Teaching Online Faculty Development Model

A Focused Approach to Designing and Delivering High Quality Distance Learning

TOL Diagram

 

Teaching Online Tool Essentials (TOL4100)

This course is appropriate for all instructors utilizing the Blackboard Learning Management System (LMS) at UNF. Six modules cover the LMS, incorporating best practices for tool use in each:

1) About Blackboard
2) Content
3) Communication
4) Assessment
5) Collaboration
6) Customization

Each module contains learning objectives, tool overviews, best practices, an assessment activity, and an optional advanced unit. Self-paced course; register and start at any time. 6 – 8 hours.

AVAILABLE BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 17 

Online Course Delivery (TOL5100)

This course was designed primarily for part-time faculty, but is appropriate for any instructor teaching an existing distance learning course. Participants learn about the important pedagogical, logistical, and technological issues involved in delivering effective online courses.
Six-week asynchronous course with live instructor; register and start in any semester. 25 hours
Prerequisite: Teaching Online Tool Essentials (TOL 4100)

 

Participation is based on chair nomination.
Compensation ($1500 stipend) is available for participants upon successful course completion and certification will be awarded.

NEXT START DATE OCTOBER 22
 

Teaching Online Seminar (TOL6100)

This course prepares instructors to develop and deliver a fully online course. The experience combines online coursework, cohort-based seminars, and consultation. The course addresses the important pedagogical, logistical, and technological issues involved in designing and delivering effective online courses.

Facilitated cohort in a blended format. 80 hours. Typically offered 2x a year. Call for proposals will be announced in early Fall. All courses developed in TOL6100 will be reviewed using the Rubric for Online Instruction.

Compensation ($2000 stipend and $2000 DL Development budget) is available to participants upon successful course review and certification will be awarded.

 NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR SPRING AND SUMMER 2013 COHORTS 

http://www.unf.edu/cirt/edtech/Teaching_Online_Seminar.aspx 

Ongoing Professional Development

Instructors who have completed TOL5100 or TOL6100 are eligible to take up to two Sloan-C workshops at no cost. The CIRT Events schedule provides additional opportunities for ongoing professional development from CIRT staff in addition to webinars from national organizations including the Educause Learning Initiative, Academic Impressions, the Sloan Foundation, and the New Media Consortium.

National Certification

Alumni of TOL 6100 may apply for a seat  in the national iON Master Online Teacher certificate program. This rigorous 18-month program recognizes and certifies faculty, staff, and administrators who achieve a measurable level of knowledge related to online course design, online instruction, and other issues related to online teaching and learning. A limited number of spots will be funded each year and stipends available to participants.  Faculty who achieve  national certification are expected to provide service to the university community in the form of mentoring, course review, and/or workshop delivery. Contact CIRT for more information.

National Certification provided by the Illinois Online Network.

DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM TRANSITION

Each academic year from 2012-2017, a minimum of two certificate or degree programs will be selected and provided significant support and resources to either (a) convert the entire program to fully online or (b) develop a new certificate or degree program as one delivered fully online. This will be  accomplished by providing a full instructional design model. Support for selected faculty and departments will include, but may not be limited to:

  •  A seat in the Teaching Online Seminar (TOL6100) for each program faculty.
  •  A departmental budget for use towards the development and delivery of the distance learning program. Funds may be used for activities which support the development and delivery of the distance learning program.
  •  The dedicated assistance of an instructional designer to develop the courses, working in conjunction with an identified faculty Course Developer.
  •  Stipends to the faculty Course Developer for up to 2 courses in each program beyond the course developed in TOL6100.

Look for call for proposal, typically goes out in Fall of each academic year from programs to be transitioned the following year.