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We use Blackboard Vista and another software named Softchalk, to create the modules. There is a great deal of focus placed on the discussion board interaction as well as the team huddle rooms. We expect students to engage in the material both on the theoretical and practical levels. This success is beginning to be seen in these draft modules: Student Learning- (metacognition, cognition and skill development) Assessment: (standard, performance and "constructivist") and Instuctional Technology in the Classroom: (the use of Web 2.0 technologies and other "low-threshold" technologies as well). I would love to share some of the student projects but I would need permission first. It will become more effective than a FtF course because of the tech and demands of student higher order thinking skills.

At HCC we have an Alternative Teaching Certification Program that certifies teachers who have come into education via the non-traditional teaching training program. The requirements are that the candidate holds a bachelors and completes an 18 month field experience monitored by content specialists and faculty instructors. I am a curriculum designer and instructor in the program. Beginning in fall, 2009, we set a goal of making the online pedagogy course more interactive by designing modules that put students in teams working on authentic grade level content mateiral. This portion of the program is completely online and does not require students meet in the physical sense, so linking students from across the city (in your case territory) is easily achieved. The p