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Wren A. Mills, PhD, is a pedagogical assistant professor teaching in the Organizational Leadership and Adult Education programs in the Educational Administration, Leadership, and Research Department at Western Kentucky University (WKU). She previously served as the assistant director for the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning, where she prepared graduate students for their first teaching assignments and worked with faculty to integrate technology into their pedagogy. She also taught English for both WKU (21 years) and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (14 years).>Last Updated: 07-23-2020

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  • How Can I Create an Effective Syllabus for My Online Class?
    • How Can I Create an Effective Syllabus for My Online Class?

    • How Can I Create an Effective Syllabus for My Online Class?

    • Price range: $39.00 through $499.00
    • The syllabus can not only help a student navigate the course content, but it also can become a substitute for first-day-of-class conversations, detail major assignments, and explain online-specific requirements such as technology required, netiquette, or recycled writing policies. Learn how to make an effective syllabus for online courses that will help you create a smoothly running class.
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  • What Technology and Tools Do I Need to Create a Podcast for My Students?
  • What Are the Basics of Podcasting?
    • What Are the Basics of Podcasting?

    • What Are the Basics of Podcasting?

    • Price range: $39.00 through $499.00
    • Discover how to evaluate your content in the context of a podcast and determine if this is an appropriate tool for your content delivery. Gain an idea of the benefits to podcasting, both as a content delivery platform and a way for students to receive content in an efficient and convenient way.
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  • What Can Engagement in Games Teach Me About Engagement in My Courses?
    • What Can Engagement in Games Teach Me About Engagement in My Courses?

    • What Can Engagement in Games Teach Me About Engagement in My Courses?

    • Price range: $39.00 through $499.00
    • We can all use fresh ideas for engaging students with course content. What can the games we play teach us about designing our courses? Games have kept people engaged for decades because they have systematically designed engagement practices. In this program we will explore how to recognize these engagement practices and apply them into course design. Learn how to use the games that surround us to make our courses more powerful.
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  • How Can I Increase Student Completion Rates in Online Learning?
    • How Can I Increase Student Completion Rates in Online Learning?

    • How Can I Increase Student Completion Rates in Online Learning?

    • Price range: $39.00 through $499.00
    • In this program, learn how to adopt a systemic and practical approach to increase online completion rates in the context of declining overall enrollments, increasing student diversity, and rising educational costs. And, understand that instructors partnering with instructional designers in the context of institutional support is key to implementing the proposed framework elements.
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  • How Do I Create a Class That Support First-Year Students?
    • How Do I Create a Class That Support First-Year Students?

    • How Do I Create a Class That Support First-Year Students?

    • Price range: $39.00 through $499.00
    • Learn several design-based first-year supports, how to create opportunities in the facilitation of your courses to create and build classroom skills, and how to plan/implement evaluations to continue to support students in their educational journey. Designing with students in mind first helps you be purposeful in your approach to building their skills and meeting their needs.
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  • How Can Media Richness Theory and Social Presence Theory Improve My Instruction?
    • How Can Media Richness Theory and Social Presence Theory Improve My Instruction?

    • How Can Media Richness Theory and Social Presence Theory Improve My Instruction?

    • Price range: $39.00 through $499.00
    • Attrition rates are 10% to 20% higher in online courses than their face-to-face counterparts. While online course formats offer convenient methods of instruction, poor course development often leads to high attrition rates. This program explores how applying Media Richness Theory (MRT) and Social Presence Theory to online course design and instruction can aid overall program retention and student satisfaction.
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  • How Can High Quality Faculty Development Improve Online Course Quality?
    • How Can High Quality Faculty Development Improve Online Course Quality?

    • How Can High Quality Faculty Development Improve Online Course Quality?

    • Price range: $39.00 through $499.00
    • This mentor will cover the benefits of providing high quality professional development opportunities for faculty, what some of these opportunities (or programs) might look like, and ultimately how these opportunities can positively impact the overall quality of online programming.
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  • How Does Consistency Improve Quality in Online Courses and Programs?
    • How Does Consistency Improve Quality in Online Courses and Programs?

    • How Does Consistency Improve Quality in Online Courses and Programs?

    • Price range: $39.00 through $499.00
    • Enhancing consistency in online courses and programs is a current topic of interest to university administrators. Viewing this mentor will lead to enhanced awareness of the many benefits to both students and faculty that come from consistent course design. The program provides development staff, faculty, and other administrators many ideas that can be implemented easily at almost any institution.
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  • How Can I Ensure Academic Honesty in My Online Assessments?
    • How Can I Ensure Academic Honesty in My Online Assessments?

    • How Can I Ensure Academic Honesty in My Online Assessments?

    • Price range: $39.00 through $499.00
    • This program offers a realistic and practical alternative to the ever-escalating cheating wars that consume so much college and university resources in prosecuting dishonest academic conduct. Implementing the strategies in this presentation can greatly reduce the hassle for instructors and student-support staff of having to go through the paperwork, process, and frustration of responding to academic dishonesty.
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  • How Can I Build Engagement in My Online Classes Through Student-created Videos?
  • How Can I Assess Students in My Online Classes Through Student-created Videos?
    • How Can I Assess Students in My Online Classes Through Student-created Videos?

    • How Can I Assess Students in My Online Classes Through Student-created Videos?

    • Price range: $39.00 through $499.00
    • By incorporating student videos into online classes, students can feel connected to their classmates and more engaged with course content. Online instructors may encounter some challenges when incorporating student videos initially. This session provides practical ways to avoid them.
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