Abstract
Established and emerging technologies have become some of the most powerful tools available in Web-based instruction. They facilitate teaching and learning, stimulate new ideas about the educational process, and force instructors to challenge the way they teach and learn. But how should they select such tool(s) and technologies and how do they effectively implement them in a Web-based environment? Most importantly, how do they ensure that pedagogy, not technology, is driving the selection and the implementation? The participants will be lead through a series of mini presentations, discussions, and hands-on activities that will enable them to identify the tools and technologies that work best for them and their institutions to ultimately develop their own, successful Web-based course. Other tools and technologies discussed will include: learning management systems, synchronous and asynchronous tools, podcasting, blogs, wikis, HTML editors, accessibility tools.

Objectives
Overarching goal: Provide instructors and instructional designers with tools and techniques to effectively design Web-based instruction that efficiently integrates established and emerging Web-based technologies.
• Identify elements of effective instructional design and apply them to designing Web-based instruction
• Identify, compare, and contrast different forms of Web-based instruction and select the one that best meets identified instructional objectives
• Identify, compare, and contrast different teaching and learning tools and select the one(s) that best support(s) identified instructional objectives
• Identify, compare, and contrast different emerging technologies and select the one(s) that best support(s) identified instructional objectives
• Develop user interface, template, and standards critical to successful implementation of Web-based instruction
• Develop an effective evaluation process
• Apply the tools discussed in hands-on activities

Workshop Outline:

http://rpilms.rpi.edu/
Participants in the workshop were given a user name and password to access the LMS site. If this information has been lost, contact huguem@rpi.edu.