EDUC 761 Creating Collaborative Communities in E-Learning
Online Course 3 semester hours graduate credit
Instructors: Kay Lehmann and Lisa Chamberlin
Tuition and Registration
Dates
Summer June 7-July 30, 2010
Fall September 27-November 19, 2010
Description
Concepts, methods and research for creating and facilitating a collaborative online community of practice.
This course is about facilitating and building an e-learning community and is designed for K-12 educators, technical college and community college instructors, university instructors, curriculum consultants, and corporate trainers who want to become highly qualified in facilitating online learning in hybrid or fully online courses.
Improve your time/workload management techniques including organization of email, class environment and time-saving strategies for working with difficult students in the online classroom. Course activities include hands-on practice using asynchronous communication technologies. You will actively facilitate and explore questioning skills, conflict resolution, netiquette, and collaborative learning through problem solving scenarios, simulations, and online discussions.
You will investigate time management strategies and pitfalls to avoid when designing and facilitating online class activities and explore various assessment tools to analyze and evaluate student participation in online discussions.
The class is highly interactive with a significant discussion component. All discussion postings, projects and assignments will be submitted via the course discussion board and dropbox. Activities are conducted according to a schedule with specific due dates each week.
This class is valuable for those interested in a career as an online instructor.
NOTE: This is the fourth in the series of five required courses for individuals pursuing the Graduate Certificate in E-Learning and Online Teaching and is also open as a single course for students seeking professional development.
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Accreditation
Course objectives are aligned with the following teaching standards:
International Society for Technology in Education, National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers, NETS-T - III, VI
Wisconsin Educator Standards - Teachers 4, 5, 7
National Board Teaching Standards:
- Create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning and self-motivation
- Deal with crises or disruptive situations
- Reflect on teaching and evaluate the effects of choices and actions on students, parents and others
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Note:The School of Education reserves the right to cancel classes that do not meet minimum enrollment requirements.
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University of Wisconsin - Stout
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