Audio Online Seminar with Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro • Wednesday, February 24, 2010 • 12:00 - 1:30 PM CST • $264

To thrive in the fast-changing, highly-competitive niche of online education, institutions eagerly explore new learning tools. Synchronous learning–live and interactive chat–is one approach that has been shown to engage students and enhance learning. There are a number of different applications designed to provide a synchronous learning environment. Adobe Connect and Wimba Classroom are two well-known examples.

From any perspective, synchronous learning has notable benefits:
• Forward-thinking administrators recognize online courses as fertile ground for developing a competitive advantage. Those schools offering quality, leading-edge technology and added-value for students–such as synchronous learning–will shine in a growing marketplace.
• Educators grapple with familiar challenges, made even more complex by a modern learning environment. Teachers need online methods that create a connection, keep students engaged in learning, and provide valuable new ways to assess student progress.
• Students bring expectations with them to class. Their ideals for how online interaction will take place are often based on the fresh, new communications technology that they employ in their personal lives.

Despite evident benefits, some educators are still reluctant to incorporate synchronous methods. Faculty members may shy away from online chat and similar options because they fear they will be too much work; too challenging from a technical standpoint; and add minimal value to the course.

In this 90-minute presentation, Mike Scheuermann, Ph.D., will provide a thorough handbook for incorporating synchronous elements into online course design–and how real-time chat can take online learning effectiveness to the next level.

Register today and you’ll be able to:
• Decide whether synchronous online course elements fit your pedagogical constructs.
• Build synchronous elements into your online course.
• Conduct sessions in real time with your students.
• Solicit student feedback on the value of synchronous elements–to gain from their perspectives.
• Move forward in using synchronous elements at the next level (for example, as a required and graded online course activity).
• Map out a set of “Next Steps” that make sense to you and your unique situation.
• Take home checklists and worksheets, additional resources and a valuable “Next Steps” guideline.

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Mike E. Scheuermann holds a Ph.D. in Education from Drexel University. His areas of interest include online learning and nontraditional students. In this seminar, he shares his expertise about synchronous course elements, based on years of experience, and input from students as well as other faculty members.

Save time and money.
The fee for this seminar is just $264, regardless of how many participants you invite. Save time and money by inviting colleagues to sit in on the presentation. No matter how many people join you, the cost stays the same.

Live and interactive: Further enhancing your learning experience.
During the presentation, you’ll (ironically) actually be a student in a synchronous learning environment. Use the opportunity to ask questions, clarify information and share your thoughts!

This seminar takes full advantage of the fact that it demonstrates the learning advantages of real-time interaction, giving you hands-on experience with synchronous technology. You’ll be able to use multiple features of the application–such as submitting questions–at set times during the presentation.

Who should attend?
• Instructional Designers
• Managers/Directors/Assistant Directors of Online Learning
• Directors of Faculty Support or Development
• Program Managers
• Associate/Vice Provosts for Online Learning
• Associate/Assistant Deans

Featured Higher Education Presenter:

Mike Scheuermann, Ph.D.

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Audio Online Seminar with Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro • Wednesday, February 24, 2010 • 12:00 - 1:30 PM CST • $264

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 12:00 PM -   1:30 PM (Central Standard Time)
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Date(s): 02/24/10
Time: 12:00 PM Central Standard Time - See other time zones above.
Cost: $264.00
Phone: 800-433-0499
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