Building Community and Trust in an Online Environment through Intentional Course Design

Concurrent Session 2

Brief Abstract

The session highlights a process involving course design for a group counseling course taught exclusively online using both asynchronous and synchronous technology. The course is experiential and actively engages students in the course content and counseling process. Both the instructor and instructional designer will share the development process, tips for instructional design, and future considerations.

Presenters

Lead Presenter: Angie Smith, North Carolina State University

Dr. Angie Smith received her doctorate degree in Counselor Education at North Carolina State University, Raleigh North Carolina. Currently, she is a Teaching Assistant Professor, Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Supervisor (LPC-S) in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her experience as well as research and teaching interests include career counseling and development, online teaching and learning modalities, supervision in counseling, college counseling, and student development. Her most recent career pursuits include developing and teaching courses for an Online Master’s Program at North Carolina State University and co-authoring a book about online teaching within the helping professions.

Extended Abstract

REDESIGN GOALS

• Create an experiential learning experience in the online version of this course

• Build an active online community

• Create a secure environment for students while conducting group sessions

• Research and find different technologies to deliver group counseling sessions online effectively

• Add visuals and interactions to support and reinforce learning

National Sponsors

Platinum

Titanium

Webcasting Partner

Diamond

Platinum

Diamond

Platinum

Media Partner

Titanium

Platinum

Titanium

Platinum

Titanium

Platinum

Schoology

Schoology Higher Education is the industry's leading instructional operating system, the next generation of LMS. This cloud-based, SaaS solution serves as an academic hub for instruction, communication, collaboration, and third-party integration to extend learning beyond class and into the greater campus culture.
Schoology Higher Education is aligned with the way students and faculty want to use technology. Its comfortable interface (UI/UX) and robust mobile apps make this holistic solution both easy to use and adopt on any device. Schoology also impacts important higher education initiatives outside of traditional learning.
This collaborative platform facilitates the creation of community groups for first year programs, student meetups, departmental curriculum development, and other campus initiatives. It simplifies data analysis to aid in administration and institutional research.
As the 2014 Best Overall Education Solution among all SIIA CODiE award winners, Schoology has set a new standard for online learning. Schoology Higher Education has elevated the conversation from course and learning management to an institutional, enterprise-wide conversation about efficiency, efficacy, and student success.
Please stop by our booth to discuss why it makes sense to transition your college from an LMS to Schoology's digital learning hub.

http://www.schoology.com

Contact: Robert Tousignant
Sr. Director of Higher Education Sales
(212) 213-8333 x69
rtousignant@schoology.com
Twitter

Sagence Learning

Sagence Learning, Inc, previously part of Flat World, was formed to focus exclusively on providing leading-edge competency-based education technology and services to colleges and universities.

As the economy and demands of the job market continue to evolve, all students need flexible, affordable options to help them acquire new, relevant skills and earn credentials and degrees. Sagence helps its partners meet these needs by providing a comprehensive technology platform and services specifically designed for competency-based education (CBE), a student-centered model that enables people to acquire and demonstrate mastery of needed knowledge and skills regardless of place, time, or pace. From full direct assessment programs that comprehensively and holistically measure student progress and provide evidence-based data that support financial aid, to delivery of flexible, self-paced learning within the traditional credit hour structure, Sagence helps each of its partners align a CBE model to its unique strengths and create, deliver, and manage successful programs.

Sagence Learning is led by education and technology veterans and backed by BDMI and Bessemer Venture Partners, among others. Its partners include industry innovators such as Brandman University, Laureate University, Peirce College, AT Still University, SUNY Empire State and others.

Contact: Kelly McCready
Associate Vice President, Sales & Strategy
(412) 401-4155
kmccready@sagencelearning.com
Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn

SmarterServices

SmarterServices™ LLC offers a suite of software solutions that empower nearly 600 educational institutions—K-12 schools, colleges, universities—to analyze relevant data about student readiness and organize all proctoring tasks. Our data-driven solutions include SmarterMeasure-Learning Readiness Indicator which measures non-cognitive skills and identify at-risk students, and SmarterProctoring™ the first and only Proctoring Process Management System™ which organizes and manages the complete proctoring workflow for students, faculty, and proctors. As a result, clients can more intelligently form strategic plans, maximize efficiency, and foster formative learning. Since 2002, over 3.6 million students have benefited from SmarterServices products.

Contact: Mac Adkins
Founder and Chief Academic Officer
(877) 499-7627
mac@smarterservices.com
Twitter
Facebook

VoiceThread

Stunningly simple and accessible, VoiceThread is the future of meaningful communication in a time-shifted world. This cloud-based application brings your media and people’s audio, video, and text commentary together in one online space. The results are highly interactive and engaging conversations that are secure, easy to create, and even easier to participate in. We believe that a stronger human presence in any course will help all types of learners, but achieving this can be a challenge. VoiceThread is the solution. It improves instructor immediacy and social presence in courses while maintaining the flexibility of an asynchronous learning environment. Professors report an improvement in the quality of work that students submit and increased engagement with the coursework when they use VoiceThread. Hearing student voices and seeing their faces helps with comprehension assessment and building social connections. Learning should be personal, interactive, and warm. VoiceThread makes this a reality for any course.

Contact: Amanda Volz

amanda@voicethread.net
Twitter
Facebook

ProctorU

ProctorU provides distance proctoring services for colleges, universities and certification organizations that offer examinations online. The service allows students to take their exams from nearly anywhere in a secure environment. ProctorU uses a patent-pending three-step process that confirms that the examinee who registered for the exam is the individual who is taking the exam and is following the institution’s testing requirements. The service is modeled after the in-classroom experience and proctors monitor the entire process in order to ensure that a high level of integrity is maintained. ProctorU offers live, person-to-person, real time monitoring to over 800 colleges, universities and certification organizations, including the University of Alabama, the University of Florida, Northwestern University and the Bloomberg Institute. ProctorU operates dedicated proctoring centers in Folsom and Livermore, Calif., Chandler, Ariz., and Hoover, Ala. For more information, visit www.proctoru.com.

http://www.proctoru.com/

Contact: Franklin Hayes
Director of Sales Operations
2052891383
fhayes@proctoru.com
Twitter
Facebook

Session Information

Session Start: 1:00 PM

Session Duration: 45min

Strand: Learning Effectiveness

Audience Level: Intermediate

Session Type: Discovery Session

Hashtag: #buildingcommunity

Location: Northern Hemisphere Foyer

Position: 4

Building Community and Trust in an Online Environment through Intentional Course Design Concurrent Session 2

Brief Abstract

Presenters

Lead Presenter: Angie Smith, North Carolina State University

Tags

Extended Abstract

Add To Cart

Message

Building Community and Trust in an Online Environment through Intentional Course Design

Concurrent Session 2