make use of recent research to help us better understand why many faculty members fail to make changes to their teaching practices despite evidence that it would benefit students.  Get more information from the TLT web site.
• Understanding and Working with Student Resistance to Active Learning on Friday, December 16 at 2:00 p.m.
  As faculty move towards implementation of more learner-centered teaching methods, they are sometimes dismayed by the students’ reactions.  Students often resist more active teaching methods, behavior that seems counter-productive to their own long-term interests.  This session will focus on describing an integrated theoretical model of student resistance to active teaching based on four major interdependent elements including situational factors, negative classroom experiences, cognitive development, and readiness to change; the model also incorporates the work of Carol Dweck on mindsets.  New instruments to measure student readiness to change will also be described as part of suggestions on how faculty can utilize the resistance model to better understand their students and develop more effective interventions.  Get more information from the TLT web site.

I hope to see many of you at our group site.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

NMU is an institutional member of Sloan-C, a consortium of institutions, individuals, and organizations committed to quality online education.  As an institutional member, we receive discounts on registration Sloan-C events and multi-day workshops.

The latest Sloan-C newsletter announced a new benefit for institutional members:  Sloan-C webinars are now FREE to us.  Look for IDT to host some group viewings of future Sloan-C webinars.  You may also want to check some of them out yourself.  Contact me if you have any questions.

Tom recently e-mailed out a schedule of workshops for the rest of the semester.  In case you missed it, here it is again.  Please register for any sessions you plan to attend.