Come To EduCamp!
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007 by Maryam Webster
Come to EduCamp at Stanford University with me! A bunch of educators, both the hoary oldschool types who remember chalkboards and wooden pencils like me and a bunch of the younger high tech variety are gathering to conference over our ideas.
I’ve been teaching in one format or another since 1979 and most recently in the last seven years, in an online eCampus format. Towards that end I’d like to invite you to join me at StanfordUniversity September 16 - 17 for Educamp, where I am giving a presentation on Successful Leadership in Online Learning Environments: Tips & Tools of the Virtual University.
More info here: http://educamp.pbwiki.com/
EduCamp is collaboratively hosted at Stanford University on Saturday, September 15, 2007 at 11:00 am PT- Sunday, September 16, 2007 at 5:00 pm PT and you can register here:
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/70116721
For a look at what I’m doing, here’s the description and syllabus for my presentation:
Successful Leadership In Online Learning Environments:
Tips, Tools and Lessons of the Virtual University
with Maryam Webster, Director of The Energy Coach Institute
Course Summary
Maryam will share her experience of seven years as an online teacher for a specialty coach training institute, and as training director and course writer through the 1990’s for several corporations in different training contexts. We will be discussing the best open source software, audio class -vs- webcasts and how to handle each inexpensively, enhancing student experience through didactic and autodidactic participation, in-class structure, out-of-class semi-structured learning and participation opportunities, skilful initiation and use of the cohort bond, collaborative software as community, ensuring ongoing learning after the course is over.
Syllabus
- The Advantages of Online Learning
- One Model of eCampus Technology - it’s Advantages/Disadvantages
- eCampus Leadership and Community Building
- Collaborative Leadership Of The Cohort Model Online
- Fitting the Syllabus to the Learner: Languaging as an Aid in Learning Styles
- The Power of the Mastermind in Retention and Learning Group Cohesion
- e-Learning Course After-Care
Resources
Online Learning Course Search Network
The Moodle Open Source eCampus software- this is one of the opensource software packages we use and recommend
Online Learning Teacher Clearinghouse
Be a Student For a Day: Take An Online Learning Demo Course
Getting The Most Out Of Online Learning
Are You Ready To Learn Online?- this quiz would be really great…if the scoring system worked!
15 Benefits of Online Learning
More Benefits of eLearning


















