eQ – Ensuring e-Learning Quality Workshop
eLearning 2010 Post-Conference Workshop – Feb. 23-24, 2010
We are partnering with our friends at the Instructional Technology Council to take our e-Learning Quality workshop on the road to Texas. In conjunction with ITC’s e-Learning 2010 conference in Fort Worth, we will be offering a 1.5 day post-conference workshop that focuses on the questions surrounding quality in online learning. This is a “wrap-around” post-conference workshop, meaning that the first half day of the workshop coincides with the final half day of the ITC conference – and uses sessions at the ITC conference to kick off the workshop.
We start this workshop by looking at models of good practice on online learning course design. This helps set the stage for the later pieces that focus on the quality of the learning and the quality of the teaching.
The following topics will all be explored during the workshop, with practical examples and ideas that you can take back to your campus for immediate implementation:
- Peer review group of faculty for improving course design (create process for assessing quality of design)
- Course design rubric creation (create your own or adopt an existing tool for assessing quality of course design)
- Learning assessment project for online students (assessing the quality of online learning)
- Developing clear expectations for student enrolling in online courses
- Developing formal expectations for faculty teaching in online courses (quality of teaching baseline)
- Online student end-of-course evaluation instrument and process
- Faculty evaluation process and instrument creation (quality of online teaching)
Workshop costs:
The following fees apply to the post-conference workshop:
- $200 for people registered for ITC eLearning conference
- $300 for people NOT registered for ITC eLearning conference
Fees will be collected via credit card or invoicing after registration, but in advance of the workshop.
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Location:
This workshop will be held in Fort Worth, Texas
- The Fort Worth Omni Hotel.
- Same site as the ITC eLearning 2010 conference.
Hotel information is available at the ITC website. Special conference rate of $149 per night available.
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Registration info:
- You may register online now.
- You will be contacted later about payment.
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Workshop Schedule:
Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010
- 8:30 – 9:30 Concurrent session: Striving for Quality Online Courses, by James Johnson & Janine Hornung (regular session at ITC eLearning)
- 9:30 – 10:00 Break
- 10:00 – 11:00 Concurrent session: Quality in Online Education: Creating the Framework, by Barry Dahl & Hanna Erpestad (regular session at ITC eLearning)
- 11:15 – 12:30 Closing Brunch with Featured Presentation (ending event of ITC eLearning)
- 12:45 – 2:00 Quality of Online Course Design – rubrics, standards, and peer review processes
- 2:00 – 2:15 Break
- 2:15 – 2:45 Setting expectations for online students
- 2:45 – 3:30 Setting expectations for online instructors
- 3:30 – 3:45 Break
- 3:45 – 5:00 Learning assessment projects for online learners (focus on measuring college-wide outcomes)
Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010
- 8:00 – 9:00 End-of-course student evaluations for online courses
- 9:00 – 9:45 Evaluating faculty performance in online courses
- 9:45 – 10:00 Break
- 10:00 – 12:00 Evaluating three actual online courses: The Good, the Bad, and the Pretty
- 12:00 noon Adjourn
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Materials provided:
The following is a partial list of materials and resources that will be made available to attendees.
- All attendees will receive a bound copy of all handouts, forms, evaluation instruments, and other written resources used during the workshop.
- All attendees are free to use or adapt any of the Lake Superior College resources that are provided during the workshop.
- A wiki with links to all online resources used will be shared both during and after the workshop.
- Wi-fi will be available in the meeting room. Laptops are welcomed, but not required.
Presenters:
This workshop has been offered several times during the past 9 months.
- Barry Dahl, Vice President of Technology & e-Campus at Lake Superior College. (website)
- Hanna Erpestad, Dean of Liberal Arts & Sciences at Lake Superior College.
- Both presenters are experienced online instructors and administrators of online degree programs.
