Summer: Apply for the Online Course Redesign Institute
This summer, why not join your colleagues to learn about the latest and best practices for teaching online? We’ll practice by applying those ideas to one of your online (or hybrid) courses, under the coaching tutelege of Molly and Andy. Receive a $200 stipend too?! The format involves:
- short sessions on current best practices for online teaching and course design,
- demonstrations of sample innovative approaches and tech tool options,
- working lab sessions where participants will work with their own course materials in their new Canvas course shell or alternative LMS,
- questions, sharing and collaboration between participants,
- a light lunch
Attendance is limited to 7 participants during each week of June 18-22 or August 6-10. Apply for your spot by March 30, submitting your application to tlc@bhc.edu or your dean.
Learning outcomes for the Online Course Redesign Institute:
- Explore best practices and online learning research as they impact course learning outcomes.
- Identify one’s own course components that can be redesigned with effective online pedagogy and
site design principles in mind.
- Incorporate best practices and effective online teaching principles into an existing online
course in ways that maximize student engagement and streamline faculty workload, tailoring decisions to fit the course learning outcomes.
- Develop site design skills through practice with Canvas, BHC’s new Learning Management System (or other LMS if the faculty member utilizes an LMS provided by the publisher or other choice
- Create a new course map, syllabus, module template, and at least 2 lessons for the selected course.
EC Brown Bag Changes Dates
The East Campus Brown Bag events for spring have been reconfigured and rescheduled. Please cancel the March 2 and April 2 dates for the Brown Bags and instead, replace them with April 19, 12:30-1:30PM for the “To Read or Not to Read” presentation by Dee Robbins and Heather Carlson, followed by a student panel discussing reading in college.
Using Twitter Yet for Your Own Learning?
If you have taken the plunge to follow leaders in your field through Twitter as one way you are keeping up, consider sharing your Twitter feed with your students. Did you know you can embed the scrolling feed of tweets so that it is visible on your course web site? See http://www.twitter.com/about/resources/widgets for more information.
Tablets, iPads and More User’s Group
Do you have a tablet, iPad or other lighweight mobile computer? If it’s a new technology for you, you probably have questions! If it’s a more familiar technology, I”m sure you are still learning and can benefit from sharing with others! Join this informal group as we share how we are using our “tablets,” what valuable apps we have found to support our teaching and our personal life, and what problems we are having. Maybe someone in the group can answer your questions! If you don’t own a tablet yet, but are thinking about it, come and learn! First gathering is January 11, 10:15AM in the TLC. The group will determine our next gatherings.
Atomic Learning is an amazing resource!
You’ve heard of Atomic Learning, the free tutorial service that provides thousands of 2-3-minute video tutorials for using any of 250+ software titles? Have you tried it yet? This would be a great week to learn something new or something you would like to know better! Remember, to access Atomic Learning, you need to be logged into myBlackHawk, click the Employee tab, and click the Atomic Learning link at the top of the Employee Learning channel. If you’d like to follow the links on our features in Atomic Learning page, open myBH first in one window and then click one of the links on our page to be taken directly to that tutorial. The Atomic Learning interface is very intuitive, but if you’d like some hints on using it to save time and assist you in finding what you want more easily, take a look at our brief Getting Started guide.
New Multi-function Copiers in Your Neighborhood
Did you know that the new multi-function copy machines in many areas around the college can:
Scan documents and email them to you?
Print on both sides, collate and staple, as ordered from your office?
See your ASC for more information.
Ted Talks: Using High-quality Video Clips
Have you heard of Ted Talks? Ted Talks is a web site that houses thousands of high-quality, credible video presentations, most of which are licensed by Creative Commons for free use in educational settings. You can search by topic, by theme, by discipline, or by length of videos. There are some ads, but they are not of the pop-up variety, so relatively inconspicuous. That means, you can show them in class, followed by discussions. You can have the students view them outside of class and write 2-paragraph commentaries answering such questions as:
- What are the main ideas covered?
- Which points did you find informative as they relats to the case we discussed in class on Tues?
- Evaluate the speaker.
Or alternatively, perhaps link to 10 videos on a common theme for a “virtual conference within your class.” Have the students select 5 to watch from your list. Then, write a 1-2 page relfection paper or post to a class blog or discussion board identifying and discussing common themes across the 5 watched videos. What did they learn? See the web site for additional samples and requirements. www.tedtalks.com
Student Success Guest Blogger Series continues
Student Success is the theme for our monthly guest blogging series this year. Each of our guests will discuss an issue that can derail students, providing suggestions for how faculty can meet the challenge in your classes and answering your questions. Find the discussions in our Forums area . Scroll down to see the Student Success series to locate the discussion that interests you. To comment or ask questions, create a login at the top of the page. You are welcome to read or comment after the featured month, as well!
September: Nan Reddy on student reluctance to engage with faculty
October: Jen Holldorf on students trying to juggle lots of responsibilities and manage their time
November: Bruce Storey on student who are undecided about their future or their academic major
February: Yen Dao on students preparation for tests
March: Darcie Stearns on ill-prepared students’ reluctance to seek help in time
April: Kristi Hingstrum on common millenial student behaviors that can interfere with student success
Student Success Series begins
Join our guest blogger this month, Nan Reddy (BHC advisor), as she launches our series on student success strategies that faculty can contribute to with minimal time or effort. Find her in our Forums area.
New to our ELC Web site?
Discover the main features and resources on the Employee Learning Center by watching our short video tour!
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Posted By: tlc
March 5th, 2012
