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The Wiki Workshop: Tools & Tips to Build Enhanced College Courses
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SUMMARY
Today's students are incredibly tech savvy and they want more from their college experience than just sitting in a lecture. Course Wikis allow students and faculty to connect, build and share a collaborative learning community that goes beyond email, discussion boards, and chat rooms. What exactly is a Course Wiki? And how can you create and utilize them to enhance your University's learning environments? Join us for an enlightening, 60-minute webinar where you and your colleagues will discover:
- What is a Course Wiki-how & why to use them for teaching & learning
- How to post materials on a wiki & create a personalized learning environment
- Specific examples of how to use wikis for research, teaching & learning
- Issues & limitations associated with wikis: what you need to know
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PROGRAM BENEFITS
This practical, 60-minute webinar will provide you with the essential skills needed to effectively create and use course wikis to build a collaborative learning environment.
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
- Wiki 101: All You Need to Know About Creating Course Wikis
- The lowdown on why & how to use wikis for higher education
- Step by step guide to using Google's wiki-tools
- Edit, Save & Link: The 3 Buttons you need to know & how they work
- Personalizing Wikipedia for Your Campus & Your Classroom
- Tips to integrate wikis into traditional, blended and online courses
- Introducing wikis in the classroom-Sample group projects & instruction
- Real life activities specifically designed for wikis
- Course Wiki Prerequisites: What You Need to Know Before You Get Started
- Tips for designing wiki activities for your class
- Free wiki tools-where to get them & how to use them
- Special considerations for using course wikis
- Live question and answer session - Have your specific Course Wiki questions answered.
- Wiki 101: All You Need to Know About Creating Course Wikis
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SPEAKER
Jason Rhode, Ph.D., is the Assistant Director of the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center at Northern Illinois University. As an experienced online instructor, instructional designer, course developer, and program director, Jason is responsible for developing and offering training programs and support for faculty and staff on teaching with technology and related topics in addition to providing leadership on technology-related issues.
- Utilizing his nearly 10 years experience in the field of online learning, Jason has spent the past 5 years working closely with various units at NIU on addressing faculty needs related to online teaching. He has designed and taught dozens of online courses in numerous learning management systems, including: Blackboard, WebCT, Desire2Learn, and Moodle and he shares his expertise with others interested in teaching online.
- Jason currently designs and teaches online and blended courses in educational technology and instructional design and is a sought after conference speaker, instructor, and online learning consultant.
- He is member of the Midwest Blackboard User's Group (SLATE), Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Illinois Association for Educational Communications and Technology (IAECT), International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), and the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA).
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PROGRAM MATERIALS
The speaker's PowerPoint presentation slides are included with your audio recording purchase. All materials are accessible through the Internet and can be downloaded as a PDF file.
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PRICING
$199.00 for audio conference recording (CD or audiotape) and program materials.
This is an outstanding program and therefore we offer purchasers a Money Back Guarantee. We are so confident that you will find the conference valuable that we offer a 100% money back guarantee from now until 30 days after the audio recording is shipped, making this a risk-free investment. If you should have any concerns, comments, or refund requests with this conference, please contact our customer service representatives at 800-964-6033. Audio recordings will be received approximately three weeks after the live conference.
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