Summer 2019 Faculty Development Opportunity

For online teaching faculty who are about to teach online for the first time, or who have a desire to improve their methods for online teaching, this summer enrichment course runs August 4 to September 21.

Preparing to Teach Online

This course gives an overview of how to design your online course, how to establish a positive and engaging online classroom climate, how to keep students actively engaged with you content, tips on grading and feedback, and some thoughts on how you can effectively manage your time when teaching online.

Approximately 10 hours to complete the course.

Course Curriculum

Unit1: Course Design (4 hours to complete)
Unit 2: Classroom Climate (2 hours to complete)
Unit 3: Active and Engaged Students (2 hours to complete)
Unit 4: Feedback (.5 hour to complete)
Unit 5: Continuous Improvement (.5 hour to complete)

How It Works

• At the start of the course, participants receive an email with information on accessing the online course
• Participants can work through the course at their own pace. Participants can also review information in a previous unit as well as read supplemental materials and watch the accompanying videos as many times as they like within the session dates
• Upon completion of each program, participants will take an assessment to gauge progress
• A discussion board brings educators together for an enriching, national conversation about higher education
• For the duration of the course, participants can use the discussion forum to interact with other participants nationwide and discuss the course content
• At the end of the course, participants will receive a Certificate of Completion

What's Included

• Video programs
• Program assessments
• Transcripts of all video programs
• Program slides
• Online discussion forum
• Certificate of Completion for the course

Enroll

Reserve your seat(s) in the session that works best for you using the order box on the right. Discount pricing is for multiple seats purchased at the same time:

# of people Cost

1 to 4         $199 per seat

5 to 19         $99 per seat

20 to 39         $79 per seat

Ignation Pedagogy and Learning Technology

Bringing Theory to Practice
Winter 2019 Newsletter

By Eddie Maloney, Executive Director, and Maggie Debelius, Director of Faculty Initiatives—both of the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship, Georgetown University

"If anything has changed in teaching and learning in the past twenty years, it’s the overwhelming integration, influence, and adoption of digital technologies. While certainly not the first technologies to change how we teach and learn, digital technologies from learning management systems to social media, blogs, and wikis have had a profound impact on how teachers and students interact with course materials. They have enabled new ways of gaining access to information, teaching at a distance, and shifting the learning experience from a teacher-centered, lecture-based model to a learner-centered, “flipped” classroom. Much of the work we do in the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS) at Georgetown University seeks to understand how digital technologies can inform and enhance not only student learning but also the totality of a student’s life while at the university. We have found that the thoughtful use of technology can help Georgetown, a Jesuit institution, enact its commitment to Ignatian pedagogy, which seeks to educate the whole person and care for each individual, respecting unique gifts and insights."

Read more here.