1. Copyright© 1998-2004, Illinois Online Network and the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois Competency-Based Strategies to Effectively Prepare Faculty to Teach Online Innovations 2005 March 6, 2005 Michael Lindeman mlindema@uillinois.edu Program Director Illinois Online Network University of Illinois

2. Friday, October 8 20042 The Illinois Online Network  A partnership between the University of Illinois and all the community colleges in the state  The major function of ION is faculty development related to Internet-based teaching and learning

3. Friday, October 8 20043 ION’s Faculty Development Activities  Making the Virtual Classroom a Reality  Faculty Summer Institute  Faculty Trainer’s Institute  Presentations and Workshops  ION Web Site

4. Friday, October 8 20044 Making the Virtual Classroom a Reality  12 online courses (10 eight-week, 2 four- week)  Since 1999, there have been over 2329 enrollments by 946 participants in 12 different online courses focused on preparing faculty to teach online.

5. Friday, October 8 20045 Faculty Summer Institute  Faculty Summer Institute brings together faculty from all ION institutions for three days to collaborate on the integration of networked information technologies into the curriculum.  In 2004, 201 participants from 37 Higher Education Institutions

6. Friday, October 8 20046 Faculty Trainers Institute  Annual Workshop based on a “train-the- trainer” model  Topics:  Competencies - Closing the Gap: What faculty know; What faculty need to know.  Increasing Faculty Buy-In  Open Source in Education  The Ideal Training Program

7. Friday, October 8 20047 Faculty Development Based on Online Instructor Competencies  Our approach…  Faculty and Support Staff develop list of competencies  Using a Wiki, develop corresponding Best Practices, Evaluation Criteria, and Training Approaches  See Wiki ScreenshotsWiki Screenshots  See Competencies List (Handout)Competencies List  See Competencies Worksheet (Handout)Competencies Worksheet

8. Friday, October 8 20048  Materials from this presentation can be accessed online at: http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/institutes/ presentations/050306/