Online+Course+Facilitator's+Institute


 * Agenda**
 * Online Course Facilitators' Institute**
 * 415 - 89th Street, Brooklyn, NY**

Facilitators: OET Staff

Day 1: Web 2.0 Tools to Enhance the Online Learning Experience
Learn the various ways Online Courses can be enhanced to include powerful collaborative, communication tools through the integration of Web 2.0 resources. Participants will gain an understanding about the basics of collaborative web-based resources. Participants will learn to work with others around the world by learning both technical and ethical skills.

Session Includes:
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 * An Open Letter to Educators**
 * IceBreaker: [|Stumble Upon]
 * Web 2.0 -- An Overview **Web 2.0 An Overview**
 * [|Curriculum 21 Clearing House]
 * [|http://go2web20.net]
 * Search the library for 2.0 tools that may interest you.
 * How does it incorporate 21st Century Skills?
 * Find Appropriate Content Area Web 2.0 Tools to Enhance Online Learning
 * Use Web 2.0 Tools to Support Online Instruction
 * Share Tools with [|Drop.io]
 * Click here :L[] to share a website from stumbleupon.

What Web 2.0 tools can be used to replace traditional teaching styles? //(example: Students can use a blog instead of a Journal book)// Choose an APEX course to enhance for upcoming Day 2 & 3
 * Activity:**
 * //What do we look for in an online learning environment?//
 * //An overview/refresher of APEX online courses//
 * //Why should be enhance these courses with Web 2.0 & digital media//
 * //How can we use the moodle platform to enhance online courses//
 * Activity:**


 * Using Moodle to Host Online Courses**

http://www.moodle.nycedtech.com/course/view.php?id=6
 * Log in data (last name; Capital first initial last name school number !)
 * Log in, modify your profile, customize your moodle environment)

Explore the impact of video and podcasts to enhance the online learning experiences. Target visual and auditory senses to learn complex concepts and new materials. Identify video and podcasts to support online course materials, and create standards-based instructional units utilizing video/audio resources.Add rss feeds to enhance content.
 * Day 2: Video & Podcasts to Enhance Online Learning**

Session Includes:

 * IceBreaker: Can video replace reading? Read and view.
 * Read: [|Genetic Science Learning Center: WHAT ARE GENETIC DISORDERS]?
 * Read: [|Genetic Disease Information]

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 * Activity:**

Log in to Moodle:

http://www.moodle.nycedtech.com/course/view.php?id=6 > > =**How-to: Add RSS to Moodle ** = > media type="custom" key="6810941"
 * Modify the name of your course.
 * Write a short description introducing your course.
 * Add a RSS block to your course.

> - [|Teacher Tube] > - [|School Tube] > - [|Ted] > -[| itunes] > -[|NPR] > > > ==**What is podcasting?**==
 * Activities**:
 * Find and share Video & Audio Resource Links to Enhance Content Area Instruction
 * Apply those resources to a unit of study in your online course
 * Create content-area podcast using the tool of your choice (i.e. Aviary.com) to introduce online learning unit
 * Create an Account with [|Aviary]

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 * What would entice students to take this course?**
 * Share & Identify Criteria for Promising Practices

=Day 3:= =Use Moodle to Create a Content-Specific Unit of Study Enhanced with Web 2.0= [|Moodle at nycedtech.com]

Session Includes:
>> >> Resources: >> [|RSS In Plain English] · iTunes U >> · [|NASA] >> · [|PowerMediaPlus] >> · [|Metropolitan Museum of Art Podcasts Series] (or your favorite museum) >> · [|National Association of Science Teachers – Lab Out Loud Podcast Series]
 * [|Moodle Tutorials - Getting Started Guide]
 * Small group instruction based upon prior experience
 * [|Online Course Development]
 * Share & Identify Criteria for Promising Practices
 * Workshop Evaluation
 * [|Aviary]