<div dir="ltr">Dear all, I'm new to online course design but I'm very interested in the SPOT program.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 2:43 PM Yusuf Ozturk <<a href="mailto:yozturk@sdsu.edu">yozturk@sdsu.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p style="margin:0in">Dear Engineering Faculty, </p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">SDSU, Instructional Technology Services (ITS) will offer<span style="background:white"> the Self-Paced Online Training (SPOT) program beginning this Fall 2022.
</span></span>Please read the details below and let me know if you are interested in participating in this training activity.
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">In response to a demand for more ongoing support to faculty in designing online and hybrid courses at SDSU, Instructional Technology Services (ITS) will offer<span style="background:white">
the Self-Paced Online Training (SPOT) program beginning this Fall 2022, facilitated and supported by the ITS Instructional Design team. While this model will dramatically increase our ability to serve your faculty needs, we still have limited capacity and
will need you to rank order your nominees—particularly as we roll out the new initiative.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The process will begin with colleges recommending participants for SPOT in Fall and Spring semesters.
</span><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,28,29)">We are seeking input from you by August 1st; therefore, please “Reply All” to this email with an estimated number of potential faculty participants within your college who
are 1) new to online course design and 2) already have an online or hybrid course to review.
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,28,29)">We would like to know the percentage of participants that you estimate would fall into each category.</span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,28,29)">Please note:
</span></i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,28,29)">Participation is voluntary; no course release or stipend is associated with the SPOT program. The participants may include both faculty who are new to online course design
and faculty who already have developed online or hybrid courses. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Once SPOT participants are selected, they will complete a survey to help place them in either the “Design Pathway,” for those who are relatively new to online or hybrid course development, or the “Review
Pathway,” which focuses on the review of an existing online or hybrid course to receive feedback for making improvements. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Program Expectations</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">All participants will:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Complete modules based on survey, self-review, and consultation<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Complete asynchronous activities<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Receive feedback and consultations from their assigned coach <u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Attend relevant workshops and office hours<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,28,29);background:white">SPOT Course Learning Objectives</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,28,29);background:white">Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:</span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,28,29);background:white">Apply the core (24) objectives, elements, and guidelines of the Quality Learning and Teaching (QLT) Rubric, Community of Inquiry (CoI) Methodology, and
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Framework to their hybrid or online course</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,28,29);background:white">Review their course through the lens of QLT, CoI and UDL objectives, elements, and guidelines</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,28,29);background:white">Revise their course based on review findings and consultation with an ITS coach</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Tentative Timeline for SPOT Rollout:</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">8/22</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Colleges provide ITS with faculty participant names, courses & priority levels </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">8/23</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Participants receive email with survey from SPOT</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">8/26</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Participants complete survey </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">9/2</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">9/6</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Fall Block 1 SPOT start date</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">10/14</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">10/17</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">12/2</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black;background:white">Estimated Time Commitment for Participants</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black;background:white">The time frame for completing the SPOT program is dependent on the assigned pathway. Each block is roughly 6 weeks long.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto;background:white">Review Pathway</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto;background:white">: Either Block 1 or 2</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto"><u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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of applicants and the pathway determinations. Due to the longer time needed to complete the Design Pathway, less participants in this category can be accommodated per semester. </span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Please send them to the two lead co-facilitators, Andrea Saltzman Martin (</span><a href="mailto:saltzman@sdsu.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background:white">saltzman@sdsu.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background:white">)
and Katie Hughes (</span><a href="mailto:khughes@sdsu.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background:white">khughes@sdsu.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background:white">).</span></p>
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