Faculty Development and IRT are co-sponsoring a spring break seminar for faculty and staff on Managing the Blended/Online Environment. This web-based seminar from the Educause Learning Initiative (ELI) is intended for anyone supporting blended/online learning who is interested in discovering new ways to manage the blended/online course environment.

Topics covered in the seminar include:

• Develop specific strategies to help organize and manage the blended/online course environment
• Consider specific ways to streamline learning activities
• Explore behavioral and motivational issues that manifest themselves in theblended/ online environment and discuss solutions for managing them
• Understand the issue of plagiarism and learn how to identify and manage plagiarism when it occurs in an blended/online course
• Evaluate copyright and fair use as it applies to the blended/online environment

The team-based workshop will be presented in an interactive fashion with presentation of information interspersed with polls, discussions, and hands-on activities. Participants will leave the workshop with a “toolkit” of ideas, templates, worksheets, and approaches to manage their course.