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Welcome to INLS 161 Summer Session I for 2022! This site will serve as the focus of our session lessons. Please read over the documents in the Syllabus at the top of the left sidebar.

Site Orientation​

Responsive Site​

If you are not able to see the left sidebar, you may need to make your browser window larger, or full screen.

This site is responsive; that means that it adapts to work on different screen sizes. If you are viewing this site on a phone, you will need to click the menu icon in the top left of screen to access the lessons menu. Heading on the page will have a sub-menu.

Five Modules​

The course is divided into five modules. Modules do not fit neatly into each week, so you will notice some "weekend" links. This weekend links will provide you with a recap of the previous week and give you reminders of any assignments that are due that weekend or the upcoming week.

The right sidebar will allow you to quickly find any section on an individual page. The right sidebar is not available at smaller screen sizes.

Top Navigation Bar​

If you are not able to see the top menu bar because your screen is not large enough, you will need to click the menu icon in the top left of the screen.

Assignments​

In the Top Navigation bar you will see the assignment links. All of the assignments are explained in the lesson sessions which are in the left sidebar. The assignment links will give you a quick way to jump to any assignment directions.

Class Sessions will be similar to Corporate Training Sessions​

I am an adjunct instructor and also work as a corporate trainer, so I will conduct this course much like a corporate training course. The goal for corporate training is to focus on the "need-to-know" skills and not focus as much on the "nice-to-know" concepts.

This is a technology tools class. In each class we will spend a few minutes covering a information tools concept and then you will perform an activity that will count towards your task completion. We will review that task then move to the text concept and repeat the process. Disclaimer: There will be a few areas where we will need to discuss global concepts that will not have associated tasks.

This is also a soft skills class. There is also an expectation that corporate trainers evaluate not only student skills, but knowledge and attitudes. Your grades will be a reflection of your skills, but how you compare to your peers makes a difference. Whenever I must submit a recommendation letter for a student, I must answer questions regarding attitude and skills. This is the same for a corporate trainer. They are often asked to provide this type of feedback to managers.

SILS wants you to be successful in your future work environments. Therefore, you will have opportunities to resubmit work for full credit if it is done in a timely manner.

We will not have required team projects, but you may work on some of the projects with a partner. Please let me know that you are doing this before you begin to work together.

Students that faithfully attend class will do well. Students that must miss a class will have access to the recorded sessions.

Teaching Philosophy​

In Spring 2020 Master's Degree in Adult Education in Training and Development through a 100% asynchronous program through the College of Education at NC State. I have completed significant coursework in instructional design and adult learning. I do not see myself as an authoritarian, but as a facilitator. Therefore, I do not require excuses or letters from doctors, etcetera. I will be as flexible with you as possible, but it is very difficult to catch up if you fall behind in summer school.