Enroll Today! Creating Collaborative Communities

EDUC 761 Creating Collaborative Communities in E-Learning

Online Course 3 semester hours graduate credit
Instructor: Dr. Maryruth Hicks 
Summer: June 26 - August 18, 2017

Tuition, Due Dates, and Registration

• Tuition is the same for Wisconsin residents, out-of-state and international students.
• There is no registration fee and no program application.
• E-textbook provided at no additional cost.
• Includes full access to lynda.com self-paced video tutorials to help develop course management and other technology skills.

You Will

• Design orientation activities for the first week in an online course.
• Manage electronic communications.
• Recognize characteristics of strong and weak discussion facilitation.
• Apply facilitation techniques to deepen critical thinking.
• Analyze, assess, and encourage learner participation in online discussions.
• Demonstrate collaboration in online environments.
• Analyze how Web 2.0 “tools” build online and blended community.
• Represent your understanding of collaborative communities in your professional e-portfolio.

Description

Concepts, methods, and research for creating and facilitating a collaborative online community of practice.

Who Should Enroll

Educators and trainers interested in using blended or fully online delivery for courses or training, or adding web-based components to enhance face-to-face instruction.

Participants may include:

• Technical and community college instructors (adjunct and full-time)
• College and university professors (adjunct and full-time)
• K-12 teachers (blended classrooms and virtual schools)
• Clinical healthcare educators involved in patient education, healthcare education, continuing education or in-service education, community health education, or academic healthcare education
• Trainers in corporations, professional associations, nonprofit organizations, government, and military
• Curriculum consultants, professional development coordinators, and distance education and continuing education leaders

Enroll in the course to meet your goals for 

• professional development
• continuing education
• license renewal
• graduate credits to transfer to another university
• an elective in the Master of Science in Education online degree.

This course is an approved elective in the Master of Science in Education online degree program and is the introductory course in the E-Learning and Online Teaching Graduate Certificate.

The course is highly interactive with a significant discussion component.

All discussion postings, projects, and assignments will be submitted via the course discussion board and Dropbox.

Activities are conducted according to a schedule with specific due dates each week; there is one required live chat session in Week 7. Participants will determine a time that is convenient for all.

This class is essential for those who are interested in a career as an online instructor.

This is not a self-paced course.

e-Textbook

An e-textbook will be provided when you login to the course. You may open the e-book to read online from your laptop or desktop. The e-textbook software is compatible with an iPad, Kindle Fire or fully internet-capable device. It is not compatible with a Kindle Reader.

Lehmann, Kay and Lisa Chamberlin (2009). Making the Move to eLearning: Putting Your Course Online. Rowman & Littlefield Education Publishers. (Paperback) ISBN-13: 978-1-60709-041-0.

If you prefer to read a paperback textbook, instead of reading via your computer or tablet, you may purchase the book from amazon.com. 

Additional readings and lectures will be available online within the text of each module.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Develop a personal philosophy that reflects learning theory and guides online instruction that creates an environment for reflection, critical thinking, and collaboration.
2. Analyze the role of the online facilitator and develop strategies to implement, encourage and manage interaction in the online classroom.
3. Demonstrate appropriate planning considerations, guidelines and procedures to establish a productive, engaging e-learning environment.
4. Frame critical thinking questions and design discussion prompts that lead to effective learning in the online classroom.
5. Apply understanding of learner differences when facilitating an online community of practice.
6. Evaluate application ideas for online discussions using recognized criteria and professional references and apply current research about successful teaching strategies to guide students before, during and after case scenarios, brainstorming, role playing and reaction postings.
7. Develop a facilitation eportfolio of useful tools, tips, and facilitation techniques as well as the beginnings of 70-30 course preparation developed during the course.

Alignment with Standards

Course objectives are aligned with the International Society for Technology in Education, National Educational Technology Standards, (NETS-T) III, VI

No travel to campus is required. You may participate from your home or work computer during hours that are flexible and convenient for your work and family schedule.

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Contact Us: Dennis O'Connor, Program Advisor
E-learning and Online Teaching Certificate
Telephone: 530-318-1145
University of Wisconsin - Stout Menomonie, WI 54751
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