[DG: Teaching & Learning] [Fwd: Sloan-C Now: June 2009]
Janet de Vry
janet at UDel.Edu
Thu Jun 25 06:20:46 PDT 2009
Note the 5 guidelines that Sloan C uses for their Effective Practices Award.
Janet
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Subject: Sloan-C Now: June 2009
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:58:40 -0400
From: The Sloan Consortium <sloan-cview at sloanconsortium.org>
Reply-To: The Sloan Consortium <sloan-cview at sloanconsortium.org>
To: Janet Devry <janet at UDel.Edu>
Sloan-C Now <http://www.sloanconsortium.org/> June 2009
Dedicated to the Highest Standards in Online Education
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Dear Educator:
Please take a moment to review this month's Sloan-C NOW. It contains a
digest of events, information and notices of importance you won't want
to miss.
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*2009 Sloan-C Effective Practice Awards - Call for Nominations Open*
Sloan-C invites posting of Effective Practices from
individuals/teams/instructors and from institutions. Awards for the best
individual Effective Practices submitted between *November 2008 and
August 15, 2009* will be eligible for awards to be presented at the 15th
Annual Sloan-C International Conference <http://www.aln.ucf.edu/> on
ALN, in October 2009. Effective practices are automatically eligible for
nomination. Each year, an awards committee selects awardees. Awards
committee members are unaffiliated with the nominated institutions.
Individual Sloan-C Effective Practices Awards recognize practices that
are selected for awards according to these criteria:
*Innovation:* the practice is inventive or original
*Replicability:* the practice can be implemented in a variety of
learning environments
*Potential impact:* the practice would advance the field if many adopted it
*Supporting documentation:* the practice is supported with evidence of
effectiveness
*Scope:* the practice explains its relationship with other quality elements
Visit the Effective Practices page for more information and to submit,
http://www.sloanconsortium.org/effective/index.asp.
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*The 2009 Annual Sloan-C Awards - Call for Nominations Open*
*Deadline to Submit is August 15th! *
*/Sloan-C Awards for Excellence in Online Teaching and Learning/*
The Awards Selection Committee of the Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) invites
nominations for the Sloan-C 2009 awards for outstanding contributions to
the field of online learning. The 2009 awards will be presented during
the 15th Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning in
Orlando, Florida, on Thursday, October 29, 2009. Individual awards
consist of a commemorative plaque and a check for $2000; institutional
awards consist of a commemorative plaque only. The award categories are:
-Excellence in Online Teaching (Individual)
-Most Outstanding Achievement in Online Learning (Individual)
-Most Outstanding Online Teaching and Learning Program
-Excellence in Faculty Development for Online Teaching
-Excellence in Institution-Wide Online Teaching and Learning Programming
*/Ralph E. Gomory Award for Quality Online Education/*
The Ralph E. Gomory Award for Quality Online Education will be presented
by the Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) to an institution that has
demonstrated its commitment to assessing and improving the quality of
its online education programs through quantitative application of the
Sloan-C Quality Pillars. The five interdependent pillars, upon which
quality online education is based, are:
-Access
-Learning Effectiveness
-Cost Effectiveness
-Student Satisfaction
-Faculty Satisfaction
*For more information and submission forms, please visit
http://www.sloanconsortium.org/aboutus/awards.asp.*
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*The 15th Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning -
Registration Now Open*
15th Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning: "The Power of
Online Learning: Opportunities for Tomorrow"
<http://www.sloanconsortium.org/aln> will be held in Orlando, FL from
October 28 - 30. Online and blended learning transforms education and
training from location and time-bound activities to anytime, anywhere
experiences. This conference addresses solutions to the challenges
presented by online and blended learning to boundaries between the
academy and the world, as well as between the virtual and the real.
Online and blended learning connects learners around the globe with each
other, with instructors and experts world-wide, and with an enormous
range of resources to support learning that is both highly
individualized and highly collaborative. For fifteen years, the Sloan-C
International Conference on Online Learning has been the lead conference
in online and blended learning, continuously improving and responding to
eme! rging trends.
Last year's annual conference attracted over 1100 participants to
Orlando for more than 180 presentations, as well as exhibits,
pre-conference workshops, keynote and plenary addresses, and a variety
of other special events.
* Register <http://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=721456> today! *
/*Follow Sloan Consortium on Twitter for updates on these conferences
and more! Join us at www.twitter.com/SloanConsortium
<http://www.twitter.com/SloanConsortium>.*/
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Stay connected with The Sloan Consortium and its members through the
Sloan-C networking groups on Twitter and Linkedin. Learn what others in
online education are doing as well as receive news and conference
updates from the Sloan Consortium.
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join the Sloan Consortium group.
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join the Sloan Consortium group.
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*Sloan-C 2009 Institutional Membership*
**Join the Sloan-C Community of educators from around the world.**
Membership in the Sloan Consortium provides knowledge, practice,
community, and direction for educators.
A 2009 Institutional Membership includes:
- 10 $50 coupons toward the 15th Annual Conference on Online Learning
Networks in 2009 in Orlando, FL
- 20 $150 coupons toward over 30 Sloan-C online workshops for faculty,
staff, and administrators in online education
- Full access to Sloan-C effective practices, networking opportunities,
and many Sloan-C publications
*/Register for a 2009 Institutional Membership today at
http://www.sloanconsortium.org/membership./*
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*2009 Sloan-C College Pass Professional Development Package*
**A cost effective solution for faculty training**
A 2009 College Pass Professional Development Package provides:
- 150 seats per year in over 30 Sloan-C online workshops which cover a
variety of key online education topics
- Use the workshops as a cost-effective and convenient way to improve
quality in online education while networking with new colleagues
- Supplement your on-campus efforts with access to a wide variety of
topic coverage from experts around the nation
Online workshops are 2 to 4 weeks long with convenient synchronous and
asynchronous delivery. Sloan-C's online workshops are based on years of
Sloan-C research and effective practices - anytime, anywhere flexibility
combined with an attention to quality and access to top experts and new
colleagues in the field. Now you can provide your institution complete
access to these workshops through the end of 2009 with the Sloan-C
College Pass Professional Development Package.
*/Register for a 2009 College Pass Professional Development Package
today at http://www.sloanconsortium.org/info/2009colpass or e-mail
info at sloanconsortium.org <mailto:info at sloanconsortium.org>./*
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*2009 Sloan-C Workshop Deadline Reminders*
Workload Management Strategies for Online Educators
<http://www.sloanconsortium.org/info/06/nws16.htm>
*July 7th*
Online teaching can redefine faculty members' teaching schedules. While
the advantages for participating in online education include
flexibility; the reality of the 24/7 classroom can prove daunting due to
the investment in curriculum development and planning as well as the
need to be responsive to student inquiries. This workshop offers
strategies enabling online educators to manage time demands while
teaching online courses.
Academic Integrity in Online Education
<http://www.sloanconsortium.org/info/06/nws17.htm>
*July 14th*
The role of technology in academic dishonesty is in the news, and
federal legislation is pending that will require authentication of
online learners. This session will provide information, examples, and a
reality check for staff and faculty working in online education.
Open Educational Resources: Build It and They will Come
<http://www.sloanconsortium.org/info/06/nws18.htm>
*July 20th*
Open Educational Resources: Build It and They will Come E-learning
content is becoming much more pervasive. This developing content which
can be shared within one institution, or across continents represents a
powerful possible paradigm shift in the distribution methods of learning
content and courseware from traditional publishing models to those of
open and collaborative in nature. Major initiatives from leading
institutions to provide open courseware further support the growth of
this segment of online learning. Learning Objectives Participants will:
Learn how to develop Open Educational Resources (OER) Share experiences,
thoughts, and ideas on building an international OER collaboration Learn
about and engage in topical OER debates.
Great Web 2.0 Tools to Improve Learning
<http://www.sloanconsortium.org/info/06/nws19.htm>
*July 21st*
There are many excellent Web 2.0 tools that have been used successfully
to enhance learning and increase engagement, but finding just the right
tools can be challenging. You will be introduced to five exemplar tools.
You will learn how to effectively use these tools.
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*Upcoming Events in the World of Asynchronous Learning*
July 16 - 17: 4th International Conference on e-Learning (ICEL 2009)
<http://academic-conferences.org/icel/icel2009/icel09-home.htm>
July 16 - 17: EDUCAUSE Institute Management Program 2009 - Boulder
<http://net.educause.edu/TheEDUCAUSEInstituteManagementProgram/1734>
July 27 - 30: Campus Technology 2009 (Summer)
<http://campustechnology.com/Microsites/Campus-Technlogy-09/CT09-Home.aspx>
Aug 1 - 4: National Media Education Conference 2008 & Research
Summit <http://www.amlainfo.org/conferences/nmec-2009>
Aug 4 - 7: 25th Anniversary of the Annual Conference on Distance
Teaching & Learning <http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference>
Aug 10 - 11: Fifth International Computing Education Research
Workshop <http://icer.cs.berkeley.edu>
Aug 13 - 16: 9th MERLOT International Conference
<http://conference.merlot.org/2009>
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