Distance Learning Boot Camp: Building Quality Online Courses

Abstract: 
Since July 2009, Coastal Carolina University’s faculty technology development center has been offering a distance learning boot camp to faculty members. During this time, approximately 70 faculty members have been trained in ten sessions of our boot camp. This session will chronicle how this program has evolved from a face-to-face, week-long session in the summer to a variety of delivery formats to meet the needs of our faculty. Distance Learning Boot Camp is now available as a “mini-camp,” a workshop series, in hybrid format, in webinar format and completely online. In September 2011, Coastal Carolina became a Quality Matters institution and the boot camp sessions were aligned to the Quality Matters rubric standards. Additionally a corresponding website (http://libguides.coastal.edu/distancelearningbootcamp) was developed through LibGuides on the Kimbel Library’s website to make current version of documents available to faculty as a resource. Data will be presented on types of sessions and participant satisfaction survey results compiled from all boot camp sessions.
Session Paper
Session Master Type: 
User Session
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Presentation without a Paper
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Equipment Needs
Session Equipment: 
I will be providing my own laptop
Presenter Info
Lead Presenter: 
Jennifer Marshall Shinaberger
School/Organization: 
Coastal Carolina University
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Phone Number: 
843-349-2737
Lead Presenter Bio: 
Jennifer Shinaberger is the assistant director of distance learning and the TEAL Center, the faculty technology development center, at Coastal Carolina University. She works with faculty in the development of distance learning courses and the integration of technology and is a teaching associate in the University’s Spadoni College of Education where she teaches instructional technology. She has been in the field of education for 18 years and in faculty development for almost ten years.