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 ONLINE LEARNING SERIES
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN LEARNING TO TEACH ONLINE?
The Eighth Floor's Online Learning Series helps educators make the transition from face-to-face instruction to the world of teaching and learning online. Participants will explore blended and fully online instruction from both the student's and instructor's perspective. We will focus on building authentic learning communities, creating successful interaction, and delivering engaging content. The series starts as a fully online class and then transitions into a blended (F2F & online) course..
This course is comprised of both online and face-to-face meetings to create
a blended learning experience. Participants must att end both online and
F2F and participate in all activities in order to earn a certificate
- Online Experience Feb 7 – Mar 15, 2012
This portion of the course provides a
unique opportunity to BE the online
student while exploring distance learning
theory and practice. You will be immersed
in the virtual learning environment while
building a solid knowledge base on such
key skills as community building and
facilitation to ensure student retention
and engagement.
** Participants will receive an email a
day or two before the online portion
starts to help them get started in
this experience.
- Creating & Designing Successful Courses Feb 22, 2012 W 4:00 – 7:00 pm
Participants will learn the best practices
of organization and the course design
process in an online learning environment.
- Best Practices Feb 29, 2012 W 4:00 – 7:00 pm
This class is an over-view of "what works" in online teaching and learning. We will
examine some of the proven practices as
well as what is emerging in this field.
- Questioning Techniques Mar 7, 2012 W 4:00 – 7:00 pm
Participants will examine proven
techniques for developing and "asking" the right questions to insure student
interaction and success. The focus is
on increasing Instructor-Student and
Student-Student communication.
- Facilitator's Role Mar 14, 2012 W 4:00 – 7:00 pm
As an online course facilitator, whether in
a fully online class or a short component,
your role as the "teacher" changes. If you
aren't lecturing, what are you doing? This
course will examine your new role, online
management techniques, communication
strategies, and more.
The skills & practices in our Online
Learning Series are applicable to all learning
management systems.
QUALITY MATTERS
The Eighth Floor is now
offering face-to-face classes
for QM certification - the
Quality Matters Applying
the Rubric course. If you are
a member of the Eighth Floor Consortium and
your institution is a member of the Oklahoma
Statewide Quality Matters Consortium, you are
invited to attend the following class:
Quality Matters Applying
the Rubric (Certification)
"This is QM's flagship workshop on the QM
Rubric and its use in evaluating online courses.
It is intended for a broad audience, including but
not limited to faculty, instructional designers,
administrators, and adjunct instructors who wish
to understand more about the QM process and,
perhaps, aspire to become peer reviewers." Once
you have completed the course, your name will
be submitted to Quality Matters for certification.
For more information, please visit the Quality
Matters website: http://www.qmprogram.org/ .
Jan 24, 2012 T 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Mar 8, 2012 TH 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
The Statewide Consortium is brand new.
Please visit the website to learn more about
this opportunity. Current members of the
Statewide Quality Matters Consortium in
alphabetical order:
1. Francis Tuttle Technology Center
2. Northeastern State University
3. Oral Roberts University *
4. Rose State College
5. Southwestern Oklahoma
State University
6. Tulsa Community College *
7. Tulsa Technology Center *
* Member of The EighthFloor Consortium
Classes are also held at Rose State in Midwest
City. Contact Dr. Dana Lindon-Burgett.
dlindon@rose.edu for specific dates and time, as
well as information on the Statewide Consortium
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