ALSC is always on the lookout for people who would like to present online courses and webinars for ALSC members. Maybe you\u2019ve considered submitting a proposal, but doubts have held you back. Need a little encouragement? Here are some of the top myths about teaching an online course or webinar for ALSC:<\/p>\n
Myth 1: You have to be an expert.<\/strong> Myth 2: You have to be a fantastic public speaker.<\/strong> Myth 3: You have to be a tech wizard.<\/strong> Myth 4: It takes a lot of time.<\/strong> Myth 5: You have to create all-new content.<\/strong> Myth 6: You have to do it alone.<\/strong> Myth 7: Not many people will benefit.<\/strong> Myth 8: You want to toot your own horn.<\/strong> ***************************************************************<\/p>\n This guest post was written by the ALSC Education Committee. For information on presenting an online course or webinar, please the ALSC Online Education Proposal site<\/a>. Also, make sure to check out the Education Committee’s live webinar\u00a0How to Write Successful ALSC Webinar and Course Proposals<\/a> on Tuesday, February 28 at 2pm Eastern\/1pm Central<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ALSC is always on the lookout for people who would like to present online courses and webinars for ALSC members. Maybe you\u2019ve considered submitting a proposal, but doubts have held you back. Need a little encouragement? Here are some of the top myths about teaching an online course or webinar for ALSC:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[88,134,127],"tags":[536,128],"class_list":["post-15141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alsc-online-courses","category-guest-blogger","category-webinars","tag-online-courses","tag-webinars-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15141\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nYou don\u2019t have to know everything about a topic (who does?). All you need is some knowledge to share on a topic you care about. It\u2019s perfectly fine to present content from a \u201cbest practices\u201d approach: What did you do? How did it work? What did you learn that may benefit others?<\/p>\n
\nMaybe you don\u2019t love standing up in front of a room full of people, but when you present ALSC online education, you can sit in front of a computer and microphone in the comfort of your own home or office. You can even present while wearing your pajamas!<\/p>\n
\nThe webinar and course software isn\u2019t terribly complicated. Really! More importantly, ALSC staff will walk you through a technical test-run beforehand to ensure you feel prepared on the day of your presentation.<\/p>\n
\nFor webinars, you\u2019re really only preparing a 45-minute talk and some slides (leaving 15 minutes for questions.) For courses, once you\u2019ve completed your initial setup in Moodle, you only need to change small things here and there for each individual class. To lessen the time-investment burden even further, consider adapting content from a previous presentation you created, and\/or teaching a course or webinar with another colleague or colleagues, which brings us to our next two myths …<\/p>\n
\nDid you prepare an awesome conference presentation? Why not adapt the content to be presented as an online continuing education opportunity? Even if you\u2019ve already presented your work face-to-face, even at an ALSC event, you\u2019re welcome to present the information again and reach a whole new audience who weren\u2019t able to attend in-person.<\/p>\n
\nNervous about teaching by yourself? Invite a colleague or two to present with you so that you can divide up the work and support one another. Many hands make light work, as the saying goes!<\/p>\n
\nIn fact, an average of 300-400 people sign up for webinars, and even more people participate via archived webinars. Keep in mind that with ALSC\u2019s new online education pricing structure (including more free learning opportunities), even more people will likely participate in ALSC online learning.<\/p>\n
\nYou love your work! Wanting to talk about it isn\u2019t a matter of bragging, it\u2019s about wanting to share what you know, what you\u2019ve learned, and what you care about with others. Share your joy, share your passion, share yourself!<\/p>\n