Online Faculty Co-ops
Materials from Past Presentations
Upcoming Presentations:
Avatars in D2L
Week of March 10, 2008
Online Presentation (half video/half slide show) Open All Week
Presented by: Colette Wanless-Sobel, Department of English
I, Avatar
You may be asking yourself, “Who is this woman?”
Well, “she” is the avatar or virtual representation I use in my D2L classes. She is I.
The presentation “I, Avatar” will share my explorations with avatar use in my D2L classes at Inver Hills. Topics to be covered:
Design
- Visually create and customize your own animated characters
- Create audio messages for your characters to speak using recorded audio, uploaded audio, computer generated speech and even professional voice-over talent.
- Assign background images to your characters
- Control the size, position and presentation of your characters
- Define the interactivity and behavior of your characters -- even add Artificial Intelligence to them
D2L Class Utilization
- Use avatars to personalize the online class experience
- Use avatar to announce weekly assignment or important class announcements
- Use avatars to make assignments more interactive
- Use avatars to create simulations
Other Uses
- Insert your characters into Web pages
- Integrate your characters into Flash movies or PowerPoint presentations
The Utility
- Easy to use
- Free version available or fee for software amenities
Video and handout materials of past faculty coops
Copyright, the TEACH Act, and Distance Education: What Online Instructors Need to Know
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Presented by: Aimee Bissonette, J.D., Department of Business
Join us for a discussion of the laws and limits online instructors need to respect when preparing and delivering online courses. We"ll discuss copyright law, the TEACH Act, "fair use," and when and how to obtain permission from copyright owners when you want to use their work in your courses. We"ll also discuss the growing body of "permission free" materials available to educators through learning object repositories and open course ware websites, as well as the newly created licensing scheme "Creative Commons."
Associated materials:
- Video PresentationTegrity presentation
- Accompanying PowerPoint presentation (.ppt format)
- Frequently Asked Questions About the TEACH ActA PDF document
- Classroom Materials for Educators HandoutA PDF document
- Performance of Copyrighted Works HandoutA PDF document
The Tiger in the Closet: Motivating Student Honesty in Online Courses
Friday, September 21, 2007
11:00 – 11:50 a.m. in LA219
Presented by: Jason Kaufman, Ph.D., Department of Psychology
Although online and traditional education share the same fundamental foundations, offering an online course may present unique challenges for monitoring the honesty and integrity of student work. Quite simply, how can one identify instances of student plagiarism or cheating and simultaneously model ethical academic behavior from a distance? This session will present an opportunity for instructors to come together to share ideas that can be implemented in the online course room.
Associated materials:
- Video PresentationTegrity presentation
- OutlineA PDF document
- Inver Hills' Academic Integrity PolicyA PDF document
Making the Most of the D2L Online Quiz Function
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. in LA219
Presented by: Zack Sullivan, Department of Political Science
This session will explore the Desire2Learn (D2L) quiz function, highlighting its strengths and weaknesses as a knowledge assessment tool. Strategies will be considered that increase quiz effectiveness, mitigate academic dishonesty, and streamline grading for instructors.
Topics to be considered:
- Developing fun introductory quizzes to get to know students and for the class to understand the D2L quiz function
- Effective use of online quizzes
- Timing quizzes
- Phrasing questions to avoid easy glossary/index use
- Setting up automatic grade export and allowing students to examine missed answers
- Pros/cons of D2L short answer and essay questions and alternatives
- Streamline grading
- Eliminating retakes with an extra credit option
- Using D2L quiz function for traditional classes
Associated materials:
Supporting Online Faculty – A Brainstorming Session
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. in LA219
Presented by: Jason Lachowsky, Web Content Developer
The Web Content Developer position was created this year. One of the goals is to enhance online learning support from student and faculty standpoints. What are your thoughts? How best could this be accomplished? This is an open-ended session where your participation will be especially valued as it will be used to help gauge future needs. Topics could include:
- Using Web-based free tools to enrich your online classes to facilitate collaboration, incorporate multimedia, and encourage student networking.
- Suggested improvements to the Online landing page (http://online.inverhills.edu), especially the faculty section
- Effective design of online course materials
- Your questions or suggestions
Associated materials:
Giving Good Feedback when Teaching Online
Monday, December 10, 2007
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 N in LA219
Presented by: Todd Johnson, M.A., Department of Business
Explore industry tested best practices for giving feedback to students enrolled in online courses. Topics include:
- Foundations of feedback from brick to click
- Be realistic and legalistic
- Creative Feedback Ideas
Facilitator welcomes faculty to bring your ideas and share!
Best Practices Session
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. in LA219
Presented by: Mary Stephens, Department of Nursing
Come for this exciting interactive session on online best practices! Bring one of your best practices that has worked well in your online class. The goal of the session is to have good discussion about what works well! This will be a fun session! Looking forward to seeing you on January 23rd!
"Sex, Drugs, & How To Learn Online--The New SSD 'Methods' Web Site"
Monday, February 4, 2008
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. in LA219
Presented by: Richard Jewell, Faculty Coordinator, IHCC SSD
Students with personal and academic problems--and especially those looking to extend their metacognitive knowledge of how to learn more and better--can now go to a new Web site with over 1000 Student Success Day resources. Send your students to SSD fully online!
Maximizing the “Value” of Power Point Presentations Online to Promote Student Success
Tuesday, February 13, 2008
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. in LA219
Presented by: Vicky Knickerbocker, Department of Sociology/Human Services
This teaching session will demonstrate how I was able to use power point presentations as an effective teaching strategy in my online Sociology course. I will show the mechanics of using power point presentations and illustrate how the power point presentations my students created promoted student learning. We will also explore other ways online instructors could use this teaching strategy to foster student success in their own classrooms, thus expanding the variety of teaching tools in their Online Teaching Toolbox.
