Web-based Professional Development

eLearning Delaware uses a Web-based model to provide effective professional development opportunities that lead to gains in teachers’ content knowledge, improvements in their teaching practices, and an increase in the achievement levels of their students.

There is no $ cost associated with the eLDE online courses. The only “cost” is your time and effort. The courses are designed to take 4-5 hours per week or 30 hours total to complete and is done entirely online (no face-to-face sessions). Each facilitator-led course runs for seven weeks with an orientation week followed by 6 weeks of content. Upon successful completion of the course, you will receive: a certificate for 30 clock hours that can be applied toward the 90 hour re-licensure requirement.

Due to time considerations for each course, we recommend that no more than two (2) courses be taken during any one session.

eLDE Course Offering Schedule

eLearning Delaware (eLDE) is offering online professional development courses according to the following schedule for the 2011-2012 school year.

THE REGISTRATION PROCESS HAS CHANGED!
The following is effective September 1, 2011

Registration will take place through the Professional Development Management System (PDMS) that is accessed through the new Identity Management System (IMS), formerly called single sign-on (SSO), at https://login.doe.k12.de.us. This is the same IMS that is used to access DEEDS, DCAS, and eSchool Plus. If you do not have an IMS account at your district, you will need to go to https://login.doe.k12.de.us and click on "Request Account." For non-public schools in Delaware, a process has been worked out for access to IMS - click here for directions. NOTE: Once the account in IMS gets setup, it will take 24-48 hours to replicate to PDMS.

WINTER 2012

Wednesday, January 18, 2012 to Tuesday, March 6, 2012

The following courses (subject to change until registration begins) will be offered during the Winter 2011 session:

1. Designing a Virtual Field Trip
2. Differentiating Instruction in the Classroom
3. Finding, Organizing, and Sharing Educational Resources on the Web
4. Fostering Creativity and Innovation in the Classroom
5. Google for Educators: GMail, iGoogle, Docs, Spreadsheets and Surveys
6. Introduction to Web 2.0 Tools in the Classroom
7. Maximizing the Power of the Interactive Whiteboard
8. Primary Sources in Social Studies
9. Wikis in the Classroom

Registration (https://login.doe.k12.de.us) will open on Monday, January 2, 2012 at 8:00AM and close on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 5:00PM. Course offerings are dependent upon minimum (12) and maximum (24) enrollments.

SPRING 2012

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 to Tuesday, June 5, 2012

The following courses (subject to change until registration begins) will be offered during the Spring 2011 session:

1. Beyond Your Schoolyard: Google Earth and Geospatial Technologies
2. Digital Citizenship
3. Educational Uses of Blogs and Wikis
4. Formative Assessment and Feedback
5. Google for Educators: GMail, iGoogle, Docs, Spreadsheets and Surveys
6. Maximizing the Power of the Interactive Whiteboard
7. Technology Integration with Thinkfinity (K-12)
8. The Connected Student
9. Visual Learning Strategies in the Classroom

Registration (https://login.doe.k12.de.us) will open on Monday, March 26, 2012 at 8:00AM and close on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 5:00PM. Course offerings are dependent upon minimum (12) and maximum (24) enrollments.

SUMMER 2012

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 to Tuesday, August 14, 2012

The following courses (subject to change until registration begins) will be offered during the Summer 2011 session:

1. Designing a Virtual Field Trip
2. Digital Storytelling in the Classroom
3. Finding, Organizing, and Sharing Educational Resources on the Web
4. Google for Educators: GMail, iGoogle, Docs, Spreadsheets and Surveys
5. Introduction to Web 2.0 Tools in the Classroom
6. Maximizing the Power of the Interactive Whiteboard
7. Peer Collaboration
8. Wikis in the Classroom

Registration (https://login.doe.k12.de.us) will open on Monday, June 4, 2012 at 8:00AM and close on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at 5:00PM. Course offerings are dependent upon minimum (12) and maximum (24) enrollments.

Blackboard

eLearning Delaware uses the Blackboard course management system to deliver online professional development. Effective September 2011, all courses offered through Blackboard will be accessed via the Professional Development Management System (PDMS) in the Identity Management System (IMS - https://login.doe.k12.de.us) The IMS was formerly called single sign-on (SSO). Once the course begins, participants will logon to IMS, go to PDMS, then click on the course offered through Blackboard. This will take the participant directly to the course in Blackboard.

Incentive

Why take an eLearning Delaware online course? The obvious answer is that as a lifelong learner, you want to increase your skills and knowledge to better help your students achieve higher results. In addition, you will become part of a collaborative learning community and communicate with educators from across the K-12 education arena. Another maybe not so obvious answer is that upon successful completion of the course, you will receive a Certificate of Completion worth 30 clock hours that you can apply towards the 90 clock hours required for re-licensure.

Contact Information

For more information on how to become involved in eLearning Delaware, please contact us at whartschuh@doe.k12.de.us

eLearning Delaware is Delaware’s implementation of the e-Learning for Educators Initiative, a project funded through a federal Ready to Teach grant and a multi-state collaboration between ten state education agencies and associated public broadcast stations. eLearning Delaware partners are the Delaware Center for Educational Technology, the Delaware Department of Education, and WHYY.

As of September 30, 2011, the e-Learning for Educators grant has officially ended. Even though the grant funding has ended, eLearning Delaware will continue to offer online professional development to Delaware educators.