Online Teaching Workshop

July 30 – August 12, 2012

Course Description:

This online course is designed for educators in a K-12 setting who are currently teaching, designing or wanting to obtain additional information to facilitate an online learning environment. Over the course of the week, we will be looking into two main components of a virtual classroom. One will be the learning community as a whole and the second will be teaching and learning in a virtual community. This workshop would assist teachers in meeting Wisconsin state mandates for required professional development and fulfilling the 30-hour online training required prior to teaching online courses within a school district.

The course will be designed through readings, discussions, exploring course management systems (CMS) and group collaboration. We will be using the book Building Online Learning Communities: Effective Strategies for the Virtual Classroom by Rena M. Palloff and Keith Pratt which maybe purchased through Amazon or other online book retailers.

• Part One: Learning Community
  Focus will be on the introductions to a virtual learning community, creating a social presence, understanding student differences, issues with technology as a tool, roles of the facilitator and student in both online and hybrid courses.
• Part Two: Teaching and Learning in a Virtual Community
  The majority of the week will be spent on this section. The focus will be split into three main components: Building Foundations, Promoting Collaborative Learning, and Course Assessments and Evaluations. We will be highlighting topics of transformative learning and communication between facilitator-to-student, student-to-student, and facilitator-to-community.

Course Objectives:

Participants will be able to:

• Apply various theories of course design models to an e-learning environment
• Examine various learning styles and learn how to assist with diverse needs of students
• Create assessment tools relevant to an e-learning environment
• Develop strategies to communicate and collaborate with student-to student, facilitator-to-student, and community-to-facilitator-to-student within the online environment
• Integrate synchronous and asynchronous technologies into your course
• Analyze various Course Management Systems

To Register:

Non Credit

• Complete the registration form provided on the bottom of this flyer and return to the address listed, OR register online: Camps.uww.edu
• Cost........$150.00

Credit

• Students who are currently admitted at UW-Whitewater for the Summer 2012 Session may register on the WINS System, OR contact Carrie Lencho at lenchoc@uww.edu or (800) 621-5376
• Credits.....1
• Cost..........$299.80 Undergrad (WI Resident)___ $454.18 Grad (WI Resident)