WyoDLC Spotlight
March 2012 Spotlight: Dan Alberghetti
My name is Dan Alberghetti and I teach computer networking, security and applications classes both online and in-person for Sheridan College in Sheridan, Wyoming. I teach all of my classes through my website at http://danscourses.com and I have over 560 video tutorials with over 2 million views hosted on my YouTube channel at http://youtube.com/danscourses . I grew up in Southern California, where I received my bachelors of arts from UCLA, and a master of fine arts from Cal State, Long Beach. Before coming to Wyoming, I taught high [...]
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Online Instruction Certificate through Instructional Technology
The Online Instruction Certificate program helps students acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to effectively develop and teach online courses in a variety of settings. Upon completion, students receive official recognition of their achievement on their University of Wyoming transcripts and an official university graduate certificate. The Online Instruction Certificate Program is designed for those who (a) already have a bachelor’s degree, (b) wish to take courses related to the delivery of online instruction, and (c) would like to earn a UW [...]
WyoDLC Hosts Blackboard Training
Coming this June 4th through 8th the WyoDLC will be hosting a training session for Blackboard administration and general online learning best practices. Details on this great training, and a few additional online training opportunities after the jump. The session will cover everything from how to think about building courses, to adding your students, existing courses, and building new online areas of study and content. If your agency is currently working with us on converting your trainings to online, or [...]
Google Hangouts Becoming More Useful In Education?
Google hangouts can now handle 10 video connections. Could Hangouts be the future standard for video conferencing? Video conferencing technology is in heavy demand for education and business. The growth of online schools and elearning has created an industry that is still trying to fine-tune the technology. All systems seem to have one limitation or another. Video quality, number of participants, audio feedback, application sharing, and bugginess are just a few. Could Google Hangouts be the replacement for stand-alone conferencing [...]
How To Become Connected With Google Hangouts
Google Hangouts is a part of Google+. Unfortunately, you cannot use Hangouts without creating a Google+ account. I know most of you out there don’t want to sign up for another social network, but at this point, there is no alternative. My hope is that in the future Google will add Hangouts as a gmail add-on, or a stand-alone product. Hard to say… it’s still relatively young. In any case, you must first sign up for a Google+ account. This [...]
Distance Education vs Correspondence Course
You would have thought that correspondence courses are a long lost ancestor of distance education courses that you find in your institutions today. My assumption was that the old correspondence courses have evolved from the mailed out notebooks and Xeroxed pages to PDF files downloaded from the teachers website, to an asynchronous space where all the information is carefully build into a virtual learning environment where the learner can come and go as they please, learning at their own pace [...]
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Announcing the UW Outreach TIE Faculty Fellowship
Applications are invited for the TIE Faculty Fellowship (Technology Instructional Enhancements), a faculty development program of UW Outreach Credit Programs.
