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Video Online Seminar • Friday, October 16, 2009 • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM CDT • $304
How do you make sure your online classroom is “engaged”?
We fondly recall one former professor who was in the habit of firing rubber bands at snoozing students, or sneaking up on them and poking them with a knitting needle.
Aside from the risks those tactics pose to tenure nowadays, they’re also not transferable to the online classroom. Not that they aren’t needed: Student engagement–or, rather, the lack of it–is a critical problem in distance learning today.
Fortunately, you do have tools at your disposal (albeit not pointy ones) to keep your students interested, involved, engaged, and firmly on the path to successful learning.
You can learn about them in a new online seminar coming October 16. In Creatively Engaging Online Students: Models & Activities, Dr. Curt Bonk will provide a wealth of tips and techniques you can put to work in your online classroom right now. In this idea-filled presentation, you’ll:
• Learn how to address student learning preferences online.
• Discover ways to motivate students in online environments with Dr. Bonk’s innovative TEC-VARIETY model.
• Take home a minimum of a dozen ideas you can use in your classrooms and programs.
• Get the facts on two unique ways of thinking about teaching and learning in online environments.
• Hear about a wealth of low-risk, low-cost, low-time activities.
• Create a vision of what you would like your classroom to be, and develop a plan to achieve it.
• See how to use the “R2D2 model” for thinking about diverse learning needs.
• Understand how the example you set online can help (or harm) your students.
• Learn to build peer and expert feedback into your online classes with techniques like critical friends and cross-institutional mentoring.
• Find out how to successfully prepare students for the rigors of online learning.
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You’ll be learning from one of higher-ed’s leading technology experts...and most entertaining presenters. Dr. Bonk, Professor of Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University, is an author, international speaker and respected authority on distance learning and educational technology. Recently named “one of the top 10 U.S. e-learning gurus,” he has a distinctive, high-energy presentation style that will keep you engaged and entertained throughout.
Includes a special Q&A session
You’ll have the chance to “ask the expert” during this live, interactive presentation. Dr. Bonk will respond to questions during a dedicated question-and-answer session. It’s your chance to fine-tune your understanding of the material, troubleshoot your programs, and gain frameworks and valuable perspectives from someone on the cutting edge of online learning.
Good news for tight budgets... The fee for this presentation is a modest $304. What’s more, it applies per site, not per person. That means you can invite others from your campus who share your interest in online learning, without spending another dime. Simply sign on from a facility large enough to accommodate your group! (Looking for yet another way to save? Sign up for the companion presentation to this one … see below for details!) Who should attend: Join us for a look at the best in student-engagement strategies online … presented by one of the leading authorities in the field. Don't miss Part I of Dr. Bonk's presentation...earlier the same day! SAVE when you register for both Featured Higher Education Presenter: How does a Magna Online Seminar work? Can't make the scheduled seminar? 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (Eastern Daylight Time) Video Online Seminar • Friday, October 16, 2009 • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM CDT • $304
Date(s): 10/16/09
If, like everyone else, you’re struggling to do more with less these days, Magna Online Seminars are just what the doctor ordered. They cost just a fraction of what off-campus programs do, and carry none of the associated costs for travel, lodging, meals, etc.
• Professors, instructors, educators, lecturers
• Online facilitators, tutors, mentors, moderators
• Teaching and learning center personnel
• Instructional designers and media specialists
• E-learning evaluators
• E-learning program developers
• Other e-learning specialists and administrators
• Those interested in emerging learning technologies
Wondering what the future holds for online education? Dr. Bonk will give you a fascinating look during The Flat World Swung Open: Now WE-ALL-LEARN with Web Technology, airing the morning of October 16th.
These two seminars together will provide you with essential information to improve your online course offerings. You'll pay just $524 for both, versus $304 each - that's a savings of 25% over registering separately. Click here to sign up for the full two-part series - you'll gain the benefits of both seminars at the best price we're offering.
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM (Central Daylight Time)
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (Mountain Daylight Time)
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Pacific Daylight Time)
Time: 1:00 PM Central Daylight Time - See other time zones above
Cost: $304.00
Phone: 800-433-0499
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