Online CEP 810 Course Wins AT&T Award in Instructional Technology

Responding to the growing use of online technologies for instruction at Michigan State University, Libraries, Computing and Technology held its third annual awards program, generously funded by AT&T, to both recognize and encourage best practices in the use of technology to enhance teaching and learning.

Our CEP 810: Teaching for Understanding with Computers course, the first course in the Certificate and Master’s program, tied for first place for the best fully online course.  The team that worked on the course was recognized for their hard work in developing the online course at the awards ceremony on April 20, 2009.

A courses that is considered for the award must demonstrate the learning and interaction goals of the course, points of interest and innovation, ways in which the course meets accessibility guidelines, evidence of effectiveness with students and plans for sustainability.

You can read more about the award and why CEP 810 was selected at http://att-awards.msu.edu/index.php/winners/2009/cep_810_isb_202.

The following people were a part of the team that helped develop the CEP 810 online course.

Carrie Albin, Outreach Manager, Educational Technology Certificate Program, Curriculum/Designer
John Bell, Associate Professor, Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education, Curriculum/Technology
Brandon Blinkenberg, vuDAT, eProducer
Joe Codde, Director, Educational Technology Certificate Program
Kathryn Dirkin, Graduate Student, Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education, Curriculum/Designer
Carolyn McCarthy, Adjunct Faculty, Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education, Instructor
Tae Seob Shin, Graduate Student, Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education, Curriculum
Brook Thompson, Assistant to Director, Educational Technology Certificate Program, Transcriber/Accessibility
Sue Way, Former Master’s Coor., Educational Technology Certificate Program, Curriculum

The end of the school year is in sight and the last thing you are probably thinking of is signing up for summer classes to continue your professional development in the area of educational technology. Yet the deadline for our summer classes is this Friday, June 5th so if you are considering signing up you’ll need to do so by Friday.

We have several options available this summer. First you can take our summer accelerated classes in Traverse City, East Lansing or at the Kalamazoo RESA. The Traverse City courses are Monday – Friday for just 4 weeks and the KRESA and East Lansing classes are Monday – Thursday for 5 weeks. You can earn 9 graduate credits by taking one of these summer accelerated options.

We also have weekend classes being offered in Birmingham and Durand. The 810 course has already been offered but participants can take 811 or 812 in this weekend format.

Last but not least we have our online summer series beginning June 16th. You can take both 810 and 811 during the summer for a total of 6 graduate credits. You can finish up 812 in the fall or spring semester depending on what works best for your schedule.

If your summer is already booked and you are unable to take classes until the fall you may want to check out our fall lineup of classes at http://edutech.msu.edu/timeslocation.asp. We have classes scheduled for Birmingham, Durand, Pinckney, Traverse City and Wayne RESA.

We are always looking for new site locations. If you don’t see a location that will work for you and are interested in getting the courses offered right in your own district you can complete our Suggest a Location form at http://edutech.msu.edu/suggestalocation.asp.

We wish you a very relaxing and much deserved summer vacation.

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