Brochure, Pedagogy, Products, and Perspective Workshop -- FutureU


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601 Van Ness Avenue, Suite E433
San Francisco, CA 94102
415-824-7726
415-520-5416 (fax)
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Decision makers and stakeholders from the community colleges of the California Virtual Campus gave this workshop "glowing reviews" (Their words, not ours!) Delivered either as a one-day or half-day event, "Pedagogy, Products, and Perspective" is the ideal way to educate and galvanize any group that is exploring, or expanding, an online educational program.

This FutureU workshop will help you:

Move forward with your planning
Prepare decision makers to make the most appropriate choices for your institution
Explore the critical factors to consider in selecting course management software and other products
Understand the similarities and differences among the top packages
Give perspective to board members, executive leadership and other stakeholders on the cost, work, and time involved in creating an online program.
Give faculty and others a perspective on the learning models that work best online
Answer challenging questions

Because FutureU doesn't advocate for any hardware or software, you may offer this workshop to your group knowing they will hear an enthusiastic but unbiased message. And, we can customize the content to your specific needs.

The price of the workshop includes a private access code for each attendee to FutureU's Web-based Decision Makers' Planning Tool: "Choosing Course Management Software" (A $500 retail value).

Contents

Features

Benefits

Pricing

Technical Information

About FutureU

Contents

This workshop provides:

An introduction to main aspects of every online program
A review of the pedagogy unique to online teaching
An overview of course management software (CMS)
Product features in the ideal CMS package
Pointers to useful Web-based resources for evaluating CMS
A hands-on look at leading CMS packages (such as Blackboard, Etudes, IntraLearn, Prometheus, VirtualU, or Web CT -- the actual packages covered reflect the changing marketplace)
Guidance in choosing the right software product(s) for your institution, including:
- How to determine your institution's unique needs
- How tell whether a product meets those needs
- How to weigh features, ease of use, cost, and other criteria in making your selection(s)
- When to buy, rent, outsource or build your own software
Tips on how to avoid and overcome negative experience with CMS vendors
Tips on how to avoid and overcome faculty resistance

Features

Powerpoint slide presentation of concepts and facts

Hands-on tour of at least four leading course management software
packages

Questions answered on the spot by leading pioneers in the field

Enthusiastic but realistic motivation

Benefits

Create a vendor-neutral forum for exploring options

Demonstrate your institution's seriousness about an online program

Achieve the maximum buy-in from stakeholders in the shortest possible
time

Give a big boost to faculty buy-in and commitment

Dramatically simplify your own research and planning.

Price

Audience size dependent upon workshop choice (see Technical Requirements below):

Half Day	$1,500
Full Day	$3,000
Plus Expenses

Technical Requirements

Half-Day Show-And-Tell (Any Size Audience)

Classroom, lecture hall, or auditorium, depending upon the size of the audience
One or Two LCD projectors with projection screens, one Internet ready
One or two instructor computers attached to LCD projectors, one Internet ready
One or two portable microphones (one lavalier, one hand-held)
White board, black board, or flip chart on an easel
Your tech staff to assist in testing setup and/or in connecting FutureU laptops to your Internet connection

Full-Day Hands-On (For up to 30 Participants)

Computer Lab, with a computer and Internet connection for every participant (required)
Two LCD projectors with projection screens
Two instructor computers attached to LCD projectors, one Internet ready (or tech staff to assist in connecting our laptops to your Internet connection)
Two portable microphones (one lavalier, one hand-held)
White board, black board, or flip chart on an easel with pens or chalk (as appropriate)
Your tech staff to assist in testing setup and/or in connecting FutureU laptops to your Internet connection

About FutureU

FutureU publishes Web books, provides online and face-to-face learning experiences, consults with institutions, and studies the fields of online education and communications. Don't look to us for Java training; our niche is the "soft" subjects.

We are a virtual company. We develop our products in teams of independent contractors, with a subject matter expert, producer, and programmer on each team. Our sales force also functions virtually.

Visit the FutureU Web site for more information or for access to books, tapes and other resources.

For more information, please contact Gail Terry Grimes, CEO, at 415/824-7726 or Claude Whitmyer, Chief Information Officer, at 415/648-2667.

The University of the Future, LLC
601 Van Ness Avenue, Suite E433
San Francisco, CA 94102
Vox: 415-824-7726 or 415-648-2667
Fax: 415-520-5416
Web: http://www.FutureU.com/
Email: query[at]futureu.com