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This is a group for people interested in the art and science of teaching and learning online. Most of the folks here will be graduates of UW-Stout's E-Learning for Educators. Regardless, the doors are open to anyone interested in the topic.
Website: http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/elearningcertificate.html
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What are you planning to do with your E-Learning Knowledge? 12 Replies
Started by Dennis O'Connor. Last reply by Alline Sada Nov 5.
Online Team Work & Social Loafing.... Motivation Tips 1 Reply
Teachers tend to teach the way they were taught... or so the conventional wisdom predicts. As a student I didn't do any collaborative or team work. I came through school when k-12 was cells and bel...
Tagged: teaching, e-learning, groups, collaboration, online
Started by Dennis O'Connor. Last reply by Dennis O'Connor Nov 1.
e-Learning project to empower individuals in Africa!! 2 Replies
Hi Everyone, Just signed up to forum today & I'm so excited to join the family.. I am working on an e-Learning project to empower workers and alleviate poverty in Africa by offering management...
Started by George. Last reply by George Oct 28.
Online Teaching Degree 2 Replies
What do you think of Online Teaching Degree? Is a good idea?
Started by Baby Jane Lacaba. Last reply by Baby Jane Lacaba Sep 17.
keys to improving success of on-line students 7 Replies
Hi I teach on line, and am pleased to be getting positive feedback from my students and enrollment is growing however, I want to know what others are doing to improve the success rate of on-line le...
Tagged: student, sucess, attendance, engagement, online
Started by MJ Page. Last reply by Baby Jane Lacaba Sep 17.
How to Select a Webinar Provider (part 1)
Tagged: teleseminar, webinar, business, eLearning, eseminars
Started by Lee Salz Jul 27.
Finding E-Learning and Distance Education Jobs 18 Replies
I'm having a hard time finding e-learning/distance education opportunities. I've taken my fair share of these classes, but I can't seem to dig up any listings for adjunct positions. Is there a plac...
Tagged: jobs, e-learning
Started by Mac Slocum. Last reply by Jeff Baker Jul 27.
Investigative Search 20/10: Online Self-Paced Training In Website Evaluation
The 21st Century Information Fluency Project is offering a new self-paced online class devoted to Website Evaluation using investigative search methods. This is the first time we've offered a se...
Tagged: website evaluation, 21cif, online, moodle, information literacy
Started by Dennis O'Connor Jul 15.
Your Nominations for the Top 10 E-Learning Tools 36 Replies
As you work online you become dependent on certain e-learning tools. Here's my top 10 list of tools I've come to depend on. (Each is a single search keyword, so no urls for this post.) Firefox (...
Tagged: learing, tools, online, webtools, e-learning
Started by Dennis O'Connor. Last reply by Iris Antongiorgi Concepcion Jun 26.
Blogging, social networking and wikis in education 5 Replies
Are there teachers out there using this with feedback on it's impact on student learning, engagement and so on? I am looking for feedback from other professionals in education, as well as any direc...
Started by Scott McDaniel. Last reply by Lucas Cioffi Apr 7.
E-Learning Graduate Certificate Program
E-Learning and Online Teaching Graduate Certificate (UW-Stout!)
University of Wisconsin-Stout
School of Education
Online Professional Development
E-Learning and Online Teaching Graduate Certificate http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/elearningcertificate.html
- Are you looking for an E-learning and Online Teaching Certificate program?
- Is your institution rapidly developing online courses and programs?
- Are you looking for a new career or a way to supplement your current salary?
- Our courses benefit educators interested in effectively teaching online or blended courses.
Courses are completely online; no travel to campus required.
8-Week Online Courses Recommended Course Sequence
- EDUC 760 E-Learning for Educators two start date options: February 8, 2010 or March 22, 2010
- EDUC 762 Assessment in E-Learning Begins January 11, 2010
- EDUC 763 Instructional Design for E-Learning Begins February 1, 2010
- EDUC 761 Creating Collaborative Communities in E-Learning Begins January 25, 2010
- EDUC 764 E-Learning Practicum (Prerequisite: Completion of EDUC 760, 761, 762, 763 and Consent of Instructor)
Courses can be used to fulfill requirements in the Master of Science in Education, Master of Science in Career and Technical Education and Ed.S. in Career and Technical Education degree programs.
Benefits
- Expert facilitation by veteran online educators
- Small highly interactive classes
- Professional quality projects for an e-portfolio to aid in job searches
- Career mentoring and job placement assistance
- Credits may also apply as electives in three different UW-Stout graduate degree programs
- Highly competitive tuition (tuition is the same for Wisconsin residents, out-of-state and international students)
- creating and using blogs, wikis, and other social tools
- integrating video and podcasts
- adopting best practices for engaging class discussions and assignments
- designing authentic assessment activities, quizzes and grading options
- building strong communication activities in your online class
- motivating online students who are falling behind
- managing your online teaching workload
REGISTER SOON
Register online today to reserve a spot at: http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/register.shtml
Mark university billing (do not include credit card info) and no tuition payment is due until mid January.
Online Instructional Design Graduate Certificate from UW-Stout!
New! Instructional Design Certificate
Sign up now and begin January 19, 2010
The Instructional Design Professional Certificate is designed for professionals interested in switching careers, enhancing their career or developing focused competency in instructional design.
You might work as a member of an instructional design team or as a professional development coordinator, instructional designer for textbook or e-learning company, web developer, software consultant or designer, or in curriculum development in education, healthcare, museum, nonprofit organization or military settings.
- Eight week intensive graduate-level online courses
- Expert facilitation by veteran online educators
- Small highly interactive classes
- Professional quality projects for a job search e-portfolio
- Career mentoring
- Highly competitive tuition (same tuition for Wisconsin residents, out-of-state and international students)
Finding E-Learning Jobs
Online teaching was the perfect part-time job for me. E-learning and online teaching replaced coaching and after school clubs as a way to supplement my income. I loved it! I was working with great teachers from around the world and learning new things everyday. I also realized I was opening a door to a new career. Eventually, after 25 years in a traditional classroom, I decided to take early retirement, and pursue my passion for online teaching and learning full time.
Now I make my living online and enjoy a freedom and flexibility that once seemed like an impossible dream. Working online is everything I'd hoped for, and more. It didn't happen overnight, but it did happen. I made the change one step at a time. It took me awhile to figure out how to find work.
I've found that the key to an online career is a power triangle of essential elements:
- Subject Matter Expertise
- 21st Century Networking
- E-learning and Teaching Experience
Power Triangle for E-Learning Success
Subject Matter Expertise
Your expertise is rooted with your life, academic, and work experiences. If you are a teacher, your expertise is established by the courses you've taught and the degrees you hold. If you are a military, corporate or medical trainer your expertise is established by your subject specialization and the variety of training positions you've held.
An Graduate Certificate in E-Learning and Online Teacher documents a new area of subject matter expertise!
Building Your Network
Roughly 80% of your e-learning work will come from networking face to face and online.
Decision makers want to hire people they know. When they can't find someone they know personally they reach out to an extended network of trusted advisors. Many jobs go unadvertised or are created when a person with the right skills is discovered.
Building your networks will open the door to a new future.
Roughly 80% of your e-learning work will come from networking face to face and online.
Decision makers want to hire people they know. When they can't find someone they know personally they reach out to an extended network of trusted advisors. Many jobs go unadvertised or are created when a person with the right skills is discovered.
Building your networks will open the door to a new future.
5 Ways to Build Your Professional Network
1. Start where you work right now.
E-Learning and Online Teaching Experience
The University of Wisconsin-Stout E-Learning and Online Teaching Graduate Certificate Program provides experience as both an online student and an online teacher.
You have a developed a skill set as a classroom teacher or trainer. However, teaching or training experience does not fully prepare you for the unique challenges of e-learning and online teaching.
1. Start where you work right now.
- Let your professional circle know you are pursuing an e-learning certificate or a degree online.
- Many participants in UW-Stout's E-Learning and Online Teaching program are offered new e-learning jobs where they are currently working..
- Go to conferences and get to know others who share your professional interests.
- Attend both face to face and online conferences (Webinars).
- Have business cards printed and hand them out!
- Successful online students become successful online teachers.
- Get to know your classmates.
- Some of your strongest professional bonds will be with colleagues you meet in your online classes.
- Join an online network dedicated to your specific professional interests.
- Join job search oriented social networks.
- A professional presence on the Internet is important.
- Build a classroom website.
- Write a blog about an area of interest.
- Create a wiki for collaborative projects
- Show what you know with an e-portfolio.
E-Learning and Online Teaching Experience
The University of Wisconsin-Stout E-Learning and Online Teaching Graduate Certificate Program provides experience as both an online student and an online teacher.
You have a developed a skill set as a classroom teacher or trainer. However, teaching or training experience does not fully prepare you for the unique challenges of e-learning and online teaching.
- Jumping into online teaching job without training can be a painful and frustrating experience.
- You need experience as an onlne teacher and specialized training in facilitation techniques to develop the craft of effective online instruction.
- You will experience the best practices of online learning.
- You will learn how to develop a community of learners through intense collaboration and discussion.
- You will build strong professional bonds with your colleagues.
- You will work with highly trained master teachers who are dedicated to helping you grow and learn.
- You create curriculum and assessments using Web 2.0 tools.
- You facilitate small group discussions.
- You practice the teaching skills in a supportive environment rich in timely feedback.
- Each of the five classes is a model of the best practices of teaching and learning online.
- If you've never taught an online class, you'll teach with a mentor teacher in one of our online professional development classes.
- If you are currently teaching or training online, we craft a program that offers you the course design or teaching skill feedback you most need.
- Customized internships with K-12 Virtual Schools are also possible.
UW-Stout's five-course E-Learning and Online Teaching Graduate Certificate focuses on the strategies and techniques of teaching online. The courses model best practices in e-learning with interactive discussions and hands-on experiences creating and using blogs, wikis, podcasts, and Moodle in K-12 education. The courses will benefit educators and trainers interested in designing online and blended courses or using Web-based components to enhance face-to-face instruction.
Courses are offered each semester (three times each year). All courses earn three graduate credits.
Courses are offered each semester (three times each year). All courses earn three graduate credits.
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Comment by Nasser Beeharry on October 4, 2009 at 11:36am - hi im nasser beeharry from mauritius. would like to know a bit about elearning. i have launched www.ssr,mu for primary school children in mauritus . please visit my site and semd your feedbacks on edu@ssr.mu
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Comment by Mark Cruthers on October 3, 2009 at 9:47am
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Comment by mary nastakou on October 3, 2009 at 6:29am -
Hi everybody! This is my first e-geology-lesson.
http://ta-pa-ri.weebly.com/index.html
Please tell me what you think?
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Comment by Chantelle Manciel on September 30, 2009 at 6:44pm
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Check out this new site for connecting classrooms. It incorporates recorded video chat, blogs and messaging as the main mediums for communication.
Speaking of English...Globally
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Comment by Dennis O'Connor on August 13, 2009 at 10:55pm -
Website Investigation 2010.
1000 7-12 graders at Northwestern's Center for Talent Development took this self-paced course this summer!
We got great results! Open for guest viewing.
http://tinyurl.com/21cif-web-eval
Produced by the 21st Century Information Fluency Project @ 21cif.com
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Comment by Merle Hall on May 12, 2009 at 5:43pm -
Help with a little issue please.
I have been encouraged to talk about my experience using ning in the classroom at a technology conference. However, I need a catchy title.
We use ning to extend the classroom into the home, make it easier to do transmit homework to school and vice versa and to collaborate among parents and teachers.
I thought about using "Enhancing the classroom through the use of blogs"
Does that sound to fuddy duddy?
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Comment by Andrew Marcinek on April 29, 2009 at 1:54pm
- http://iteach20.blogspot.com/
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Comment by Cameron Brown on March 20, 2009 at 8:27pm -
Hi everyone- I'm very excited to join this group and begin participating. I'm new to online teaching and the first person at my school testing the waters. I'm trying to get more teachers at my school on board and at least aware of how it works. I'd like to compile links to articles and multimedia resources (podcasts, videos, etc) that teachers can use to start learning about online teaching and learning. A digital repository of pd materials is what I'm envisioning here. In particular I'm looking for descriptions of best practices and discussions of applications and software that on-line teachers use (LMS's, pod/vodcasting apps, screensharing apps, etc). If anyone has any good links to resources or knows of any delicious networks that I should follow it would be very helpful. So far I've found the edutech website very useful and also the seedlings website is another good resource.
Thanks,
Cameron
Busan Foreign School
South Korea
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Comment by Danielle on January 12, 2009 at 10:22am -
Hi,
I work for a webstie called 43marks.com & it's a great tool for online teaching and learning.
It's a free customizable bookmark site that makes a great startpage for any class. We give you an unique URL (43MARKS.com/username) where you can upload bookmarks that are of interest to the class your teaching! You can have unlimited pages. One page for each class or project. It's a great resource to have all the relevant websites on one page. We are also advertising free, no banners, no pop ups.
43marks.com comes with some bookmarks - But after you create your 43marks.com page you can delete all the default bookmarks and just upload the bookmarks you want...
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Comment by Mark Cruthers on December 29, 2008 at 9:24pm
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