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Open SUNY COTE at #CIT2015

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For COTE resources referenced in CIT COTE presentations, visit All Things COTE.

Workshop (3 hours)

  • Workshop on OSCQR
    1. TITLE: Re-View and Refresh your Online Course with the Open SUNY Course Quality Review (OSCQR) Rubric
    2. PRESENTERS: Rob, Dan and Dave
    3. ABSTRACT: The Open SUNY Course Quality Review (OSCQR) process uses a unique rubric to help online practitioners identify how the instructional design of online and blended courses can be improved.  In this workshop, participants will apply the OSCQR rubric to their own courses (or ones provided to them) with the help of Open SUNY instructional designers.  Also included will be a demonstration of the OSCQR rubric dashboard, which empowers Open SUNY+ campuses to monitor course reviews, create rubrics, and manage their own continuous improvement efforts for online course quality.
    4. Notes: there is a cost for this workshop.

Panels (75 minutes)

  • Competency Development 
    1. TITLE: Competency-Based Professional Development for Teaching
    2. PRESENTERS: Alexandra Pickett and Chris Price
    3. ABSTRACT: Attendees will learn about professional development programs and events being developed by the Open SUNY Center for Online Teaching Excellence (COTE) and the SUNY Center for Professional Development (CPD). Competency-based professional development offers higher educational faculty and staff well-defined and flexible pathways to learn the skills and knowledge needed to be an effective instructor. These programs also include badges and certificates that can help advance one’s career goals.
    4. NOTES: Joint COTE/CPD presentation – topics include competency matrix, badging system, fellow pathways and CPD certificate programs.
  • Open SUNY COTE Effective Practices
    1. TITLE: The Open SUNY COTE Effective Practice Award Program
    2. PRESENTERS: Erin Maney
    3. ABSTRACT: This panel will showcase the Open SUNY COTE Effective Practice Award Program. An overview of the award program and introduction to the COTE Effective Practices Repository will be given. Award recipients will present their effective practices, which were chosen by their peers and demonstrate the best strategies, practices and innovations highlighted by this year’s award process. The panel will close with an invitation to submit to the Open SUNY COTE Effective Practice Award for 2016.
    4. FULL DESCRIPTION: The intention of a “community of practice” is to share what you know for the benefit of all in the community. The Open SUNY COTE Effective Practice Award Program collects, shares, and showcases the online best practices, strategies, and innovative online teaching and learning activities of exemplary Open SUNY Fellows and online practitioners from across the SUNY system. All effective practices submitted are made available to the community for review and consideration. The community has the opportunity to vote on their favorite effective practices. Those effective practices that earn the most votes from the community will be recognized annually at the Open SUNY COTE Summit held in February and will become part of an effective practices repository. The panel aims to showcase the effective practices chosen by the recipients’ peers that demonstrate the best strategies, practices and innovations highlighted by this year’s award process.
    5. NOTES: Panel of award recipients, overview of award and invitation to submit, repository.

Presentations (30 mins)

  • Rubric – OSCQR under the hood – gather community people to assist with development – Declined
      1. TITLE: Behind the Code: A Collaborative Look into the Code of OSCQR’s Dashboard
      2. PRESENTERS: Dave
      3. ABSTRACT: This presentation will quickly run through the code for the OSCQR Dashboard and relevant Google APIs. A mechanism for community contributions will be introduced. Minimal programming knowledge for participants is recommended, although not necessary.
      4. FULL DESCRIPTION: This presentation will explore the workflow of the code, examine the functions, and talk about the relevant Google Apps Script API elements. Additionally, the presentation will show the “under the hood” elements of the actual rubric, and how they interact with the Dashboard. A mechanism for community contribution for add-ons will be introduced, as well as a roadmap for future functionality.
    1. Epub – Dave
  • TITLE: A Primer on ePublishing
    Wednesday, May 27 from 1:15-1:45 PM in Newton Hall, Room 209
      1. PRESENTERS: Dave
      2. ABSTRACT: This quick demonstration will equip participants with the workflow and software needed to create professional electronic publications, ready for the Amazon store and iTunes Bookstore.
      3. NOTES: Submitted 12/30/2014
      4. FULL DESCRIPTION: The tools and resources needed to create professional grade publications (and distribute them!) are free and plentiful. This presentation walks through the process of creating an ePub ready for distribution in the Amazon Kindle Marketplace and iTunes Bookstore. Using free tools such as Sigil, Calibre, and Kindle Previewer, participants will be equipped to create distribution-ready publications.
  • General COTE presentation 
    1. TITLE:  The Open SUNY Center for Online Teaching Excellence
    2. PRESENTERS: Alexandra Pickett
    3. ABSTRACT: SUNY has launched the Open SUNY Center for Online Teaching Excellence, which celebrates, connects, and nurtures effective online education practitioners across the SUNY system. What is Open SUNY COTE? How do I join? This session will provide an overview of initiatives specific to online faculty supports and will focus on the online community of practice and online competency development aspects of the new Open SUNY Center for Online Teaching Excellence (COTE) for faculty and staff.
  • Birth of OSCQR Rubric 
    1. TITLE:  The OSCQR Rubric From the Ground Up
    2. PRESENTERS: Dan, Rob
    3. ABSTRACT: The OSCQR (Open SUNY COTE Quality Review) rubric consists of 37 standards that reflect campus policy and research-based best practices.  They have been vetted by the SUNY community and mapped to the COTE Fundamental Competencies for Online Teaching.   This workshop explains how the rubric was created and what lessons were learned along the way.  We will review many of the features that make OSCQR unique and explore how to incorporate the rubric into course development and continuous improvement activities on your campus!
  • OSCQR Process
    1. TITLE: A complete Guide to the OSCQR (OPEN SUNY COTE Quality Review) Process
    2. PRESENTERS:  Dan
    3. ABSTRACT:Open SUNY is committed to supporting campuses in ensuring the quality of online programs. It is important that every online course go through a process of review and refresh on a regular basis. Innovative, high quality programs lead to a better experience for students and faculty alike.  The OSCQR (Open SUNY COTE Quality Review) Process is a collaborative approach to support faculty in improving the instructional design of an online or blended course. The process is campus-driven, focused on continuous improvement, and incorporates multiple perspectives.This workshop focuses on the development and implementation of the OSCQR process and rubric.  We will discuss how the rubric was developed,  the steps in the OSCQR review and refresh process, what supports are in place for faculty and instructional designers, and what plans are in place for the next iteration of development.
  • IR process
    1. TITLE: Institutional Readiness Panel
    2. PRESENTERS: Kim Scalzo, SUNY Center for Professional Development; Alexandra Pickett, System Administration: and Panel from Broome, Oswego, and ESC
    3. TIME: 10:15 – 11:30 am Room: Bailey 202
    4. ABSTRACT: We are now two years into the Open SUNY Institutional Readiness (IR) process and starting to see some positive outcomes and impacts on campuses. The IR process was established to help increase the capacity and capability of SUNY campuses to ensure quality and success in online learning as we scale to achieve the growth target of 100,000 new, degree-seeking students enrolled in online programs. It involves a three-part campus consulting engagement, facilitated by a team of two Open SUNY IR experts, and requires the participation of the campus leadership team. Campus outcomes include a selfassessment of the campus based on the Online Learning Consortium Quality Scorecard, including identification of the campus’s best practices and areas where the campus has gaps to be closed. The final outcome is a comprehensive implementation plan that includes a commitment to ongoing continuing quality improvement. This panel session will include some preliminary system-level outcomes we’re starting to see, as well as campus level outcomes and impacts from two campuses who have gone through the process.
    5. panel questions:
      • What are two – three important institutional outcomes for your campus?
      • What changes (policy, process, personnel, resource allocation, other) have resulted from the process?
      • What unanticipated benefits did you experience from the process – possibly surprises that resulted in organizational learning?
      • What is the continuous improvement process your campus will be implementing and what will your ongoing cycle for that be?  What other process or activities are you integrating with?
      • Are there any other outcomes you think were helpful to your campus?
    6. NOTES: Kim is submitting this as a panel.
  • Chromebook
    Friday, May 29 from 12:30-1:00 PM in Bailey Hall, Room 202
      1. TITLE: Demystifying the Number One Selling Classroom Technology
      2. PRESENTERS: Amazing Dave, “Dr. Awesome”
      3. ABSTRACT: Chromebooks are the best selling classroom technology today. This 30 minute presentation covers the basics (different kinds, misconceptions, and practical uses).
      4. FULL DESCRIPTION: Although Chromebooks have become the most popular technology in classrooms today, there are many misconceptions about them. This thirty minute presentation will demystify the rumors. If you think Chromebooks can’t be used offline or you think you can’t use Microsoft Office on a Chromebook, be sure to catch this presentation.

Special Interest Group

  • Open SUNY COTE Roundtable 
    TITLE: Open SUNY COTE Community Roundtable
    1. PRESENTERS: Rob, Erin, Dan, Dave
    2. ABSTRACT: The Open SUNY Center for Online Teaching Excellence (COTE), celebrates, connects, and nurtures effective online education practitioners across the SUNY system. This COTE community roundtable  discussion, open to all SUNY online practitioners, will provide updates on the community, competency, and course supports COTE pillars. For each update, the panel will provide an opportunity for community input and questions.

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