Sloan-C Now - May 2011
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Dear Educator: Please take a moment to review this month's Sloan-C NOW, a digest of events, information and notices of importance you won't want to miss.
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Call for Effective Practices Effective Practices Awards Selection Committee Phil Ice, Ed.D. Darrell Naylor-Johnson Alexandra M. Pickett C. DeWitt Salley, Jr. Shari McCurdy Smith Dr. Kaye Shelton Janet C. Moore, Ph.D. |
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Emerging Technologies for Online Learning Symposium (San Jose) Submit a Cutting Edge Session Proposal! 4th Annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International Symposium Are you paving the way for others in the world of online teaching and learning? Finding ways to challenge current practices? Exploring a brand new approach to teaching with technology? Using an old technology in a creative new way? Testing out a cutting edge/emergent technology with your faculty or students? We want to showcase your work! Submit a proposal now and be featured in the Cutting Edge track at the upcoming Sloan-C Emerging Technology in Online Learning conference. We have scheduled this call to come later in our program planning in order to highlight the most current activity in our industry. Each of our four Cutting Edge sessions will showcase two presentations, including 10 minutes of presentation and 10 minutes of interactive discussion. These presentations will allow for discussion on the theories, technologies and processes involved in the early adopter stages of our work in online teaching and learning. Call for Proposals will close June 1. Proposals will be reviewed and participants notified by June 8. Interested in attending the San Jose conference but want to learn more? Join us for our next FREE preview webinars! Live Preview of the 4th Annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International Symposium- Onsite program preview – FREE. Emerging technologies has the potential to improve education and we want to share all those ideas with you. We think you will find ET4OL the best conference you can attend on new and innovative technological advances especially in the area of teaching and learning tools. Join these free webinars to learn more about the conference, including program content, key featured sessions, and track overviews.. May 24, 2011 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm Eastern Time - Register now Missed the May 10th preview webinar that focused on sessions of interest to Sloan-C members? - View the FREE recording Planning to attend ET4OL?
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Sloan Consortium Announces 2011 Class of Sloan-C Fellows Five Sloan-C members recognized for exceptional contributions to the field of online learning The Sloan Consortium announces its 2011 class of Sloan-C Fellows. Recognizing unusual professional distinction, the Sloan-C Board of Directors confers the distinction upon individual members of the Sloan Consortium who have:
The members of the inaugural class of Fellows have contributed to advancing quality, scale and breadth in online and blended education in areas represented by the Sloan-C Pillars of learning effectiveness, access, faculty and student satisfaction and scale. The new Sloan-C Fellows will be recognized at the 17th Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning in Orlando, FL, in November 2011. The 2011 Sloan-C Fellows are:
Information about the Sloan-C Fellows Program is available at http://sloanconsortium.org/fellows_program. |
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Announcing the Call for Papers for a Special Issue for the Journal of Accounting Education The Journal of Accounting Education (JAEd) is a refereed journal dedicated to promoting and publishing research on accounting education issues and to improving the quality of accounting education worldwide. The Journal provides a vehicle for making results of empirical studies available to educators and for exchanging ideas and instructional resources that help improve accounting education. This issue will be devoted to quality and best practices in online accounting education. Please review the issue description here if you are interested in contributing. |
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2011 Sloan-C Webinars Sloan-C has added webinars to its resources for educators. Webinars typically last anywhere from a half hour to an hour and a half. Most are free to Individual Members. Institutional members and non members pay a separate fee. New webinars will be added soon. Check the webinar site frequently. FREE - Pre and Post Course Surveys: what we learned from our students - May 17th, 2011 2:00 - 3:30 ET In the presentation the Instructional Design team of UIC's Office of External Education will share with participants what they learned from deploying and analyzing pre and post course surveys. More than 1400 students responded and shared their perceptions of blended learning before they took a blended course and at the end of the semester. FREE - Live Preview of the 4th Annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International Symposium- Onsite program preview (MERLOT focus) - May 24th, 2011 3:00 - 4:00 ET Learn more about the 4th Annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International Symposium, a joint symposium of Sloan Consortium and MERLOT taking place July 11-13, 2011 in San Jose, CA at The Fairmont Hotel. Emerging technologies has the potential to improve education and we want to share all those ideas with you. We think you will find ET4OL the best conference you can attend on new and innovative technological advances especially in the area of teaching and learning tools. Join this free webinar to learn more about the conference, including program content, key featured sessions, and track overviews, with a special focus on sessions of interest to MERLOT partners. FREE - MERLOT an Introduction - June 1st, 2011 2:00 - 3:30 ET MERLOT is a free and open online community of resources designed primarily for faculty, staff and students of higher education from around the world to share their learning materials and pedagogy. MERLOT is a leading edge, user-centered, collection of peer reviewed higher education, online learning materials, catalogued by registered members and a set of faculty development support services. For more information or to register, please go to the webinar page. View recordings of previous webinars. |
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Are You Prepared to Teach Online in 2011? Watch a recording of the informational webinar about the certificate program. The Sloan-C Certificate prepares educators to teach and improve online courses using the Sloan-C pillars of quality in online education—learning effectiveness, scale, faculty and student satisfaction, and access. A unique feature of the certificate program is that expert mentors work individually with each certificate candidate to accomplish specific goals. The certificate consists of a 9-week foundation course and a variety of electives and specializations that focus on improving overall competency within a specific area of academic focus. The workshops in each specialization are structured to encourage skill development and practical application within the participants' specific job function. Upon completing the 9-week foundation course, individuals can select 3 individual electives, one specialization, or multiple specializations that best suit professional development objectives.The Sloan-C Certificate foundation costs $1499 plus three (3) required electives; priced at $345 (10-day workshop) or $495 (3-week workshop). Elective workshops, which should be registered for individually, may be funded by coupons available through Sloan-C membership discounts and the Sloan-C College Pass professional development package.
Click here for more details. |
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Institutional Membership - More Benefits, Same Price The reality for institutions everywhere is tighter budgets, more travel restrictions, and less available resources. Institutional Membership is for organizations that are ready to give their faculty and administrators access and discounts to resources dedicated to quality online learning at an affordable price. New benefits are frequently added such as the Quality Scorecard for the Administration of Online Programs, a tool used to measure and quantify elements of quality within online education programs in higher education. Also new for this year are more options for the College Pass Professional Development package, which gives an institution seats to our online workshops at a bulk discount rate. We now offer a 25 and 50 seat package along with our 100 seat package for smaller institutions.
Institutional Member Pricing (value of over $4,000) $1,495/Institution or Campus Click here to register. |
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The College Pass Professional Development Package - Membership Add On Looking for a cost effective way to give your staff and faculty access to the full range of Sloan-C online workshops? The College Pass Professional Development Package is a membership add-on that includes bulk discounted seats in the widely acclaimed Sloan-C online workshop series for one year.
Institutional Membership +CP-100 seats: $4,990 College Pass Membership Add-On (for existing members only) 100 seats: $3,495 ($35/seat)
Community Colleges receive a 15% discount and HBCUs receive a 30% discount. Click here to register. |
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