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Two-Part Video Online Seminar Series • Friday, October 16, 2009 • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM and 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM CDT • $524
It’s quite a double bill...
On October 16, we’ll be hosting two online seminars presented by Dr. Curt Bonk, recently named “one of the top 10 U.S. e-learning gurus.” If you want to know the state-of-the-art in online teaching today–and what it will look like tomorrow–make plans now to attend!
Part I
Friday morning, Dr. Bonk will tackle the future of online education in The Flat World Swung Open: Now WE-ALL-LEARN with Web Technology. In this 90-minute session, he’ll review the emerging practices and technologies that will drive online education forward, and explain how you can prepare now to cope with and capitalize on them. With his unique model of ten educational openers, he’ll help you:
• Understand how technology is impacting learning around the world.
• Sort out and choose among parallel trends in learning technologies.
• Extend from pervasive ideas about a flatter economic world to a more open one for education.
• Fully appreciate the recent explosion in global and cross-cultural education.
• Learn about a wealth of resources for strategic planning.
• Follow the trend toward more virtual, collaborative, personal, and mobile learning environments.
• Grasp new directions in open education and open educational resources.
• Appreciate how faculty jobs are changing–forever.
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Part II Friday afternoon, in the “today” session, Dr. Bonk will address one of the biggest challenges facing online educators: student engagement. Many students report dissatisfaction with online learning–we see that in low course ratings, anemic participation and disappointing dropout rates. But there are effective ways to keep students engaged in the online classroom, and Dr. Bonk will share those with you in 90 fast-paced, idea-filled minutes. During Creatively Engaging Online Students: Models & Activities, you’ll: About the presenter You’ll also have a chance to “ask the expert” in each seminar during a dedicated Q&A session. It’s an excellent opportunity to pick the brain of one of the country’s leading authorities in educational technology. Special offer! Great news for tight budgets... Keep in mind that the fee applies per site, not per person. That means you can invite others from your campus to attend, at absolutely no additional cost! Open the program to anyone with an interest in online learning and educational technology...just be sure to sign on from a facility large enough to accommodate your group. Who should attend: Don’t miss out on this exceptional opportunity to gain insight on both the present and the future of online education. Please join us on October 16! Featured Higher Education Presenter: How does a Magna Online Seminar work? Can't make the scheduled seminar? Two-Part Video Online Seminar Series • Friday, October 16, 2009 • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM and 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM CDT • $524
Date(s): 10/16/09
• 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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Dr. Bonk, Professor of Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University, is an author, international speaker and respected authority on distance learning and educational technology. His presentations are notable for their rich, up-to-the-minute content, and for his inimitable, high-energy style. You’ll be engaged–and entertained–throughout.
Magna Online Seminars are always a great value–and for this two-part series, we’ve made the value better still. While you can attend either session for just $304, when you attend both you’ll pay just $524...that's 25% lower than the cost of registering separately!
• 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
Time: 10:30 AM & 1:00 PM CDT - See other time zones above
Cost: $524.00
Phone: 800-433-0499
Email: support@magnapubs.com
