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  Activity 1 Resources
 
  Link to a learner pre-assessment questionnaire Is Online Learning Right for Me? [learner]  
    This self-assessment is  a  learner assessment from CCC Online.  
       
  Link to a learner pre-assessment questionnaire E-Learning Orientation - Pre-Assessment Questionnaire  
    This self-assessment is a learner assessment from Foothills.  
       
  Link to a learner pre-assessment questionnaire Pre-Assessment Survey for the Online learner  
    This self-assessment is a learner assessment from e-moderators.  
       
  Link to an Instructor Self-Assessment of Online Readiness Is Online Teaching for Me? [instructor]  
    This interactive assessment provides feedback about the instructor's readiness to teach within an online learning environment.   
       
  Link to Assessing Your Online Teaching Readiness Assessing Your Readiness as an Online Instructor  
    This tool alerts you to the attributes that characterize preparedness of online teaching.  [Adapted from work done by Dr. Marsha Leeman-Conley]  
     
  Activity 2 Resources
 
  Link to Hybrid Course Overview Hybridizing Your Teaching  
    This CCC web site provides an overview of the hybrid concept.  Among other things, it articulates CCC's definition of hybrid courses and offers information about their value.  
       
  Link to article. End the Divide Between Traditional and Online Instruction  
    This article examines the preferences of instructors and students for hybridized learning experiences over the either/or choice of onsite or online.  
       
  Link to "Why Teach Hybrid." Why Teach Hybrid?  
    This site offers four reasons for creating hybrid learning environments.  
       
  Link to "What's a Hybrid Class?" What's a Hybrid Class?  
    Check your understanding of CCC's definition of a hybrid course by testing it against these scenarios.  
       
  Link to a Power Point Overview of Hybrid Courses Preparing to Teach Hybrid Courses  
    This meaty power point presentation gives useful information about the definition, configuration, and values associated with hybrid course offerings.  
       
  Link to "What is Required of Faculty." What is Required of Faculty?  
    This University of Wisconsin site lists three primary areas of commitment connected with the hybridization of on-campus courses .  
     
    Activity 3 Resources
 
  Link to What is Diferent about Teaching Online? What is different about Teaching Online?  
    The article challenges us to think about how hybridizing a course is more than transferring f2f activities to the web.  
       
  Link to Instructional Design Issues in Creating Online Courses Instructional Design Issues in Creating Online Courses  
    This article defines instructional design, identifies reasons for online learning experiences from a good principle perspective, and nixes instructor-centered teaching approaches online in favor of learner-centered designs, and more.  
       
  Link to Teachers and Constructivism Teachers and Constructivism  
    This article provides an introduction to constructivism and has a section entitled "Constructivism and the Computer Connection."  
       
  Activity 4 Resources
 
  Link to Guidelines for Good Practice:  Technology Mediated Instruction Use of Online Learning in the Hybrid Classroom  
    This resource give an overview of the types of strategies used in the online courses at CCC that have application in hybrid courses as well.  
       
  Link to Maricopa's Hybrid Gallery Maricopa's Hybrid Courses  
    This website is gives an overview of Maricopa's vision and application of hybridization of courses.  It includes an index of hybridized courses that have been submitted by instructors from assorted institutions. The Hybrid Course Gallery invites all to submit their course concept/structure via a submission form which adds it to the gallery.  You may want to read those posted and add your own when you complete the process.  
       
  Link to "Powerful Online Courses Using Multiple Instructional Strategies." "Powerful Online Courses Using Multiple Instructional Strategies"  
    this site discusses a wide range of strategies--learning contracts, discussion formats, self-directed learning, mentoring, small group work, project method, case study, and forum.  
       
  Drummonds Summary of Best College Practices A Brief summary of the Best Practices in College Teaching  
    This resource will provide you with many ideas from which to build hybrid applications to your on-campus course.  
       
  Link to Hybrid Course Website - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Uni. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Hybrid Development Project  
    This website shares the UWM's experience with hybridizing: project info,  resources, rationale, student preparedness, faculty samples, and articles.
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    Link to UWM's Technology Center Hybrid Samples UWM's Learning Center  Samples: A collection of some sample activities being used as hybridizing components.
 
 
    UWM's Hybrid Samples UWM's Course Samples: This site allows visitors to see a minimum of the course components.  However, Sally O'Connor's syllabus (Course Information) for Small Groups and Rachel Spilka's syllabus (Course Information) for Adv Technical Writing  give you some examples of how a syllabus might be used to introduce the hybrid experience to students.  
           
    Also seek out these links from the primary UWM site.  
    Link to Difficulties with Hybrid Courses   [5] "Difficulties with Hybrid Courses"  
    Link to Merlot Free Learning Objects   Merlott's Free Learning Objects/Modules  
       
   
Link to Writing Guide Guide to Basic Essay Writing
Link ot Paradigm Online Writing Assistant Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
Link to Civil War Site Material The Valley of the Shadow:  Two Communities in the American Civil War.
Link to Sulfur Cycle Animation of the Sulfur Cycle
Jeu De L'oie Jeu De L'oie:  Apprendre et pratiquer le francais en s'amusant
   
 
 
    Activity 5 Resources 
 
  Link to 10 Lessons [10] "Lessons Learned from the Hybrid Course Project"  
           
  Lin to Integrating Online Assignments in to Your Course Integrating Online Assignments into Your Course  
    This site has includes a heuristic tool that guides your development of a hybrid assignment.  
           
  Theoretical Resources Index of Theoretical Resources  
    This site lists multiple links to specific learning theory sites and references for project-based learning.  
           
  Link to Virtual Teaching Site Virtual Teaching Site for Teaching with Technology  
    This site categorizes teaching/learning activities from various disciplines.  It offers examples of technology to support specific learning objectives. [Worth your time!]  
           
  Link to Cooperative Learning E-Book Ted's Cooperative Learning E-Book  
    From Ted Panitz's website link to his e-book or other cooperative learning resources.  
           
  Link to Sandra O'Connor Syllabus Excerpt Excerpt from Sandra O'Connor's syllabus for a hybrid course.  
    This syllabus informs students about the nature of O'Connor's hybrid course and the demands it puts on students.  Useful as a sample of a revised hybrid syllabus.  
           
    Activity 6 Resources
 
  Three Frameworks for Activity Integration  
    Three frameworks--one based on sequence, one based on stages, and one based on steps are explained.  
           
  Sample Learning Cycle Activities Sample Learning Cycle  
    Scroll down the page to view the instructional  cycle activities.  
           
  Link to Framework 1 Instructional Model Framework 1:  Sample Illustration of Integrated Activity Model  
    Beginning online and onsite components are illustrated.  Focus is on relating new content to knowledge and information that learners bring to the activity initially.  
           
  Guidelines for Good Practice:  Technology-Mediated Instruction  
    This site emphasizes technology use in relation to Chickering and Ehrmann's Principles of Effective Practice.  
           
  Link to What Works - Tips from Instructors What Works - Tips from Instructors  
    This West Virginia University site lists best practices and teaching tips for instructors wanting to better use WebCT.  Specifically, the tips from Instructors link  lists activities and advice to improve the online experience.  
           
    Activity 7 Resources
 
    Samples of Learning Modules  
    Link to Evaluating Online Information    Evaluating Online Information  
    Link to Caesarea Learning Module    Caesarea Modules  
    Link to Southend EAZ modules for 11 year olds   Select the science module Southend EAZ: Select science model  
    Link to Medical Gross Anatomy Module   Medical Gross Anatomy Modules  
    Link to Cultural Environmental Studies Module   Cultural Environmental Studies Learning Modules:   
    Link to Radon Quest   Radon Quest (a Web-Quest)  
         
    Link to Virtual Academy: Fire Science Modules   Virtual Academy:  Fire Science Modules  
    Link to Conflict Management Module   Conflict Transformation Module  
    Link to Photshop Modules   Photoshop  
    DreamWeaver Modules    Module on DreamWeaver  
    Link to Consensus Building Module  

Conflict and Consensus Building

 
    Community Empowerment Modues   Community Empowerment  
    Link to Washington State Learning Modules   Washington State Learning Modules  
           
    Activity 8 Resources
 
  Link to 10 Questions about Creating Hybrid Courses Questions for Reflection on Creating Hybrid Courses  
    This pdf file lists ten questions to guide you in your planning of your hybrid course.  It will complement the process describe in "Turning your Ideas into Action."  
           
  Link to Turning your Ideas into Action Turning your Ideas into Action  
    This visual's content supports your developing a matrix to support your planning of your  hybridizing tasks.  
           
  Link to Lucy MacDonald Sample Planning Matrix. Sample Planning Document  
    This planning document illustrates Lucy MacDonald's approach to coordinating her planning of offline and online instructional components.  
           
  Link to article about evaluations of online courses. Considerations for Developing Evaluations of Online Courses  
    This article from the Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks will support your consideration of criteria for assessing your online teaching components as you build your Action/Work plan.  
           
  Link to Assessment Rubric for Interaction Rubrics for Assessing Interactive Qualities of Distance Learning Courses  
    This rubric is valuable because it articulates five elements that are assessed as low, moderate, or high interactive qualities: Social/Rapport Building, Instructional Design, Technology Resources, Learner Engagement, Instructor Engagement.  
           
 

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