We are committed to provide high quality education to learners who want to extend their academic careers, boost their workforce knowledge and skills sets, and/or foster personal growth in a fully online or blended learning environment.
Resources for Virtual Campus Instructors
Model Courses:
Model courses are designed by a faculty course developer in partnership with an instructional designer. There is a lot of flexibility in terms of subject matter content presentation and on activities/assessments (depending on the department). There are course organizational restrictions. The course set up (including the course menu) cannot be revised. The course organization is designed with student experience in mind, so there is consistency as they go from Virtual Campus course to Virtual Campus course.
Please refer to the Model Course Instructions for Faculty document as you are ready to course copy and set up your model course. Please do not make any changes to the model course. All changes are done in your own course after the course copy is completed.
Any changes to the sample activities and/or assessments must be documented and reported to the academic department chairperson. Please contact your department chair to discuss how the changes should be reported. If the department is using the Model Course Activities/Assessment Change Form through the Virtual Campus, please access it via the provided hyperlink.
Distance Education Professional Learning Series (DEPLS)
The Distance Education Professional Learning Series (DEPLS) is designed for faculty members who are interested in teaching distance education (Virtual Campus, Online and Hybrid) courses at the County College of Morris. DEPLS is a three-part professional learning series which covers federal and accreditation expectations, course design considerations, using Blackboard tools to create interaction opportunities, and practices to facilitate a high-engagement distance education course.
As a participant, you will experience three different types of virtual learning environment, correspondence or self-paced, real-time virtual lecture, and high-engagement asynchronous courses.
Facilitators:
Dean, Virtual Campus
Co-Director, Center for Teaching and Learning
*You do not have to take them in sequence.
*Please visit Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) website to register.
Distance Education Professional Learning Series (DEPLS)
Description: In this one-week correspondence/self-paced course, the focus will be on higher education student profile, federal and accreditation expectations and course design considerations for a high-engagement distance education course. To successfully complete this session, participants must complete deliverables embedded within the course. This one part of a three-part Distance Education Professional Learning Series will cover
- Higher education student profile
- Distance education expectations (federal regulations, ADA, credit hour, copyright),
- Course design considerations (learning objectives, course mapping, types of content, interactions/student engagement and assessment)
Time Commitment: Approximately 4-8 hours
Description: In this real-time virtual lecture workshop, the focus will be on designing a distance education course with the design set and using Blackboard features to provide instructor-student and peer-to-peer interactions. This one part of a three-part Distance Education Professional Learning Series will cover
- Designing the course using the Design Set,
- Mechanics of using Blackboard with focus on using interactive tools,
- Design and create a learning module,
- Develop interactive discussion questions.
** Faculty members should already be familiar with Blackboard prior to registering for this workshop. Additional training for Blackboard Essentials is available through CTL.
Time Commitment: Approximately 1 hour
Description: In this four week, asynchronous, fully online course, the focus will be on the concept of “engagement” in a distance education course, from the perspective of both the learner and instructor. To successfully complete this session, participants must complete deliverables embedded within the course. This one part of a three-part Distance Education Professional Learning Series will cover
- Social Presence and Creating Student Presence,
- Teaching Effectiveness,
- Developing Discipline-Specific Course Activities,
- Creating an Instructor Feedback Plan
- Time Commitment: Approximately 16-20 hours
Quality Matters Teaching Online Certificate (OTC) comprises of seven workshops that requires 11 weeks to complete. Please visit the website for more information and registration.
NOTE: There is limited funding for the QM OTC. Please contact the Office of Virtual Campus for more information prior to registration.