{"id":1792,"date":"2013-08-07T11:27:07","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T16:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=1792"},"modified":"2013-08-07T11:27:07","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T16:27:07","slug":"xula-online-real-faculty-real-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/xula-online-real-faculty-real-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"XULA Online: Real Faculty, Real Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did you know that over 350 students participated in summer session I online courses? Not one online course had to be canceled this summer due to low enrollment\u2014students enrolled with very minimal on-campus advertising.<\/p>\n

Summer online courses give both students and faculty the flexibility and mobility to pursue other projects while still teaching and learning.
\nIf you\u2019re interested in developing and\/or teaching an online or hybrid course, we at CAT invite you to:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Discuss your idea with the Distance Education Coordinator (Yours Truly x7692) in CAT who will assist you. Required<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. Complete the Quality Matters online introductory course. Required<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. Attend the CAT-sponsored FaCTS Panel presentation on Thursday October 10, 2013 at 12:15pm (lunch included). Recipients of this year\u2019s FaCTS (Mellon foundation) grants will share with you their successes and suggestions for creating and teaching online courses. Optional but recommended<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. Complete CAT\u2019s Online Faculty Development Course (funded by Mellon FaCTS initiative and available during the fall semester). Optional but recommended<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. Complete additional Blackboard training offered by CAT. Optional but recommended<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    <\/em>
    \nPleaseo contact me<\/a> for more information\u2014I\u2019m looking forward to meeting and working with Xavier\u2019s excellent faculty and staff!<\/p>\n

    P.S. \"8 Lessons Learned from Teaching Online<\/a>\" is a short video which I hope will give you food for thought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Did you know that over 350 students participated in summer session I online courses? Not one online course had to be canceled this summer due to low enrollment\u2014students enrolled with very minimal on-campus advertising. Summer online courses give both students and faculty the flexibility and mobility to pursue other projects while still teaching and learning. ...continue reading \"XULA Online: Real Faculty, Real Learning\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1792","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-online","7":"h-entry","8":"hentry","9":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-sU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14369,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/the-path-to-service-learning\/","url_meta":{"origin":1792,"position":0},"title":"The Path to Service Learning","author":"Lisa Schulte-Gipson","date":"September 6, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"As I sit in my CAT-FD office I wonder what to focus on for my first blog. 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