Facilitating Online Classes: My Experiences with WizIQ Public Class

About the Class

Nellie Deutsch has been using virtual environments for a number of years. In this session, she will share her experiences teaching online via WizIQ and IT4ALL Moodle, a non-profit organization that provides free professional development courses on how to integrate e-learning technology into full and blended online learning (BOL) courses and workshops. The workshops at IT4ALL include Moodle for Teachers, WebQuests, TESOL, ESOL, Integrating Technology, Web 2.0 tools, Math, English, Chemistry, Arabic, Spanish and other subjects. The staff at IT4ALL are all educators who volunteer their time to facilitate workshops because they are passionate about instruction and learning and making a difference in the world of online education.

Nellie Deutsch is a Canadian educator who earned her doctorate from the University of Phoenix from the School of Advanced Studies in 2010. Her dissertation research focused on instructor experiences with technology in blended learning contexts in higher education around the world. Dr. Deutsch is the founder of Integrating Technology for Active Lifelong Learning (IT4ALL), a non-profit organization that provides professional development workshops for groups around the world, generally in conjunction with different projects and initiatives. Dr. Deutsch is also founder and current coordinator of the annual Connecting Online for Instruction and Learning (CO09-CO11), hosted online by IT4ALL.org and supported by WizIQ online learning platform. Dr. Deutsch has provided consultation on how to integrate Moodle and Elluminate learning environments for distance education at Open University and worked as a consultant at WikiEducator.org, supported by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Otago Polytechnic (New Zealand), and Athabasca Open University (Canada) in developing online courses and facilitation. She is also an educational consultant, mentor, instructional course designer, and online facilitator on how to integrate technology into the face-to-face and online classroom using Moodle, WebQuests, Professional Electronic Portfolios (PEP), web 2.0 tools, social networks, and wikis. In addition, she is an accredited PAIRS (Practical Application of Intimate Relationship Skills) practitioner, Reiki & Conflict Resolution practitioner, curriculum and instructional course designer and consultant, and mentor to educators around the world.

You are invited to be an active participant in the session via audio (microphone), video (webcam) and/or text (chatbox). Please check your audio/microphone settings to make sure they work before the event begins.

Language of instruction: English

Keywords: wiziq, online teaching, facilitating, moderating