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Using Twitter to attract students/instructors

Over the past couple of weeks, I have been tweeting about our training courses for online instructors. I can't say the response has been overwhelming, but I have gotten a few clicks and at least one student so far. I'm sticking with it, but here's the information about our classes -- all of them are free:


Our Spring quarter Moodle classes for instructors are now available:

104MSCC79 - Creating and Teaching Your Moodle Course, face-to-face, 3 meetings, starts April 12; 6-8 PM – covers everything needed by an online instructor to get their course ready for the first time.

104MSCC80 - Creating and Teaching Your Moodle Course, online, 3 weeks, starts April 13 – same as above, but online.

104MSCC77 - Teaching Online with Moodle, online, 4 weeks, starts May 5 – this class is open to anyone who might be interested in teaching online, not just UCR Extension instructors; no previous experience required and you don't need to be scheduled to teach. The goal for this class is to attract more potential online instructors. Final project is to produce a proposal for an online course.

104MSCC81 - Producing Media for Your Online Course, online, 3 weeks, starts May 11, how to create your own media and add it to your online course (audio, video, narrated presentation); requires a microphone or a way to record audio. This is a new course, suitable for anyone teaching online, new or experienced.

Instructors can register online using the course ID (e.g. 104MSCC77) or by contacting Student Services:
Tel: (951) 827-4105 or (800) 442-4990 toll-free
E-mail: register@ucx.ucr.edu

Questions: contact Brian Reilly - breilly at ucx.ucr.edu
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