This document discusses online teaching certification courses offered by ETOM that aim to improve the quality of online education. The Online Teaching Certification (OTC) is a six-week course that covers standards for online course development, design, construction and management. The Advanced OTC also takes six weeks and emphasizes how instructional technologies can enhance online learning when appropriately used. It covers incorporating audio/video, creating multimedia, integrating social applications, using live tools and emerging technologies like mobile learning over its six modules. Both certifications intend to improve faculty marketability and the quality of online teachers hired, as well as equip faculty with advanced online teaching skills.

1. Quality
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2. I associate the term “quality” with:
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B.
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D.
Online Courses
Online Faculty
High Cost
Student Experience

4. Online accessibility IS a faculty duty!
A. Yes
B. No

5. Goals
• Show how the ETOM Online Teaching and
Advanced Online Teaching Certification
courses can help:
– Improve your marketability as an online teacher.
– Improve the quality of online teachers you hire.
– Give faculty the advanced skills they need to
develop and teach quality online courses.

6. Online Faculty Certifications
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B.
C.
D.
None
Internal
ETOM Online Teaching Certification
Other

7. Online Teaching Certification (OTC)
• Six week online course offered by ETOM.
• Focused on quality standards identified in
MCCVLC Online Course Development
Guidelines/Rubric
• Orientation to online teaching and learning.
• Designing an online course.
• Constructing an online course.
• Managing and supporting an online course.

8. Multiple Platforms

9. Barriers to Online Faculty Quality
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B.
C.
D.
Technical Skills
Teaching Experience
Instructional Design/Curriculum
Ability to Organize and Manage

10. ETOM OTC Competencies
• articulate outcomes (competencies) that provide
a foundation for design and focus for the learner;
• set up instructional consistency, matching
outcomes, content, practice/feedback, and
assessments;
• plan effective management of course materials,
assignments, and interactions;
• develop effective online organization of course,
including clear directions and policies for
students;
• effectively use a LMS to develop their course.

11. NMC Horizon Project: 2013 Higher Ed

12. ETOM Advanced OTC
• Six week online course offered by ETOM.
• Emphasizes how the appropriate use of
instructional technologies can enhance online
learning and improve course quality
• Stresses how the use and deployment of these
instructional technologies does not need to be
expensive or difficult to master.

13. ETOM Advanced OTC Module 1
• Incorporating Audio and Video
– Sound Instructional Design
– Capturing Audio and Video
– Using Existing Audio and Video

14. ETOM Advanced OTC Module 2
• Creating Multimedia Content
– Creating and Using Images
– Free and Open Source Tools
– Combining Content Effectively

15. ETOM Advanced OTC Module 3
• Integrating Social Applications
– Blogs and Wikis
– Facebook
– Twitter and other Web Apps

16. ETOM Advanced OTC Module 4
• Live Tools
– Chat and IM
– Whiteboards
– Webcasts

17. ETOM Advanced OTC Module 5
• Emerging Technologies
– Mobile Learning
– Virtual Worlds and Gaming
– Open Learning

18. ETOM Advanced OTC Module 6
• Pulling it All Together!
– Peer Review
– Final Presentation
– Course Evaluation

19. GRCC HLC Change Visit
• Continuous Quality Improvement
– In order to maintain such quality, it should
consider a recertification process for its online
courses. Rapidly emerging technologies and tools
– Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and online tutoring
did not exist seven years ago – also speak on
behalf of regular reviews of the techniques and
technologies used in online courses.