Announcing Professional Learning Communities
In collaboration with the Library, ITS and the College of Education, we’ve created a new opportunity for you to exchange ideas and learn from one another. PLCs are voluntary, monthly gatherings of 8-12 members focused on course design topics the PLC defines. They’re open to all faculty, administrators and staff redesigning courses to improve student learning. See the attached invitation for details.
If you’re interested here’s what’s next:
By September 5th, reply by to this email with your general availability. It’s enough to say something like: “I’m available Mon, Wed Fri, 2-5pm; Tues and Fri 8-3pm.
Then wait. . .
- I’ll put the group(s) together based on your availability and contact you.
- At that time, you’ll also receive a very short questionnaire asking about what topics you’d like to cover. (If you wish, you may include them in the reply to this mail.)
- From there, the facilitators will schedule your first meeting, at which time you all will discuss and set your PLC topics and “agenda.”
Facilitators are Mark Laumakis, Faculty/Faculty in Residence ITS, Carolyn Baber, Library Faculty; Pam Jackson, Library Faculty; Keven Jeffery, Library Faculty; Andrea Saltzman, Faculty Consultant.
Note: While being a member of a PLC is voluntary, we ask that members commit to monthly meetings. Also, PLCs are in addition to our Friday OverLunches and CTL/ITS Luncheon series on various topics.
Please feel free to contact Suzanne at 4-2953 or pict at rohan.sdsu.edu
Download the invitation plc_invitation.pdf
Does Facebook really make us more connected?
COLORADO LEARNING & TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE’S
INTERACTIVE THEATER PRESENTATION
“An Open (Face)Book,” asks
the question: Does Facebook really make us more connected? Facebook, the
social networking tool, has gone from a novelty to a necessity in the eyes
of today’s college student. We invite colleagues from across the country
and around the world to join in and interact with the student performers as
they explore the phenomenon of Facebook and how it affects them and their
lives as students. View the performance via Adobe Connect, and submit your
questions for the actors. Go to the COLTT 2008 Broadcast Room at
http://realeyes.acrobat.com/coltt/, click “Enter as a Guest” and enter your
fist name and last name to join in the fun. Come listen, come watch, come
interact!
Wednesday, August 13, from 2:45-4:15 MDT, that’s UTC - 6 hours
and 1:45-3:15 PDT.
Learning in Virtuality Archived Session
Access the archived Horizon Wimba session go to Blackboard>Course Design Institute>Communications>Live Classrooms>Learning in Virtuality Archive.*
* A string of links with the greater than symbol “>” inserted is a simplified way of showing the path to a link that’s a few levels into a website. The links are often, but not always in the main menu of each level.
Learning in Virtuality - A Primer
Webinar June 9 “Assessing the Impact of Technology on Learning”
Another great webinar from ELI.
We’ll be showing it in AH 1112 (Monday, June 9, 10 am). It’s open to all and archived too. Access archived sessions here. You’ll need to set up an Educause account with your sdsu email to do so.
Karen Swan
Research Professor,
Research Center for Educational Technology
Kent State University
Good questions, Swan argues, specify not just outcomes but also inputs and, most importantly, learning processes. In this seminar, she will review the major issues and processes to consider in assessing the impact of technology on student learning. In particular, she will highlight the importance of carefully assessing teaching and learning inputs and processes in addition to learning outcomes in order to develop a comprehensive understanding of where and how the use of technology supports learning.
