Online Education Initiative (OEI) Forum next Friday, 10/31
The MiraCosta Online Educators committee has organized an OEI forum next Friday, 1:30-2:30 pm, in the Little Theater (OC 3601). The event takes place following a Faculty Assembly meeting for full-time faculty. Food will be available starting at 1:15 outside the Little Theater and may be taken inside during the forum. As you likely are aware, MiraCosta is one of 24 CCCs selected as a pilot school in the Online Education Initiative. This forum will give an opportunity for open discussion about the OEI’s goals and timelines, MiraCosta’s participation, faculty interest and concerns, etc.
Bb Grader app for iPad now available
Blackboard has released a free iPad app for instructors that makes grading assignments via an iPad simple and powerful, and our Blackboard system is now configured properly to enable its use. You can use a stylus to annotate papers as well as giving audio or video feedback. This video demonstrates the capabilities. If you’d like to try it out but don’t have an iPad, remember that the TIC has some iPads available for 2-week checkout. Contact Karen Korstad to learn more.
Student Orientations to Online Learning complete for fall
Last week the final two fall Student Orientation to Online Learning sessions were offered. 156 students attended this semester, bringing the total attendance since spring to 260 students. If you are incentivizing student attendance, please contact me for a list.
Professional Learning Opportunities – Get Flex Credit
- Foothill College and Innovative Educators are offering a free online conference on Leveraging Technology to Support Students, Faculty, and Staff today (10/23) and tomorrow with numerous sessions featuring speakers from California Community Colleges.
- A Web Accessibility MOOC for Online Educators began this week, offered by Portland Community College
- A MOOC on Data, Analytics, and Learning from UT-Arlington also launched this week
Jim Julius, Ed.D.
Faculty Director, Online Education
