Creating a New Course

Geoscience Online Learning Initiative (GOLI)
 AGI/AIPG PRESENTER GUIDE

Presenter is required to:
1. Acknowledge either personal ownership and rights to all material or employer ownership and rights to all material.
2. Acknowledge that presenter is authorized to make the submission of materials.
3. Grant to AGI and AIPG perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free rights to all materials.
4. Provide 5 to 10 true/false or multiple choice questions regarding the presentation to be used as a student assessment tool for future users of the materials.

Presenter benefits include:
1. A $200 stipend upon acceptance of material by AIPG/AGI for use in a webinar(s) AND completion of the first webinar (live).  
2. A 10% share of registration fees charged to webinar participants who enroll for the particular presenter’s webinar, not including the initial ten (10) participants.   Accounts will be reviewed and payments issued on a quarterly basis.

Presenter is encouraged to:
1. Following the webinar, consider working with AGI to break the presentation into sections and provide additional text and/or visual materials to support the discussion.  Even consider expanding on the text provided in the slides to enhance unmoderated comprehension.
2.Provide true/false and/or multiple choice questions to assess student learning in each section.
3. AGI will be willing to entertain concepts for more advanced functionalities.
4. Revisit the webinar for repeated/updated presentations and revision of materials.

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The American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG) was founded in 1963 to certify the credentials of practicing geologists and to advocate on behalf of the profession. AIPG represents the professional interests of all practicing geoscientists in every discipline. Its advocacy efforts are focused on the promotion of the role of geology and geologists in society. 

The American Geosciences Institute is a nonprofit federation of 50 geoscientific and professional associations that represents more than 250,000 geologists, geophysicists, and other earth scientists. Founded in 1948, AGI provides information services to geoscientists, serves as a voice of shared interests in our profession, plays a major role in strengthening geoscience education, and strives to increase public awareness of the vital role of the geosciences play in society's use of resources, resilience to natural hazards, and the health of the environment. 

American Geosciences Institute, 4220 King Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22302
 Phone: (703) 379-2480 | Fax: (703) 379-7563 | keane@agiweb.org | Website: www.agiweb.org 

American Institute of Professional Geologists, 12000 Washington St., Suite 285, Thornton, Colorado 80241-3134
 Phone: (303) 412-6205 | Fax: (303) 253-9220 | aipg@aipg.org | Website: http://www.aipg.org