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Back = **More than Technology: Preparing Teachers for the Online Environment (Cira B)** =

media type="file" key="More than Technology Preparing Teach.mp3" //Michael Speziale, Wilkes University// //Michele Gill, Performance Learning Systems//

//Excellent teachers transitioning to the online world need more than training in technology. Participants will leave this session with a clear understanding of the unique knowledge, skills, strategies, and dispositions critical to excellence in online teaching and learning. From communication skills to instructional design, from community building to legal expertise; online teachers must be jacks of all trades, and masters of content.//

Our presentation PowerPoint is now available here: []
==To all of the 70+ folks who took the time to join us before dinner on Monday night...THANK YOU! What a wonderful group you are! We've pasted the "step by step" directions for neutral correction and the handout information below. == Online graduate courses available for January, February, and March starts:

The steps for neutral correction:

 * Go ahead and write what you think. Easy to fill it with you-messages…this is a good first draft! Do this in a word doc…NOT in your email…too risky!
 * Rearrange every sentence to avoid the “you’s” and “your’s.”
 * It is now a very firm (yet neutral) correction. For serious infractions, this is where you might stop.
 * Examples of when you’d use this tone: Obvious plagiarism, Abusive language
 * Even in most severe cases, NEUTRALITY is critical
 * Presume Innocence and add I-statements
 * The guilty are never offended when we assume they’re innocent.
 * The innocent will definitely be offended when we accuse them of guilt.
 * You have EVERYTHING to lose and nothing to gain in sending a message that can be interpreted defensively

**Resources ** Research Study will be available soon! We'll email you when it's available.

Wilkes Master of Science in Online Teaching []

Facilitating Online Learning Communities (Graduate Course which covers all of the content discussed in the session, and much, much more) []

**Communication Study** (re: email misinterpretation) [] The Secret Cause of Flame Wars by Stephen Leahy STUDY 2006 research published in the [|//Journal of Personality and Social Psychology//]:

**FERPA and Copyright **(not mentioned in presentation, but covered in FOLC and DFS courses) Strangely formatted, but excellent info on FERPA from the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers. []

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">St. Francis University’s “Copyright Bay” resource for educators <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[]

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Texts ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;">Collison, G., Elbaum, B., Haavind, S., & Tinker, R. (2000). //Facilitating online learning: Effective strategies for moderators//. Madison, WI: Atwood Publishing. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;">Palloff, R.M. & Pratt, K. (2007). //Building online learning communities.// San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">For more information… ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Visit us at the Wilkes University or Performance Learning Systems booths in the exhibit hall (booths 2 and 3).

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Dr. Michael Speziale **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"> is a former superintendent of schools, professor of education, and earned his doctorate in distance education. Mike has been a strong advocate for quality online teaching and learning and is integrally involved in ensuring that Pennsylvania students have the best teachers available.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Presenters **

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Michael Speziale, Ed.D <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Dean of the College of Graduate and Professional Studies and The School of Education <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Wilkes University <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[|www.wilkes.edu] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[|http://Web.wilkes.edu/michael.speziale] (link to research will be here after the conference) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Email: Michael.Speziale@wilkes.edu

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Michele Gill **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"> taught English in a classroom for 13 years, served as middle school administrator, a graduate instructor (face-to-face and online), and is currently VP, Online Education at Performance Learning Systems, where she supervises, coaches, and mentors over 100 online graduate instructors. She has designed the Facilitating Online Learning Communities training for PLS instructors.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Michele Gill <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">VP, Online Education <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Performance Learning Systems <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[|www.plsweb.com] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Email: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">mgill@plsweb.com <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Phone: 888-578-3224 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Twitter: MicheleOnline