Center for Teaching Excellence at AU: Distance Education Course

Details from Spring 2007 Distance Education Training Course

Trainers and Mentors
Jim Lee - CTE/SIS - Training Coordinator, Mentor for SIS/SPA
Jim McCabe - CTE - Trainer
Diane Vogelsong - Library - Trainer
Claire Dygert - Library - Trainer
Sarah Irvine - CAS/Education - Trainer
Meg Weekes - SPA - Trainer and Mentor for SPA/SIS
John Doolittle - CTE/SOC - Trainer and Mentor for SOC
Roger Volkema - Kogod - Mentor for Kogod

Where do we meet?
Meetings schedules and places will be posted in the syllabus and on the BB web site through announcements and emails. On Mondays, go to the AU Blackboard (BB) site, and the course ("Spring 2007 Faculty Training Course for Distance Education"). There you will see an announcement for the class activity for the week.You will go to the appropriate week Tab for further instructions or posted readings or videos. Last, go to the Discussion Board for the week to discusses the nuances of online instruction and the process of translating your syllabus.On Thursdays, go to the site again for instructions on where the training is that day or the online equivalent. CTE has a training room in the Anderson Computer Lab in B-15. Generally go there for a face-to-face training session. Other sessions may be held in the Library or elsewhere. If you cannot make the Thursday session go to Hurst 10, the Teaching and Learning Center of CTE, for individual instruction. This is a drop in facility, but you are better off scheduling an appointment.

What to Do Each Monday
1. Look at the BB Announcement
2. Go to the Correct Week and review the materials.
3. Join the BB Discussion Board to be part of discourse on the readings and points of interaction.

What to Do Each Thursday
If you can attend a face-to-face session do so, otherwise participate online. We will give you more details on this as the day approaches. Go to Anderson B-15 for training or drop in another time to Hurst 10.

DL Training Course Week by Week Planning: By Mondays and Thursdays
*PED = Online Pedagogy, BB = Blackboard, LIB = Library, CTE = Center for Teaching Excellence
-Jan. 24. Kick-Off Lunch, MGC 5, 11:30-1:30
-Jan. 29. (PED 1) - "About DE: Is it a New Type of Teaching?" with Jim Lee and John Doolittle
-Feb. 1 (BB 1) - "Student Satisfaction and Effective Course Design" with Jim McCabe
-Feb. 5 (PED 2) - "You Know How to Teach: Make a Syllabus and Translate it to Other Media" with Jim Lee and Vivian Vasquez
-Feb. 8 (BB 2) - "Designing and Controlling the BB Site" with Jim McCabe
-Feb. 12 (PED 3) - "Learning Outcomes and Assessments" with Jim Lee and Sarah Irvine
-Feb. 15 (BB 3) - "The Modes of Interaction and Discussion" with Jim McCabe
-Feb.19 (PED 4) - "Discussion Boards and Discussions" with Jim Lee and Diana Vogelsong
-Feb. 22 (LIB 1) - "Linkmaker" with Claire Dygert
-Feb. 26 (PED 5) "Technology and Communication Literacies" with Jim Lee and Meg Weekes, "The Art of Discussion"
-Mar. 1 (LIB 2) - "E-reserves" with Claire Dygert
-Mar. 5 (PED 3) - "Timing, the Seasons, and Tending Your Garden" with Jim Lee and John Doolittle
-Mar. 8 CTE (1) - "Emergency Planning" with Jim Lee and Vi Ettle
-Mar. 19 (PED 7) - "Learning Objects" with Jim Lee and Danielle Soldani
-Mar. 22 (CTE 2) - "Podcasting/Audacity" with John Doolittle and Jim McCabe
-Mar. 26 (PED 8) - "Virtual Conference"

Other Key Dates:( April 2, Student Registration Begins), (About April 10, Student DL Fair), (Apr. 16, TA Training Begins), (May 2, Summer Kick Off Lunch), (May 14, Summer Classes Begin).

Contact
Jim Lee

Phone: (202) 885-2285
Email: jlee@american.edu

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DE Training Course Menu
-DE Course Overview
-Purpose of the Course
-Assignments/Objectives
-History of Distance Learning at AU
-Making DE Work for Students
-Details from Spring '07 Course
-DE Courses Recently Taught at AU

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