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eLearning Technologies, Training and Open Educational Resources
Alissa SellsWashington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
May 8th, 2015
eLearning Core Technologies
• Canvas• Learning Management System (LMS)
• Panopto• Lecture Capture
• Collaborate• Web-Conferencing and Collaboration
Canvas by Instructurehttps://community.canvaslms.com/welcome
• Canvas is a cloud-based learning management system (LMS) that has been adopted by all 34 Washington State community and technical colleges.
• It is a next generation LMS that allows integration of multiple instructional tools like Collaborate and Panopto.
• It can be used for online instruction, advising, campus groups, professional development, training, content archives, and much more!
Panoptohttp://www.waol.org/panopto
• Panopto is a cloud-based lecture capture service that supports recording and viewing of on-demand recordings using a desktop or mobile device.
• The SBCTC contract allows for unlimited use of Panopto by our system colleges.
• Panopto is integrated with Canvas.
• It can be used for live instruction via web-casting or asynchronous instruction via playback of recordings.
Collaboratehttp://goo.gl/g3pWFq
• Blackboard Collaborate is a web-conferencing tool.
• SBCTC eLearning funds unlimited use of the Blackboard Collaborate web-conferencing system for system colleges.
• Collaborate is integrated with Canvas.
• The tool has a variety of uses like online office hours, meetings, webinars, synchronous instruction, and asynchronous instruction via playback of recordings.
eLearning Training
• Intro to Canvas• Using Canvas for Instruction
• Quality Matters• Building Quality eLearning Courses
• IGNIS• Peer-to-Peer Sharing and Collaboration
• How to Use OER• Finding, Using, and Sharing OER
Intro to Canvashttp://goo.gl/Bo9Sfk
• SBCTC eLearning offers a 3-week online training course free of charge to faculty and staff affiliated with the Washington Community and Technical College system.
• The course covers the basics of using the Canvas learning management system.
• This asynchronous course is designed for instructors who have never used the Canvas learning management system or who are just getting started.
Quality Mattershttp://goo.gl/cTlyBK
• Quality Matters (QM) is a faculty-centered, peer review process designed to certify the design quality of online courses and online components.
• The program is centered on the idea of continuous improvement.
• SBCTC eLearning funds a portion of Quality Matters training and certification for each system college, each year.
IGNIShttp://goo.gl/buCpEl
• “Ignis” is the Latin word for “ignite” or “spark.”
• To us, it means imagination, genius, new understanding, innovation and sharing.
• This webinar series features faculty, staff, and administrators from Washington state CTCs who are successfully integrating technology into their instruction to improve student learning.
• The next season begins in February 2016.
How to Use OER Traininghttp://goo.gl/Z5sxgP
• The purpose of this course is to provide information and experience in using open educational resources (OER) in faculty’s teaching practice.
• This training is fully online, 2-weeks long, facilitated, and asynchronous.
Open Education
• SBCTC supports and promotes Open Educational Resources (OER) policies and initiatives by managing projects and practices.
• Policies and practices are designed to increase access to open resources and eLearning tools for system faculty, staff and students.
SBCTC Open Policyhttp://goo.gl/WzNFdF
• All digital content created or funded by SBCTC, or produced by grant funds managed by SBCTC, should be released under the Creative Commons Attribution license.
Open Washingtonwww.openwa.org
• An open educational resources (OER) network dedicated to providing easy pathways for faculty to apply OER in their teaching practice.
• Major features include: Learn OER Find OER Attribution Builder OER Stories
Open Attribution Builderopenwa.org/open-attrib-builder
• An application to help you easily cite open material you find.
• As you fill out the online form, the attribution is automatically generated for you.
Open Course Libraryopencourselibrary.org/
• The Open Course Library (OCL) is a collection of shareable course materials by teams of college faculty, instructional designers and librarians.
• OCL materials are paired with low cost textbooks ($30 or less). Many of the courses can be taught at no cost to students.
- Thank You -Alissa Sells
eLearningProgram Administrator
425.239.0456
@WAeLearning
Boyoung ChaeeLearning & Open Education
Policy Associate
360.704.1011
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