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the Sloan Consortium on Linkedin, Twitter & Facebook
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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The 2009 Minority Scholars Program - Deadline to Submit is
September 4th
Sloan-C invites you to participate in the 2009 Minority
Scholars Program that provides scholarships of up to $1,000 for scholars
from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic Serving
Institutions and Tribal colleges to attend the Sloan-C annual conference, to
be held in Orlando, Fl , Oct 28-30, 2009.
We anticipate providing awards of up to $1,000 to cover
registration at the conference and travel reimbursement for approximately
20 individuals. Teams of individuals from a single institution will also be
considered.
The objective of the program is to engage more
participants from minority –serving institutions in the rapidly growing
world of online learning. Preference is given to scholars who have papers
accepted for presentation at the conference and to those who have not been
scholars in previous years. To apply please submit the short
application by September
4th. All applications will be reviewed by an impartial
panel; notification of award will occur by Sept 15th.
For questions, please e-mail Gail
Sullivan at gsullivan@sloanconsortium.org.
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15th Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online
Learning - Virtual Conference Registration Open
Register by September 30th to
receive early bird pricing on f-2-f registration ($495.)
Virtual conference registration
available ($89.95)
The 15th
Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning: "The Power of
Online Learning: Opportunities for Tomorrow." takes place from October
28 - 30, 2009 in Orlando, FL. 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 emerging trends.
The 2009 program features over 220 individual, panel and poster
presentations in 6 different tracks. The full program is
available here.
Invited
Sessions:
K-12 Online Learning Growth: Implications for Higher
Education and Professional Development
Offering Online to Military Personnel: Is it a Market for Your College
Technology and Emerging Learning Environments
Myths and Misperceptions about Online Learning: A Review of Best Evidence
to Advance the Field
Community of Inquiry framework: 10 years old and going strong
Sloan Consortium: Leading Online Learning Forward
A•P•L•U-Sloan National Commission on Online Learning: Final Chapter -
Benchmarking Study Findings and Recommendations
The Transforming Power of the Quality Matters Rubric and Process
The Open Source in the Enterprise: the process of selecting Moodle as a
Learning Management System
Can't join us in Orlando? Registration
is now open for the virtual
conference.
This year’s virtual offering consists of 18 key
presentations delivered from Orlando via live-webcast. Presentations
broadcast include keynote, plenary and closing sessions, 6 “Best-in-Track”
sessions and 9 featured sessions, including a simultaneous event with a
Sloan-C Regional Conference hosted by the University of Southern Maine. Virtual conference
access includes post-conference on-demand access of the recordings for up
to 1 year. The cost to participate virtually is $89.95 or $149.95 if you
bundle it with an Individual Sloan-C Membership ($209.95 value.)
Don't miss the online brochure,
which can be found here
for full details about the conference.
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Strong Faculty Engagement in Online Learning APLU Reports
August 31, 2009 – More than one-third of public
university faculty have taught an online course while more than one-half
have recommended an online course to students, according to an
unprecedented study of administrative and faculty views toward online learning
released today by the Association of
Public and Land-grant Universities-Sloan National Commission on Online
Learning.
In addition, nearly 64 percent of faculty said it takes
"somewhat more" or "a lot more" effort to teach online
compared to a face-to-face course. However, a large majority of faculty
cited student needs as a primary motivator for teaching online, most
commonly citing “meet student needs for flexible access” or the “best way
to reach particular students” as the reason they choose to teach online
courses.
The two-volume report, Online Learning as a Strategic Asset,
contains the results of 231 interviews conducted with administrators,
faculty, and students at 45 public institutions across the country and more
than 10,700 responses from faculty across the spectrum of teaching
positions – tenure/non-tenure track; full- and part-time; and both those
who have and those who have not taught online. The report was underwritten
by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation.
Read the full press release and
download the pdf reports, here.
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Social Networking and Technology at the 15th Annual Sloan-C
International Conference on Online Learning
One of our goals for this conference is to more
seamlessly integrate the attendee experience with our website. We would
like you to easily find information about the sessions that interest you!
Here are some of our current initiatives:
1. During the Emerging Technologies conference in June,
we introduced a new platform “My.Sym” which allowed attendees to create a
personal conference schedule and message (twitter-like) other conference
attendees. In the next few weeks, start looking for "My.ALN"
which will be available at: http://myaln.sloanconsortium.org.
2. We will be using Sonic Foundry’s MediaSite for
streamed sessions. This year, the keynotes and featured sessions will be
available to on-site and virtual attendees. MediaSite has integrated some
great new tools which will help us integrate social networking with each
streamed session…stay tuned!
3. What else? SlideShare! We will be publishing tagging
information so you can easily find this year’s presentations on SlideShare.
The twitter tag to use this year is #sloancaln.
4. We’ll also produce a basic FaceBook page.
5. This year’s conference blogs will be available at http://www.sloanconsortium.org/2009ALN_Blogs.
6. IMPORTANT: In October, we will be opening our
Technology Bootcamp to registered attendees as a self-paced course in
Moodle to review this information.
7. Training in Elluminate to review access information
and technologies used for conference attendees on September 22nd.
The most up-to-date information
will be available at http://www.sloanconsortium.org/aln.
We are excited about how these technologies are evolving and hope to see
you either on-site or virtually at the conference this year!
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Share Your Views: Another Way to Participate in the Sloan-C
Community
Below are blog posts of interest collected from www.sloanconsortium.org. Feel
free to share your ideas by posting comments.
Did you know that if you have a
Sloan-C account, you can create blog posts on the Sloan Consortium website?
Log in to your account and the "My Blog" link will be under the
"Quick Links" menu on the right.
IHEs should plan now for
ways to continue educating ...through distance learning methods
by Janet Moore
"IHEs should plan now for ways to continue educating students who stay
home through distance learning methods" says the August 20, 2009
report "CDC Guidance for Responses to Influenza for Institutions of
Higher Education during the 2009-2010 Academic Year."
Click here to read the blog
post.
Paths and Objects
by John Bourne
There is an amazing amount of emphasis being placed on shareable content
these days, often in the form of “learning objects.” Does it really make
sense to tread this path again?
Click here to read the blog
post.
From solo sport to
community design: CMU OLI to improve retention in Community College
gatekeeper courses by 25%
by Janet Moore
Carnegie Mellon
University, in collaboration with state agencies and national affinity
groups, will establish a consortium of community colleges that will enact a
large scale, systems-change process that increases efficiency in the way
instruction is developed, delivered, evaluated, and continuously improved.
Click here to read the blog
post.
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The Sloan Consortium JobLine
Did you know that Sloan-C offers a service called the JobLine? The JobLine
section of the Sloan Consortium website contains a listing of job postings
from institutions around the country.
Posting to the JobLine is free to everyone. Help the Sloan-C
community by passing this information along to the HR department of your
institution.
Permission to view the details of job postings is
reserved for Individual Members and Institutional Members only.
Whether you are looking to post a position or would like
to for a new one, please take few minutes to visit the JobLine.
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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
- A cost-effective and convenient way to improve quality in online
education while networking with new colleagues
- Supplements your on-campus efforts with access to a wide variety of topic
coverage from experts around the nation
Online workshops are 1 - 2 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@sloanconsortium.org.
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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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Learn From the Experts - The Sloan-C 2009 Workshop Series
Preparing Faculty for
Blended Teaching and Learning: Basics for Faculty Developers & Trainers - Oct 5
- 16
Faculty developers and trainers prove integral in helping
faculty redesign courses for blended teaching and learning. A well
established and highly successful blended teaching and learning faculty
development program is presented from the viewpoint of these faculty
developers and trainers. Guidance regarding program structure, content, and
activities as well as general tips and pointers for fostering a successful
faculty development experience are highlighted.
Click here for details
and registration.
Learning Online 2.0: 20
Engaging, Interacting and Syndicating Applications - Oct
14 - 23
Web 2.0 technologies are revolutionizing the way in which
instructors engage and interact with students online. Through RSS
syndication, instructors are automating the delivery of learning objects to
the students. Through Web 2.0 applications a whole host of new ways to engage
and interact with students has emerged. Wikis, blogs, podcasts, interactive
whiteboards, VoIP, tagging, image sharing, discussion rooms, and many more
learning tools are freely available to educators.
Click here for details
and registration.
Using the Quality Matters
Rubric to Improve Your Online Course - Oct 14 - Nov 6
Recognizing quality is much like recognizing art; everybody
sees something different. With regard to online courses, your students,
faculty, administrators, peers, and accrediting bodies may not know what to
look for in assessing quality. Defining quality standards proves crucial to
successful course design and implementation.
Click here for details
and registration.
Getting Started: The
First Step Toward Online Teaching - Oct 21 - Nov 6
Getting Started: The First Step toward Online Teaching is a
prerequisite to the Online Teaching Certificate program and to the Blended
Teaching Certificate program. This workshop introduces potential faculty
and/or administrators to online education fundamentals. You will not only
discuss the concepts but use the technologies to gain practical “hands-on”
experience.
Click here for details
and registration.
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Elluminate
21st Century students learn differently. As 21st Century
educators, you need the tools to reach them-regardless of geographical,
physical, intellectual, and economic barriers. At Elluminate, we take
global accessibility very seriously. While most eLearning and Web
conferencing products are built with the mass market in mind, we take a
radically different approach, elevating accessibility to a whole new level.
Our No User Left Behind philosophy means that Elluminate Live! is
completely cross platform, optimized for low bandwidth, and designed to
engage all types of learners, including those with disabilities. Learn more
about how Elluminate can help you deliver 21st Century learning today, http://www.ilearndifferently.net/.
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Sloan-C Quick Links
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Membership - Join Sloan-C and
enjoy added savings and access
Workshops - Tailored for faculty
and administrators
Journal
of Asynchronous Learning Networks (JALN) - The leading journal
for online education
Survey
Reports -
Latest findings from our research
Publications - The state-of-the-art
in online learning
Effective
Practices -
Learn what works best from the best
College
Pass -
Dramatic group savings at Sloan-C workshops
Sloan-C
Catalog -
Listing of Sloan-C member online programs
Academic
Continuity -
Maintaining continuity of learning in a crisis situation
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Featured
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Research Highlights:
Cost Effectiveness of Online Education
Research Highlights: Cost Effectiveness of Online
Education provides a summary of research about cost effectiveness and its
implications for practitioners. It was created by Tana Bishop of the
University of Maryland University College, the Sloan-C Editor for Cost
Effectiveness and Institutional Commitment.
Please
click here to
download the pdf.
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Upcoming
Sloan-C Workshops
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2009 Workshops - Registration Open for All Workshops
Sep:
Oct:
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Keep in Touch
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Know
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have them sign up for the Sloan-C e-mail list at http://www.sloanconsortium.org/.
- We would love to hear from you. Please e-mail sloan-cview@sloan-c.org with
any questions or comments.
- If you know of, or are hosting, an event that
should be listed on the Sloan-C View Calendar, please send the details
of the event and url to sloan-cview@sloan-c.org.
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ADVANCE YOUR CAREER
with Copyright Know
How
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Participate in one of the Center for Intellectual
Property’s online workshops or sign-up for the new certification program
focusing on copyright issues affecting the online classroom and libraries.
Highlights of this year’s lineup include:
·
Copyright Education Programs:
Teaching the Ethical and Legal Use of Information, September 14-25,
Olga Francois, MLIS; Tomas Lipinski, JD, LLM, PhD
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Licensing Digital Course Materials,
November 9-20, Peggy Hoon, JD
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Foundations in Copyright Management
and Leadership, September 28–November 20 and March 29–May 21, Kimberly
Bonner, JD
Register
for any workshop by November 1st and receive a FREE one-year membership in the CIP
member community where you can connect with other information
professionals. Learn more…
For
details & more information please call 240-582-2803 or see http://www.umuc.edu/registercip.
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