Introduction

More and more universities are turning to online learning to accommodate the needs of their students, to facilitate peer interaction, and to extend classroom dialogue.  Unlike traditional classroom learning, online learning is not something that most faculty are accustomed to doing.  This course is designed to help university faculty to become proficient in using online learning tools by first becoming online learners. This experience will help them to better understand what it means to learn online.

Course Objectives

After taking this course, students will:

	understand the importance of building community when teaching online
	become familiar with a variety of tools for online learning include those used for both asynchronous and synchronous discussions
	understand the fundamental differences between teaching face-to-face and online
	create a syllabus for a class that is taught at least partially online
	be able to setup a BlackBoard course for use in one of their classes