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from the issue of April 1, 2004
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Online Teaching Institute runs May 10 to June 16
Teaching with the Internet will be the focus of a five-week online institute for full-time faculty. The Summer Institute for Online Teaching will run from May 10 through June 16.
The program, in its third year, will guide the novice and experienced online instructor through the steps of course development, Web-based interaction, course management and online assessment. Through five weeks of online activities, three face-to-face meetings and weekly hands-on technology labs, faculty and technology trainers will help participants develop Web-based activities that foster critical thinking and promote student collaboration. Participants in the institute will learn these techniques by using the same tools that they may employ in their own class, such as asynchronous discussion boards, chat sessions and online testing.
This year, participants will work with students at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, said Norma Patterson, program specialist from Distance Education Services. She and Beverly Russell from Instructional Design and Development in Extended Education and Outreach will work with Wade Weichel, online learning development specialist from the UNL Instructional Technology Group, and with UNK’s distance learning team headed by Gloria Vavricka.
Participants will complete a content module each week in Blackboard, focusing on the steps to develop online components for an Internet-based course. A different experienced distance faculty facilitator from each campus for each module offers a variety of teaching strategies.
“I felt that I learned a lot, and basically accomplished getting many of the things I needed for my own classes. I also found the workshops especially helpful, ” said Reece Peterson, professor of special education and communication disorders and SIOT 2003 participant. Peterson has now begun to develop distance courses on Blackboard for a graduate Behavioral Disorders teaching endorsement.
Upon completing the institute requirements and presenting a final project, participants will receive a $125 faculty development credit. They will also receive mentoring support during the 2004-05 academic year through their academic colleges, Instructional Technology Group and Extended Education & Outreach.
To participate
Full-time UNL faculty interested in participating in the Summer 2004 Institute for Online Teaching may register online at extended.unl.edu/SummerInstitute or by e-mailing their name, department, campus address, campus phone number and course number and name to be developed online to unlextended@unl.edu.
The registration deadline is April 16. Enrollment is limited. For more information, visit the Web site or contact Norma J. H. Patterson, Distance Education Services, at 472-5515 or npatterson2@unl.edu.
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