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For New SLN Faculty
There are a number of activities that a faculty member should do to get started:
- Log on to the SLN Faculty Developer Gateway and familiarize yourself with SLN support services for faculty.
- Go to the SLN Developer Gateway and participate in the SLN All Faculty Conference. - under construction.
- Begin observing the courses posted for observation in the SLN All Faculty Conference. - under construction.
- Review the sample course.
- Review specific readings/articles regarding ALN (list and links below).
- Review the SLN new faculty workshop schedule and sign up for the workshops for new SLN faculty. To register for the workshops faculty should click to register online . Be sure to bring a copy of your course syllabus, including a course calendar, and a list of the books and materials required for your course to the first faculty workshop. This will be used as the foundation for structuring your course in the hands-on workshop.
- Brush up on Windows and Internet skills.
- Search and evaluate resources and information that might be used in your course.
- Start preparing and planning your course schedule.
- Review the orientation and syllabus documents in the sample course and start planning and preparing your own.
- Make sure your course is listed in the your campus registration system by checking with your campus registrar.
- Determine if your course requires more than the minimum computer requirements, or additional, software, tools, or resources (e.g., CD-ROM, sound card, specific software applications such as EXCEL, Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, video tape recorder, access to a library, etc. - Be sure to include that specific information in the course description for students.) You will be asked to submit this information.
- Determine what text book and other materials are required for your course (Remember, for distance students, articles and reprints are difficult to distribute after the course starts. It is best to have all materials available from the SLN Book Store or on-line). You will be asked to submit this information.
- Secure copyright permissions for both print and on-line materials that you intend to reproduce. NOTE - this can be a lengthy process and SLN will not violate copyright law. Please review the following guidelines on fair use - CETUS.
In preparing for course development, we suggest reading the following:
- Student Satisfaction and Perceived Learning with Online Courses: Principles and Examples from the SUNY Learning Network, Fredericksen E., Pickett A.M., Pelz W., Swan K., Shea P, JALN, Volume 4, Issue 2 - September 2000.
- Factors Influencing Faculty Satisfaction with Asynchronous Teaching and Learning in the SUNY Learning Network, Fredericksen E., Pickett A.M., Pelz W., Swan K., Shea P, JALN, Volume 4, Issue 3. .pdf file format.
- A Preliminary Investigation of “Teaching Presence” in the SUNY Learning Network, Shea, P., Fredericksen, E., Pickett, A., Pelz, W., (2003) Elements of Quality Online Education, Needham, MA.
- A Follow-up Investigation of "Teaching Presence" in the SUNY Learning Network,JALN, Volume 7, Issue 2 - July 2003, Peter J. Shea, Alexandra M. Pickett, and William E. Pelz.
- (My) Three Principles of Effective Online Pedagogy, William E. Plez, JALN, Volume 8, Issue 3 - June 2004.
- Teaching in a Virtual Classroom, Hiltz, S.R., International Journal of Educational Telecommunications (1995), 1(2/3) 185-198.
- Effective Facilitation of Computer Conferencing, Eastmond, D.V., Continuing Higher Education Review, 56(1/2) 1992 p. 23-32
- Virtual Teacher Education: Affordances and Constraints of Teaching Teachers Online, Swan K., Bowman J., Holmes A., SITE 99 Conference, San Antonio, Texas (1999).
- Issues in Distance Learning, Lorraine Sherry.
- Soldiers as Distance Learners: What Army Trainers need to Know, Millie Abell.
- Seven Principles of Effective Teaching - A Practical Lens for Evaluating Online Courses, Charles Graham, Kursat Cagiltay, Byung-Ro Lim, Joni Craner, and Thomas M. Duffy , The Technology Source, March/April 2001.
- How People Learn, Bransford, J., Brown, A., Cocking, R., Donovan, M., and Pellegrino, J. W. , National Academy Press, 2000.
- Chickering, A. W., and Gamson, A. F. Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education. Racine, WI: The Johnson Foundation, Inc/Wingspread, 1987. Applying the Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education.
- Assessing Teaching Presence in a Computer Conferencing Context. Anderson, T., Rourke, L., Garrison, D. R., and Archer W. JALN, Volume 5, Issue 2- September 2001.
- Using Peer Teams to Lead Online Discussions, Liam Rourke and Terry Anderson, Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2002 (1).
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