How to Engage Students Online, Increase Participation, and Improve Discussions – 8 Weeks, University Credit
This live hands-on webinar series is designed to help teachers create secure, collaborative environments with private online communities. Participants depart with a blended learning model that combines the benefits of in-class instruction with the flexibility of online discussions for any subject or course material. Teachers can use lessons learned in their classrooms the next day.
Course Format: 16 one-hour webinars
Course Cost: $0
Course Language: English
Course Prerequisites:
Participants are strongly encouraged to create a Collaborize Classroom site in advance. Collaborize Classroom will be used to administer the course, but there is no obligation to use it after the course is completed. Visit http://collaborizeclassroom.com to create your free online learning platform.
Course Objectives:
- Establish a safe space online characterized by respect and support
- Design quality questions that drive interesting and fun in-class interactions
- Incorporate multimedia to bring best resources into your private online discussion platform
- Weave online conversations back into the classroom to increase the value of the work done online
Course Schedule:
Week 1: Create a Safe Space Online
Week 2: Building an Online Community
Week 3: Art of Asking Questions
Week 4: Get Students to Say Something Substantial
Week 5: Embedding Media
Week 6: Weaving Strategies
Week 7: Student-Driven Projects Online
Week 8: Share Final Project & Reflection
Course Credit:
Available through Sonoma State University ($55/unit fee). Upon successful completion, one academic unit will be awarded.
Instructor Bio:
Catlin Tucker teaches English at Sonoma County’s Windsor High School and online writing courses through Axia College. Named Teacher of the Year at Windsor High School, she complements her in-class instruction with an online learning platform called Collaborize Classroom in a unique blended learning curriculum. She is the San Francisco Examiner on Education and is currently writing a book on blended learning. Catlin earned her B.A. from UCLA and a Masters from UC Santa Barbara.
To Sign up, please visit our Collaborize Classroom Professional Development page or contact pdonohue@collaborizeclassroom.com for more information.
