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A Professional Development Program for Online Instructors
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* Planning Your Course * Managing Your Classroom
* Assessing & Evaluating Students * Blackboard / Tech. Tools 101
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* Accommodate a varied landscape of students with flexible delivery. * Know how to teach blended and/or fully online courses. * Demonstrate comfort with synchronous and asynchronous tools. * Integrate technologies purposefully as tools for teaching & learning. * Take steps to allow students access and success in their learning. * Provide authentic learning environments with real-life applications. * Engage in project based learning and applied research opportunities. * Become active participants in the creation of knowledge. * Exhibit open-mindedness and a willingness to change as a teacher. * Seek out innovative practices & contribute to learning within a CoP. * Demonstrate increasing leadership abilities. * Use pedagogies that are research based and centred on the adult learner.
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*Guided by: • Social-Constructivism
• Characteristics of Adult Learners
• Connectivism
• Community of Inquiry Model • Communities of Practise
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* Choose Pre-instructional Activities that MOTIVATE LEARNERS - Engage them in conversation and establish prior learning.
* Present content that Illustrates course objectives – Be concise and provide examples.
* Learner Participation: Include formative assessment activities.
Include opportunities to practise and provide feedback and on-going guidance and support.
* Invite participant feedback on quality of learning & record of suggestions for further improvement. Model being a reflective practitioner.
* Encourage a positive attitude that builds on strengths and recognizes potential areas for growth.
* End with a few take-aways and a next-step activity.
Allow them to identify one key element that they can apply within their online classroom immediately. (This will allow them to internalize the learning.)
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*Blackboard *SharePoint *SabaCentra *Online and blended delivery with computer lab access.
*Synchronous and asynchronous components. *Utilize the techniques and tools presented in the learning environment.
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* Ongoing formative assessments: In class
activities. Concrete real-world applications. Contributions made to Community of Practice.
* Summative assessment: Delivery of PD to
Community of Practice members. Followed up by the delivery of PD to larger userX staff, faculty, management, and administrators.
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