2005 AVLN Online Conference Strand
Desire2Learn Training

Facilitators
Janine Lim, Berrien County Intermediate School District, janine at janinelim.com
Shelley Bacon, AE21, bacon.home at juno.com

Strand Description
Experience Desire2Learn from the student perspective. Each day, level 1 experiences are designed to increase your awareness of the learning tools available in Desire2Learn. Level 2 experiences are designed to provide practice in creating course components in your own Desire2Learn course space. Discuss the possibilities of using Desire2Learn for web enhancing your classes, for distance learning, or for cross-school collaboration projects.

Big Questions

• How can I use Desire2Learn to enhance my face to face classes?
• How might I use Desire2Learn to team teach a unit, plan a collaborative problem solving activity between two classes, or plan some other short-term collaboration with another teacher?
• How can I use Desire2Learn for distance education?

Presentations
Several tutorials and mini-explorations will be provided here so participants can learn more about Desire2Learn. Recommended schedule is as follows. However the materials for these activities will be available throughout the conference.

May 9
D2L Experiences Level 1: Pager & Email
D2L Experiences Level 2: News & Entrance Options

May 10
D2L Experiences Level 1: Groups and Classlist
D2L Experiences Level 2: Setting Up Interactions

May 11
D2L Experiences Level 1: Chat, Discussion Extras, and Checklist
D2L Experiences Level 2: Posting Content

May 12
D2L Experiences Level 1: Dropbox, Quizzes, and Feedback
D2L Experiences Level 2: Quizzes & Surveys

Live Events

• Q&A Session: Bring your questions about Desire2Learn. Desire2Learn Text Chat. May 10 EDT 5p; PST 2p; May 11 M 5a; EA 7a
• Q&A Session: Bring your questions about Desire2Learn. Desire2Learn Text Chat. May 11 EDT 9p; PST 6p; May 12 M 9a; EA 11a