Upcoming Seminars
Teaching & Learning Rhythms: Tools to Enhance Student Engagement
You never know exactly what is going to happen in the classroom or how students are going to respond to the material you present. Because of this uncertainty, you have to understand when to go with the flow, and when to help shape the flow.
Video Online Seminar • Thursday October 14, 2010 • 12:00 pm CDT
A Legal Primer for Online Instructors
College professors know their course material and how to deliver online instruction. What most faculty members don’t understand, however, are the legal risks involved with teaching these distance education classes. Find out how to avoid the biggest legal mistakes and ways to safeguard your institution’s distance education offerings.
Audio Online Seminar • Tuesday September 21, 2010 • 12:00 pm CDT
Teaching Online vs. F2F: 15 Differences That Affect Learning
Online instruction will continue to grow rapidly on college campuses nationwide. This seminar will show you the most effective teaching practices to help students succeed in the online classroom.
Video Online Seminar • Thursday September 16, 2010 • 12:00 pm CDT
7 Keys to Becoming an Effective Distance Learning Leader
As a distance learning administrator, sometimes you’re so busy managing, you don’t have time to lead. This program will help you look beyond your daily calendar to a strategic plan, while replacing your short-term focus with a vision you can implement and achieve.
Audio Online Seminar • Tuesday September 14, 2010 • 12:00 pm CDT
CDs and Transcripts
Accommodating Students with Disabilities in Online Courses
Accessibility is more than a buzzword in the online course world. It’s a concept critical to the success of any institution’s online course offerings. Make sure you’re taking the right steps to accommodate students with disabilities.
What to Teach When There Isn’t Time to Teach Everything
Faculty have always faced time constraints when planning their courses, but the Information Age is now making it even harder to decide what to cover in a semester. Get advice on what to include, and what you can safely disregard, as you write their syllabi and plan your busy semesters.
Virtual Worlds, Simulations, and Games for Online Educators
Educational simulations, serious games, and virtual worlds are among the most innovative formats now available to higher education innovators. Inherently fascinating, these online platforms can bring realistic and engaging learning opportunities to online courses. Get the foundational knowledge you need before selecting or implementing these online platforms at your school.
Online Group Work: Making It Meaningful and Manageable
Group assignments are slowly finding their way into online courses and bringing with them incredible opportunities and big challenges. Integrating group work in the online classroom requires tailored content, a well-defined structure, and a change in student perception. This seminar will guide you through the entire process.
Classroom Management 102: Working with Difficult Students
From minor annoyances to major disruptions, difficult students have no shortage of ways to test professors. This unique seminar includes four video demonstrations of typical college classroom problems along with recommended responses, followed by interactive discussion of suggested strategies.
5 Steps to Renew Program-Level Learning Outcomes Assessment
Higher ed institutions need to take time at regular intervals to engage in program revision. Otherwise, they risk engaging in pointless assessments that reveal little and fail to lead to measurable improvements in teaching and learning experiences. This seminar provides an overview of the latest strategies for updating and managing an effective and meaningful learning assessment program.
Practicing Learner-Centered Teaching in Large Classes
Creating a learner-centered classroom involves more than just engaging students; it is a philosophical shift in how the instructor approaches the class. This 75-minute audio online seminar is a step-by-step guide to integrating learner-centered strategies into existing courses.
Teach More Effectively with Customizing Learning Experiences
Customized course content can actually reduce faculty workload, while creating a rich learning experience and better learning outcomes for students. This seminar presents a model for personalizing online coursework without overtaxing faculty.
Using Twitter to Enhance Collaborative Learning
Recently, college professors have begun discovering exciting ways to leverage Twitter to accomplish important learning and research goals. The possibilities are endless … all it takes is a little basic know-how, some creative ideas, and the willingness to try something new.
Successfully Implementing Your Strategic Plan
Many colleges and universities devote hours, weeks, and months to the participative planning process involved in drafting a strategic plan. Strategic planning is only as good as its implementation. Learn how to move a strategic plan from the drawing board to reality.
Ensuring Online Program Quality with the eQuality Model
Concerns about the quality of distance learning have been a hot topic lately. From media headlines to the recent legislative challenges of the Higher Education Opportunity Act, questions about quality are being asked over and over again. Now it’s time to provide some answers–and improve your program in the process.
Teaching an Online Course Developed by Others
Online courses are increasingly designed by a team of educators, with the express purpose of creating standardized course content for use over several different units. Instructors who have little or no role in the development process are commonly asked to teach such courses. Overcoming the challenges and capitalizing on the opportunities of standardized course content is critical for every member of the online course team.
Basic Guidelines for Handling Complaints
If you’re in a position of authority on campus, you know that complaining sometimes seems like an institutional pastime. Virtually everyone, it appears, is complaining–about virtually everything, virtually all the time. This seminar provides a “road map” for dealing with complaints, conflict and difficult people.
Hiring Faculty: How to Make Your Most Critical Decision
Hiring has always been about finding the right fit: qualifications, experience, and personality. But now it’s more complex than ever. From financial background checks to psychological testing to social media searches, receive expert guidance on creating a hiring process that conforms to legal standards and instills confidence.
Growing Successful Online Programs at a Small School
They might not want to meet on the football field, but in the arena of online education, small schools can compete effectively with far larger ones. Learn proven steps for launching new online programs, including how to gain faculty support, identify lead administrators, develop solid instructional designs, and provide technological help during the transition to the new delivery system.
Effective Strategies for the Adult Degree Completion Market
A variety of factors are driving a growing number of adults back to school. Some are finishing a degree they started years ago, while others are looking to develop new job-specific skills. Are you prepared to serve this growing population of non-traditional students?
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Seminar Quick Links
- Upcoming Seminars
- CDs and Transcripts
- Accommodating Students with Disabilities in Online Courses
- What to Teach When There Isn't Time to Teach Everything
- Virtual Worlds, Simulations, and Games for Online Educators
- Online Group Work: Making It Meaningful and Manageable
- Classroom Management 102: Working with Difficult Students
- 5 Steps to Renew Program-Level Learning Outcomes Assessment
- Practicing Learner-Centered Teaching in Large Classes
- Teach More Effectively with Customizing Learning Experiences
- Using Twitter to Enhance Collaborative Learning
- Successfully Implementing Your Strategic Plan
- Ensuring Online Program Quality with the eQuality Model
- Teaching an Online Course Developed by Others
- Basic Guidelines for Handling Complaints
- Hiring Faculty: How to Make Your Most Critical Decision
- Growing Successful Online Programs at a Small School
- Effective Strategies for the Adult Degree Completion Market
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Asynchronous Learning and Trends
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Educational Assessment
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Effective Classroom Management
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Effective Teaching Strategies
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Curriculum Development
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Instructional Design
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Faculty Development
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Faculty Evaluation
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Learning Styles
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Distance Learning
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Online Education
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Philosophy of Teaching
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Learning Communities
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Teaching and Learning
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Trends in Higher Education
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Teaching Careers
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Community College
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Academic Leadership
