CITS Instructional Development is pleased to announce the Teaching and Learning Technologies Brown Bag Seminars for the Spring 2008 semester.
The Teaching and Learning Technologies Brown Bag Seminars will highlight new technologies, provide a comfortable forum for exchange of ideas and Q&A sessions, and will showcase the recipients of the 2007 Provost's Best Practices Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Learning with Technology.
Creating Virtual Contact Zones: Student-Initiated & Instructor-Directed Discussion Boards
Thursday, April 24, 2008
3:00pm-3:50pm
Dion 109
Professor Shari Evans, recipient of the 2007 Provost’s Award for Best Practice in a Blended or Fully Online Course, will discuss how she uses online discussion boards to help create a learning community- a contact zone- in which students are agent s in their own learning. Dr. Evans will share her experience, challenges and assessment strategies for creating an environment in which students actively engage with each other and their own learning.
Bring your lunch, ideas, and questions for this informative session.
Snacks and refreshments will be available.
For further information, or to RSVP, contact Instructional Development at 508 999-8501 or idteam@umassd.edu
Wicked Wikis!
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
12:00pm-1:00pm
Dion 109
Please join us for this Teaching and Learning Technologies Brown Bag Seminar on using wikis to support teaching and learning. Joanne Bedard, English Dept part-time lecturer, will discuss her use of wikis for collaborative writing and project management in her Business Communications course.
Although wikis have been around for a decade, they're just starting to take off in business and education. Wikis offer a dynamic platform for the writing process, and a tracking mechanism as the writing “product” develops. Despite their many possibilities, wikis remain simple enough for non-technical users to deal with. Now anyone can be a Web publisher!
Bring your lunch, ideas, and questions for this informative session.
Snacks and refreshments will be available.
For further information, or to RSVP, contact Instructional Development at 508 999-8501 or idteam@umassd.edu
Leveraging Campus Resources to Enhance Learning in Large Classes
February 25, 2008
11:00am-12:00pm
Dion 109
Professor Amy Shapiro, winner of the 2007 Provost’s Best Practices award
for Innovative Use of Technology, will discuss how she integrates
multiple technologies into her face to face classroom including;
PowerPoint presentations, a wireless response system, the UMass
Dartmouth web site, email, and multimedia (audio and video) and her
strategies for increasing student engagement and comprehension, and data
that support the effectiveness of these strategies.
Kick it up a Notch: Enhance Your myCourses Site
Monday, February 11, 2008
12:00pm -1:00 pm
Dion 109
Take your myCourses course site to the next level! This is the first seminar in the Teaching and Learning Technologies series that will demonstrate new technologies to enhance teaching and learning. The CITS Instructional Development team will highlight tools such as Voice Tools, converting presentations via Articulate, adding audio, video, and podcasts to myCourses. Bring your lunch, ideas, and questions for this informative session.
For further information, or to RSVP, contact Instructional Development at 508 999-8501 or idteam@umassd.edu
Look for future seminar announcements in the coming weeks.
