Online course development training opportunity for all UA faculty; apply by May 17, 2012

The UAF eLearning & Distance Education (previously known as the Center for Distance Education) Instructional Design Team is putting together an iTeach this June, just for you, and would like to pay you to attend. iTeach is a week-long hands-on clinic designed to help you improve upon everything from how you gather and manage your own research, to creating course schedules that work for you and your students, to building and managing online learning communities.

All UAA, UAF and UAS faculty, even adjuncts, those who are teaching out of state and those who are only developing courses for EDE (previously CDE), are welcome to apply for this session. The program is offering a $500 stipend and 2 meals a day. The application process is open, but please note that it is also competitive due to limited space. The application deadline is Thursday, May 17. Selected participants will be notified by Friday, May 18.

In addition to the stipend that iTeach is providing to attendees, the Faculty Technology Center will provide up to $1,300 in travel assistance for any UAA faculty member accepted to iTeach. This year's Tech Fellows are not eligible for the travel assistance.

This clinic will be led by a talented team of Instructional Designers who understand how difficult it is to teach in today's post-secondary institutions. If you've been asked to add an online component to your courses, if you want to teach online, or if you just want to integrate more technology into your classroom, they can help. The Instructional Design Team members all have experience teaching traditional face-to-face and online courses at UAF. They come from diverse backgrounds and each one has impressive technical expertise. The skills taught by the team during iTeach will aid you in creating pedagogically sound face-to-face or online courses that are fun, possess academic integrity and meet UA's academic guidelines.

This iTeach will be held during the week of June 11-15 from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. every day. All sessions will be held at the UAF eLearning & Distance Education offices located in Fairbanks at 2175 University Ave. S. in the conference room on the first floor.

Find the application (and more) at the iTeach website.