Hello everyone,
First, forgive multiple emails if you are on more than one of these lists. As I notified you earlier, the online course discussion group will meet this semester at 3:30 on Thursdays, room 220 Ellison Hall (unless otherwise announced).
During the first meeting last Thursday, we generated a list of topics that we’ll be discussing this semester. If there’s something you’d like to bring up that isn’t on the list, please let me know. Here’s the (tentative) schedule for the next few weeks:
September 16 Demonstration of useful tools
Laura Gibbs EZ Board
June Lester Markin
September 23 Show and tell of current online courses
Sherry Cox VoiceBoard demo
September 30 Using discussion boards in online courses – bring your case studies
October 7 Group work in online courses – facilitating; evaluating
October 14 IT’s course management team—Anita Tom, Michelle Davis
October 21 Faculty training for teaching online courses
October 28 Beth McCoy Digital Media Lab
Future topics Dates TBA
Working with students with disabilities in online courses
Plagiarism
Research models for studying online courses
Resources – OU Libraries
Tools demonstration – Blogger, Quia, Blackberry, Electronic course packs, IM, Xanadu
Thanks.
Karen Cozart
Coordinator, Distance Learning Programs
College of Arts & Sciences
University of Oklahoma
(405) 325-7943