Building Quality Online Courses
(Required for faculty who want to develop and teach their own blended/hybrid and/or online courses.) Prerequisites: None. However, it is strongly recommended that you discuss your e-learning goals with your Associate Dean before you register for this workshop. In addition, completion of either “Web-enhancing On-campus Classes” or “Teaching Online” or both workshops is definitely a plus. 
"Building Quality Online Courses" is a workshop required of faculty who plan to develop and teach their own blended or fully online courses. The workshop is delivered online with optional on-campus sessions over a period of 4 weeks, and is facilitated by BC e-learning faculty associates who are experienced e-learning professors. Faculty will develop both technological and pedagogical skills and knowledge necessary to develop blended/hybrid and/or online courses that meet BC's “Quality Standards for e-Learning Course Design”, as well as to effectively teach/facilitate e-learning courses. Upon successfully completing all learning modules and achieving all learning outcomes associated with each module, faculty will receive 16 professional development credit hours and will be officially certified to develop AND teach blended/hybrid courses and fully online courses. If you want to develop and teach your own blended/hybrid and/or online courses, register for this workshop to learn all the skills you need to be an e-learning professor!
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Already Teaching Online? Quality Really Matters! (Recommended for faculty who want to take their online courses to a higher level so they meet BC Quality Standards.)
Prerequisite: Must already have an existing online course.
"Already Teaching Online? Quality Really Matters" is for faculty who have developed and are currently teaching fully online courses. In just 3 hours, faculty will be introduced to BC “Quality Standards for e-Learning Course Design”, review BC exemplary quality online courses, and receive guidance and recommendations from e-learning faculty associates, whose courses meet BC Quality Standards, on how to improve and enhance their own fully online courses in order to improve students success. Register Now Return to top of page
Adding Real-Time Interactivity to Your Online Classes
(Recommended for all online faculty.) Prerequisite: Must already have an existing online course. “Adding Real-Time Interactivity to Your Online Classes” is a two-hour workshop for all faculty who are currently teaching online. Real-time learning (a.k.a. synchronous learning) allows you to add meaningful interaction and a personal touch to your online classes. Wimba Classroom is an Internet-based meeting tool that BC recently licensed and is easily integrated into Blackboard so you can meet with your students “live” online. These real-time sessions are great for orientations, exam reviews, virtual office hours, peer critiques, tutoring, and software demonstrations. With an inexpensive web cam, your students can hear and see you, and you can upload and show PowerPoint presentations, share all types of files, explore web sites, text chat, and use a white board. Best of all, Wimba is easy to use and students absolutely love the opportunity to meet you and the other students in their class, and have their questions answered in real time. And for those students who cannot attend a live session, you can record your sessions so they can watch later.
This workshop will be conducted online via Wimba so faculty can see what it’s like to participate in a live online meeting, practice the various tools, and to minimize driving costs and attendance time required. Faculty can log on from any Internet-connected computer but must have a microphone in order to participate. Attendance will be limited to 6 people per session to maximize hands-on opportunities. Register Now Return to top of page
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