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Preconference

Both preconferences are now full.  To be placed on the waiting list, please contact the Office of Professional Education at 410-706-3767 or pe@son.maryland.edu. Please specify which preconference you would like to be waitlisted for. 

TEACHING AND MANAGING ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

March 10, 2010
8:30-9 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Lunch on your own.

Focus
Online education pedagogy, technology, and infrastructure
Topics 

• Re-conceptualizing courses from traditional classroom to online environments
• Designing, teaching, and managing online and hybrid learning environments
• Interacting with students online
• Assessing student learning
• Evaluating courses

Instructor
Carol O’Neil, PhD, RN, CNE
Assistant Professor and Co-Director, Institute for Educators in Nursing and Health Professions
University of Maryland School of Nursing

TEST CONSTRUCTION   

March 10, 2010
8:30-9 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Lunch on your own.

Focus
Test development in the academic environment
Topics

• Writing appropriate objectives
• Understanding basic measurement concepts
• Developing a test blueprint
• Identifying the advantages and disadvantages of selected types of test items
• Writing items
• Assembling a test

Instructor
Louise S. Jenkins, PhD, RN
Professor  and Co-Director, Institute for Educators in Nursing and Health Professions
University of Maryland School of Nursing