Session: Desperate Professors or Ways to Engage Learners through Active Learning

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Wednesday, 20 July 2005: 2:30 PM-3:15 PM
Yerba Buena Salon 13 (San Francisco Marriott)
D-5: Desperate Professors or Ways to Engage Learners through Active Learning


Detailed Description:	It is one thing to know how to use the available tools in WebCT, but how can these tools best be used? This session is designed to present ways to create online classes that are more interactive, that will engage student learners, and will build community. It also will show ways to enhance learning outcomes for student success. The predictors of online student success as found by current research will also be presented.
Presentation Format:	Showcase
Topic:	Enabling learning: Effective instructional practices and flexible design models
Target Audience:	Course Designers, E-learning Managers, Faculty and Other Instructors, K-12 Educational Staff, Senior Administrators
Appropriate Audience Level:	Beginning or new users of WebCT, Experienced WebCT users
Abstract Text:	It is one thing to know how to use the available tools in WebCT, but how can these tools best be used? This session is designed to present ways to create online classes that are more interactive, that will engage student learners and will build community. It also will show ways to enhance learning outcomes for student success. The predictors of online student success as found by current research will also be presented.
Session Leader:	Candy Sebert University of Central Oklahoma