As the semester draws to an end, we wanted to alert you to the opportunity of the Summer Institute for Online Teaching and let you know that we’ve extended the registration deadline to Monday, April 29th. SIOT will run from Wednesday, May 8th, to Wednesday, June 12th. This year we’ve converted our opening and midpoint face-to-face meetings to Zoom sessions in order to accommodate faculty who are off-campus. Thus the entire institute is online except for an optional closing session and celebration. Click on the link below to register and for additional details, including the schedule and estimated time commitment. Enrollment is limited. SIOT is intended for full- or part-time faculty. GTA’s will be wait-listed and given available openings once registration closes. Please help us share this information with anyone whom you think might be interested.
https://teaching.unl.edu/summer-institute-online-teaching/
UNL’s Summer Institute for Online Teaching (SIOT) provides preparation and training as well as a campus-wide faculty learning community focused on online teaching. Summer Institute is funded and coordinated by Innovative Instructional Design, offered in partnership with Information Technology Services, and facilitated by UNL faculty from several colleges.
Overview:
The five-week Summer Institute is designed to guide novice online instructors through the steps of course planning and development and explores the unique opportunities and challenges of the online learning environment. Many instructors with some online teaching experience have also found it valuable. Experienced online instructors from a variety of disciplines facilitate the weekly online small-group discussions, answering questions, providing feedback, and sharing from their experiences.
Objectives:
By the end of Summer Institute, participants will be able to:
-Use principles of instructional design and nationally-recognized quality standards to evaluate, design, or redesign online courses.
-Demonstrate knowledge of legal issues surrounding online courses including academic integrity, course material accessibility, copyright considerations, and other university resources and policies.
-Create authentic assessments of learning that appropriately align with course learning objectives.
-Apply research-based principles of instruction to create learner-centered, interactive, online learning activities that promote student success.
-Establish an effective online instructional persona that is present throughout the course and fosters a sense of collaborative community among learners.
-Develop strategies for managing time, communication, and instructor/student roles in online courses.
Please contact Steven Cain, the 2019 SIOT coordinator, with any questions you may have at
402-472-4349 or scain3@unl.edu.
We look forward to another great campus-wide cohort and learning experience!