Distance Learning E-News
Monthly Newsletter from CNM's Distance Learning Department April 2008
DL Leadership Team
Xeturah Woodley
Executive Director
Brian Ditmer
Distance Learning Specialist
Rafael
Martinez
Distance Learning Specialist
Patricia Vigil
Distance Learning Specialist
Robin Fernandez
Clerical
Specialist
Ambrosha Miranda
Student Employee
Contact Information:
Distance Learning Dept.
525 Buena Vista SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
(505) 224-3317 – office
(505) 224–3321 – fax
CNM's
Distance Learning Site
What's Happening
Have you ever asked how many Blackboard sections the DL Office handles every term?
This is the sections breakdown for Spring 2008
BLACKBOARD
SECTIONS
SPRING 2008
| Distance Learning | 261 |
| Web-Enhanced | 228 |
| Hybrid | 47 |
| Development | 386 |
| Organizational Learning | 27 |
| General | 12 |
| Total |
961 |
Note: At any time there are also anywhere from 200 to 300 sections being prepped for the following term
Welcome to our Newest Distance Learning Faculty Members - Fall 2007 Class
Amy Allen |
|
BRIAN'S CORNER
Greetings all, We are getting to the end of the term. It is always a good idea to make a backup of your course(s). Here are the steps to properly backup your course shell. 1. As soon as your class is over or by April 26 (or May 1st), back up your Blackboard courses. Make sure you download the backups to your computer. For Blackboard - you are only allowed one backup to reside in the queue, but you can download one, delete the one present in the queue and make another if you desire.
Let us know if you have any questions. |
Hello I'm a Mac & I'm a PC
Blackboard vs WebCT Commercial Spoof
(Click
on the graphic to start the video. You might need to raise the volume, the audio is not
that great)
Student Spotlight
Kimberly J. Ammlung
Business Major
Kimberly is a Business student who has previously taken Distance Learning classes at NMSU. She tells us that having the opportunity to attend DL classes is one of the reasons why she transferred to CNM.
Here are a few answers Kimberly provided us in her interview. Make sure you click on the link below to read the rest of the interview.
Question:
How did you
first learn about Distance Learning at CNM?
Answer:
As a student at New Mexico State
University, I took several distance learning classes. I enjoyed this
type of class and looked to continue this type of learning when I
transferred to CNM.
Question: What have been the most valuable aspects of your Distance Learning experience?
Answer:
The ability to bring the classroom to me is an asset I value. I also enjoy the freedom of doing the assignments at my convenience. This helps alleviate a lot of stress from my everyday life.
Kimberly
Ammlung's Complete InterviewTeaching Tips
Blackboard
World 2007 - Designing Kick-Butt Quality Online Courses
Neal Legler & Kevin Reeve - Utah State University
This Online Workshop hosted in
Blackboard
was presented during Blackboard World 2007 by the
Instructional Design staff at Utah State University
login:
bbworld07
password:
You can also check out the
Summary: Years of course development
experience, current research in the field, student
experience, and questions to Ask. Dr. C tell us that course
design plays a key role in the success of online courses.
This presentation will demonstrate some key research based
principals that you can use to design and build quality
online courses. To facilitate effective design, Utah State
University has created several course templates, and sound
instructional strategies to build the eye catching and
instructionally sound courses.
To access the Workshop, go to the Utah State University
Blackboard Site at:
https://online.uen.org/webct/entryPage.dowebct
Use the following login information:
We'd love to hear your feedback about our newsletter. Please send comments to martiner@cnm.edu