KOLTS

KOLTs, the system online training site, is now officially live. . .

We, along with the rest of the KCTCS Online team would like to welcome you to our blog and the new KCTCS Online Learning & Teaching (KOLTS) resource site. We’ve put a lot of time into gathering and organizing some of the best resources we could find for you and put them all in one place. We hope that you find this a valuable resource and will give us feedback for improvements and/or just let us what you think of the overall site.

If you have feedback about the site, consider posting it in a reply to this blog thread. 

USDLA Free Webinars on Distance Learning

Below is the URL to the USDLA Free Webinars on Distance Learning, as well as, information about National Distance Learning week taking place this week.  

http://www.usdla.org/webinars/

Educational Technology Resource Guide

Linked below is a free eBook on Web instruction and other Internet technologies.  Thanks, Clovis, for this tip. . .

http://emergingedtech.com/ebook/EmergingEdTech's%202012%20Free%20Education%20Technology%20Resources%20eBook.pdf

Free Online Tools

Courtesy of Clovis Perry, below is a great URL for hundreds of free online tools:

http://c4lpt.co.uk/top-100-tools-2012/

KOLTS

The system office initiative at providing Blackboard and eLearning training has begun its "soft opening:

http://kolts.kctcs.edu/

If you have suggestions for changes, send them to Lisa Jackson.

October Distance Learning Peer Team Meeting

The KCTCS Distance Learning Peer Team met today in Versailles. My notes and the agenda below:

Meeting Agenda:
http://db.tt/OFT0ILF1

Ben's Notes:
http://db.tt/IH4X40nC

*Bb SP 10 Information:
http://thepoint.kctcs.edu/teams/Collection30/BCTC_DistanceLearning/Distance%20Learning%20Advisory%20Committee/Blackboard%20Service%20Pack%2010%20Features.docx

*Bb SP10 is proprietary information that won't become publicly available until the official release, which is scheduled for later this month.  This information may not be shared outside the KCTCS community and requires authentication with KCTCS active dircectory to access.

Interesting Article on Online Cheating

A company that purports to pay tutors to take an online class for scofflaw students.  Read the fine print though. . . it's not clear how much is a hoax and how much is real. . .

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/09/21/sites-offering-take-courses-fee-pose-risk-online-ed

Interesting . . .