Innovators In Online Learning Series – Spring Schedule

Note the K-12 winners for the SoftChalk awards.

SoftChalk Online

April 2010

Innovators in Online Learning Series April 29 – “e-Notes: Integrating Course Content with SoftChalk” Picture viewing, animations, virtual lectures, student assessment – with a personal touch. May 13 – “SIRIUS: Interactive Content (with avatars!) for a National Audience” Courses are developed by faculty teams and designed with the latest customized learning technology tools including avatars, custom character development, and an abundance of multimedia and interactive learning tools. June 16 – “2010 Lesson Challenge Winners” See what our panel of judges deemed the best lessons and courses created by our clients.  Includes Math, H1N1 Preparedness, Dental Termonology and Microbiology. For more information, or to register go to http://www.softchalk.com/webinar e-Notes: integrating Course Content with SoftChalk Derek Weber, Raritan Valley Community College in New Jersey Thursday, April 29 11 am Pacific | 2 pm Eastern e-Notes combine the picture viewing capabilities of PowerPoint Presenter, the text constructing capabilities of Microsoft Word, and the media deposition capabilities of a Learning Management System (in this case, WebCT/Bb VISTA). These e-Notes include a chapter summary with embedded images and hyperlinks and related videos/animations hosted by sites like YouTube. Also embedded are instructor-developed virtual lectures that simulate a traditional lecture. At the end of e-Notes, students are able to assess their learning using instructor designed QuizPoppers. Using this strategy, instructors can truly build a course that streamlines their material and provides a personal touch that is often lacking in online courses. For more information, or to register go to http://www.softchalk.com/webinar SIRIUS: Interactive Content (with avatars!) for a National Audience Patti Levine Brown, Professor of Communication, Director Project DELTA Peter J. Shapiro, Ph.D., Director of Creative Learning Services, The SIRIUS Project Florida State College at Jacksonville Thursday May 13 11 am Pacific | 2 pm Eastern SIRIUS, a Florida State College at Jacksonville strategic business unit, provides materials in two areas: First, it provides online faculty development programs that help faculty become proficient in creating and teaching interactive, online and hybrid courses. Secondly, the project develops and provides general education credit courses nationally that are highly interactive and creative for face-to-face, hybrid, and fully online learning. SIRIUS courses are developed by faculty teams and designed with the latest customized learning technology tools including avatars, custom character development, and an abundance of multimedia and interactive learning tools. These courses are already being used nationally by a number of institutions. SIRIUS is also supported by Project DELTA, a recent $728,000 FIPSE grant awarded to facilitate the dissemination of the faculty development program and beta testing of the SIRIUS courses throughout higher education. SIRIUS is looking for colleges whose faculty are interested in participating in this higher education consortium to test these courses. For more information, or to register go to http://www.softchalk.com/webinar 2010 Lesson Challenge Winners! Marilyn Larsen, College of the Mainland Richard Foster, Guilford Technical Community College Michelle Leavitt, NetLearning, a part of Cengage Learning Derek Weber, Raritan Valley Community College Wednesday June 16 12 pm Pacific | 3 pm Eastern The second annual SoftChalk Lesson Challenge was a huge success! We received over 60 submissions! With so many extraordinary lessons and courses submitted, it was hard to choose only four winners, and now you can see these wonderful lessons and courses, and hear from their authors. Best K-12 Lesson Title: Basic Arithmetic: Decimals Author: Marilyn Larsen, College of the Mainland Best Higher Ed Lesson Title: Introduction to Dental Terminology Author: Richard Foster, Guilford Technical Community College Best Corporate Lesson Title: Swine Flu (H1N1 Influenza) Preparedness Author: Michelle Leavitt, NetLearning, a part of Cengage Learning Best Full Course Title: BIOL 133: Principles of Microbiology Author: Derek Weber, Raritan Valley Community College For more information, or to register go to http://www.softchalk.com/webinar To learn more about how SoftChalk bridges the gap between educators, digital learners and Learning Management Systems…. sign up for a live online demonstration – see the schedule at http://www.softchalk.com/webinar attend a live online training session – see the schedule at http://www.softchalk.com/training check out our newly updated Quick Tour Videos at http://www.softchalk.com/demo.html explore sample lessons at http://www.softchalk.com/lb_examples.html

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