Online Certification ProgramMarch 16, 2010

Background

Certification program originally positioned as a resource for colleges/districts with an interest in certification but lacked the resources to implement one.

@One’s goal was to leverage existing courses and extend them as a robust pool of offerings from which institutions could individually design their own certification programs.

Reconceptualizing the @One Certification Process

@One acts as certification “facilitator” for colleges/districts. • College contacts @One to leverage existing courses • College determines own certification curriculum• @One monitors and communicates candidate progress • Final certification provided by the college

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@One offers a set certification curriculum and standard, state-level certification.

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Goal #1: Increase Demand1. Expand target audience

•From: Administrators with an emphasis on customizable curriculum path

•To: Individual faculty and administrators, now providing a distinct and pre-determined certification program

•Considerations: current economic context, increase in competition in the part-time faculty job market. Part-timers (or new grads) are interested in securing cost-effective way to set themselves apart from others.

2. Capture interest through automated web-form submission

•9 individual interest requests submitted in first 30 days

Goal #1: Increase Demand1. Expand target audience

•From: Administrators with an emphasis on customizable curriculum path

•To: Individual faculty and administrators, now providing a distinct and pre-determined certification program

•Considerations: current economic context, increase in competition in the part-time faculty job market. Part-timers (or new grads) are interested in securing cost-effective way to set themselves apart from others.

2. Capture interest through automated web-form submission

•9 individual interest requests submitted in first 30 days

Goal #2: Define Certification Outcomes

•Leverage North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL) 13 core online teaching & instructional design competencies

•Collaborative meeting in January to align competencies with certification courses

Goal #3: Identify Assessment Mechanism/Process for Final Certification 1. Leverage ePortfolios to collect digital artefacts throughout

coursework

•Researched existing OL certification programs to understand current assessment trends (CSU East Bay, Sloan-C, Univ Wisconsin, Cerro Coso CC)

2. Candidate will demonstrate proficiencies through ePortfolio review with a “Mentor Facilitator” in their final session

3. The review will culminate in a CCC Confer presentation, given by the candidate

Goal #4: Refresh/Design Additional Courses

•Refresh Introduction to Online Teaching course

• integrate opportunities for content creation, new methods of student interaction and asssessment, applications of copyright “fair use”

•new online version will be offered Summer ’10

•Design online assessment course

•design curriculum

• in process

1Complete the five core courses.

Intro to Online Teaching and Learning

Designing an Accessible Online Course

Building Online Community with Social

Media

Course Management Training

Designing Effective Online Assessments

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Demonstrate online teaching proficiencies to

your mentor facilitator in a

presentation of your ePortfolio.

Complete the online teaching practicuum.

The @One Online Teaching Certification Program

Fall 2010Summer 2010

Launch new certification

program

Communicate

Spring 2010

Plan & Review

@One Certification Program Timeline

Certification Program - Questions 1. Are there legal concerns associated with the use of the term “certification”

at a statewide level?

2. Implications to the course curriculum and certification program for accommodating K-12 audience?

3. How should additional course offerings be positioned in the certification program?

4. Which ePortfolio tool should we use?• Currently looking at Mahara (Moodle plug-in)

5. What topics/issues are essential for the Assessment course?

6. Other ideas for communicating the certification program?

7. Should we implement a “certification program enrollment fee” that is distinct from the individual course registration fees?