Fall Conference

October 29 and 30, 2009

Skills and Technology Center

1305 19th Ave North

Fargo, North Dakota

 

The focus of the conference will be on three issues in e-learning: (1) Quality of Course Design, (2) Quality of Student Learning, and (3) Quality of Teaching. With the focus on course design, student learning, and teaching, participants for the conference are recommended to be online faculty, instructional designers, distance education directors, and administrators. The project work groups would let people self-select and will include:

1) Peer review group of faculty for improving course design (quality of design)
2) Learning assessment project for online students (quality of learning)
3) Develop formal expectations for faculty teaching in online courses (quality of teaching baseline)
4) Faculty evaluation process and instrument creation (quality of teaching)

 

Facilitators for the conference will be: Barry Dahl, Vice President, Technology and Connect e-Campus and Hanna Erpestad, Dean, Liberal Arts and Sciences, both from Lake Superior State College, Duluth, Minnesota.

Click HERE for materials for the Conference. (The list will be changing as new materials are received.)

Please forward this announcement to your colleagues on your campus in particular online faculty members, instructional designers, and administrators who work with the online initiative at your institution.

There will not be a registration fee for the conference. We would like to limit the number of participants from each campus to six individuals. We look forward to your participation. If you have questions, please contact me at the following: Robert Larson

Registration for Fall Conference (Registration for the conference will close on October 14, 2009.)

Final Schedule:

Day One
07:30-08:30	Registration and Continental Breakfast
08:30-08:50	Introductions and Agenda Review
08:50-09:15	Three Questions about Quality in e-Learning
	1. Quality of Course Design
	2. Quality of Student Learning
	3. Quality of Teaching
09:15-10:00	Question #1: Quality of Course Design (Intro to peer review process)
10:00-10:15	Break
10:15-12:00	Question #1: Quality of Course Design (quality standards)
12:00-01:00	Lunch
01:00-02:00	Question #2: Quality of Student Learning
02:00-02:30	Question #3: Quality of Teaching (setting expectations)
02:30-02:45	Break
02:45-04:00	Question #2: Quality of Teaching (evaluating performance)
04:00-04:30	Formation of Work Teams (3 or 4 project teachms will be created)
04:30	End of work session
Day Two
08:00-09:00	Continental Breakfast
09:00-10:15	Examples of Three Actual Courses: The Good, The Better, and The Ugly
10:15-10:30	Break
10:30-11:30	Work in Groups on Projects
11:30-12:00	Report Out on Work Groups
12:00	Close of Conference

 

 

 

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