Creating eLearning classes often involves using a Course Management System such as Blackboard, Moodle, Vista, or Angel. The links below will show you how to learn how to use and manage the CMS, create PDFs from Word files, create effective PowerPoint presentations, and then upload your PowerPoints, Acrobat (PDF) documents, photos, and video clips into the CMS. Explore the links below to learn the best practices and even become a certified eLearning instructor.
You can earn a LEARN NC Certificate in online instruction through the Carolina Online Teacher program (COLT). In five core courses and two electives, totaling a minimum of 17 CEUs, you’ll master the component skills of online teaching: effective collaboration and facilitation, creating learning communities, navigating the virtual classroom, and developing student-centered instruction.
* Also see: Carolina Online Teacher Program (COLT)'s Home PageThe International Association for K-12 Online Learning is a non-profit advocacy organization that facilitates, conducts and disseminates research, identifies promising practices, and helps to develop national K-12 online learning quality standards. They offer professional development opportunities for administrators and teachers and promote the sharing of information, resources and expertise, including a recent paper, “A Summary of Research on the Effectiveness of K-12 Online Learning.”
Moodle is quickly becoming the CMS of choice for many institutions because it is an open source application. In this workshop, you can learn how to develop courses, make assignments, give tests and view grades using this new open source course management system. This is a 3 hour workshop, but you will come away knowing how to develop Moodle courses. This link is best viewed with Internet Explorer 6.0 or later.
The primary goal for the project is to unite educators from the K-12 community, community college community, and higher education community who have an interest in online learning. The site will offer resources to inform developing, teaching, and administering online courses. It will also promote social networking through the Community Builder to begin to form a collaborative community K-20. The site will also serve as a “go-to” place for news and event information related to online learning in North Carolina.
The purpose of the NCVITAL website is to provide information concerning accessibility issues, compliance guidelines, and policies. It provides a central repository of information related to issues with meeting accessibility requirements for North Carolina community college campuses.
The goal of NC3ADL (North Carolina Community College Association of Distance Learning) is to create a distance learning community that will promote networking and provide an open means of discussion, sharing of best practices, and communication of distance learning issues across the North Carolina Community College system (NCCCS).
NC3ADL was established by North Carolina community college faculty, staff, and administrators who are directly involved with distance learning and recognized the need to:
• FACILITATE communication among distance learning administrators and faculty throughout the
North Carolina Community College System.
• PROVIDE leadership for quality distance learning in the NCCCS.
• ADVOCATE policies, practices, and resources that promote quality distance learning.
• IMPROVE the distance learning experiences of NCCCS students and instructors.
• PROMOTE the professional development and support of members.
The NC3ADL is an educational non-profit organization. Membership is open to all persons interested in supporting and promoting distance learning in the North Carolina Community College System.
Through meetings, publications, conferences and webinars, members of the NCDLA share their expertise in distance and eLearning methodologies and best practices. The North Carolina Distance Learning Association (NCDLA) is a nonprofit organization formed to promote distance learning in education and training. As the North Carolina chapter of the United States Distance Learning Association, we are the state’s premier distance learning organization. Among NCDLA’s constituent communities are universities and independent colleges, government and corporate training organizations, preK-12 grades, and community colleges. The NCDLA serves as a distance learning clearinghouse for all its members. Now with a focus on K-20 distance learning, we offer something for all educators in North Carolina who want to develop or improve their distance teaching ability.