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Learning Futures Group
Online Professor Certificate Program The program graduated its first group of faculty
this month — a total of 18 FT and adjunct faculty received
certificates from President Wallace at the first awards luncheon
on January 23, 2004. This hard-working group (58 hours
of training required!) included: Judy Burnett, David
Byres, Wendy Chambers Richard Greene, Renee Jones, Sandy Jordan,
Wyne Karnath, Lynn Lisenby, Sandy Marquez, Jean Martin,
Sally Nielsen, Lyn Noble, Charlie Phillips, Judy Revels, Karen
Sanchez, Carol Satkowiak, Susan Slavicz, and Jerry Wisner.
Heartiest congratulations to each! Online Course Development Program Phases 5 and 6 of this program are now underway.
Phase 5, in cooperation with the ACID, is affectionately known
as the REALLY SIRIUS project. It extends the SIRIUS project by
incorporating its learning theory-based concepts and procedures
into the development of four high student demand courses for
delivery in online and blended modes. The second major goal of
the project is to develop an online Instructional Design Assistant
(IDA) which will assist faculty in designing new courses
and redesigning current courses for face-to-face, blended and
fully online delivery. The IDA will prompt faculty to consider
all relevant aspects of course design, including relevant applications
of learning and motivation theory and research and technology.
A total of 18 faculty are participating in the REALLY SIRIUS
project. Team Leaders and courses under development include:
Jerry Wisner (PSY 1012), Richard Greene (ENC 0021), Patty
Levine-Brown (REA 0008) and Haylan Washington (MAT 0024). Last Friday, 14 faculty and staff members received a “train-the-trainers” introduction to WIMBA, the newest instrument in our technology arsenal which just may be one of the hottest things to come around for some time. WIMBA provides the ability to have oral conversations online (plus written, if you still prefer) with up to 30 persons at one time. When fully functional (shortly), you will be able to enter this program by clicking on the WIMBA button on the Blackboard and WebCT screens. You control who speaks, but all those online with you can hear each other. Thus, you can hold chat sessions which do just that — chat — rather than type. Sound interesting? WIMBA training will be available in a face-to-face and online mode by summer. In the meantime, the basic courses in Spanish and speech are now under development for online delivery using this new tool. For more information, contact Jack Chambers or Rusty Gardner. Futures Group Keeps Moving ... The Learning Technologies Futures Group has
again been renamed, this time as the Learning Futures Group. Its
purpose/goal is to look to the future regarding potentially effectives
uses of learning and motivation research and theory and new learning
technologies — while seeking currently to facilitate their
uses to improve student learning and retention. It is composed
of a Steering Committee and standing committees of eight members
each, representative of the College campuses. The Futures
Group is advisory to the Executive Vice President for Instruction
and Student Services. New Versions of Blackboard and WebCT Implemented Effective the beginning of Fall Term, 2004,
the Tech Team implemented new levels of Blackboard and WebCT
which provide fully integrated systems to meet the growing needs
of Florida Community College students, faculty and staff. In the case of Blackboard,
it represented a move to the Enterprise Learning System, and
with WebCT, the CE Full Edition. The updated systems permit us
to support the ever-increasing number of online students with
increased efficiency, including students automatically enrolled
and/or dropped from classes without the laborious work previously
required by each faculty member. Online Course Development Program A total of 70 College-owned courses have been developed under this program, and most are being taught online this term. As a result of College support and student interest, the Fall Term online enrollments reported below have occurred. The projection is based on data from 2002 and 2003.
For more information, contact Jack Chambers. Online Professor Certificate Program The number of enrollees in the Online Professor Certificate Program has now reached 170 (full-time and adjuncts, about equally divided). Seven faculty have completed all of the requirements — congratulations go to Judy Burnett, Sandy Jordan, Wyne Karnath, Lynn Lisenby, Sandy Marquez, Judy Revels and Jerry Wisner. About 20 additional faculty are anticipated to complete the program by the end of the year. This is an ongoing program — full-time faculty and adjuncts may enroll at any time. Contact Jack Chambers for further information; to register for the program, e-mail Gail Payton. Need Help Teaching Students About Plagiarism? Turnitin to the Rescue A new online software package called “Turnitin” is now available Collegewide which helps identify plagiarism in student papers. It should be especially helpful to faculty teaching Gordon Rule courses. To make use of the software, contact the Learner Support Center. FCCU has been offering training programs in its use this term; watch for their catalog early in Spring Term for the next round of workshops. Contact Jack Chambers for further information.  |
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