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Anne Wall, Ed. D.
Professor of Education
Martha Dickerson Eriksson College of Education
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"One of the most valuable opportunities offered by Distance Education is to participate in Quality Matters certification courses. Last Summer I enrolled in the Applying the Quality Matters Rubric and the Quality Matters Peer Review courses, each of which lasted two weeks. While it was an interesting and challenging experience to be a student again, I am so glad I had the opportunity to take part in the courses.
The QM courses required me to look critically at the alignment of course objectives, student learning outcomes, and assessments in my online courses. The most important aspects of the classes, however, were the tasks in which I learned practical steps for providing helpful feedback to my students. The courses were rigorous and challenging, but the result was my ability to look at my online courses with fresh eyes and discover many ways in which I could improve them. I highly recommend the Quality Matters certification courses to any faculty person who teaches online."
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NATIONAL DISTANCE LEARNING WEEK
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Celebrate National Distance Learning Week Nov. 6-10 with APSU Distance Education! NDLW increases awareness of distance learning & recognizes students, faculty & staff for their participation & support.
DE will celebrate with an Educational Intelligence Visiting Lecture Series speaker, a NDLW give-a-way booth, & a student Twitter contest for $50 Barnes & Nobles gift cards. USDLA is hosting free webinars all week. Visit www.apsu.edu/online/ndlw for more info.
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Do you use innovative technology in your course or research? Showcase it at Ed Tech Day 2018! Ed Tech Day allows our campus community to explore and engage with emerging technology through exhibits and demonstrations. Want to suggest a vendor? Email info to
online@apsu.edu. Want to be a presenter?
Submit an application using this link. Save the date for March 14th, 2018!
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EDUCATIONAL INTELLIGENCE LECTURE SERIES
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Educational Intelligence = Aptitude + Motivation + Opportunity + Persistence
Starting Fall 2017, Distance Education will host a monthly visiting lecture series on a variety of topics related to educational intelligence. Refreshments will be provided. All faculty, students, and staff are welcome! Please visit our
Lecture Series website
for more information. *If accommodations are needed for any events listed above, please email
online@apsu.edu.
Fred Hurst, Western Governors University
"A Different Kind of U"
November 9, 2017
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
MUC Ballroom
Jaime Casap, Google
"Innovation and Iteration in Education"
February 21, 2018
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
MUC Ballroom
William Ryan, Ryan Consulting, LLC
"Competency Based Education: Focused on Student Success"
Speaker & Workshop
April 25, 2018
10:00 a.m. - 12 p.m
UC 303/305
Look what people are saying about our lecture series...
"The presenter demonstrated a firm grasp on subject, and the translation gap between students, college and workforce."
"I liked how active he is and how hyper he is, His passion for this topic is amazing."
"Very good topic! Love how interesting it was!"
"Such helpful and easy to implement take-a-ways were provided during this lecture"
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The Department of Distance Education, along with the Offices of Information Technology and Human Resources, is excited to announce APSU’s partnership with Lynda.com to offer the Lynda Campus solution to all APSU Faculty and Staff. Lynda.com is an on-demand learning solution designed to help you gain new skills based on your goals, interests, and experience. All faculty and staff can find information and access Lynda.com using their universal campus username and password. For more info and details visit
The APSU Lynda Website.
LYNDA STATS @ APSU
237
total users
179
new users
4076
videos viewed
261
hours of video content viewed
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APSU began offering Winter Term courses in 2012. Since 2012, there has been a steady increase in course offerings and student enrollments during Winter Term. A 2017 Winter Term student satisfaction survey indicates most students are satisfied with services and the overall Winter Term session. Winter Term would not be the success that is without the contributions of the departments and faculty that teach in the term.
We would like to make you aware of the following changes to the 2018 Winter Term semester.
- The 2018 Winter Term academic calendar will change from 5 weeks to 4 weeks.
- Winter Term will begin on December 16, 2017 and end on January 15, 2018. This schedule change was made so that students registering for Winter Term could continue to use their Spring 2018 financial aid.
- All students will be able to register for two Winter Term courses. Registration starts November 8th.
- D2L Brightspace will be down from 8:00 a.m. December 28th - until 8:00 a.m. December 29th.
Lastly, please consider offering graduate courses during Winter Term. If you have any questions you may send an email to
online@apsu.edu
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D2L DOWN TIME DURING WINTER TERM: NO COURSE COPIES DEC. 14-28.
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D2L will be down for 24 hours beginning at 8:00am CST on Dec. 28 through 8:00am CST on Dec. 29 for maintenance.
If you are teaching Winter Term courses, please copy your content or have Distance Education copy your content prior to Dec. 14.
Distance Education will be enforcing a mandatory “course copy freeze” from Dec. 14 to Dec. 28. This mandatory course copy freeze is necessary to ensure successful migration of your Winter Term course content and student data.
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IS YOUR SYLLABUS ACCESSIBLE?
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APSU made huge strides in syllabus accessibility from Fall 2016 (34%) to Spring 2017 (76%), thanks to departmental training's led by our Instructional Designers and the resulting hard work put in by faculty and instructors.
Let’s continue the momentum this Fall and be even more accessible and usable for ALL our students. Please contact Pari Bhatt (
bhattp@apsu.edu
) to schedule departmental/group refresher training and master quick steps and automatic tools to make your syllabus 100% accessible. You can also view our online
Accessible Syllabus Training Series video tutorials which demonstrate the 8 key steps towards creating an accessible digital syllabus for your course.
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NEW COURSE REVIEW PROCESS
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We are excited to announce our new Course Review process! Full-time faculty teaching online or hybrid courses at APSU, as well as adjunct faculty developing online/hybrid courses for APSU are encouraged to apply. Faculty will require approval of department chair. For more information about the course review process and to apply please visit
DE Course Review Process
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POLLING SOFTWARE AVAILABLE!
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Are you interested in using live polling in your courses? Limited licenses for Mentimeter Polling are now available through the Office of Information Technology! To find out more about Mentimeter watch the video below. Contact
helpdesk@apsu.edu
for a license.
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As a reminder, Distance Education now offers department-wide training sessions! We can come to you, or you can come to us. We offer training in many different subjects including accessible syllabus, D2L, ePortfolio, and more. Request a department-wide training by emailing
online@apsu.edu.
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Are you interested in online professional development? Distance Education has subscriptions to training courses and/or webcasts offered by:
A wide range of topics are covered such as online/blended learning, student engagement and retention, assessment and compliance, and using technology effectively in your course. Please email
online@apsu.edu along with a brief explanation and link to what training you are interested in to get registration information.
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DISTANCE EDUCATION SERVICES
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We are here to help you and your department! Please check out many of our services below. Visit
APSU Distance Education
website for more information!
- Quality Matters Course Review
- Closed Captioning Services
- DE Support Desk technical support
- Instructional Technology training (TurnItIn, D2L, Examity online proctoring, Respondus)
- One-on-one and group instructional design consultations
- Innovative approaches to content delivery
- Multimedia resource assistance
- Online student assistance
- Online learning compliance and regulation
- Data reporting for DE
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STAY CONNECTED WITH APSU DISTANCE EDUCATION!
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