Student Survey of Instruction - Adjunct Faculty

The online surveys for the spring term classes will be available to your students beginning tomorrow (4/23/2010). Students will have until 4/30/2010 to complete them. These surveys are only being distributed to classes taught by adjunct faculty, and to the Nursing classes. We are using the eSir, which is specifically designed for online courses. An email will be sent to your students (to their Edison portal email) from the survey administrators, ETS. This email will contain a link to the course survey, a user name and a password. The user name is the student’s Edison email address, and the password is generated by ETS. Students who have not completed the survey will receive a reminder email from ETS two days before the survey closes.

We had a very good response in the fall, and have a good tip to share from an online professor. An effective way to increase student participation is to put a notice in the banner of your online course, letting them know about the email coming to their portal account. Consider emailing students in CE6, asking them to complete the survey. We would like as much participation as possible. The only problem we’ve had was the fact that some students did not realize that a password was included in the email. They initially tried to use their Edison portal passwords. Once we addressed that issue, the process was very easy.

When the survey period is complete, the results will be emailed to you. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Thanks for your help in this endeavor. We at Edison Online would like thank you for your hard work and effort this term, and wish you a wonderful summer

TCC Conference Schedule

If you've registered for the TCC conference, you will have received this information. I am copying it here for your convenience.

Please note that all sessions will be archived. You will have the opportunity to watch any of the sessions you cannot attend synchronously.
Thank you & enjoy the conference!

Conference Information
ADVANCE PREPARATION
We highly recommend that you visit the "Technical Check" page using the same computer you plan to use for these events. It will help you confirm that your computer is technically ready for these sessions and that you can access the webcasts.

Visit the Technical Check page at:

http://www.tcconlineconference.org/tech-check

Click the "Technical Check" button to test your computer's ability to login to the Elluminate Live platform, and follow the on-screen instructions to check your audio settings.

Note that when you log in for the first time, you may be prompted to download Sun Microsystem's Java Web Start (or OpenJNLP for Mac). You only need to do this the first time you use the Elluminate Virtual Classroom or run the Technical Check from a specific computer.

You will need headphones or speakers to hear the session audio. The use of a microphone by participants is welcome, but not required. A microphone is required for presenters and facilitators.

TENTATIVE CONFERENCE PROGRAM
The TCC 2010 conference program is currently in preparation. You may view a tentative schedule of sessions and descriptions for all paper proceedings, general, and student sessions on the TCC 2010 Program wiki:

http://tcc2010program.wikispaces.com/

Corrected Code for TCC Conference

The Correct access code is:
79gx4u (There is no D in front).

Register here:
http://www.learningtimes.net/register/products/TCC-Worldwide-Online-Conference-2010-Individual.html

Conference: April 20-22, 2010

PreConference: April 7-8, 2010

Staff Development Opportunity, sponsored by Edison Online
The 15th Annual TCC Worldwide Online Conference

TCC, Technology, Colleges and Community, is a worldwide online conference designed for university and college practitioners including faculty, academic support staff, counselors, student services personnel, students, and administrators


Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow:
Communication, Collaboration, Communities,
Mobility and Best Choices

To Register:
Edison College has purchased an Institutional Registration to the 15th annual TCC Online Conference http://www.tcconlineconference.org/

All Edison College faculty and staff may now register for this completely online conference at no individual registration cost at the following link: http://www.learningtimes.net/register/products/TCC-Worldwide-Online-Conference-2010-Individual.html

To receive the 100% registration discount, please enter the following "coupon" code: D79gx4u

CORRECTION: The code is: 79gx4u (no D in front).

Quality Matters Workshop - Saturday, April 17

Please click the link below for information regarding a great training opportunity. Brenda Boyd, from Quality Matters, will be on campus to present a training workshop.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/29248178

Please email Professor Rona Axelrod by April 9, (raxelrod@edison.edu), if you would like to attend.

Thank you.

Useful Website

Faculty Focus is a great website for online education tips.
http://www.facultyfocus.com/free-reports/

Registration is free.

Al Williams, one of our business faculty professors, sent this tip from Faculty Focus:
11 Tips for Setting the Tone in Your Online Course

If you have a good online site to share, please send them to us at Edison Online, and we will post them for everyone.

Farewell to Erich!

We would like to let everyone know that Erich Hochmeister will be leaving his full time position at Edison State College on Friday, March 19. He and his wife Amy will be moving to Tampa. Erich intends to attend graduate school full time at USF, and Amy has a wonderful new job in Tampa.

I'd like to thank Erich for the hard work, enthusiasm and heart he put into everything he did for Edison Online. His contributions are immeasurable, and he will be missed.

On a happier note, Erich will be working part time for us at a distance, so he will still be an email away! We are in the process of hiring a "new Erich".

Best wishes to both Amy and Erich!

Mary