In this issue:

• 2010 CODiE Award Finalists
• Innovator Vignette Highlight
• March Innovators: Training Educators to Build Courses that Meet Quality Matters Standards
• Connect with SoftChalk
• Learn More

2010 SIIA CODiE Award Finalist

SoftChalk was voted a finalist (for the second consecutive year) in the annual Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE Awards.

We're excited to be in the running for 2010 and hope to defend our titles of:

• Best Postsecondary Instructional Solution
• Best Education Technology Solution for Productivity/Creativity

Want to learn more? Read the full press release or view all of the 2010 CODiE Award finalists.

Innovator Vignette - The Importance of Learning Style Pathways

Take a quick 5 minute look at our popular Innovators in Online Learning Presentations. These short presentations might inspire you to check out the full archived sessions on our site.

Each month we will highlight one of these 5 minute presentations. This month Trish Trifilo, Assistant Professor of Biology/Director of On-Line Learning at Holland School of Sciences and Mathematics, Hardin-Simmons University, describes the importance of learning style pathways. Trifilo discusses the results of her study, which shows a significant improvement in both learning and satisfaction for learners who followed a pathway that matched their learning styles - then demonstrates possible ways to incorporate instructional strategies, based on these pathways, into lessons using SoftChalk.

March Innovator Webinar

Check out our monthly series, which highlights guest speakers who are using SoftChalk in innovative ways.

Training Educators to Build Courses that Meet Quality Matters Standards

This presentation will share the experiences of three colleges that collaborated on the development and implementation of a training series to provide professional development to faculty who wanted to develop online or hybrid courses per Quality Matters (QM) standards. The four part training series used SoftChalk LessonBuilder and other practices to provide information on the QM rubric while modeling best practices aligned with the QM standards.

The presenters will demonstrate the lessons created with SoftChalk, provide information on why they chose SoftChalk, how they organized and developed the modules, as well as information on how the training was received.

Click here to Learn More or to Register.

Become a Facebook Fan or a Twitter Follower

Keep up to date on the latest SoftChalk news, meet other SoftChalk users, and possibly win one of our contests by becoming a fan of SoftChalk on Facebook or following SoftChalk on Twitter.

Where to Learn More

Introductory Webinars
These 45 minute presentations introduce the key features of SoftChalk. We will view example lessons, and then demonstrate how the lesson content was created using SoftChalk. The session ends with a question and answer period. For more information or to register go to http://www.softchalk.com/webinar/.

Short Courses
SoftChalk is now offering online training sessions to everyone for FREE! Each Short Course is a live 1-hour training session conducted by a SoftChalk instructor using web conferencing. The course includes a presentation and examples, as well as, an opportunity to ask questions and receive assistance from the instructor. For more information or to register go to http://www.softchalk.com/training/.

Innovator Vignettes
Our Innovators in Online Learning presentations are so popular that we decided to give you quick look at what all the excitement is about. These brief vignettes might encourage you to check out the full presentations. For more information or to view the vignettes go to http://www.softchalk.com/lb_vignettes.html.