TGIF: Competency Based Education: What Was Old is New Again on FridayLive

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Thirty-second issue Volume Seven	TLT Group TGIF 4.22.2014
From Group World Headquarters	TLT Membership You can become an individual member for $75.00 (USD). Did you know… if you have participated in or registered for TOL4B you will receive a $25 discount. Enter discount code TLO4B. if you have retired you will receive $40 discount. Enter discount code RETIREE. if you are a current student you will receive a $50 discount. Enter discount code: STUDENT. Join Us, Click  here to get started. Presentain Experiment #3 Join us just prior to FridayLive (1:30 PM ET) and test drive the presentation application that blends the use of the web and a mobile app, Presentain. Register Here Wondering if the MOOCow Teaching Online for Beginners (TOL4B) is right for you?   Listen to this overview   Register Here
	More from the TLT-SWG Blog http://tlt-swg.blogspot.com/ Experimenting with Presentain Presentain Experiment #2
	Members Exchange TOL4B MOOCow Planning Fishbowl: Volunteers Called to Action Date: April 23, 2014 Time: 3-4 pm Eastern Presenters: Steve Gilbert, Beth Dailey and others Description: Teaching Online for Beginners (#TOL4B) starts in 3 weeks and the design has really taken shape thanks to great input from TLT members, survey results. See working draft of the curriculum. In this planning session, volunteers will focus on 4 areas: Asynch discussion options: VoiceThread, Google Community, other Finalize Week 1 Learning Plan - very rough draft Draft the Orientation to MOOCow Tools webinar, May 14th Draft MOOCow Intro webinar, May 16 All TLT Group Members and subscribers are welcome to attend and participate. If you are not a member, please email sallygilbert@tltgroup.org or dailey@tltgroup.org if you would like an invitation to participate and attend.  If you chose to share your expertise in this project, you will be eligible for 1 month free membership or a 50% membership discount. Upcoming Member Exchange events April 23: TOL4B MOOCow Planning Fishbowl - Asynch Discussion Options April 30: TOL4B MOOCow Planning Fishbowl -  Participation via Different Devices May 7: Digging Deeper into Voice Transcription May 14: MOOCow - Teaching Online for Beginners (TOL
	FridayLive! Competency Based Education: What Was Old is New Again Date: April 25, 2014   Time: 2:00-3:00 pm ET - free to all.   Presenters: Terri Johnson, Steve Gilbert, and Beth Dailey Register Here Description: Competency based education, a popular idea in the 1960’s, has resurfaced. What proved difficult in a classroom environment--is now possible with online learning.  Explore new efforts in competency based education in higher ed. Examine the WIDS competency based instructional design model and web based application as a tool for creating competency modules. Read about it: Competency-Based Education: What It Is, How It’s Different, and Why It Matters to You More about Terri Johnson. Terri is the Associate Director, WIDS Product Development. WIDS, Worldwide Instructional Design System, offers, curriculum management software and instructional design services.Link to WIDS Up-coming  FridayLive! schedule: April 25 Competency Based Education: What Was Old is New Again May 2 How to Use Twitter for Research May 9 “The Walled Garden” a.k.a. The Learning Management System (LMS)? May 16 MOOCOW Teaching Online for Beginners (TOL4B) MOOCow Introduction June 27 A Conversation with Tom Angelo on Assessment
MOOCs Round Six MOOCow Teaching Online for Beginners (TOL4B) Video Overview MOOCOW = Massively Open Online Course (Or Whatever) -- designed to capture the flexible and experimental nature of this course.      Join the planning and help further shape the MOOCow: April 23: TOL4B MOOCow Planning Fishbowl - Asynch Discussion Options April 30: TOL4B MOOCow Planning Fishbowl - Participation via Different Devices Link to planning document Provide feedback on tools and strategies to be included.  Link to survey.	MOOCow Teaching Online for Beginners (TOL4B)   May 11 - June, 27, 2014 Presenters; Steve Gilbert, Beth Dailey and Others Register Here DescriptionTeaching Online for Beginners (TOL4B) is a Massive Open Online Course or Whatever (MOOCow) designed to help you, as a successful faculty member in higher education, begin to teach entirely online or include more online resources and activities in your courses. You care about your students and their learning.  You care about your students and their learning. You are busy and will continue to be busy. By sampling available options, benefits and drawbacks to teaching online you will cross the starting line. You will experience and experiment with a variety of easy to learn, reliable, widely accessible and least expensive tools and resources and strategies related to creating social presence and building community online. You will realize teaching and learning online does not necessarily mean teaching and learning alone, does not require being overworked, giving up your best teaching or losing meaningful contact with students. It can be satisfying and fun. The "Action" path through the MOOCow is designed to help you achieve a variety of learning outcomes and ultimately produce a self-introductory video which will become part of a more complete introductory unit in an online course, as per rubric. You may also want to chose a Design It Yourself (DIY) path to meet your own learning goals. Link to MOOCow Schedule
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