Online Learning Consortium Offers Free Faculty Training

Tue, 11 Nov 2014 11:42:59 -0500
hybrid, olc, online-learning, online-teaching, training

Through a University System of Maryland partnership with the Online Learning Consortium (OLC), DoIT is pleased to offer an exceptional online training opportunity to UMBC full-time and part-time faculty.

The OLC workshop format utilizes proven teaching strategies and learning activities while modeling best practices for online and hybrid learning. Collaborate with peers and experiences via synchronous (live) and asynchronous environments. Normally these workshop cost about $300 each, but our partnership provides a limited number of seats at no cost to UMBC faculty.

Topics include:

Creating an Interactive Syllabus

Designing a Flipped Classroom

Exploring Competency Based Instruction

Finding & Using Open Educational Resources

Introduction to Copyright & Fair Use (parts 1 & 2)

Additionally, OLC offers the Fundamentals series:

Fundamentals: Increasing Interaction & Engagement

Fundamentals: Supporting New Online Learners

Fundamentals: Frameworks for Quality Design

Fundamentals: Engagement Learners in Online Discussion

Fundamentals: Giving Effective Feedback

Fundamentals: ADA & Web Accessibility

Finally, OLC has the New to Online series:

New to Online: Essentials

New to Online: Introduction to Online Presentation Tools

New to Online: Converting Your Course

New to Online: Putting Your Content Online

These workshops require a time commitment of 3-7 days on average with some lasting up to 3 weeks. All workshops are delivered online with either a synchronous or asynchronous component. A full list of workshop titles is available through next year, but faculty must sign-up by March 31, 2015. Early registration is encouraged!

To register for a workshop, please open an RT ticket in the Instructional Technology queue. Be sure to include the name of the workshop you would like to attend and the date. Instructional technology staff will assist with your registration, answer any questions you may have about the experience, etc.

[Note: The Mastery Series workshops are not eligible for the coupon code.]