Hope for Haiti: Creating Free Courses with Limited Resources

August 9, 2011 - 8:07pm | by Anonymous
Presenter(s)
Kathleen Bastedo (University of Central Florida, US)
Kyle Hickman (University of Central Florida, US)
Brent Shaw (University of Central Florida, US)
Session Information
November 10, 2011 - 4:30pm
Track: 
Technology and Emerging Learning Environments
Areas of Special Interest: 
Institutional Initiatives; Practical Application
Institutional Level: 
Universities and Four Year Institutions
Audience Level: 
All
Session Type: 
Poster Session
Location: 
Southern Hemisphere I-III
Abstract
This presentation provides attendees with an overview of CourseSites, a free, online course management system allowing you to create courses without purchasing a Course Management System (CMS). The focus is on the development and implementation of ESOL courses for high school classes in Haiti, where funding and resources are limited.
Extended Abstract
This presentation will provide attendees with an overview of CourseSites, a free, online course management system (CMS) that allows each instructor to create as many courses as they like but with only up to five courses being active without purchasing a CMS. This session is for those who need a smaller scale solution to special situations when access to a full-blown course management system is not available, not feasible, or when you have a special situation where this product fits your needs. The focus is on the development and implementation of ESOL courses for high school students in Haiti, where funding and resources are extremely limited. This session will explain how to obtain a CourseSites account, how to create a course, and how to utilize the CourseSites support system.
Lead Presenter
Kathleen Bastedo has been employed as an instructional designer for the Center for Distributed Learning (CDL) at the University of Central Florida (UCF) since 2006. She facilitates faculty with the design, development, and delivery of online courses. She also has had experience creating and teaching online courses for the College of Education at UCF. She earned a Masters degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of South Florida in 1997. Her online teaching and learning research interests include accessibility of online materials for individuals with disabilities, copyright and fair use, simulations and training, and the cognitive theory of multimedia learning.
Presenter 1 Email: 
kathleen.bastedo@ucf.edu