Workload Management Strategies in Online Education

$345.00
Price: $345.00
Event Date: 
November 30, 2011 - December 9, 2011
Level: 
Intermediate - Level 2
certificate specialization: 
Administration
certificate specialization: 
Design and Delivery
Key Online Workshop Information
Minimum Estimated Time Commitment: 
~ 5 - 10 hours/week
Resources Provided in Workshop: 
Presentations, readings, web links, discussion threads and other materials, viewable online through November 30, 2012
Half-Hour Workshop Orientation - Learn about moodle and Elluminate LIVE! Navigate the workshop space
1-Hour Live Panel Discussion - Participation in Live Q&A
Viewing of Live Sessions available through November 30, 2012
Event Summary: 

Participants will:

  • Learn teaching strategies to improve effectiveness
  • Learn how to prioritize administrative tasks
  • Develop an appropriate combination of delivery models: direct, indirect, and collaborative

 

If you have a disability, use assistive technology, or may need accommodation to fully access a workshop, please email us at workshop@sloanconsortium.org.  You will be contacted by someone from our workshop staff as quickly as possible to discuss your needs.
 

Complete Workshop Description
Online Workshop Description: 
Online teaching can redefine faculty members' teaching schedules. While the advantages for participating in online education include flexibility; the reality of the 24/7 classroom can prove daunting due to the investment in curriculum development and planning as well as the need to be responsive to student inquiries. This workshop offers strategies enabling online educators to manage time demands while teaching online courses.
Schedule: 
Workshop Opens - November 30th. Please introduce yourself and begin reviewing materials
Workshop Orientation - Wednesday, November 30th at 4pm EST
Workshop Officially Closes - December 9th. All workshop materials will be available through November 30, 2012
Sloan-C Certificate Program Eligibility: 

This online workshop can be counted toward the Sloan-C Certificate.

Pricing Information: 
Price: $345 Each Sloan-C Member price: $195 w/coupon code* (you will enter the coupon code on the payment page of your shopping cart process) College Pass Member Pricing: No Cost w/coupon code* (you will enter the coupon code on the payment page of your shopping cart process) *Individual Members receive 2 discounts with membership, Institutional and Premium Members receive 20 discounts, and College Pass Members receive 100 (50 or 25) "free" seats in the entire 2011 Sloan-C Workshop series.
Presenter/Panelist Biographies
Biographies of Presenters/Panelists: 

Shari McCurdy Smith

Shari McCurdy Smith is the Associate Director of the Office of Technology-Enhanced Learning (OTEL) at the University of Illinois at Springfield and a facilitator of faculty development workshops for the Sloan Consortium.

She has created, developed and taught fully online graduate courses in educational technology. She is an administrative fellow at the University of Illinois and volunteers as an "Elluminate Hero". McCurdy Smith directs grant projects that examine the assessment of learning outcomes and the use of synchronous technologies in online learning.

She has presented at numerous technology conferences on topics ranging from best practices in online learning to plagiarism in the electronic classroom. Research interests include: unique delivery and design of online learning, faculty workload and burnout, assessment of online learning, Inter-institutional collaboration, and Web 2.0 applications.

Kathleen S. Ives D.M.

Kathleen Ives has worked in online technology for over 20 years and serves as The Sloan Consortium's Events Producer. Formerly, Dr. Ives oversaw all forms of alternative instruction at Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester, MA (distance learning, accelerated programming). She teaches online for University of Phoenix and Axia College of Western University, and in an accelerated enviornment for working adults at both Regis College in Weston, MA and the University of Phoenix, Greater Boston Campus. Dr. Ives began her career at CBS and helped to develop the service that evolved into Prodigy. She then spent fourteen years designing and implementing consumer online information services, first at AT&T and then at Verizon. Dr. Ives sits on the Massachusetts Department of Education's Distance Learning Advisory Board for Adult Basic Education. Dr. Ives has degrees in communication, communication management, and organizational leadership from the University of California at Davis, the University of Southern California, Annenberg School of Communication, and the University of Phoenix-Online, respectively.

Cancellation Policy: 

If you register and pay for a Sloan-C workshop/seminar and are unable to attend, we will be happy to apply your payment to another Sloan-C workshop/seminar at your request. However, no refunds will be given. This offer is good for one year.

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