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Institute for Distance and Distributed Learning

office of the university provost, vice provost for academic affairs

Providing leadership, coordination, management and support for

eLearning at Virginia Tech

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Workshops hosted by IDDL:


Fall 2009 FDI Workshops Sponsored by IDDL

The workshops offered through FDI this fall will focus on Institute for Distance and Distributed Learning (IDDL) course development, delivery considerations, and strategies for teaching distance learning courses via synchronous and asynchronous methods. Participants will have opportunities to use a variety of instructional tools and course development software that facilitate the process of delivering instruction at a distance. Topics within this track include creating online presentations (PowerPoint as well as tutorials); using online meeting spaces for office hours, group meetings, and lectures; creating accessible multimedia; and online interaction strategies. We are excited to announce the following FDI workshops:



Designing Online Training Modules

Designing Online Training Modules

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InstructorAaron Bond

Date: Friday, September 11
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Torgerson 3080

Training new employees can drain valuable time and resources. Creating an online workshop for new employees can help streamline the training process. In this short course, staff from the Institute for Distance and Distributed Learning will work with training representatives from nonacademic departments. Together we will create a plan of action for designing online training modules. Participants will learn about online communication tools, teaching best practices, and how to create training modules that new employees can work through at their own pace. This short course is designed specifically for nonacademic departments.

Real-Time Online Communication: Centra 7.5

Real-Time Online Communication: Centra 7.5

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Instructor: Aaron Bond

Date: Friday, October 09.
Time: 10:00 pm - 12:00 pm
a Location: Torgerson 3080

Looking for a good solution for adding real-time interaction to your online course? From interactive lectures to unscheduled chatting, there are a lot of options that are easy to use. We'll demonstrate and let you try out some powerful ways to promote real-time discussions in an online learning environment. Some of the programs used will include Centra, Scholar, and Yahoo Messenger.

Creating Effective Tutorials with Adobe Presenter and Camtasia

Creating Effective Tutorials with Adobe Presenter and Camtasia

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Instructor: Aaron Bond

Date: Friday, October 16.
Time: 10:00 pm - 12:00 pm
a Location: Torgerson 3080

Presenter allows user to add narration to your slides. This can help your students more fully connect to that information. In this short course, you will learn how to use Adobe Presenter. Just as a picture can sometimes illustrate a point more effectively than text, video can often bring it to life. In this short course, you will learn how the use of video can improve your ability to clearly demonstrate course content such as the use of software or live footage. Camtasia Studio allows you to produce tutorials so that students with high or low bandwidth can access content without difficulty. You will get a chance to create high quality narrated presentations and learn of several ways that your files can be prepared for online delivery.

Introduction to Interation in the Online Classroom

Introduction to Interaction in the Online Classroom

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Instructor: Aaron Bond

Date: Tuesday, November 3
Time: 3:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location:Torgerson 3080

Are your students keeping up with the rest of the class? Are their expectations being met? Interaction is a key element to any course. It can help improve and assess comprehension of course material, as well as increase student motivation. This short course will show you how to promote effective use of interaction with techniques and tools suited for online instruction without becoming overwhelmed by the process or technology.


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