eLA 101 Online Course Building and Facilitation

Logistics –

Option 1 – 5-week facilitated online course (up to 15 people)

Option 2 – 2-day in person workshop

What People Are Saying About eLA 101 –

Linda is an interesting, engaging and dynamic presenter who made the information she had to teach easily accessible for people with little experience with computer technology. – Faculty Member, University of Saint Mary

Very useful. Easy to follow. I have had instruction using both Blackboard and WebCT and I believe that this was the clearest and easiest instruction to follow. I believe that I can do a lot with what I learned and saw demonstrated.  – Nursing Faculty, West Suburban College of Nursing

The presentation was excellent and really gave me a vision of what can be done.  – Faculty Member, University of Saint Mary

eLA 101 Course Objectives –
Participants will engage in HANDS-ON learning &  activities in order to:

1.      Explain the online course development process and their role in that process.
2.      Identify and utilize the communication tools available to them in the eCollege  
         system.
3.      Apply best practices in building online learning communities by:

a.      setting up course announcements,
b.      course introductions, and
c.      bio/syllabus.

4.      Demonstrate an understanding of best practices for threaded discussions
         through responses to various discussion scenarios.
5.      Select the best method for presenting content given the:

a.      audience,
b.      intended learning outcome, and
c.      the type of material to be presented.

6.      Create a unit/content item and set access dates in the eCollege system.
7.      Create and modify content in a content item using the Visual Editor, including    
         uploading an image and creating a hyperlink.
8.      Create groups in the eCollege system.
9.      Create assessments that correlate to the course learning outcomes and reflect
         best practices for evaluation of student work in the online classroom.
10.  Use the grading tools in the eCollege system to provide students with feedback
       on their submitted work.
11.  Locate and use additional resources for teaching/learning online and course building
       support.