| Certified Faculty Developer (CFD) / Curriculum |
| 1. Engaging Student Learners |
| Train your faculty to engage students in leading activities in the online learning environment. Discover the four stages of the Phases of Engagement Model developed by your instructor. After attending this session, you will be able to train faculty in a step-by-step process to design engagement activities, plus take home an assessment rubric for each type of engagement activity. |
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| 2. Multiple Assessments |
| It’s one of the most exciting developments in education. But many instructors are not yet comfortable with creating and analyzing multiple assessments. Give your teachers the knowledge to write performance objectives, choose appropriate assessments, and measure the effectiveness of each assessment. Types of assessments that can be used to formatively and summatively assess learning in a variety of contexts will be discussed, with an emphasis on online assessment. |
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| 3. Designing Hybrid Courses |
| Within 20 years, almost all courses will be hybrid. New studies show that online and hybrid can be even more effective than the traditional face-to-face classroom. Hybrid courses also lower facility costs, and save faculty and students time. Come discover the four essential keys to designing successful hybrid courses. Take away the guidelines for training faculty on converting their face-to-face courses to hybrid, enhancing learning for your students. |
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| 4. Best Practices for Online Faculty |
| Get the latest models and benchmarks for online teaching. Discover the Learning Experiences Framework for enhancing online courses. Then take home the leading online course critique standards, a 20-point evaluation check list with both essential elements and best practices for online faculty. |
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| 5. Designing Multimedia for e-Learning |
Take your institution’s online courses to the next level. Get the latest on audio and video online lectures, and how to train your faculty to incorporate multimedia.
Discover:
• What makes a good instructional podcast
• Design principles for podcasts and auditory learning
• Blending audio and visuals for effective multimedia learning
• Shooting the bullet: designing PowerPoints for knowledge construction. |
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| 6. New eTools for Developing Content Objects |
| Enable your faculty and support staff to rapidly and easily create media rich and interactive web-based learning objects to increase learner engagement with course content. Explore the potential of various eTools, both commercial and non-commercial, for rapid development of web-based content objects. |
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| 7. Getting Started with Games and Simulations for e-Learning |
The latest best information on both the principle and practice of using games and simulations in online classes. Find out how to train your faculty to utilize games and simulations.
Find out:
• How games and simulations teach
• What research says about the pedagogical effectiveness of games/sims
• Design elements for good games and simulation for instruction
• Game-design principles and how to design a learning game. |
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| 8. Marketing and Promoting Faculty Development |
| Find out what works in marketing and promoting faculty development on your campus. Get techniques on designing an effective web site for faculty development. Find out the keys to sending out email promotions. Learn whether print promotions work. And discover why testimonials are the “magic” promotion. |
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| 9. Generational Learning Styles |
| Generations learn differently. So your Boomer and Gen X faculty have different learning and teaching styles from your Gen Y students. Brief your faculty on what they need to know about generational learning styles to enhance their teaching. Your faculty will learn more about their students, and discover something new about themselves. |
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| 10. Faculty Development Planning and Programming |
| Take home the keys to successful faculty development planning and programming. Find out how to do quick no-cost needs assessments. Learn how to design surveys for faculty and get a high response rate. Acquire advanced program planning techniques. Take back the world’s best evaluation form and get a high response to your evaluations and be able to improve your programs from the results. |
