2009 Online Teaching Consortium and Workshop

Date and Time: November 24, 2009, from 9:30 am to 3 pm.

.Objective

The Ming-Chi Online Teaching Consortium is to promote online learning by establishing conversations with experts in this field. In the 2009 workshop, we continue our collaboration with UIS, a leader in online learning in the US and the winner of 2007 Sloan Consortium award for Excellence in online teaching. The main theme for this year's workshop is hand-on curriculum and pedagogical design. There will be two lectures delivered by professors from University of Illinois at Springfield and one Pedagogical design session. The attendees are invited to share their current course design with the speakers. The speakers and the attendees will co-design an online course in a 2 hour hand-on session. The long term objective of this lecture series and workshop is to establish a community of online teacher who are willing to deliver their course online.

.Speakers and Sessions

Registration and Welcome Session: 9:30 am to 9:45 am

.Session 1: 9:45 am to 10:45 am

Speaker: Dr. Russule Hadidi, Professor, Chair, Department of MIS, UIS

Topic: Online Curriculum Design and Online Program Management

.Session 2: 11:00 am to 11:50 am

Speaker: Dr. Xiaoqing Li, Associate Professor, Department of MIS, UIS

Topic: Student Assessment and Student Engagement in online courses

.Lunch: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

.Session 3: Workshop 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Organizer: Dr. Te-Wei Wang, Assistant Professor, Department of MIS, UIS

Panelists: Dr. Rasulle Hadidi, Dr. Xiaoqing Li, Miss Lin Mei-Liang

Workshop Contents: Communication Methods, Assignment Design, Assignment Management, Grading Rubric Design, Assessment Methods, Synchronous Sessions, Recorded Materials, and Online Teaching Technology Demo. The organizer will adjust the actual contents delivered.