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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Eva,<br>
Having completed one of these "asynchronous" January workshop
courses myself, I wanted to provide some perspective for those
considering registering, and feedback for you to communicate to
those who organize them.<br>
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I had some experience with Blackboard before the course itself - I
guess I am pretty proficient now in benefiting from the advantages
of Blackboard while minimizing the extra time involved in using
the system. I do continue to use Blackboard because I think it
helps students by providing easy access to audiovisual material
online. Despite this experience, much of which I had beforehand, I
found the compensation offered (for 10 hours over 2 wks) woefully
undervalues and understates the minimal time required: it is more
like 20 hours simply to meet the very basic expectations of
participation in the workshop.<br>
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It is great that CUNY is providing these opportunities for
professional development in using online resources. It is very
unfortunate that the university seems to see hybrid/online
offerings as a way of providing courses on the cheap without
addressing the very real extra time demands on faculty for
implementing such courses. Setting realistic time and
compensation values for these workshops and assigning extra
faculty workload hours for hybrid and online courses would go a
long way toward correcting these problems.<br>
<br>
Tim<br>
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On 12/8/2012 3:00 PM, Eva Fernandez wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear colleagues:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Registration is
now open for a workshop on teaching online, scheduled for
January 7 to 21 (2013), offered by the CUNY School of
Professional Studies and sponsored by the CUNY Office of
Academic Affairs. This workshop, taught entirely online,
offers foundational training for faculty who will be
teaching an online or hybrid class.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Your commitment
to teach an online or hybrid course must be firm, and must
be approved by your departmental chair. Compensation (if
you complete the workshop and are scheduled to teach an
online or hybrid course) is for 10 hours at your
non-teaching adjunct rate (with a maximum total of $550). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">A detailed
description of the workshop and application materials are
available here:
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please let me know if you have any
questions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Eva.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Eva M.
Fernández<br>
Assistant Vice Provost <br>
Director, Center for Teaching & Learning<br>
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