The institutes are designed to help them learn how to use Sakai tools, best practices in deploying those tools, and to provide assistance in migrating their courses from our old CMS to Sakai. Marist College has just begun to implement two-day summer institutes for faculty who teach online courses. Topic #2: Teaching the Teachers - Professional Development Models and Strategies Use of web galleries for image presentation and other tools for student engagement through structured critiques

University of Delaware's way to introduce content publishing in Sakai (3 layer model) Use of the Lessons (Melete) tool to bring 'real time data' and other authentic content into a course. Richer and more meaningful discussions result because of the intimacy of a smaller group and the trust that develops over the semester. Use of the Group Aware feature and Forums to demonstrate the benefits of breaking classes into smaller groups for online discussions.

Stop by the CIT office hours to talk with one of the CIT consultants.Using the Podcasting Tool to create a 'social podcast' in which students contribute content rather than the instructor.

Attend Lessons workshop offered by CIT staff.

Check out the Duke Sakai support site > Getting started with Lessons.

You also can define sequences of material, and require students to meet certain prerequisites before moving to new tasks or weeks. You can set up prerequisites so that students must complete required items in order to move ahead. Lessons can be served as a dynamic syllabus to layout your entire semester’s plan providing course information, grading policy, textbooks, readings, teaching materials, and assessments.

You can arrange all materials for a course by topic too, with each topic providing links to documents in the resources, embedded videos, text instructions, quizzes, assignments and forums. You can structure lessons to match the organization of your individual class by week. videos, audios and images) in a central location so that students don’t need to navigate to different tools to get things done. Using the Lessons tool, you can organize resources, quizzes, assignments, forums, and media (e.g. Lessons allows you to present your course content in a structured way and guide your students through their learning tasks. Have you noticed that a new menu item called Lessons in your Fall Sakai course sites? What is Lessons?

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