Teaching Online Seminar (TOL6100)
The TOL6100 seminar offers an opportunity for faculty members to redesign a traditional course for distance learning delivery via UNF's Blackboard Learning System. The intensive seminar covers pedagogy, course design, instructional strategies, communication strategies, and online assessment. Participants examine course objectives and learning activities for the selected course and complete a conversion/redesign process.
The seminar is open to all UNF faculty, and preference is given to:
- Full-time, tenure-track applicants
- Courses which are part of programs selected for transition to fully distance-learning delivery
- Courses that have not been previously delivered via distance learning
- Applicants who have not previously participated in the seminar
Chair support is required to indicate the department's commitment to offering the course in a fully distance learning mode in the coming academic year. A Distance Learning course is a course in which at least 80 percent of the direct instruction of the course is delivered using some form of technology where the student and instructor are separated by time or space, or both. For a typical 3 credit-hour course, that is 8 or fewer contact hours during the semester. These courses are designated as "DL" in the UNF course schedule.
Participating faculty will receive:
- $2000 stipend after the newly developed course has been reviewed using the Rubric for Online Instruction.
- Distance Learning Development budget, up to $2000, which may be used for hardware, software, books, or travel related to the development of distance learning. See this page for examples.
- Access to two additional Sloan-C workshops within the calendar year: http://sloanconsortium.org/workshops .
- Certification to develop and deliver distance learning courses at UNF.
Seminar Format and Application
Faculty may apply for one of two cohorts that will run during Spring and Summer 2013. Modules 1 & 2 (online) must be completed prior to Module 3 (face-to-face), and participants must be available from 9 am to 4 pm on all Module 3 dates. Up to twenty-five participants will be selected for each cohort. Applications are evaluated by CIRT staff in consultation with members of the Distance Learning Committee.
Module 1- Completion of online Sloan-C course: Getting Started: The First Step toward Online Teaching - Two week online course; suggested 5 – 10 hours per week.
- Spring Cohort will complete November 28 - December 14.
- Summer Cohort will complete in Spring 2013; dates TBD.
Module 2- Completion of UNF online course
- TOL 4100 Blackboard Online Workshop - Available year-round
Module 3 - Course Development Face-to-Face Seminar with CIRT Staff
*must have completed Modules 1 & 2 prior to Module 3
Five day seminar that includes course development activities consultation, with graphic and media development support.
SEMINAR DATES
2013 SPRING COHORT
January 25
February 15
February 22
March 15
April 19 |
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2013 SUMMER COHORT
April 29
April 30
May 17
May24
June 21
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Applications are due by September 21, 2012 and applicants will be notified by October 10, 2012. Applications may be submitted to Yentl Dunbar in CIRT (Building 1, Room 1801), or signed and scanned copies may be emailed to cirtlab@unf.edu.
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