Learn about the lessons drawn from a graduate program in homeland security that is going online for the first time, including staff and faculty education for teaching and designing online programs and quality assurance for new online programs. Processes and tools that have been helpful in the process will be shared and illustrated with examples. You will hear from the perspective of the e-learning developer, program management, faculty and student.
The Master's in Homeland Security program at the Van Loan Graduate School at Endicott College has traditionally been a face-to-face program. Previous management put high value on the close cohort model where students go through the program as a group. However, in response to the shifting landscape, the program is launching an online track in Fall 2017.
Being new to teaching online, the program management and faculty started working as a team with an e-learning developer, who consulted on online course design and implementation.
You will learn about useful processes and lessons we have learned in this exciting and challenging experience, including:
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A vision for the online track: replicating the program’s foundational goals - communication, critical thinking, collaboration and interpersonal development - in the online environment
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Testing water: a parallel online track for an off-line course
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Lessons learned on best methods for content delivery, student assessment and instructor-student interaction
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Building a successful relationship between e-learning developer, program management and faculty.
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How to establish trust between all parties?
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What types of resources are the program most in need for from e-learning developers?
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What roles could the e-learning developer play in teaching?
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Why and how is faculty and management’s personnel development important to the development of the program?
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Students’ perspective through a student survey and student work examples.