1. The future of Education E-Learning

3. blogs

4. wikis

5. live chats

6. Webcams

8. 5.6 Million Students enrolled in Online courses

9. 90% plus —are coming from existing traditional schools that are growing their current offeringsAllen, 2010

11. Absences

12. School violence

14. 401 K plans

15. Employee purchase programs for personal computers and wireless communications plans. >>The Satisfaction in knowing you made a difference

17. limited knowledge about online learning

18. steep learning curve

19. Typically a few years to become proficient

20. Bigger workload

21. for every hour of instruction online, the teacher must devote ten hours of preparation.“the faculties limited knowledge about online learning stems from the fact that they have spent their careers teaching in the classrooms with students in front of them not instructing students they never see by the way of technology which makes them still feel uncomfortable”. (Maeroff, 2003, p. 188)

23. Look past the fear and embrace change

24. Decide that you can learn new things

25. Ask questions about “the magic”

27. Online resources

28. Free Training events(Faucett, 2010)

30. Must be much more flexible

31. Prepare for more individualization with online instructionthe gratification an instructor feels from helping a student in this way is much more immediate

33. completed in three separate phases

34. broken down into the preparation, design, and teaching phases(Elbaum, McIntyre, & Smith, 2002)

36. Build a course outline.

37. Create a course schedule with clear deadlines.

38. Plan for ongoing quality assurance.

39. Ensure support from your administration.

41. Design a learning community that is collaborative, engaging and inclusive.

42. Find and use appropriate course materials and resources.

43. Develop rich, relevant learning activities to support your learning objectives.

44. Include a balanced mixture of individual and group learning activities.

45. Recognize that pacing in an online course is different.

47. Facilitate discussions in a way that keeps students on-task, promotes full participation, and encourages peer collaboration.

48. Engage with your students without over-engaging.

50. Staying Flexible

51. Reasonable lesson plans

53. Faucett, C. ( 2010) Fear of Technology… the double-edged sword. Retrieved on 25 June 2011 from http://clairefaucett.wordpress.com/

55. QUESTIONS ?