Featuring Digital Literacy

Three messages from CEET – two from Thursday’s inbox and one from today’s…

CEET Meet Online Workshop May 3-8:
How to Develop Digital Literacy Skills
Workshop facilitator is Tamara Malloff, Technology Coordinator at Mt. Sentinel Secondary School, SD#8 Kootenay Lake.

Discussion

Why digital literacy is vitally important!

iTunes U
Our CEET iTunesU Library is Growing. Check out Digital Literacy and latest edition, Ensuring Quality in Online Learning.

Looking for
ideas for using technology to create professional development for other educators

Visit CEET NING at: http://ceetbc.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

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Our sincerest apologies for the youtube link to a liberal promotion in a message you received this morning. It was unintentional – the hyperlink did not attach properly and we failed to check the link before sending the message.

The blooper is ironically at a time when we are raising awareness about digital literacy and featuring it for the month of May with discussions, webinars and a 5 day professional development workshop.

We appreciate a blog post by Jenny in response to the email, discussing the complexities involved with being digitally literate. She asks, how does digital literacy address the political, ethical, educational, psychological, cognitive, cultural, and technological aspects of this event? What do you think? >reply

Visit CEET NING at: http://ceetbc.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

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Virtual Doors are open to our “How to Develop Digital Literacy Skills” CEET Meet.This OPEN online professional development workshop runs until Wednesday midnight. Facilitator, Tamara Malloff has developed a resource rich moodle course to explore at your convenience.

This is our 13th CEET Meet this school year. Did you know that participating in one Meet gives you access to the archives of all past Meets? Additionally the resources are compiled and added to our CEET iTunesU library.

Visit CEET NING at: http://ceetbc.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

Online Learning News – May 1, 2013

From today’s inbox…

Online Learning News

A weekly update from Contact North | Contact Nord,

Ontario’s Distance Education & Training Network                 

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Now on the Ontario Online Learning Portal for Faculty & Instructors:

Trends & Directions

• Online Learning as a Possible Cost Saving Measure: What Canadian Researchers Tell Us

Explore how the ongoing question of the institutional costs of online learning has been addressed in Canada over the past 15 years with our review of web-available reports, articles, blogs, and case studies from Canadian educators and researchers.

Pockets of Innovation

• Learn more about the commitment Algonquin College has made to embrace digital education; create a more flexible, engaging, effective and efficient learning environment; and leverage technology to enhance learning.

• Find out the reasons behind York University’s decision to turn their focus to increasing courses and program offerings in the blended format.

Last Week’s Most Popular Links on the Portal

1.      Four New Online Teaching Video Tutorials

2.      A New Pedagogy is Emerging and Online Learning is Playing a Key Factor

3.      Pockets of Innovation: Online Courses

4.      Pockets of Innovation: Offering Choice at Canadore

5.      Pockets of Innovation: A Strategic Plan for e-Learning at George Brown

Visit the Portal today and find out why it receives almost 14,000 visits a month from faculty members and instructors across Ontario and around the world.

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Bulletin de l’apprentissage en ligne

Une mise à jour hebdomadaire offerte par Contact North | Contact Nord,

le réseau d’éducation et de formation à distance de l’Ontario.

Vos collègues aimeraient-ils recevoir le Bulletin de l’apprentissage en ligne?

Acheminez-leur ce numéro du bulletin, et ils pourront s’abonner ici!

Les nouveautés sur le Portail d’apprentissage en ligne de l’Ontario à l’intention du personnel enseignant et de formation :

Tendances et orientations

• L’apprentissage en ligne comme mesure possible d’économie de coûts : ce que nous disent les chercheurs canadiens.

Explorez comment la question courante des coûts institutionnels a été abordée au Canada dans les 15 dernières années, et ce, en consultant notre examen sur les rapports, les articles, les blogues et les études de cas créés par des éducateurs et des chercheurs canadiens, qui sont disponibles sur Internet.

Série Poches d’innovation

• Renseignez-vous sur l’engagement qu’a pris le Algonquin College d’adopter l’éducation numérique, de créer un environnement d’apprentissage plus flexible, engageant et efficace, ainsi que de mettre à profit la technologie pour améliorer l’apprentissage.

• Découvrez les raisons qui sous-tendent la décision de la York University de se concentrer sur les offres de cours et de programmes sous format mixte.

Les liens les plus populaires sur le Portail la semaine passée

1.      Quatre nouveaux tutoriels vidéo d’apprentissage en ligne

2.      Une nouvelle pédagogie émerge… et l’apprentissage en ligne en est un facteur contributif

3.      Série Poches d’innovation : Cours en ligne

4.      Série Poches d’innovation : Offrir le choix au Canadore College

5.      Série Poches d’innovation : Un plan stratégique de l’apprentissage électronique au George Brown College

Nous vous invitons à visiter le Portail dès aujourd’hui pour constater pourquoi il reçoit chaque mois près de 14 000 visites de membres du personnel enseignant et de formation de partout en Ontario et dans le monde.

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May CIDER Session

From Friday’s inbox…

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Dear CIDER Member, We invite you to the next presentation in our series of free online CIDER sessions. This session features a presentation and discussion with Matthew Asser, Managing Partner of Learning and Performance at 4Growth Inc. Title: Challenges in the Graduate Student Experience: Struggling to Complete Valuable Research in an Online Environment Research pertaining to graduate students in distance education and their thesis research process is woefully constrained. Consequently, potentially important research and research areas remain unexplored. This presentation will explore specifically the issues graduate students experience conducting the research phase of the thesis, including the challenges students may encounter to recruit participants. Streams of research identified in the presentation will be: online graduate work broadly, to create context around how graduate study emerged, the value of graduate work, and central issues; the particular case of thesis research students who work in an online environment; graduate student researchers in higher education, on campus or distance education and their access to research participants; and access to research participants in an online environment, whether it is different from campus based access and if so how. When: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 – 11am to 12noon Mountain Time (Canada) *Local times for CIDER sessions are provided on our website: http://cider.athabascau.ca/CIDERSessions Where: Online through Adobe Connect at: https://connect.athabascau.ca/cidersession/ Pre-configuration: Please note that it is extremely important to get your system set up prior to the event. Make sure your Mac or PC is equipped with a microphone and speakers, so that you can use the audio functionality built into the conferencing software. The Adobe Connect platform may require an update to your Flash Player; allow time for this update by joining the session 15 minutes prior to the scheduled presentation. Registration is not required; all are welcome. OPEN CALL: We are now taking names of potential speakers for our 2013-14 season of CIDER Sessions, beginning in September. Do you have recent research into distance or online education of interest to our CIDER community? Please send a note, with an abstract describing your study and research methodology, to Dr. Terry Anderson at: terrya@athabascau.ca ********************* CIDER sessions are brought to you by the Centre for Distance Education, Athabasca University: Canada’s Open University and leader in professional online education.

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Another item from Friday’s inbox…

Dear CNIE Member,

We invite you to the next presentation in our series of free online CIDER sessions. This session features a presentation and discussion with Matthew Asser, Managing Partner of Learning and Performance at 4Growth Inc.

Title: Challenges in the Graduate Student Experience: Struggling to Complete Valuable Research in an Online Environment

Research pertaining to graduate students in distance education and their thesis research process is woefully constrained. Consequently, potentially important research and research areas remain unexplored. This presentation will explore specifically the issues graduate students experience conducting the research phase of the thesis, including the challenges students may encounter to recruit participants.

Streams of research identified in the presentation will be: online graduate work broadly, to create context around how graduate study emerged, the value of graduate work, and central issues; the particular case of thesis research students who work in an online environment; graduate student researchers in higher education, on campus or distance education and their access to research participants; and access to research participants in an online environment, whether it is different from campus based access and if so how.

When: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 – 11am to 12noon Mountain Time (Canada)

*Local times for CIDER sessions are provided on our website:

http://cider.athabascau.ca/CIDERSessions

Where: Online through Adobe Connect at:

https://connect.athabascau.ca/cidersession/

Pre-configuration:

Please note that it is extremely important to get your system set up prior to the event. Make sure your Mac or PC is equipped with a microphone and speakers, so that you can use the audio functionality built into the conferencing software. The Adobe Connect platform may require an update to your Flash Player; allow time for this update by joining the session 15 minutes prior to the scheduled presentation.

Registration is not required; all are welcome.

OPEN CALL:

We are now taking names of potential speakers for our 2013-14 season of CIDER Sessions, beginning in September. Do you have recent research into distance or online education of interest to our CIDER community? Please send a note, with an abstract describing your study and research methodology, to Dr. Terry Anderson at:

terrya@athabascau.ca

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CIDER sessions are brought to you by the Centre for Distance Education, Athabasca University: Canada’s Open University and leader in professional online education.

Online Learning News – April 24, 2013

Missed getting this one up yesterday…

Online Learning News

A weekly update from Contact North | Contact Nord,

Ontario’s Distance Education & Training Network

Have a friend who might be interested in receiving the Online Learning News? 

Forward today’s issue to them and they can subscribe here!

Now on the Ontario Online Learning Portal for Faculty & Instructors:

Four New Online Teaching Video Tutorials

• Learn how to effectively teach and engage students using videoconferencing:

-          What do you need to do before class?

-           How do you prepare your students?

-           What are the best ways to encourage participation?

-           How do you better engage your students?

Pockets of Innovation

• Find out how Mohawk College is implementing blended learning into their language studies and offering anywhere, anytime access to course material and videos.

• Learn about the Instructional Technology Resource Centre at Western Universitywhich supports faculty as they work to integrate technology into their courses.

Last Week’s Most Popular Links on the Portal

1.      A New Pedagogy is Emerging and Online Learning is Playing a Key Factor

2.      Pockets of Innovation: Online Courses

3.      Partner Corner

4.      Game Changers in Online Learning Series

5.      Ontario Faculty & Instructor Training

Visit the Portal today and find out why it receives almost 14,000 visits a month from faculty members and instructors across Ontario and around the world.

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Bulletin de l’apprentissage en ligne

Une mise à jour hebdomadaire offerte par Contact North | Contact Nord,

le réseau d’éducation et de formation à distance de l’Ontario.

Un de vos amis aimerait-il recevoir le Bulletin de l’apprentissage en ligne?

Acheminez-lui le bulletin de cette semaine pour qu’il puisse s’abonner!

Les nouveautés sur le Portail d’apprentissage en ligne de l’Ontario à l’intention du personnel enseignant et de formation :

Quatre nouveaux tutoriels vidéo d’apprentissage en ligne

• Apprenez comment enseigner efficacement aux étudiantes et étudiants et les mobiliser grâce à la vidéoconférence :

-          Que devez-vous faire avant la classe?

-          Comment préparez-vous vos étudiantes et étudiants?

-          Quels sont les meilleurs moyens pour encourager la participation?

-          Comment mobilisez-vous mieux vos étudiantes et étudiants?

Série Poches d’innovation

• Découvrez comment le Mohawk College met en œuvre l’apprentissage mixte dans leurs études langagières et offre un accès aux vidéos et au matériel des cours partout en tout temps.

• Renseignez-vous sur le Instructional Technology Resource Centre de la Western University. Ce centre de ressources de technologie pédagogique soutient les membres du personnel enseignant dans leur travail pour intégrer la technologie à leurs cours.

Les liens les plus populaires sur le Portail la semaine passée

1.      Une nouvelle pédagogie émerge… et l’apprentissage en ligne en est un facteur contributif

2.      Série Poches d’innovation : Cours en ligne

3.      Le coin des partenaires

4.      Série Nouvelles règles de jeu pour l’apprentissage en ligne

5.      Occasions de formation à l’intention du personnel enseignant et de formation

Nous vous invitons à visiter le Portail dès aujourd’hui pour constater pourquoi il reçoit chaque mois près de 14 000 visites de membres du personnel enseignant et de formation de partout en Ontario et dans le monde.

Suivez-nous sur Twitter.

Visitez-nous sur Facebook.