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Becky J. Starnes, Ph.D
Professor of Public Management
Department of Political Science and Public Management
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"Thanks to the Distance Education Staff, I recently completed the Online Learning Consortium’s (OLC) course, “Implementing Open Educational Resources (OER).” After completing the workshop, I realized I’ve been incorporating OER in my courses for years and didn’t know it! I just didn’t realize the practice had a name. OLC offers excellent faculty professional development opportunities and access to best practice publications. I encourage my colleagues to contact the Distance Education staff for more information."
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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.
To celebrate Cyber Security Awareness Month, don't miss out on our very relevant speakers this October!
Greg Jackson & Joshua Smith, Dynetics
Hacking Demonstration/Security Awareness & Training
Sponsored by The Office of Information Technology
October 12, 2017
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
MUC Ballroom
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
*If accommodations are needed for any events listed above, please email
online@apsu.edu
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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
http://www.apsu.edu/human-resources/training/lynda
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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 1/2 weeks.
- Winter Term will begin on December 17, 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 2018 Winter Term courses.
- D2L Brighspace 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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LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM RFP
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This semester Distance Education will be coordinating the evaluation of our current learning management system (LMS) and alternative platforms. In addition, a request for proposals (RFP) for LMS platforms will be advertised in October. As our current D2L contract is approaching renewal, this evaluation is a standard process to ensure that our LMS is continuing to meet our institutional needs. Although this evaluation does not necessarily mean APSU will be moving away from D2L, Distance Education plans on executing a new LMS contract with D2L or a different vendor by March 2018. The LMS evaluation process will be conducted from October 2017 through March 2018.
LMS Evaluation Task Force Members:
Dr. Marcy Maurer, Professor & Chair of Health and Human Performance
Dr. Bruce Myers, Professor & Chair of Computer Science & Information Technology
Dr. Robert Baron, Professor & Graduate Coordinator of Department of Communication
Judy Molnar, Associate Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Dr. Kathryn Zimmerman, Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Dr. Larry Lowrance, Professor, Department of Educational Specialties
Dr. Joanna Humphrey, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Specialties
Allie Michael, Learning Opportunities Coordinator
Dr. Amanda Walker, Director of Career Services
David Sanford, Adaptive Technology Coordinator, Office of Disability Services
Jordan Reedy, SGA Vice President
Duane Kessler, Graduate Student Volunteer
Ron Harper, Undergraduate Student Volunteer
Undergraduate Student Volunteer: Pending
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Distance Education and the Center for Teaching and Learning Strategies piloted the SmarterMeasure Learning Readiness Indicator in APSU 1000 from Fall II 2016 through Spring II 2017. The SmarterMeasure Learning Readiness Indicator is an online assessment that increases students’ awareness of the skills required for technology-rich learning. SmarterMeasure identifies students’ strengths and opportunities for improvement in seven areas - life factors, individual attributes, learning styles, reading skills, technical knowledge, technical competency, and typing skills. After completing SmarterMeasure, students are provided resources to improve any skill gaps identified by the assessment.
SmarterMeasure Pilot
- Impacted 19 sections of APSU 1000, 13 instructors, and 354 students.
- The SmarterMeasure experience increased students’ intent to enroll in online courses by 11.5% and their readiness for online courses by 12% (according to the end of pilot survey completed by 51.7% of the students).
Thanks to the hard work of all involved especially the students and instructors in APSU 1000, SmarterMeasure has been moved out of pilot phase and into full implementation beginning fall 2017. For more information, please visit
www.apsu.edu/smartermeasure
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2016-2017 DISTANCE EDUCATION REPORT
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Distance Education published an Annual Distance Education Report to highlight department accomplishments and successful initiatives for the 2016-2017 academic year. Please read the report below.
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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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Membership in NC-SARA continues to grow! Florida’s application to participate in SARA has been approved and will become effective on October 17, 2017. In addition, the Governor of Massachusetts has signed a bill that will allow that state to participate in SARA. The District of Columbia, the United States Virgin Islands and Pennsylvania have submitted applications to participate in SARA as well.
On May 24, 2017, APSU submitted the Annual Enrollment Report to NC-SARA. The report shows that more than 200 students enrolled in 100% online schedules for the 2016-2017 academic year resided in 36 states. Prior to becoming a member of NC-SARA, APSU would have been required to pay fees to each of those states. The fee cost to APSU would have ranged from $1,000-$20,000 per state. NC-SARA membership growth is significant to all faculty, students and staff because of the cost benefit to the university and the consumer protections that are afforded to students. In addition, out-of-state marketing and recruiting activities were heavily regulated. Membership in NC-SARA has reduced the out- of- state costs and simplified marketing and recruiting regulations, and has enabled APSU to expand distance education programs and course offerings state-wide.
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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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