Academic Innovation Blog

AFC Appreciation Awards

The Division of Online Studies has been honored to receive two awards through the Association of Florida Colleges Daytona State chapter! These two AFC appreciation awards include the Rookie of the Year and Inspire awards. A big thank you to the person(s) who nominated us, and thank you to AFC DSC Chapter President - Max Swanton - for his leadership!

Inspire Award: The person you want to be when you grow up—your mentor.

Cheryl Kohen

Director
Division of Online Studies


 

Rookie of the Year Award: The Newbie who is killing it.

Brent Pierce

Instructional Designer
Division of Online Studies

 

The Association of Florida Colleges (AFC) is the professional association for Florida's 28 public community colleges, their boards, employees, retirees, and associates. AFC is the only organization in Florida that belongs to and supports us as community college employees. Its purpose is to help the Florida Legislature understand the community college's role in higher education and to advocate for strong and viable community colleges in Florida. 

Today, all 28 of the state's community colleges support the work of the association through institutional dues, as do more than 9,000 individual community college employees and retirees through individual memberships and the sharing of their talents, time, and energy. Daytona State College currently boasts more than 360 members in the Daytona State AFC Chapter. Become a member and help to support our college and its mission!

Award for Excellence in Online & Hybrid Instruction

The Division of Online Studies has the pleasure of giving out not one, but two awards this year for excellence in both the online and hybrid modalities! Both awards will recognize an outstanding Daytona State College instructor who has utilized a well-designed course shell, capitalizing on the modality the course is taught within. This course should provide engaging and creative course materials for their learners and serve as a model of instructional excellence in either the hybrid or online modalities. 

If you'd like to fill out the application for either the Award for Excellence in Online Instruction or the Award for Excellence in Hybrid Instruction, please visit our Faculty Resources page to find both linked applications. Both nomination applications will be accepted through Monday, November 23rd. 

We're so grateful to our faculty and the amazing work they've accomplished this year despite many obstacles. Thank you for your service to our students, each other, and our college. As always, if you have any questions, please reach out to me.

Cheryl Kohen
Director, Division of Online Studies
cheryl.kohen@daytonastate.edu
386-506-3405
http://www.daytonastate.edu/onlinestudies/ 

Helpful Tutorial on How to Get Started with H5P

On the H5P official website, they have provided an excellent resource in the form of a tutorial which takes you through all the best uses of the H5P application. This is the fastest way to find out how H5P can provide the best value and utilization within your online course shell in Falcon Online.

Hotspots Tutorial

For example, in the Image Hotspot tutorial it specifically walks you through when to use Image Hotspots in your course as well as how to create Image Hotspots.

Interactive Video Tutorial

Another example is the Interactive Video tutorial which shows how this applications allows you to add interactions on top of video clips. interactions such as links, elaborating text, and images.

Contact Us

If you are interested in exploring more applications with H5P, visit the link and create a free account. If you are desiring to implement H5P into your own course, please fill out this H5P request form.

Kris Browne
Instructional Designer 1, Division of Online Studies
Kristian_browne@daytonastate.edu
386-506-4277
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