Any faculty member who wishes to teach a distance education course using WebTycho is required to complete this training successfully. You learn how to create conference topics and responses and navigate the conference structure. During the five-week virtual session, you participate first as students, completing research exercises and assignments and then as faculty, developing and posting an online course module. Topics discussed over the course of the virtual session include Adult Learning Theory, Facilitating Online Conference Techniques, and Designing Online Research Assignments. We want you to develop your own approach to teaching in the online environment based upon sound pedagogical practice.
Active participation is paramount to success in online education.
You should plan to participate in the seminar on a regular basis. Faculty time commitment for the session is approximately eight hours per week, depending upon your level of technical expertise.