TGIF: Three great events this week and more to come

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Eightteenth issue, Volume Six	TLT Group TGIF 5.7.2013
From Group World Headquarters	TLT events for the rest of the week: May 8th: MOOCOW Planning - “Seven Futures of American Education” May 9th: Thinking Through How to Apply the EAT (Experience, Apply, Teach) Instructional Strategy May 10th: FridayLive: What are 7 things a new online teacher needs to know? Consider an institutional membership in TLT. Institutional Subscription entitles everyone at your institution to TLT group activities, services, and resource materials.  And individual membership is free to all within your institution. You will find more information on our website. Sally Gilbert, Director of Administration, can answer any questions you may have sallygilbert@tltgroup.org Information on how to register for the Seven Futures MOOCOW coming soon.
	Design Courses: Significant Learning vs Cover Content + Dev 7Futures MOOC. Transcript/etc tlt.gs/frlv #TLTGfrlv online free FridayLive! TLTG Uses of "MOOC material" - controversy & comments (NCSU TLTR) prep for TLTG MOOCow planning today 2pm ET tlt.gs/frlv
	Members Only Exchange Changing Roles in Online Teaching and Learning (This session is free to TLT Group Members Fee to others) May 15, 2013 2:00pm Eastern Time Leaders: Steve Gilbert, Beth Dailey, and others Register Here This session is free to TLT Group Individual Members.  ($75 to others) We have done a session on roles such as VOC.  In this session the plan is to talk of other roles such as that of a scribe, maybe even the designated learner.  There could be a designated questioner, naysayer, optimist, etc.  What else have people used or what else could be done. This is especially relevant to our MOOC creation and to our Silver Cloudians who we hope will take some of these roles as we proceed.
	An Extra Event this week. Thinking through How to Apply the EAT (Experience, Apply Teach) Instructional Strategy May 9, 2013 10:00 - 11:00 AM ET - free to all.   Presenters;Trey Mireles Madison College, Beth Dailey, TLT Group Register Here Trey Mireles offered to help us think through how to apply the EAT (Experience, Apply Teach) Instructional Strategy in preparation for the May 24th event.  On May 24th we will be sharing our experiences. In this session Trey will help Beth Dailey apply the EAT approach to a workshop she is designing. You are invited to join in the conversation and to ask Trey your own questions. Trey has also offered to field questions via e-mail, trey.mireles@gmail.com   FridayLive! Transitioning to Online Teaching - What are 7 things a new online teacher needs to know? May 10, 2013  2:00-3:00 pm ET - free to all.   Presenters; Steve Gilbert and others Register Here Looking for participants who have not yet taught online. We'll offer rough draft of 7 and discuss/revise live. If you’ve never taught online (much) , what are some things you most want help , preparation, reassurance? If have have taught some online, what do you wish someone had told you before you started (and that you would have listened to)? Up-coming  FridayLive! schedule: May 17 First session of the MOOCOW May 24 Putting EAT (Experience, Apply, Teach) to the Test. Trey Mireles, Psychology instructor, Madison College
MOOCs Round Three The learning continues as the TLT Group prepares to offer a MOOCOW (Massive Open Online Course Or Whatever) around John Sener’s book.	Online MOOC Fishbowl Planning Session with Dee Fink (This session is free to TLT Group Members Fee to others) May 8, 2013 2:00pm Eastern Time Leaders: Steve Gilbert, Beth Dailey, and others. Register here. FridayLive! First Session of MOOCOW May 17, 2013  2:00-3:00 pm ET - free to all.   Presenter: John Sener Register Here This MOOCOW (Massive Open Online Course Or Whatever) will explore John Sener's book " The Seven Futures of American Education: Improving Learning & Teaching in a Screen-Captured World." You will create an action plan for implementing one or more strategies to improve educational quality (IEQ) in your course or program by using cyber technologies. Information on how to register for the Seven Futures MOOCOW, coming soon.
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