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- BEST PRACTICES IN MANAGING THE ONLINE FACULTY TRAINING COURSES ACADEMIC COORDINATORS LNPS INTRODUCTION In order to foster the participation in the LNPS faculty training online courses and to improve the pedagogical capabilities of our faculty, this webinar shares the strategies applied to encourage faculty participation and improve by this means a better performance inside the classroom. BEST PRACTICES SUCCESS STORIES Presenter : Karen García [email protected] Presenter : Solángel Corpeño Dubón [email protected] 36 Campi across the Mexican Republic Academically organized in 7 Regions and a Corporate office * Región Ciudad de México * Región Estado de México * Región Centro y Occidente * Región Sureste * Región Norte * Región Noroeste *´Región Noreste 8,700 faculty members Campus Jacaleapa, Tegucigalpa 4 Campi located in 3 cities in Honduras Campus CEUTEC, Tegucigalpa Campus San Pedro Sula Campus La Ceiba 850 faculty members Registration and Promotion Assessment Enrollment Certification Course tracking Classroom tracking The invitation to participate in the courses is made by faculty development and academic authorities. The calendar of courses and promotional posters are published in electronic newsletters that are sent to faculty and posted in theachers lounge REGISTRATION AND PROMOTION LNPS courses are announced in new faculty orientation sessions The use of institutional email by faculty is enforced. International certification is promoted as an added value of belonging to LIU. As an example: LIU Portal Institutional Edublog for the dissemination of the program LIU Portal EDUBLOG TWITTER Guidelines for autoregistration have been developed and are sent to faculty via email. Assistance and support (face-to-face/phone/email) for information and course registration: schedules, activities, certification, duration and use of course interface. Enrollment Preparation and submission of internal calendar to regional coordinators for weekly follow-up. Daily monitoring of the SIS Faculty system to verify enrollment request. Send email to remind participants of the start of the course and ascertain receipt of credentials. TIP: It is ideal to reserve time at the end of the course to provide support to the Faculty (face-to-face or on-line). Personalized follow-up via email or face to face to faculty facing log-in difficulties as well as course continuity problems. Course status reports are sent to each campus representative. Course tracking Some participants require particular procedures such as «un-enrollment» or confirmation of their status in previous courses, this cases are managed on a one to one basis. At the end of the course, students queries with regards to their final status are answered. TIP: Foresee additional time at the beginning of the course to attend the needs of participants. The Universidad Privada del Norte in Perú has implemented a classroom follow-up for the mix of LNPS online courses and their own face-to-face courses. Classroom tracking They assess the implementation of the tool studied to verify compliance and to give feedback on different aspects: The class as a whole The way the methodology or tool is being implemented Other training opportunities To define commitments for improvement or experience exchange among faculty members. Announcement on the LIU Bulletin and Nexus, an email with the list of the courses taken by faculty is sent to academic authorities in order for them to update their statistics. Certification Photographs are displayed on the university panels. Articles and pictures are posted on the university website. Assessment Participation in LNPS courses has been integrated into the faculty assessment process, improvement and/or contract rennovation. THANK YOU