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 * NC 1:1 LEARNING COLLABORATIVE AND FRIDAY INSTITUTE E-LEARNING PROGRAMS **

//e-Learning Programs for 21st Century Educators!//
Extend your learning beyond the October 2011 Technology Leaders Institute with these innovative, just-in-time online professional development opportunities offered by the Friday Institute's NC 1:1 Learning Collaborative team. We're proud to offer these exciting online learning opportunities, allowing educators to engage in a virtual learning community that fosters collaboration, innovation, and success in your 1:1 implementation efforts. Our online professional development series fosters collaboration and resource sharing, making the most of learning in a social community, utilizing web conferencing for webinars, social media for blogs, micro-courses, video, and Moodle, a robust learning management system. Join the Friday Institute as we extend your learning beyond the Technology Leaders Institute. For Information, visit the E-Learning FAQ!. ** The 2012 Spring schedule is available! **


 * Professional Development Online Courses --offered by the Friday Institute [[image:OPD_BUBBLE.jpg width="169" height="169" align="right" link="OPD Course List"]]**

Teachers—Learn to leverage the power of 1:1 computing with our innovative online courses, led by expert online facilitators. Learn online, at a time most convenient for you! These high quality 7-week online professional development courses, available in core content areas, are offered as part of the Golden LEAF funded, North Carolina Learning Technology Readiness Initiative, the IMPACT-PD Initiative and the North Carolina e-Learning for Educators Initiative. The curriculum for our online courses follows a designated scope and sequence model, allowing you to build the skills you need to infuse your pedagogy with the power of Web 2.0. These dynamic online courses are available fall and spring. With a scope and sequence model founded on teaching standards, you will develop proficiency and expertise, as you go from Getting Started to integrating Web 2.0 tools in core content areas in your classroom. Learn more!


 * Questions about online professional development--visit the E-Learning FAQ! **

Let the Friday Institute 1.1 Learning Collaborative team coach you as you discover new ways to engage students through the effective use of classroom technology. Learning how to utilize web 2.0 and other technology tools is just the beginning! Today's educators must also understand how to use these tools to effectively impact learning and to increase student achievement. In our post-institute webinar series we'll explore topics ranging from classroom management in a 1:1 setting to cyber-safety and responsible technology use. Using Elluminate, a web conferencing tool, and NING, an online social network community, teachers will engage in real-time collaboration, discussion, and reflection as they implement classroom best practices, responsible technology use, and Web 2.0 tools in their 1:1 lesson plans.

This fall the Friday Institute's professional development team is introducing just-in-time, on demand e-learning with micro-courses! The micro-course concept was created by Dave Cormier and George Siemens, and the concept is simple, but powerful. Take content that can be taught in a week or two, add a small but meaningful amount of work, and meet several times online to answer questions and be supported in your learning. While the concept is simple, the learning outcome for you is substantial!
 * Micro Courses [[image:micro_courses.jpg width="138" height="100" align="left"]] **

**NC 1:1 NING - A Learning Technology Collaboration**- Click this link to sign up and join! Face-to-face workshops and institutes like this one provide invaluable opportunities to connect with colleagues you may not have the opportunity to communicate and/or collaborate with during the normal course of your day. These face-to-face encounters can help to build connections for a strong online knowledge-sharing community. Online communities can then be used to continue conversations and collaborations initiated in person. The NC 1:1 Ning provides an online community in which 1:1 educators can share and discuss ideas related to planning, implementing and sustaining effective 1:1 learning technology programs.

//E-Learning Graduate Certificate Program ONLINE!!//
The Graduate Certificate in E-Learning, a fully online program offered through NC State's Department of Curriculum, Instruction & Counselor Education, is designed to provide e-leaders and learners with the knowledge and skills necessary to assume roles in integrating e-learning and the latest Web 2.0 tools into their school's curriculum or to deliver instruction entirely online. Course work is applicable for those who are currently involved in e-learning activities and those desiring to enter into the e-learning realm to model innovative, 21st century teaching skills. Individuals interested in developing e-learning would select the K-12 track. Contact Sophia Stone for more information.
 * [|Graduate Certificate in E-Learning]**