The Office of Teaching and Learning Technologies is please to announce that the Faculty Feature workshop sessions that were offered during the Spring semester are archived as videos and are available for viewing anytime from the OTLT faculty workshop web page.
Posted by: tlessard | May 14, 2008
Faculty Feature workshops available online
Posted by: tlessard | April 21, 2008
Faculty Workshop - Drop in Help Session
Friday, May 9, from 12:20 to 1:10 p.m. in Lamson 102,
presented by the staff of the Office of Teaching and Learning Technologies
Drop by and get help on your Blackboard and/or Microsoft Vista/Office 2007 questions.
Contact tlessard@plymouth.edu to reserve a seat.
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Posted by: tlessard | April 11, 2008
Faculty Workshop - Drop in Help Session
Friday, April 18, from 12:20 to 1:10 p.m. in Lamson 102,
presented by the staff of the Office of Teaching and Learning Technologies
Drop by and get help on your Blackboard and/or Microsoft Vista/Office 2007 questions.
Contact tlessard@plymouth.edu to reserve a seat.
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Tags: Blackboard, help
Posted by: tlessard | April 4, 2008
Faculty Workshop - Drop in Help Session
Friday, April 11, from 12:20 to 1:10 p.m. in Lamson 102,
presented by the staff of the Office of Teaching and Learning Technologies
Drop by and get help on your Blackboard and/or Microsoft Vista/Office 2007 questions.
Contact tlessard@plymouth.edu to reserve a seat.
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Tags: Blackboard, help
Posted by: tlessard | March 28, 2008
Faculty Workshop - Reflections and Feedback on Online Teaching
Friday, April 4, from 12:20 to 1:10 p.m. in Lamson Tower room
presented by staff of the Office of Teaching and Learning Technologies
Are you experiencing an issue in your online/blended course you’d like to discuss with others? Do you have questions about how others are handling their online/blended courses? Come ask your questions and share your own experiences. The members of the Office of Teaching and Learning Technologies are looking for feedback on your needs and experiences with online/blended courses, Blackboard, suggested topics for faculty workshops and any other related issues. Stop by and join in the discussion.
Contact tlessard@plymouth.edu to reserve a seat.
Sponsored by the Office of Teaching and Learning Technologies
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Posted by: John Martin | March 27, 2008
Beyond Blackboard: The future of e-learning at Plymouth State University
The e-Learning Assessment Team has been tasked with identifying and recommending to the President’s Cabinet the e-learning tool that will carry us into the next decade. With support from the Technology Advisory Group (TAG) and the Office of Teaching & Learning Technologies, the team will examine how and why we use our current Blackboard system, and will identify not only our current needs from a pedagogical, administrative and support perspective, but will also identify the tools or features that will likely be required over the next 5-10 years. This examination will directly inform the evaluation of suitable e-learning technologies and allow the team to recommend the e-learning tool will best suit the needs of our campus community. Plymouth State University’s first foray into online teaching and learning was launched a decade ago with version 1.1 of WebCT. Over the past ten years we have seen steadily increasing adoption of this powerful tool, to the point where in the fall of 2007 over 38% of our undergraduate and 44% of our graduate courses employed our learning management system to some extent. While this growth points to the extent of the adoption of our learning management system, or LMS, there has been no formal assessment of the tool in its 10 years of use, and we have only anecdotal information upon which to base any current decision.
Therefore, our intent is to gauge not only the historical and current extent of our current use of our learning management system but to also consider how we utilize our system and to identify the features and tools necessary for addressing our future needs. To that end, the e-Learning Assessment Team seeks to involve both faculty and students in the process of examining our current attitudes and usage patterns in order to determine our needs criteria for the evaluation of appropriate technologies. Surveys will be sent out to both groups in the coming weeks. This is your opportunity to help shape the future of our online learning environment and we look forward to your participation.
Should you have any questions, comments or wish to volunteer your services as an evaluator, please contact John Martin at jemartin@plymouth.edu
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Tags: Blackboard, elearning, lms
Posted by: tlessard | March 15, 2008
Faculty Feature Workshop - Using Chat in your Online Classroom
Friday, March 28, from 12:20 to 1:10 p.m. in Lamson 102
presented by Angela Ricciardi, English Department.
Join Angie Ricciardi as she shares her experience using Chat with her online classroom.
Contact tlessard@plymouth.edu to reserve a seat.
Sponsored by the Office of Teaching and Learning Technologies
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Posted by: tlessard | March 7, 2008
Faculty Workshop - Drop In Help Session
Friday, March 14, from 12:20 to 1:10 p.m. in Lamson 102
presented by the staff of the Office of Teaching and Learning Technologies.
Feel free to drop by and get help on your Blackboard and/or Microsoft Vista/Office 2007 questions.
Contact tlessard@plymouth.edu to reserve a seat.
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Posted by: tlessard | February 29, 2008
Faculty Feature Workshop - Getting Students Involved Online
Friday, March 7, from 12:20 to 1:10 p.m. in Lamson 102,
presented by Debra Brown, Business Department
“In October 2007 The Sloan Consortium released its 5th annual report on the state of online learning. It found that online enrollments have continued to grow at rates far in excess of the total higher education student population. In fact, nearly twenty percent of all U.S. higher education students were taking at least one online course in the fall of 2006.
“The growth of the online classroom is undeniable. The question is – how to make it successful for you, the instructor, as well as the students? How do you take attendance online? How do you define “Substantial Postings”? How do you get the students involved? Join us for a discussion on the possibilities of the online classroom..
Contact tlessard@plymouth.edu to reserve a seat.
Sponsored by the Office of Teaching and Learning Technologies
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Posted by: tlessard | February 22, 2008
Faculty Workshop - Student Response Systems
Friday, February 29, from 12:20 to 1:10 p.m. in Lamson 102
presented by Dr. Royce Robertson, Education Department
Student Response Systems (SRS), also known as Polling Systems, are an emerging classroom technology. The general purpose of the SRS is to assess whole groups through individual participation. Given some creative planning and a desire to stimulate discussion, the SRS can be used to help students activate prior knowledge, compare and contrast, and practice application of content knowledge. The SRS can also be used by the faculty member to measure and track student progress. This session is intended to describe the SRS, discuss its use, and offer practice using it.
Contact tlessard@plymouth.edu to reserve a seat.
Sponsored by the Office of Teaching and Learning Technologies
