ACADEMY NOW! TECH, TRENDS, AND NEWS | Issue 1
Look! Sloan Resources
Did you know that MSVCC/MCCB partners
with the Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) to offer
training to MSVCC faculty? The Mississippi
Community College Board is an Institutional
Member of The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C).
MSVCC faculty members can create an
individual account to access resources &
webinars re offered by Sloan-C.
We’re sure you will find Sloan-C’s workshop,
conference and publications discounts,
research, and interaction with other
members both enjoyable and valuable.
The list of workshops is maintained at the
Sloan-C web site. The current workshop
listing is available here. Faculty may enroll in
courses by contacting their college eLearning
Coordinator.
SETTING-UP ACCOUNT
Create an account affiliated with my
institution.
1. Click here to create a free user account.
2. Once you complete your registration, you
will be forwarded to your “profile” page.
3. Enter your name and
organization, Mississippi Community
College Board, in the spaces provided.
Affiliate current user account with my
institution.
1. Login to www.sloanconsortium.org.
2. Go to your User Account page here, click
on Edit Profile tab and add your
organization name in the space provided
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS
• Member pricing for all Sloan-C Workshops
• FREE webinars on online higher education
topics (for all members of your institution)
• Full Sloan-C web access
including JALN, Effective Practices,
Practitioner Documents, pdf downloads of
Sloan-C publications, Catalog of Online
Programs, Job Listings, Reports, Surveys
Listserv, Sloan-C network
• 10% Discount on publications
• Quality Scorecard for evaluating your
online programs: full access and use
• Free listing on the Sloan-C Member
Publications page for your
book/publication and option to advertise
in the Sloan-C View eNewsletter for a fee
• Eligible to propose a new Sloan-C
workshop (and facilitate)
• Full access to Sloan-C Commons
(Communities of Practice Forums, Blogs
and other discussion groups)
Upcoming Free Webinars
http://sloanconsortium.org/webinar_listing
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FEATURED CANVAS NETWORK (MOOCS)
The Canvas Network
This is Canvas’s MOOC network. Canvas as well as
institutions from around the country create and
offer these courses, for free. These are just a few of
the course that are offered. Oh, and these are
MOOCS or Massively Open Online Courses. What
does that mean? Participants collaborate with,
sometimes hundreds, of other classmates from
around the country and the world to explore the
topics discussed in the course.
New To Online – Sloan-C Workshop Series for
Fundamental Online Teaching Skills
Development - FREE
Event Date: July 29, 2014 - 2:00pm
This webinar provides an overview of the
Sloan-C New to Online Workshop Series and
how you can develop the skills you need to
successfully design and deliver your class.
Best Practices for Designing and Assessing
Online Discussion Questions
Event Date: July 30, 2014 - 2:00pm
This webinar will provide strategies and tips
for creating discussion questions that engage
students in critical thinking and encourage
robust interaction
Teaching Online: Reflections on
Practice
This course will give both traditional classroom and
virtual teachers resources for improving relationships
and interactions with students.
Sloan-C Free PDF Downloads
Survey Reports
Annual reports provided on various topics
about elearning.
Publications
An arrow of Sloan-C publications inlcuding,
books, quick guides, research highlights, etc.
Effective Practices
The reports synthesize effective practices
submitted by more than 150 Sloan-C
organizations
Journals
The Sloan-C View is to provide you with
useful information about online learning,
Improving Teacher and Student
Relationships
This course will give both traditional classroom and
virtual teachers resources for improving relationships
and interactions with students.