Seminar: Understanding and Combating Resistance to Online Learning

Date/Time:	Tuesday, 09 Jun 2015 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Location:	2030 Morrill Hall
Cost:	Free
URL:	http://www.celt.iastate.edu/celt-resources/events/
Contact:
Phone:	515-294-5357
Channel:	Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
Categories:	Training, development
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"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future." When President Kennedy said that in 1963, he probably wasn't thinking about online education. After all, ASCII was a newly invented computer code and IBM hadn't even introduced the first word processor yet. But his words show that resistance to change is as constant as change itself, which might explain the persistence of resistance to...

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... online learning in higher education--even though nearly 70% of the 2,800 colleges and universities surveyed by the Babson Survey Research Group said online education was critical to their long-term strategies.

Find out what's holding people back--and what you can do about it--in Understanding and Combating Resistance to Online Learning, a Magna 40-Minute Seminar with John Vivolo, director of online and virtual learning at New York University.

Find out what's holding people back--and what you can do about it--in Understanding and Combating Resistance to Online Learning, a Magna 40-Minute Seminar with John Vivolo, director of online and virtual learning at New York University.

You'll discover that fear of online learning isn't only a matter of faculty resistance. Institutional resistance, as well as student resistance, is also involved, and they're not all driven by fear.

Concerns about quality, student engagement, administrative transparency, institutional image, faculty engagement, and organizational structure come into play too.

Drawing on his extensive experience as an administrator, trainer, and faculty member in online learning programs, Vivolo will explore:

== The four campus constituencies most likely to fear online learning
== The five most common ways to show resistance to online learning
== The five essential questions you need to ask to understand fear of online learning
== The five key insights that can help you combat resistance to online learning

With more than seven million college and university students taking at least one course online each year, it's clear that online learning will be part of the future of higher education.

This time-friendly online live seminar, hosted by CELT, is designed for participants with a foundational level of experience with online education and will be most helpful for those in the following positions: Instructors, including full-time faculty and part-time adjuncts, Instructional designers, Educational technologists, Managers/directors of online learning and Deans. (Note: If you are unable to attend, an on-demand link will be available for 30 days following the event or you may check-out the DVD),

Registration is required and available online

= Login to AccessPlus
= Click on the Employee tab (upper right)
= Click UHR Training (in the left menu).
= Click Continue. (A new window will pop open.)
= Click Courses.
= Click Enroll next to any session in which you want to participate.

OR:

Register by Phone by calling 294-5357.

Register by email celt@iastate.edu.
Please include:
= your name
= your department
= your position (instructor, faculty, P&S staff, or teaching or graduate assistantship)
= name of the event
= date of the event

This event is coordinated by CELT, Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching