Monday, November 28, 2011

CCCOnline Webinar: Open Source Course Content

Are you interested in knowing about CCCOnline's Open content courses?
Then don't miss the webinar session planned for Friday, December 2 2011.

The details are listed at-

Title: Save the Trees!
When: Friday, December 2, 2011 (1:00 PM - 2:30 PM MT)
Register at:(Maximum Participants 40)-
https://at.ccconline.org/training/options/
Please login in with your S# and related portal password

Registration closes: December 1, 2011
Facilitators:
Karen Kaemmerling, Social Science Associate Dean, CCCOnline
Mary Cash, Instructional Online Librarian, CCCOnline

Focus:
In a world where money and natural resources are in short supply, take advantage of the information age, and use quality open content resources in your online classes.
This session will illustrate the benefits of going text-free for instructor and students by highlighting examples from CCCOnline’s open content courses

Where: Online via Elluminate. Access up to 15 minutes before the start time.
Link will be sent to all registered participants by email, before the webinar.

As always, please feel free to contact training@ccconline.org with comments and questions.

For the Training and Professional Development team,
Aarthi Ramesh

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

December 2011-Professional Development Opportunities

Do you still need to fulfill CCCOnline's Annual Professional Development Requirement or just yearn to learn more ?
Either way, we've a good lineup of Training and Professional Development Sessions planned for December 2011.

Workshop-Managing Discussions
When : December 5 2011-December 16 2011
Where: Online
Focus: This is a two week online workshop about best practices in facilitating online discussions
Registration close date: November 25 2011

The following workshops are specifically geared towards prospective CCCOnline instructors. However I encourage you to sign-up for these sessions, in case you want to brush up on your CCCOnline 'instructional skills'.

Workshop- Getting Started-Specifically geared towards Pre-Hire CCCOnline Instructors

When : December 5th-December 12th, 2011
Where: Online Focus: This is a one week online orientation course for new Instructors. Getting Started introduces instructors to the culture of CCCOnline,support resources and support processes for teaching with CCCOnline.
Registration close date: Nov 25th, 2011

Getting Started- Specifically geared towards Pre-Hire CCCOnline Instructors

When : December 12th-December 19th, 2011
Where: Online Focus: This is a one week online orientation course for new Instructors. Getting Started introduces instructors to the culture of CCCOnline, support resources and support processes for teaching with CCCOnline
Registration close date: Dec 2nd, 2011

D2L essentials- Specifically geared towards Pre-Hire CCCOnline Instructors

When : December 5th-December 16th, 2011
Where: Online Focus: This is a two week fully online facilitated workshop designed to introduce instructors to the Desire to Learn (D2L) course system. Its primary goal is to prepare instructors to teach with D2L at a basic level their first term. Activities are completed in a Practice Course.
Registration close date: Nov 25th, 2011

Further details at-
http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Professional_Development_-_Workshops

We've one Webinar Scheduled for December 2011-
Title- Save the Trees!
When: Friday,December 2, 2011 (1:00 - 2:30 PM)
Where: Online
Check details at-
http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Professional_Development_-_Upcoming_Webinars#Save_the_Trees.21

These Workshops and Webinars fill up fast, so please sign-up, as soon as it's convenient at- https://at.ccconline.org/training/login.php .
Please login in with your S# and related portal password.
If a session is marked 'full' please register for the next available session .
If there is no future offering listed under the training link, we suggest you check back in a few weeks to see if it's offered again.

As always, please feel free to contact training@ccconline.org with comments and questions.

Happy Thanksgiving!

For the Training and Professional Development team,
Aarthi Ramesh

Monday, November 14, 2011

Webinar:D2L Reports and Analytics

Ever wondered what the different reports and analytic tools are, currently available to
instructors within CCCOnline's setup of D2L ?
Would you like to have more information on how you may effectively use them in your learning environment?
Then don't miss the Webinar this Thursday, November 17th,2011 from 3-4:30 PM MT.

The details are listed at-
http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Professional_Development_-_Upcoming_Webinars#Reporting_tools_available_within_Desire2Learn

The registration process is listed at-
http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Professional_Development_-_Training_Options#Registration_Process

As always, please feel free to contact training@ccconline.org with comments and questions.

For the Training and Professional Development team,
Aarthi Ramesh

Monday, November 07, 2011

CCCOnline Webinars for November 2011..

Have you ever considered adding media content to your courses ?
Then the Webinar planned for Friday, November 11 2011, is the one for you !

Check the CCCOnline Upcoming Webinar Page for details-
http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Professional_Development_-_Upcoming_Webinars#Insert_Stuff.21

The other Webinar planned for November is also available for signup.
This webinar is planned for Thursday, November 17 2011 and familiarizes you with the different reports and analytic tools currently available to instructors within CCCOnline's setup of D2L.

The details are listed at-
http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Professional_Development_-_Upcoming_Webinars#Reporting_tools_available_within_Desire2Learn

The registration process is listed at-
http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Professional_Development_-_Training_Options

As always, please feel free to contact training@ccconline.org with comments and
questions.

For the Training and Professional Development team,
Aarthi Ramesh