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Could the social media frenzy be a symptom of humanity's greater need? for connection, for escaping the superficial, for overcoming feelings of being alone?? What is it replacing? What did we do with that time prior to the craze? And what are the co…
This is a great question and well worth our consideration as future big thinkers in the ed. tech. community. Recently I visited http://www.presentationzen.com and found a link to an exemplary presentation by famed biologist Bonnie Brassler (http://w…
Maybe quantum mechanics just proves Hegel's dialectic was an oversimplification of how we come to know what is. ??
Either way, I appreciate your thoughtful replies. This is a great forum from which to learn as evidenced by nearly 300 in attendance…
Thank you gentlemen, for the super clarifications. Enjoyed Dave's article; thanks, George, for the link.
Guess we're still trying to bridge the objective, fixed, Newtonian laws with the contrary, subjective, Quantum mechanics. One explanation of re…
I appreciate Pip Mules' comment where she notes: "I am interested in the way that incorporating social media into our lives and teaching will change the way we perceive knowledge, and therefore how we will assess knowledge."
It seems we used to con…
My question to your students would be, "What do you consider the top contributing factors to learning?"
The point is, general education has lost its sense of relevance in the eyes of the next generation. In a sense, food becomes irrelevant when you…
@George re: Content: if the seminar is about trends and implications for learning, then some forward thinking content will have to be presented and discussed. Perhaps panels of three big thinkers on any topic could take ten minutes each to bring up…
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- At 10:52pm on July 5, 2009,
Pilar Hernández said…
- Colleges pay the same for the online classes as they do for the on ground ones. I'm not sure how much, but I believe it's a really wide range depending on the state and the district. I'd say starting anywhere from $40-$65 per hour.
Most colleges should post their part time salary schedule online on their human resources page. Here are the FAQs from PIMA college in your area. http://pima.edu/certification/FAQ.shtml
- At 10:52pm on July 4, 2009,
Pilar Hernández said…
- Hi Dallas,
I started by incorporating and experimenting with online features in my on ground classes over a 7 year period until the next natural step was to develop a class to be delivered 100% online. The order in which I added features through Blackboard over the years was roughly something like this: use of Blackboard to post syllabus & calendar > instructions for the compositions, accents > to post grades > links to important or interesting sites > more assignments and email announcements to whole class> discussion boards for each chapter > cultural activities in our area, extra credit instructions and online submission> compositions that could be turned in as .doc on Bb > our department adopted an online workbook and lab manual for students to complete their homework online and this super site had many online resources for students.
When the voice tools and the online classroom with white board Elluminate were added to our course management system, I was convinced that teaching a language could be done online and began to develop our first course. I enrolled in online courses and took advantage of many professional development opportunities: dreamweaver, podcasting, vodcasting, and our own college's Program for Online Teaching to learn about online pedagogy and best practices.
What I would recommend to you is that you set up a dummy class in your course management system of choice. Find any online material or course packets for the textbook used in the department where you want to teach and upload it into the course. Design/develop a course sifting through the material provided to you by the textbook, always modifying, personalizing and adding your own to fill in the gaps. Always share the course with experienced online instructors for feedback. Take your goods to the colleges in your area. In other words, when you apply for a job (full or part-time), your online course should be in your portfolio. In fact, even if a department is not hiring, you could go and talk to the chair of a department not currently offering a class online and sell the idea to them.
Hope this helps.
Pilar
- At 9:43am on July 3, 2009,
Berta Hayes Capo said… - Wonderful article, thank you.
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