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Developing Students’ Critical Thinking Skills Facilitator(s): Carlos Zalaquett Overview: Why is it that students often prefer receiving crisp right answers rather than grappling with the gray areas of course content? This session will explore approaches to teaching and learning that take students to a higher level of critical thinking. Classroom and laboratory applications of these ideas will be explored with reference to Bloom’s taxonomy.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Getting Started with Blackboard Facilitator(s): Luis Perez (FCIT), B.J. Bryant (FCIT) Overview: Jump-start your use of Blackboard as a teaching tool by discovering relevant features and learning how to initiate and develop your course site. Gain experience using Blackboard as an instructor; learn to upload a syllabus, manage students and grades, add links, and much more for your face-to-face and online classes.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Creating a Teaching Philosophy Statement Facilitator(s): Carol Harneit (C21 TE) Overview: Present yourself and your teaching beliefs in a powerful, clear statement of your teaching philosophy for applications, interviews, teaching awards or your teaching portfolio. But how to get started? What to include? Come to today’s session and begin the process.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Second Life at USF: Educational Possibilities Facilitator(s): Ilene Frank (LIB), Joe Floyd (LIB) Overview: What is this virtual 3D world called Second Life? How is it different from other online simulation sites? Explore the nature of this global resource. What are some of the educational possibilities for this and/or other simulation sites? How have other universities created and used virtual classrooms, given lectures and collaborated on projects within Second Life®? What are the possibilities at USF?Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Dealing with Challenging Student Behaviors Facilitator(s): Lisa Brown Overview: Many faculty have encountered challenging student behaviors, ranging from sleeping during lectures to aggressively challenging the teaching methods or course content. Teachers may feel frustrated when dealing with troublesome student behaviors. Ideally, knowledge of effective management strategies should be acquired before such behaviors occur, so that if problems arise in the classroom they can be responded to quickly and professionally. In this workshop, we will describe techniques that can lessen the likelihood of negative student-teacher and student-student interactions and discuss effective ways to respond to problem behaviors before they result in serious consequences for students or teachers.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Conducting Real-Time Online Classrooms Using Elluminate Live! Facilitator(s): Neil Gomes (C21 TE), Lindsey Mercer (MIT) Repeat Sessions Overview: Learn how to add the dynamic interaction of the traditional classroom to your online course or enhance a face-to-face course with synchronous tools such as Elluminate. Elluminate is a virtual classroom tool that allows you to conduct a live, real-time class (with audio, video, etc.) online. This workshop provides a hands-on introduction to the features and functionality of synchronous communication tools and also shows you how to use the tools to increase interaction in your courses. USF now has unlimited seats in Elluminate, and it is available through Blackboard.
For participation instructions for the Mar 2 online workshop, visit http://www.c21te.usf.edu/workshops/#elluminate Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Creating a Teaching Portfolio Facilitator(s): Carol Harneit (C21 TE) Repeat Sessions Overview: Can you document your teaching expertise beyond student evaluations, guide yourself toward instructional improvement and strengthen applications for employment, tenure, or teaching awards? A Teaching Portfolio can assist in all these areas. Examine how portfolios are best planned, written, and revised.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
General Education Proposal Help Sessions(March 26 session Cancelled ) Facilitator(s): Diane Williams (C21 TE) Repeat Sessions Overview: These help sessions are designed to assist faculty in submitting general education course proposals for recertification in the new Foundations of Knowledge and Learning Core Curriculum. Reservations are required for these sessions. Please reserve a space online at www.c21te.usf.edu/workshops, call 813-974-2576, or email christian@cte.usf.edu.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Enhancing Teaching and Learning with PowerPoint and Active Learning Strategies Facilitator(s): Neil Gomes (C21 TE), Lindsey Mercer (MIT) Overview: Do your PowerPoint presentations enhance teaching and learning or put your audience to sleep? In this intensive hands-on workshop, find out how to: 1) create enhanced class handouts, and/or multimedia presentations from existing text documents, such as lecture notes, 2) enhance text-based PowerPoint presentations by adding graphics, clip art, and materials downloaded from the World Wide Web, and 3) integrate basic instructional design principles and active learning strategies into PowerPoint presentations for classroom use or online teaching. Learn how to create course-relevant PowerPoint presentations and explore ways that PowerPoint can be used to maintain student interest as well as enhance comprehension and retention.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Active Learning: Practical Applications to Promote Passion and Ration Facilitator(s): Jennifer Baggerly Overview: I love your class! Student responses such as this can be promoted through active learning strategies that engage the hearts and minds of the students. In this session, participants will learn numerous creative active learning strategies that 1) promote passionate learning, 2) increase rational thought, 3) encourage openness to others, and 4) facilitate involvement of all students.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Blackboard Help Sessions Facilitator(s): Neil Gomes (C21 TE) Open Lab Sessions Overview: Whether you are new to Blackboard or an experienced user, you probably have questions. Bring
your questions and problems to find answers and learn valuable tips on using MyUSF/Bb.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Using Clickers in Small & Large Classes: Solving Learning Issues with Clickers Facilitator(s): Johnny El-Rady, Grandon Gill, Kathleen Heide, Neil Gomes (C21 TE) Overview: Want to know more about how Audience Response Systems (clickers) are being used increasingly in USF classes? These devices allow students to send communication to an instructor device that then records student responses. Instructors see instantly what students are thinking. This session covers the various purposes for clickers in a teaching/learning setting and the logistics of using clickers. Faculty will share their experiences with clickers in the classroom.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Assessment Online: Developing Interactive Exercises, Surveys, & Tests in Blackboard Facilitator(s): B.J. Bryant (FCIT), Luis Perez (FCIT) Overview: Understand the possibilities and limitations of online assessment by learning to create online tests and
surveys in Blackboard. This workshop covers the use of all types of test/survey questions in Blackboard
and addresses other assessment topics that will advance your use of online assessment.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Writing Case Studies Facilitator(s): Grandon Gill Overview: Learn how to write and use case studies to stimulate active discussion in the classroom. This
workshop shows how to organize and format ideas as well as write the case. In addition, find out
more about the case method as a pedagogical tool for active learning and how you can create and
then use cases to meet your teaching and learning needs.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
From Inquiry to Information Facilitator(s): Drew Smith Overview: What is inquiry-based learning and how does it differ from traditional methods of instruction? How
does this approach to teaching and learning reflect USF’s priorities for enhancing the research
experience of undergraduate students? Find out how to integrate inquiry-based learning in your
course, whether online or face to face.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Intermediate PowerPoint: Further Enhancing Teaching and Learning with Multimedia Facilitator(s): Neil Gomes (C21 TE), C21 TE Staff Overview: Are you already familiar with PowerPoint? Explore how to use PowerPoint’s multimedia features and learn how to add audio narration, embed video and audio clips, automate slide shows based on timing, and much more; all in concert with active learning strategies to increase student learning.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Leading Class Discussions Online Facilitator(s): Deoksoon Kim Overview: Online discussion helps promote an inventive, creative, and committed learning community and student ownership of learning in a rapidly changing world. This session explores the benefits and challenges in leading online discussions, especially asynchronously, discussing such points as “How do experienced online teachers handle discussion?” “What kinds of online discussions are available?” “How do students participate?” “How do we facilitate not only students’ knowledge construction, but also critical thinking skills as we implement class discussions online?” Learn contemporary methods to assist you in leading and assessing discussions as you meet others also dealing with the issues surrounding online teaching. Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Copyright Issues and Teaching Facilitator(s): Merilyn Burke Overview: Learn about copyright issues facing today’s educators-- what you need to know when using copyrighted
materials. Access to published materials has increased tremendously. Bring your questions about
copyright issues and find out how they affect your use of published materials in your courses.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Already Teaching at a Distance? A Discussion for Online Instructors Facilitator(s): Neil Gomes (C21 TE), Others Overview: Now that you are teaching online, what concerns do you still have? Are you wondering if your students are really grasping the material? Are you curious about how others grade discussion contributions? How has your online teaching changed over time? Share your knowledge and learn from the experience of other faculty. Network with colleagues about online teaching and learning issues. Learn about resources for online teaching. Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Reaching Students with Appreciative Inquiry in the Classroom Facilitator(s): Liliana Rodriguez Overview: Learn how Appreciative Inquiry can help create more successful outcomes for your students by providing a vision of what can be, based on the use of affirmative language to reframe common issues. Using highly interactive discussion, demonstration, and hands-on exercises, this workshop blends theoretical grounding with the application of Appreciative Inquiry to classroom experiences. Through small group activities designed to simulate and replicate classroom problems, challenges, and decisions, participants will be able to apply the techniques presented to specific situations. In addition, participants are encouraged to bring their actual examples, present scenarios and/or specific problem areas for discussion.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Converting Courses to Online (Workshop Date and Time Changed ) Facilitator(s): Neil Gomes (C21 TE), Bridget Patel (MIT), Lindsey Mercer (MIT) Overview: How do you convert your face-to-face course to an online or blended course? This workshop will provide answers to this question through a quick overview of instructional design and pedagogic techiques unique to the online/blended learning environment and by focusing on several instructional technologies that can help you make the transition. You will also be provided with a suggested list of other related workshops that you could attend in this workshop series.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu LIB
Beyond the Basics: Researching the Literature in the Social Sciences Facilitator(s): Susan Ariew Overview: You know the basics—the library catalog, the databases in your discipline and many of the tools for coursework and basic projects, but now you want to go deeper either because you are getting ready for writing your thesis or you want to submit a manuscript for publication. This workshop will cover the tools researchers use to go beyond the basics to do an exhaustive review of the literature. Learn how to follow the bibliographic trail by using super-Googling techniques, World Catalog, cited author references, and online dissertations. Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Service Learning: Engaging Students Through Community-Based Learning Facilitator(s): Robin Jones, Patricia McHatton Overview: Service Learning, a growing movement among college instructors, is a teaching approach that enriches course work by allowing students the opportunity to include community service. Students also participate academically, building in reflective time through their community experiences, applying classroom concepts by researching, writing, and evaluating their community learning as part of their coursework. This session will help you get started with Service Learning and introduce faculty who will share their experiences incorporating Service Learning in their courses.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Online Teaching for New Online Faculty--A Discussion About How to Begin Facilitator(s): Neil Gomes (C21 TE), Others Overview: Where do you begin with online teaching? In today’s discussion, talk to new and experienced online faculty and professionals to plan how to begin teaching online. What concerns and issues do you have as you approach teaching online? Share your issues and concerns; learn about resources available to you and ideas from your colleagues.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Writing Successful Grants for NSF Educational Funding Opportunities Facilitator(s): Jeff Ryan Overview: Find out how USF Professor Jeff Ryan’s experience as a Program Director for NSF’s Division of Undergraduate Education can help you discover what makes a successful proposal. Learn about funding programs for college classroom innovations and what is needed for successful NSF submissions.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Defining, Assessing and Documenting Student Learning: Basics and Beyond Facilitator(s): Felix Wao Overview: How do we define the body of knowledge students should gain through an educational experience? How do we know what students know? How do we formulate a systematic approach to yield information on what students are learning and responsive changes made to courses and curricular? In this interactive workshop, participants will address these three questions and discuss how effective approaches may be used to enhance student learning at the classroom level. Documentation of student learning in the context of online courses and curriculum will also be included in this session.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Latest Library Services for Teaching and Research Facilitator(s): Ilene Frank, Virginia Cunningham Overview: Let us introduce you to the newest library services and resources for your teaching and research. Learn how to request electronic copies of articles from journals found in the Tampa Library. Learn about RefWorks, a web-based bibliographic management program and new databases with everything from digitized classical music to psychology resources to women’s studies.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Using Cooperative Learning Groups in Large and Small Classes Facilitator(s): Cheryl Ellerbrock Overview: Do your students complain about group work? Would you like to avoid problems with group work without losing the benefits? Cooperative Learning is a successful approach to the use of structured small groups to maximize students’ learning. Responsibility for learning is shared by all! This interactive session will demonstrate cooperative learning activities and will introduce several cooperative learning techniques. You will learn to design activities to teach course-specific content using cooperative learning groups.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
The Impact of Online Social Networking on Teaching and Learning Facilitator(s): Christina Partin Overview: MySpace, Facebook, instant messaging, omnipresent cell phones: immediate online communication has created powerful online communities that can affect students, TAs and faculty in positive and negative ways. Come discuss the impact these online communities are having on teaching and learning in an exciting informal discussion.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Second Life at USF: Next Steps Facilitator(s): Bill Biersdorf (C21 TE) Overview: Learn about how the virtual 3D world of Second Life is being used at USF, the Center for 21st Century Teaching Excellence, and beyond to enhance teaching and learning. Also take the next step in using Second Life by creating an avatar and undertaking some basic building projects. This follows the January 22 session on Second Life facilitated by Ilene Frank and Joe Floyd.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Contemplative Pedagogy: A Holistic Paradigm for the 21st Century (Workshop Cancelled ) Facilitator(s): Gurleen Grewal Overview: How does one engage the heart and mind in the classroom? How does one promote reflective insight in students? How may we be mindful and transformative teachers? This session is an introduction to the practice and vision of contemplative pedagogy in the classroom. All are welcome, regardless of academic discipline.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Blackboard: Adding Content and Effectively Using the Communication Tools Facilitator(s): Neil Gomes (C21 TE) Overview: Learn how to improve collaborLearn how to improve collaboration and enhance learning using the communication tools in Blackboard while also increasing student access to course content. Learn to post content, create basic Web documents, organize content, and more within a Blackboard course. Discover effective approaches to using Blackboard communication tools to promote meaningful instructor-student and student-student interaction. Communication topics covered include effective strategies and best practices with using Blackboard email, discussion boards, chat, and Virtual Classroom tools.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Online Teaching Portfolios: Blackboard and Beyond Facilitator(s): Carol Harneit (C21 TE) Overview: If you’re already familiar with the creation and organization of a traditional hard-copy teaching portfolio, find out how to take it up a digital notch. Put the documents you already have into an online format. Have the flexibility of both formats available to you! You can create an e-Portfolio through the Content section of MyUSF/Blackboard. Participants are requested to bring at least some of their portfolio documents on a CD or thumb drive for use in the workshop.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu LIB
Determining Impact in the Natural Sciences and Engineering Facilitator(s): Cheryl McCoy, Matt Torrence Overview: This workshop is for graduate students and faculty interested in how scholars can profile journals in their field to get a sense of the journal’s standing in their discourse communities. Learning about journal rankings and impact factors can assist researchers in deciding where to submit their research findings, how to determine the impact of their journal publications, and finally, how to build a strong tenure/promotion portfolio. While we do believe that experts in any field are the best judges of the merit of the publishers of journals, books, and other research publications - the tools, strategies and metrics that are available through specialized library resources can provide a different and helpful perspective.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Developing and Using Rubrics for Assessing, Grading, and Improving Student Learning (New Session Added) Facilitator(s): Felix Wao Overview: Rubrics describe levels of proficiency for a learning performance. They delineate the criteria for assessing evidence for student learning, but they also can be fair and effective tools for grading and improving student learning at the course and program levels. In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn stages of developing and integrating rubrics into assessment plans and into the classroom to expedite grading, provide formative feedback, and encourage learning. Please bring your course syllabus or an assignment for which you would like to develop a rubric and you’ll leave with rubric examples and the energy to try them out.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
As I See It: Views of Students with Disabilities on Teaching and Learning at USF (Workshop Date Changed ) Facilitator(s): Student Panel Overview: Our series continues with an opportunity to meet a distinguished panel of students with disabilities who will share their insights and perceptions about teaching and learning at USF. For this interactive session, come prepared for a lively question and answer exchange with colleagues and students.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
The “Next” Step in Elluminate Use – Introducing Elluminate Next! Facilitator(s): Neil Gomes (C21 TE) Overview: Ready to move to the next level with your use of the Elluminate Live Virtual Classroom or simply interested in knowing about what else you could do with Elluminate Live? This workshop will get you there with an introduction to the use of two new Elluminate-related tools - Elluminate Plan and Elluminate Publish. Elluminate Plan! enables users to organize and package content and activities before the real-time Elluminate Live! session, automating routine tasks and allowing instructors to focus on delivering material, facilitating interaction, and optimizing the online learning experience. Elluminate Publish! creates portable, “podcastable”, reusable learning content from Elluminate Live! session recordings as audio files or standalone multimedia recordings. Elluminate Plan and Publish are available at no cost to USF faculty. Software download and installation instructions will also be provided in this workshop.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Academic Honesty: Approaches, Policies, Tools, and Honor Codes (Workshop Time Extended) Facilitator(s): Neil Gomes (C21 TE) and Others Overview: This session will begin with a national web seminar, Making Honor Codes Work (Even If You Do Not Have One), sponsored by Academic Leader (Magna Publications). Presenter Gary Pavela shows "how honor codes can be employed to help you reach critical goals." Then, following the web seminar at 2:30 pm, we will explore plagiarism issues, SafeAssignment plagiarism detection software, USF academic honesty policies, Blackboard testing features that help promote academic honesty, and external proctoring of tests for distance learning students.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Using Classroom Level Assessment Results to Enhance Student Learning Facilitator(s): Felix Wao Overview: Learn how you can use your students’ assignments and tests to improve your curriculum and instructional methods. This hands-on workshop will provide participants with an opportunity to share effective methods of using assessment results to improve student learning, including involving students in all stages of the assessment process. This means, developing objectives, mapping objectives to student learning experiences (in and out of class), selecting appropriate assessment methods, data collection strategies, analysis of data, and most important, interpreting results.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
How Experienced Teachers use Elluminate Live! (Synchronous Software) Facilitator(s): Barbara Little, Denise Passmore Overview: This session is not for beginners. In today’s advanced workshop, you will learn the techniques of experienced faculty using the synchronous software Elluminate Live! as they share Web-based learning environments and online teaching strategies. Find out how courses and learning strategies can be more interactive and engaging while building community.Visit http://www.c21te.usf.edu/workshops/#elluminate for participation instructions. Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu LIB
Determining Impact in the Social Sciences and Humanities Facilitator(s): Susan Ariew, Larry Helios Overview: This hands-on workshop is for graduate students and faculty interested in how scholars can profile journals in their field to get a sense of the journal’s standing in their discourse communities. Learning about journal rankings and impact factors can assist researchers in deciding where to submit their manuscripts, how to determine the impact of their journal publications, and finally how to build a strong tenure/promotion portfolio. Because books and book chapters are also an important component in the research landscape for authors in the social sciences and humanities, part of this session will also talk about metrics that can highlight the quality of book publishers and how to determine a scholar’s impact in the world of books and book chapters. While we do believe that the experts in any field are the best judge of the merit of publishers of journals and books the tools, strategies and metrics available through library resources can offer a different and helpful perspective.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
How iTunes U Can Enhance Teaching and Learning Facilitator(s): Neil Gomes (C21 TE), Bill Biersdorf (C21 TE), and Others Overview: iTunes U at USF is a podcast storage and presentation space that can be accessed using the widely popular program iTunes. All USF faculty will soon be able to post course podcasts to iTunes U for distribution to students. This workshop will introduce iTunes U at USF, demonstrate the use of iTunes U to post podcasts, and focus on how iTunes U can enhance teaching and learning at USF.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Reflecting Your Course in a Learning-centered Syllabus Facilitator(s): Carol Harneit (C21 TE) Overview: How can your syllabus design bring out the best in your students? What are the essential components of a good syllabus, and how can you enhance a good syllabus to make it even better? Are your course goals and teaching philosophy reflected in your syllabus? Our focus will be on designing hardcopy and online syllabi that establish a framework to teach students how to learn subject matter. and the potential of the online syllabus by using examples from several disciplines.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Student Learning Outcomes: Identifying, Articulating, and Achieving Them (Workshop Time and Date Changed) Facilitator(s): Felix Wao Overview: This interactive workshop will emphasize the importance of defining expectations and standards for your course(s) through (i) writing clear, concise, measurable, and meaningful student learning outcomes easily understood by students in your course and/or program, faculty, parents and employers, and (ii) focusing on a few outcomes that can lead to improvement of student learning at the course and program levels.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
New Features in Blackboard Facilitator(s): Neil Gomes (C21 TE), Luis Perez (FCIT), B.J. Bryant (FCIT) Overview: What’s NEW in Blackboard? Find out about exciting features that enhance teaching and learning as they facilitate course management. Features include: Student Performance Assistant, Discussion Board Grader, Campus Pack (Wikis and Blogs), SafeAssignment (plagiarism detection tool), and the Blackboard Content Management System (including Digital Portfolio). Content posted in the CMS could be linked to courses, so that changes made to content in the CMS would be reflected in all areas where it was used, reducing time spent updating all courses separately. See overviews and learn to use these Blackboard tools effectively.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Using Wikis and Blogs to Enhance Teaching and Learning (Workshop Date Changed) Facilitator(s): Eleni Manolaraki, Quentin Vieregge, Neil Gomes (C21 TE) Overview: Wikis and Blogs… ever wonder about these buzzwords and what they mean? Ever think about how they could be used to enhance teaching and learning--both face to face and online? This workshop provides you with a detailed understanding of these revolutionary collaboration and content presentation tools and their application to academia. In addition, you will create and publish Wikis and Blogs.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Microsoft Office 2007 for Education Facilitator(s): Neil Gomes (C21 TE) Overview: What impact do the new features in Office 2007 have on teaching and learning? Learn tips for using this new version inside and outside the classroom; learn to transition from older versions of Office.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Promoting Active Learning in Large Classes Facilitator(s): Marilyn Myerson Overview: Do you consider some of your courses to be LARGE? Talk with veteran large class instructors who have met the challenges of teaching large classes. Find out how they actively engage students in the learning process in their large classes. This session will identify several low-risk, high-impact instructional strategies for increasing in-class participation to help make large classes as exciting and effective as small classes. Share tips and concerns with other faculty. Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
eduCasting: Developing Podcasts for Instruction Facilitator(s): Neil Gomes (C21 TE) Overview: Podcasting is a medium for presenting multimedia content. This exciting medium has become more accessible to USF faculty through the new USF agreement with iTunes U. This workshop provides you with a detailed understanding of Podcasting and how iTunes U and/or the USF Blog can be used to deliver Podcasts. You will also learn how to create and record your own Podcasts.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Creating Digital Content to Enhance Courses Facilitator(s): Grandon Gill, William Cummings, Neil Gomes (C21 TE) Overview: Create professional, interactive content without learning to program! View and use software that allows you to easily create online interactive content such as presentations with audio, interactive learning games, customizable flashcards, matching games, word searches, pop-up text annotations, etc. Using programs such as Camtasia, Softchalk, Adobe Acrobat and others, you will learn to generate interactive activities and presentations in minutes. And it’s all easily uploaded to Blackboard.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
Using Multimedia to Enhance Teaching and Learning Facilitator(s): Neil Gomes (C21 TE) and C21 TE Staff Overview: Recent advances in digital technology have made it easier than ever before to develop multimedia for instruction. In this workshop, you will learn to use the latest, easy-to-use multimedia technologies available at USF and elsewhere, such as: MovieMaker, PhotoStory, CMap (Concept Mapping software), Camtasia, Articulate Presenter, etc. to enhance online teaching and learning. Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu C21 TE
New Technologies for Instruction Facilitator(s): Neil Gomes (C21 TE) Overview: Innovative uses of Tablet PCs, PDAs, and Digitizer/Graphics Tablets to enhance instruction, learning, and productivity are now available! Explore these technologies in a hands-on environment and learn about their effective application in the physical and virtual classroom.Contact: Please email christian@cte.usf.edu Making the Case Against Plagiarism Self-paced online workshop Perpetual Online Availability | http://www.c21te.usf.edu/plagiarism/index.html Overview: Available online when you and your students need it! This interactive online workshop presents instructors with materials for teaching students about the awareness, prevention, detection, and consequences of plagiarism. Learn about techniques and tools for teaching professional integrity, dealing with plagiarism in the classroom, and using SafeAssign, a plagiarism detection tool that is an integral part of MyUSF (Blackboard).Contact: Please email ngomes@cte.usf.edu Flashlight Online: Lighting the Way to Student Assessment Self-paced online workshop Perpetual Online Availability | http://www.c21te.usf.edu/flashlight/index.html
Overview: Available online when you need it! Flashlight Online is a dynamic, easy-to use survey and assessment tool that offers a large database of survey templates, the ability to collaborate on the development of a survey, as well as a variety of options for designing customized surveys. Learn the basics through this online, video-based tutorial. Respondents can easily access and submit these surveys using any Web browser. With Flashlight Online you will be creating simple online surveys for your class and collecting data in minutes without any programming or database development experience and without any additional software or hardware.
Contact: Please email ngomes@cte.usf.edu
Synchronous software allows faculty to participate in a professional
workshop/discussion or teach distance students simultaneously. The interactive
product currently licensed by USF, Elluminate Live!, allows participants to view
presentations and participate in “real time” in audio discussions and online
chat. A computer equipped with a headphone, microphone, and an Internet
connection is required; C21TE (SVC1072) has headphones for loan to participants
who do not have their own. Participants can also request (depending on
availability) the use of a computer at the C21TE (SVC1072) Faculty Teaching Lab
for these sessions. Please contact Dawn Christian at (813) 974-2576 at least
five working days prior to the event to schedule the use of a computer in the
Faculty Teaching Lab.
To participate in an Elluminate Live! synchronous session:
Register for the workshop as usual through http://www.cte.usf.edu/workshops
Download and install Java Web Start on the computer you plan to use during the session from
http://www.elluminate.com/support/ (20-30 min. on a 56K dial-up connection; less on faster connections)
Check your computer before the day of the session to ensure that Elluminate works. Go to: http://www.elluminate.com/support/ and click the
Configuration Room link and follow instructions. Call 813-974-7899 or email elluminate@lists.acomp.usf.edu for assistance.
A day or two before the scheduled session, you will be sent (via email - at the address you supply at registration) a link to join an Elluminate session.
Wait for the email and follow the instructions in it to connect to the session.
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