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| Description: | If you're an instructor or instructional support staff trying to choose among e-content options offered by publishers, you'll want these lessons learned in customizing e-Packs. Having worked closely with faculty in evaluating, adopting and customizing web course materials and tools, the presenters developed a simple and pedagogically sound approach to adapting e-Packs for classroom and online instruction. Learn how to remain the "boss" of your course. |
| Presentation Format: | Oral |
| Topic: | Empowering educators: Professional development models and methods |
| Target Audience: | Course Designers, Faculty and Other Instructors |
| Appropriate Audience Level: | Beginning or new users of WebCT |
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| Abstract Text: | Working closely with university faculty at both undergraduate and graduate levels in evaluating, adopting and customizing web course materials and tools, the presenters have developed a simple and pedagogically sound approach to adapting e-Packs for classroom and online instruction. The presentation's goal is to provide faculty and instructional staff with proven guidelines for customizing e-Packs that meet expectations for timeliness, reliability, effectiveness, and academic freedom. The objectives include describing and explaining techniques for 1) evaluating e-Pack features; 2) managing course access and administration; 3) setting clear learning outcomes; and 4) re-designing e-Packs for specific instructional plans. Attendees can expect to 1) improve e-Pack selection procedures; 2) better anticipate course management issues; 3) improve alignment of design and outcomes; and 4) reduce redundancy and improve efficient utilization of e-Pack content and tools. As a result, faculty and those assisting them can expect to retain control of their specific courses even while adopting a generically designed e-Pack. Faculty, thus, will feel more comfortable with retaining their academic freedom to remain the "boss" of their courses and to retain control of their "teaching." |
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