Elluminate Practice Sessions

By Cindy, on November 9th, 2010, 2:59 pm

Elluminate is a quick and easy way to add synchronous communication to your online and hybrid courses.  Consider setting up an Elluminate session for virtual office hours,  review sessions before an exam, group projects, etc.  It is really quite easy to set up and a simple email with a link is all it takes for the students to join in.

There are several practice sessions scheduled where you can try it out to see if it is something that you may want to use to enhance student-to-faculty, and student-to-student interaction in your eLearning courses.

One and all are welcome to drop into a practice Elluminate sessions.  Whether you have never used Elluminate or would like to brush up on rusty skills, come check it.

Practice using Elluminate

Elluminate is a live web conferencing tool available to all faculty and staff members within the community and technical college system.  Come practice with colleagues in a casual setting.  These sessions, led by  Ann Garnsey-Harter and Larry Cheng of Shoreline Community College and Scott Dennis of the State Board, are open to all interested parties.

Connect from your computer, by clicking on the following link:

http://goo.gl/zgHY

Just enter your name – you do not need a password to participate.

Sessions remaining this Quarter:

Wednesday, Nov 17, Noon – 1 PM, Larry Cheng

Wednesday, Nov 24, 10-11 AM, Scott Dennis

Tuesday, Dec 1st, Noon- 1 PM, Larry Cheng

Tuesday, Dec 7th, 2-3 PM, Scott Dennis

Thursday Dec 16th, 11:30-12:30 PM, Ann Garnsey-Harter

Monday, Dec 20th,  Noon-1 PM, Scott Dennis

For questions or comments, contact:

Scott Dennis, eLearning Professional Development Manager

WA State Board, Community & Technical Colleges  sdennis@sbctc.edu

Voice: 360.747.7211

The Clark College eLearning staff will be happy to assist you as well!  Give it a try, its a great tool.

Cynthia

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Clark’s eLearning is Moving to Moodle!

By Cindy, on August 31st, 2010, 11:34 am

It is official, the new LMS for Clark College is Moodle Joule hosted by Moodlerooms.  The eLearning staff along with a small pilot group of Clark faculty dedicated their summer months to learning the new LMS.  We are now ready to  introduce the rest of our campus community to Moodle Joule, beginning with informational sessions at Fall Orientation, workshops for eLearning faculty, and approximately 12 live fall classes taught by the pilot group during fall quarter.

The LMS Migration
Faculty Training Plan

Between fall 2010 and spring 2011, eLearning will present three phases of Moodle workshops in defined stages:

The first stage will take place fall quarter. The fall quarter training is designed for current Clark College online/hybrid faculty. A faculty member who has taught online or hybrid for Clark College using Blackboard prior to winter 2011 and is identified to teach online or hybrid courses for Clark College in the 2010-2011 academic year qualifies as a course migrator.  Three phases of Moodle training will be available to migrating faculty during fall quarter.

Phase I:  Strategies for Moving from Blackboard to Moodle.
Phase II: Developing Courses in Moodle Joule: hands-on computer workshop emphasizing tool training.  Faculty will   receive their Moodle course shells and login information during this workshop.
Phase III: Teaching with Moodle Joule: online workshop emphasizing student engagement and retention.

*Each of the phases is approximately 3 hours in length; flexible scheduling is available upon request.

Migrating Faculty can register now for Phase I, II, and III Workshops:
eLearning Faculty – Click here to register for Fall Quarter Moodle Workshops

The second stage will begin winter quarter (January 2011). Winter and spring 2011 training is designed for faculty who are new to online teaching and faculty who use the LMS to enhance their face-to-face courses. Phases I and II are strongly recommended for all users.

Blackboard will remain available throughout the academic year.  The migration process will be complete on June 30, 2011.

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‘Open’ Those Textbooks, to Spokane, WA

By Brendan, on March 26th, 2010, 1:19 pm

Spokane Community College Campus

Due to increasing demand  for the Open Textbook Workshop in Seattle, there will now be another workshop held at Spokane Community College. The workshop will be on April 22th, starts at 10:00 am until 3:00pm. Lunch will be included.

To register, you must sign up for the Open Textbook Advocates and Trainers Ning, then join the Spokane WA Cohort Group to officially register for this  workshop.

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‘Open’ your Textbooks, Please

By Brendan, on March 5th, 2010, 10:01 am

North Seattle College is hosting a Open Textbook Workshop on April 20, 2010, from 10-3, with lunch included.  Come and join the effort in making textbooks more affordable. Become an advocate and trainer  for Open Textbooks.

This event is  sponsored by the Community College Open Textbook Project and The Washington State Board of Community And Technical Colleges (SBCTC) and free for all who want to attend.  SBCTC is also offering to pay for mileage of those who are traveling more than 50 Miles  to attend the event.

Advocates and Trainers will learn how to:

  • Foster interest in open textbooks
  • Assist faculty with discovering, selecting, and adopting open textbooks
  • Assist students in choosing a format (online, downloaded, printed, bound)
  • Work with all the stakeholders on campus including bookstore, print
    shop, library, and administration
  • Provide feedback to the authors and educational community
  • Plan, market, and deliver an adoption workshop
  • Find textbook usage and costs on your campus

In addition to travel reimbursement, Advocates and Trainers will receive a $1,500 stipend to assist in their development, as well as to present a faculty workshop about Adopting Open Textbooks at their local college campus.

To register for the Seattle workshop and for information on becoming an Advocate and  Trainer,  and locations for other workshops please visit http://opentextbookadvocatetrainers.ning.com/.

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Practice Your Ellumination

By Brendan, on March 2nd, 2010, 2:35 pm

Get some practice using the collaborative online web conferencing tool, Elluminate. There is a practice session, hosted by Shoreline Community College, happening on Wednesday, March 3, from 2-3 pm. Connect from your computer by clicking this Elluminate session link:

https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/launch/meeting.jnlp?password=M.CB2CB2664979AE8F3065444E874D4E

No need for a password, just enter your name after you click the link.

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