• Online - no travel to campus required
• Next sessions:
  EDUC 764 May 1 - August 10, 2008
  EDUC 764 September 22 – November 15, 2008
  
• 3 graduate credits
  This course timeframe is designed to provide flexible scheduling of internship placements. Participants will be expected to complete a self-paced orientation to the instructor's tools using the course management system before beginning the internship.
  

Catalog Description
Practicum in teaching online with a cooperating online instructor. Application of online pedagogy and technology evaluated through observation, discussion and reflections. Completion of a professional development plan and an e-portfolio of evidence of attainment of online learning standards. (Note: The practicum may only be taken after all other courses for the Certificate in E-Learning and Online Teaching are completed.)

This course provides a mentored online teaching experience for participants who have completed the first four courses in the Certificate program. Graduates of the certificate program will have real time experience in e-learning and online teaching.

Content Outline
The learning modules are structured around an introduction, readings, activities, an activity checklist, learning rubric, and interactive group discussion. Required activities include:

• Participating in online class discussions with the instructor and peers and sharing responses to readings, online resources, literature review, and field research
• Reflecting on what is learned when viewing best practice case studies 
  

Introduction
Overview of the practicum process and expectations
Internship options:

• UW-Stout online classes
• Other online teaching venues

Online Internship

• Internship: professional  roles and responsibilities
• Flexibility and responsiveness
• Clear and accurate professional communications
• Ethical conduct and student confidentiality
• Problem resolution procedures
• Role of practicum coordinator
• The practicum coordinator is responsible for managing the practicum course, arranging placement with cooperating online instructors, and assessing the intern’s total performance.
• Role of the cooperating online instructor
• The cooperating online instructor accepts the candidate into their online class as an intern.
• Clinical observation
• Conferencing
• Performance assessment criteria
• Discussion facilitation: questioning techniques
• Discussion Facilitation: diversity awareness
• Assessing student learning: formative feedback

Professional Development Plan

• Benchmark self-assessment of teaching strengths and weaknesses
• Individualized learning contract
• Personal performance analysis
• Critical reflection: design and communication
• Benefits of  professional communities 

Course Management System (CMS) Proficiency

• Technical proficiency
• Management of online environment
• Presenting a coherent sequence of instruction

• Knowledge of learning resources
• Online assessment methods
• Multimedia applications

Portfolio Publication

• Portfolio assessment (Rubric)
• Selection and revision of learning artifacts
• Alignment to standards
• Publication of electronic portfolio
• Final review

Learning Outcomes
At completion of the course, students will:

1. Develop a web-based learning environment using a learning management system to create and revise an accessible sequence of instruction that includes knowledge delivery, student response, and summative evaluation.  (WI DPI 4, 5, 6)  (NETS-T I, II, III)
2. Apply multiple technology enabled measures to accurately evaluate online student performance. (WI DPI  8)  (NETS-T I, IV)
3. Demonstrate knowledge, skills and dispositions related to diversity and engage all online students with exceptionalities through e-learning conversations.
   (WI DPI 3) (ISTE NETS-T: V, VI)
4. Facilitate threaded discussions by synthesizing themes and applying questioning skills. (WI DPI  5, 6)   (NETS-T I, III,V,)
5. Use multiple technologies to communicate in a timely, clear, and professional manner with students and colleagues.  (WI DPI 10)  (NETS-T I,V)
6. Create an articulate and detailed professional development plan setting goals based on lessons learned during the practicum. (WI DPI  9)  (NETS-T V)
7. Publish a technically proficient electronic portfolio of learning artifacts created during the practicum and other classes of the E-Learning and Online Teaching Certificate Program. (WI DPI 9)  (NETS-T I, V)
   

Alignment with State Standards
Participants in this class will gain experience that will help them meet the following Wisconsin Standards for Teacher Development and Licensure (WI DPI): # 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10

Wisconsin Standards for Administrator Development and Licensure (WI DPI) # 3, 5, 7

International Society for Technology in Education, National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers, (NETS-T)

Evaluation

Each student’s participation and performance will be evaluated on the basis of rubrics designed to assess products such as:

• Reflective writings about the weekly events of instruction
• Weekly summaries of technology issues encountered during class
• A professional development plan setting goals based on lessons learned during the practicum
• A learning management system based presentation of a coherent sequence of instruction
• An electronic portfolio including an articulated instructional sequence, examples of discussion facilitation, examples of professional communications, multiple measures of evaluation, learning reflections and other learning artifacts created during the E-Learning Certificate Program
• Practicum coordinator’s evaluation of the student’s online teaching performance.
• Cooperating online instructor’s evaluation of the student’s online teaching performance

Students in the E-Learning Graduate Certificate Program are expected to contribute artifacts to their electronic portfolio that represent the best practices of online instruction aligned to the ISTE/NETS for Teachers.  An evaluation of each portfolio will include reviewing the technical functionality of the artifacts and the match between the artifacts and NETS-T Standards.

Prerequisites
(Note: The practicum may only be taken after all other courses for the Certificate in E-Learning and Online Teaching are completed.)

Hardware and Software Requirements
What are the minimum technology requirements?

Complete the system checkup on this website, https://uwstout.courses.wisconsin.edu/
by clicking on the link that says: Check your system.

Review the list of compatible/recommended browsers and software programs for Learn@UWStout at the Online Help Desk.

If you have any questions about these preferences, please call one of the numbers listed below and indicate that you are a UW-Stout student needing help with Learn@UW-Stout . Help is available 7 days a week.

• 1-888-435-7589 select option 3
, or
• 1-608-264-4357 select option 3

Modem - A high speed connection to the Internet is required.
Operating System - Windows XP, Macintosh OSX
Memory - (512 minimum, greater preferred)

All projects will be exchanged by posting to online storage or the course DropBox, and your peers and instructor will provide suggestions and comments by posting to the discussion board.

Take a few minutes to review the Frequently Asked Questions, (FAQs).

All projects will be exchanged by e-mail and the course DropBox, and your instructor will provide feedback, suggestions and comments by reply e-mail and the DropBox feedback.

Instructor
Dennis O'Connor - background information

Registration
Tuition is payable by university billing, MasterCard, or Visa.
Participants may select the payment plan option in fall and spring, but it is not available during summer session. Refund policy

Enrollment is limited to twenty participants; register online.

Check out the list of additional online classes.

For additional information, e-mail your comments or questions to:

Contact: Joan M. Vandervelde
Online Professional Development Coordinator
School of Education
University of Wisconsin - Stout
Menomonie, WI 54751
phone: (715) 642-0209
fax: (715) 232-3385

Introduction Activities
After you are enrolled, review the Student Expectations and Responsibilities and Academic Expectations and Dishonesty Policy .