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The content of this workshop will consist of a series of pages grouped into seven modules:
Reading the material on this website is not intended to provide qualification for teaching online, but to inform potential instructors of effective strategies and practices that will improve the quality of their online courses. However, there are opportunities to interact with other learners and develop your skills in online pedagogy if you wish to do so.
By reading the pages on this website and completing the accompanying exercises, you should be able to:
AUGUST 2010 UPDATE: Due to unfortunate funding cuts, WISE can no longer support its on-demand training workshop. The content on this site will remain as a read-only resource. The Certificate of Completion program, however, has been canceled. Please visit the main WISE website for current information.
Each module will include exercises designed to help you practice the information covered and interact with other learners in our WISE Pedagogy forums. Everyone is encouraged to participate in our ongoing forums at any time, whether you are learning about distance education as a beginner or continuing your development as an experienced instructor. Those who complete these exercises will be eligible to receive the Certificate of Completion for WISE Introduction to Online Pedagogy.
By obtaining this certificate, online instructors may demonstrate that they have taken measures to learn basic tenets of effective online teaching practices. This certificate does not equate to course credit toward a degree in online pedagogy, or certification that requires a similar depth of study. It does, however, indicate that the individual has been introduced to important concepts in online pedagogy and has participated in an ongoing community of WISE scholars and instructors.
Of course, you do not need to pursue the Certificate to participate in the discussion.
To qualify for the Certificate of Completion for WISE Introduction to Online Pedagogy, you will need to complete the following steps:
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Individuals who participated in past sessions of the Moodle-based WISE Introduction to Online Pedagogy workshop may count the work accomplished during those sessions toward the Certificate in cases where the same exercises were completed. If you no longer have a record of what you wrote or created for one of these workshops, contact Anne McKinney to determine what was accomplished during your session and what remains to be completed for the certificate. Please be sure to include the month and year of your session or the course ID number if possible.
Exercising Your KnowledgeFollow this link to the WISE Pedagogy discussion forums. You will need to sign up for a free account to participate in the discussions. Your registration may require approval from the moderator before you can post your first message (this helps us weed out the spambots).
Once you log in as a registered user, you can explore the various forum threads and post messages. For your first message, go to the page on Icebreakers and follow the prompt for that forum. |
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