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ONLINE INSTRUCTOR SURVIVAL GUIDE WLAC Tech Fair 2009 Eric Ichon

ONLINE INSTRUCTOR SURVIVAL GUIDE WLAC Tech Fair 2009 Eric Ichon. Curriculum Approval Procedures. Divisional Approval Get your Division Chair’s approval before contacting Lloyd Thomas, the Curriculum Committee Chair, at thomasl@wlac.edu to schedule an online course for consideration.

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ONLINE INSTRUCTOR SURVIVAL GUIDE WLAC Tech Fair 2009 Eric Ichon

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  1. ONLINE INSTRUCTOR SURVIVAL GUIDEWLAC Tech Fair 2009Eric Ichon

  2. Curriculum Approval Procedures Divisional Approval Get your Division Chair’s approval before contacting Lloyd Thomas, the Curriculum Committee Chair, at thomasl@wlac.edu to schedule an online course for consideration. Curriculum Approval: Required Forms Updated Course Outline (if the current course outline in over 5 years old) Distance Education Approval & Addendum Forms Visit the Instructor Resources link at http://www.wlac.edu/online for forms and examples.

  3. ETUDES NG Certification For schedule & enrollment information visit: http://www.wlac.edu/online/InsResources.html Forms required for reimbursement: • Conference Request Form (submit to Eloise Crippens BEFORE you start the training) • Travel Expense Claim • Conference Report All forms are available at http:/www.laccd.edu

  4. Additional On-Campus Training • Introduction to Hybrid Courses • Introduction to Podcasting for Education • Blogging for Education (and Recreation) • Safe Computing – Workstation Ergonomics • Advanced ETUDES – Grading Discussions • Advanced ETUDES – Tasks, Tests & Surveys

  5. Additional Training Opportunities • TurnItIn.com and Other Strategies to Prevent Cheating and Plagiarism • Introduction to Online Teaching and Learning • Introduction to Web 2.0 Technologies • Introduction to ETUDES Online Course Management System   • EDUCATION 240 - ONLINE PEDAGOGY & TEACHING MODALITIES Focuses on “how to teach online”, addressing how to develop and deliver classes that lead to student success, best practices, relevant online and adult learning theories. Section 8041                                                             J.C. STERN   (4-Week Class: 7/6/2009 - 8/2/2009)

  6. Online Resources ETUDES NG Users’ Group – login at http://etudes-ng.fhda.edu/portal MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online) http://www.merlot.org Quality Matters: Inter-Institutional Quality Assurance in Online Learning http://www.QualityMatters.org/Rubric.htm

  7. Quality Matters Peer Course Review Rubric • Course overview and introduction • Learning objectives (competencies) • Assessment and measurement • Resources and materials • Learner interaction • Course technology • Learner support • Accessibility

  8. Video Resources INTELECOM Online Resources Network, searchable repository of video learning objects at http://www.intelecomonline.netLogin Information: Username wlac Password 7dvl5r8

  9. Academic Misconduct • Any type of cheating that occurs in relation to a formal academic exercise. It can include • Plagiarism: The adoption or reproduction of ideas or words or statements of another person without due acknowledgment. • Fabrication: The falsification of data, information, or citations in any formal academic exercise. • Deception: Providing false information to an instructor concerning a formal academic exercise—e.g., giving a false excuse for missing a deadline or falsely claiming to have submitted work. • Cheating: Any attempt to give or obtain assistance in a formal academic exercise (like an examination) without due acknowledgment. • Sabotage: Acting to prevent others from completing their work. This includes cutting pages out of library books or willfully disrupting the experiments of others. (Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. "Academic dishonesty (Redirected from Academic misconduct)". Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 30 April 2009. 29 April 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_misconduct>.)

  10. How To Prevent Cheating • Randomize questions and answers by using random question pools • Replace high stakes tests with small skills-check quizzes • Change exams from term to term • Use limited-time testing • Ask open-ended, “mastery” type and personalized, life experience questions • Evaluate the “cheatability” of your course

  11. TurnItIn.com Anti-Plagiarism Software TurnItIn is anti-plagiarism software that allows written submissions be compared to over 60 million papers in the student archive and over 10,000 professional, academic and commercial journals and publications, for originality. TurnItIn also looks for matches in over 9.5 billion pages of indexed web content. West is now offering this resource to online and weekend college instructors. TurnItIn workshops will be offered May 20th and 29th at 1 p.m. RSVP with Juan Chacon at chaconj@wlac.edu or call (310)287-4592.

  12. Other Anti-Plagiarism Resources • What to do if you suspect a student of plagiarism (.ppt) • Preventing Cheating & Plagiarism (.ppt) • Plagiarism- Sample Syllabus Statement (.pdf) • MLA- Citing Works Sample (.pdf)

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