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Reap What You Sow: Cultivating Excellence in the Online Classroom

Reap What You Sow: Cultivating Excellence in the Online Classroom. Presenters. Liz Dzabic Quality Assurance Coordinator elizabeth.dzabic@cccs.edu Karen Kaemmerling Training Director/Social Science Division Chair karen.kaemmerling@cccs.edu

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Reap What You Sow: Cultivating Excellence in the Online Classroom

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  1. Reap What You Sow: Cultivating Excellence in the Online Classroom

  2. Presenters • Liz DzabicQuality Assurance Coordinatorelizabeth.dzabic@cccs.edu • Karen KaemmerlingTraining Director/Social Science Division Chairkaren.kaemmerling@cccs.edu • Donna HallInstructional Design Team Coordinatordonna.hall@cccs.edu 2011 eLCC Conference

  3. Overview • Training • Design Standards • Quality Assurance • Ongoing Communications 2011 eLCC Conference

  4. Training opportunities • Synchronous • Recorded Webinars • Face To Face • Annual Faculty Conference • Asynchronous • Online Workshops • Faculty Wiki • Just-In-Time Tutorials 2011 eLCC Conference

  5. Training Requirements • Required Workshops • Before hire potential faculty are expected to complete • Getting Started • Basic LMS (D2L Essentials) • First year faculty must complete • Managing Discussions 2011 eLCC Conference

  6. Training Requirements • Follow up training • Earn 1 training credit/year • Method determined by faculty & supervisor • Outside training in field • Webinar • Workshop 2011 eLCC Conference

  7. Course Design • Collaborative team • Faculty– knowledge expert(s) • Division Chair • Discipline Lead • Instructional Designer • Communication is essential! 2011 eLCC Conference

  8. Design Standards • Course appearance • Consistent look • Students don’t have to relearn navigation • Style sheet to maintain • Font sizes • Colors • Readability/accessibility • ADA/Section 508 compliance • Troubleshooting easier 2011 eLCC Conference

  9. Course Homepage

  10. Content

  11. Files

  12. Quality Assurance Program • Courses reviewed on regular basis • Before semester • Beginning (3rd week) of semester • Midterm to end of semester 2011 eLCC Conference

  13. Before Semester Starts • First-day checks • For every course • Corresponds to Course Readiness Checklist 2011 eLCC Conference

  14. Beginning of Semester • Administrative reviews for new instructors • Corresponds to Threaded Discussion QA Rubric 2011 eLCC Conference

  15. During Semester • Full QA evaluations • For every instructor once/year • Corresponds to Threaded Discussion QA Rubric 2011 eLCC Conference

  16. Ongoing Communication • ProfHelp • Wiki • News • Community • Blogs 2011 eLCC Conference

  17. ProfHelp • Instructors submit tickets • Get help by • Email • Phone • Elluminate • Face-2-face 2011 eLCC Conference

  18. Wiki • Professional development • Tech tools • Teaching resources • Policies & procedures • Instructional Design • Who to contact 2011 eLCC Conference

  19. 2011 eLCC Conference

  20. Community • Created as training space • Transformed into academic lounges • Stores departmental communication through discussions • News on course home page for faculty announcements. 2011 eLCC Conference

  21. Faculty News Blog • Email • RSS feed through Portal 2011 eLCC Conference

  22. Cultivating Excellence Blog • Joint project of QA & Training • weekly posts • Purpose - to foster excellence in courses • Strengths/challenges 2011 eLCC Conference

  23. 2011 eLCC Conference

  24. Questions/Discussion • Questions? • What are you doing to cultivate excellence in your classroom? 2011 eLCC Conference

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