May 20 , 2005
 

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Register Now for Summer Faculty Institute Sessions

SELECTED HEADLINES

  1. Mark Your Calendar
    • Faculty Offered Three Programs in June 2005 (April 11)
      Three learning opportunities for faculty are coming this June: the General Education Institute will be held June 7-8, the Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education will be June 15-17, and the Summer Faculty Institute is being offered June 20-24.

  2. New in PRESENT
    • New Hardware and Software (April 21)
      Find out about the Motion Computing Tablet PC, mini keyboards with trackpads, Apple iSight camera, Epson Expression 1680 scanner, and Virtual PC 7 for the Macintosh.

  3. Recommended Reading
    • Grad Course Nurtures Budding Academics (May 12)
      PRESENT graduate assistant Chris Lepine has collaborated with Gabriele Bauer from the Center for Teaching Effectiveness to adapt WebCT to meet the instructional needs of the Higher Education Teacher Certification program.

  4. Archived Newsletters are available.
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Register Now for Summer Faculty Institute Sessions

This year's Summer Faculty Institute brings together the big picture of teaching with technology at UD. Sessions are open to all members of the University community and will be held in Memorial Hall, room 127. Pre-registration is required.

Dr. Ben Shneiderman
Dr. Ben Shneiderman

June 20, 10:00 a.m.–noon
Keynote presentation— Building Creativity into Education: Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies by Dr. Ben Shneiderman. Increase your effectiveness as an instructor, researcher, or collaborator with Dr. Ben Shneiderman’s 4-step process: collect, relate, create, and donate. Dr. Shneiderman’s work builds upon problem-based learning principles and "The Seven Principles of Good Practice in Undergraduate Education." UD faculty who pre-register by June 9, 2005 and attend the keynote address will receive a free copy of Dr. Shneiderman's book, Leonardo’s Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies. Breakfast available at 9:30 a.m.
     

June 21, 10:00 a.m.–noon
MyCourses Exemplary Application Contest: Awards and Presentations. Come explore the accomplishments of UD faculty members who use MyCourses, powered by WebCT. Faculty presenters of the MyCourses Exemplary Application Contest Award are:

  • James Dean, English
  • Dick Gearhart, Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • Richard Hanley, Philosophy
  • Chandra Reedy, Museum Studies

     

June 22, 10:00 a.m.–noon
Experience IT Yourself: Educational Technologies to Go. Demonstrations of portable technology for educators such as tablet PCs, Apple iPods, hand-held video devices and personal digital assistants (PDAs). We'll explore the promise and possible pitfalls of these technologies in education, including informal presentations of learning solutions for class communication, course management, simulation and animation, multimedia creation and digital storytelling.
     

Dr. Anastasia Morrone
Dr. Anastasia Morrone

June 23, 10:00 a.m.–noon
Closing Plenary Presentation—Staying Motivated Teaching with Technology by Dr. Anastasia Morrone. In the closing plenary session, Dr. Morrone will explore how to support faculty in their use of technology to enhance teaching and learning. The Jump Start program is an innovative theme-based program designed to support faculty members at IUPUI as they design and develop online courses over the summer. In this session, we will explore what motivates faculty to work in a collaborative team-based approach like Jump Start. Case studies of faculty members who have participated in the Jump Start program will be discussed, with special emphasis on what works and what doesn’t work using a collaborative team-based approach. Breakfast available at 9:30 a.m.
     

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