About Us
What is the Online Learning Lab?
The University of South Alabama Online Learning Laboratory (OLL) is dedicated to assisting faculty to develop and improve their online instructional environments and pedagogical approaches.
The mission of the Online Learning Laboratory is to:
- Assist university faculty with web-based distributed learning activities.
- Organize or conduct workshops and other faculty learning opportunities.
- Develop and maintain an active website with related resources.
- Provide lab facilities for faculty course development.
- Provide limited support by instructional design masters and doctoral assistants.
- Provide limited course development and faculty help desk support.
- Conduct research and grant activities related to distributed learning.
The following is a current listing of the video, audio, internet and multimedia related services provided by the OLL for faculty and staff of the University of South Alabama.
Web Team
- Development of course materials for eCollege/eCompanion
- Create new course materials
- Edit, enhance and review current course materials
- Upload course materials
- Create new course materials
- Development of educational web site materials
- Create web pages
- Edit, enhance, and review current web sites
- Upload web sites
- Create web pages
- Provide workshops for course development
- Group and individualized instruction in eCollege/eCompanion
- Group and individualized instruction in web site development
- Group and individualized instruction in eCollege/eCompanion
Audio Team
- Development of individual podcasting projects
- Set up equipment
- Write narration script
- Record MP3 for podcast
- Edit MP3 for podcast
- Provide voice over’s or music for podcast
- Create MP3 file for podcast
- Attach RSS feeds
- Upload podcast to server
- Set up equipment
- Provide workshops for podcasting development
- Group and individualized instruction for developing pedagogically sound audio recording and editing practices
Video Team
- Development of individual video projects
- Set up equipment
- Provide suggestions for pedagogical enhancements
- Shoot video
- Capture, edit and export video
- Set up equipment
- Development of large group video projects
- Set up equipment
- Provide suggestions for pedagogical enhancements
- Shoot video
- Capture, edit and export video
- Set up equipment
- Provide video conferences
- Organize and schedule video conference
- Market for video conference
- Set up equipment
- Provide suggestions for pedagogical enhancements
- Shoot video
- Capture, edit and export video
- Organize and schedule video conference
- Transfer video projects
- Transfer DVDs and VHS to electronic files for web
- Development of eCollege and eCompanion courses using video
- Upload videos to eCollege and eCompanion courses
- Provide workshops for video development
- Group and individualized instruction in video programs that are compatible with eCollege/eCompanion
- Group and individualized instruction in video development
- Group and individualized instruction in video programs that are compatible with eCollege/eCompanion
