Faculty Development Events http://www.clt.odu.edu/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:23:32 -0400 Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:22:06 -0400 Video Streaming Orientation http://www.clt.odu.edu/news/11_01_08.html Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Official Bb URL is https://www.blackboard.odu.edu http://www.clt.odu.edu/bb Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0400 To add a Teaching Assistant to a Blackboard course, contact occshelp@odu.edu and include your name, the course CRN, the TA's name, the TA's University ID number, and the reason for adding the TA to the course. 06-20-2006 Everyone thinks, but to think well we must learn to think explicitly about how we are thinking and make corrective adjustments as a result. For example, many students “study” but few think analytically about how they study and then reshape their study habits. This tape focuses on teaching for excellence in self-assessment, including specific teaching strategies. http://www.clt.odu.edu/facdev/event.php?id=375 10-18-2005 Hybrid courses are designed to blend advantages of face-to-face (F2F) and online teaching and learning to provide students with a convenient, flexible and enriching learning experience. Time flexibility, better student learning, higher grades and retention are among the benefits reported in the literature. In a hybrid course, F2F meeting time is reduced and classroom communication/interaction is shifted online. During this session, faculty will be introduced to a step-by-step approach to design/redesign effective hybrid courses. We will provide templates designed to help faculty generate, organize and prioritize hybrid course content and activities depending on their suitability for online or F2F teaching methods. http://www.clt.odu.edu/facdev/event.php?id=373 10-18-2005 Pre-requisite: "Getting Started with Blackboard" or equivalent.In this workshop faculty will explore effective practices for online assessments and strategies for student feedback through active discussion, creation of assessments and surveys, and use of the Online Gradebook. http://www.clt.odu.edu/facdev/event.php?id=372 10-18-2005 Blackboard is used at Old Dominion University as a course management system. As such it is a container for course materials that is delivered via the Internet (the Web). It contains tools for communication, collaboration, and interaction both faculty to student and student to student. This workshop will get faculty started in Blackboard by exploring the student and faculty views of a course site, learning how to add course materials, and understanding the basics of course management. Communication and assessment tools are covered in detail other workshops. http://www.clt.odu.edu/facdev/event.php?id=371 10-18-2005 Participants in this workshop will be able to utilize Boolean search parameters and locate tools at the Perry Library related to online searching and online databases. This workshop will be taught by ODU Library personnel. http://www.clt.odu.edu/facdev/event.php?id=369 10-18-2005 Registration required. Online courses, like traditional face-to-face courses, must be consistently revisited and revised in order to improve their overall quality. In this session, participants will be introduced to feedback collection techniques and strategies. We will present a comprehensive strategy to plan, implement and capture student feedback on issues ranging from the learning experience effectiveness to the intuitiveness of the course interface. http://www.clt.odu.edu/facdev/event.php?id=368 10-18-2005 Hybrid courses are designed to blend advantages of face-to-face (F2F) and online teaching and learning to provide students with a convenient, flexible and enriching learning experience. Time flexibility, better student learning, higher grades and retention are among the benefits reported in the literature. In a hybrid course, F2F meeting time is reduced and classroom communication/interaction is shifted online. During this session, faculty will be introduced to a step-by-step approach to design/redesign effective hybrid courses. We will provide templates designed to help faculty generate, organize and prioritize hybrid course content and activities depending on their suitability for online or F2F teaching methods. http://www.clt.odu.edu/facdev/event.php?id=342 10-18-2005 Registration required. Aligning assessment with course objectives and activities is equally important in online courses. In this session, participants will discuss online assessment options, processes, advantages and disadvantages. We will present the different stages and tasks involved in planning effective assessment activities. We will also address online assessment requirements, rubrics and challenges such as plagiarism and cheating. http://www.clt.odu.edu/facdev/event.php?id=336 10-18-2005 This workshop will help you to streamline some of your work processes using features of MS PowerPoint. Participants will learn how to navigate the PowerPoint workspace, use design templates, add content, edit slides, and send your output to a printer or PDF file. http://www.clt.odu.edu/facdev/event.php?id=334 10-18-2005 Pre-requisite: "Getting Started with Blackboard" or equivalent.Blackboard is used at Old Dominion University as a course management system. As such it is a container for course materials delivered via the Internet (the Web). It contains tools for communication, collaboration, and interaction both faculty to student and student to student. In this workshop faculty will explore course management communication tools in detail. Blackboard tools include the Discussion Board, the Virtual Classroom, and Group Management. http://www.clt.odu.edu/facdev/event.php?id=332 10-18-2005 Pre-requisite: "Getting Started with Dreamweaver." In this hands-on workshop you learn how to create interactive images and how to add objects such as Flash animations and audio files on your web pages. In addition, you explore using output from external applications such as PowerPoint and Excel in package files created for use in Blackboard. http://www.clt.odu.edu/facdev/event.php?id=330 10-18-2005 Pre-requisite: "Getting Started with Dreamweaver." In this hands-on workshop you learn how to utilize reusable library items and templates. Simply update one item and apply that update to many or all pages of the site at once. In addition, you receive tips for updating repeating elements in package files created for use in Blackboard. http://www.clt.odu.edu/facdev/event.php?id=329 10-18-2005 http://www.clt.odu.edu/facdev/event.php?id=328 10-18-2005 Pre-requisite: "Getting Started with ODUEdit." In this hands-on workshop, you learn how to add editors and/or managers to you website or parts of your website and how to work with several of the advanced features. http://www.clt.odu.edu/facdev/event.php?id=327 10-18-2005 Blogs, RSS (Really Simple Syndication) and Wikis offer powerful tools for content creation and dissemination, collaboration and knowledge building. In this session, you will learn (1) how to locate, subscribe and collect content using RSS and (2) how to use Wikis to encourage collaborative authoring between students. The emphasis of this session will be on practical applications of RSS and Wikis to teaching and learning. http://www.clt.odu.edu/facdev/event.php?id=326 10-18-2005 http://www.clt.odu.edu/facdev/event.php?id=325 10-18-2005 Registration required for each. In addition to careful planning and organization, teaching online entails new faculty roles, teaching strategies and tasks. In this session, participants will be introduced to successful strategies and techniques for effectively managing online courses. In addition to this, we will discuss practical techniques and strategies to foster a sense of a learning community and keep students engaged and motivated. http://www.clt.odu.edu/facdev/event.php?id=324 10-18-2005 This workshop will help you to streamline some of your work processes using often-overlooked features of MS Excel. Learn to import student data for analysis and reporting. Explore the Chart Wizard and present your data in new supportive ways. A must for faculty who want to work smarter! http://www.clt.odu.edu/facdev/event.php?id=322 10-18-2005 Pre-requisite: "Getting Started with Dreamweaver." In this hands-on workshop you learn how to use styles and style sheets as tools for reducing the time you spend maintaining your faculty website. In addition, you receive tips for using styles in package files created for use in Blackboard. http://www.clt.odu.edu/facdev/event.php?id=320 10-18-2005 All thought and behavior, insofar as it aims at knowledge or excellence, involves three dimensions: 1) an object we focus on, 2) a process we employ, and 3) standards we use to assess our work. Few students, unfortunately, have ever thought about “intellectual processes” (e.g., analysis or synthesis), or “intellectual objects” (e.g., conclusions, evidence, or assumptions), or “intellectual criteria” (e.g., clarity, accuracy, or consistency). Hence, they do not know what to do when asked, for example, to “analyze a question for clarity”. In this tape, Richard Paul explains and models specific strategies for teaching awareness of intellectual processes, objects, and standards. http://www.clt.odu.edu/facdev/event.php?id=302 10-18-2005 We can understand something only by assuming that it has a logic, some order or coherence, reason or method, structure or pattern that makes sense, and so can be translated by a reasoning mind into ideas effectively grounded in reasoned judgment and expressed in an ordered, rational way. In this, the opening tape in the “How to Teach” series, Richard Paul sets out the foundations of a critical approach to teaching and learning. He elucidates how this approach fosters the ability of students to seek and grasp the logic of what they are studying by giving it a logic in their minds. http://www.clt.odu.edu/facdev/event.php?id=301 10-18-2005