Mark your calendar to attend the Summer Faculty Institute

Save the dates of June 12-16 for the Summer Faculty Institute.

This year's Summer Faculty Institute is being planned around the dual themes of multimedia and assessment. These are both powerful themes that can be enabled by the appropriate use of current technologies. Plan on joining us for a thought-provoking keynote by Curtis Bonk on "Designing interactive learning for visually-hungry learners" on June 12.

This year the institute seeks to further the University goals of assessment, general education, and to create awareness of the connection between multimedia and learning.

The Summer Faculty Institute offers general sessions that are open to everyone at UD who teaches. In addition, faculty can apply to participate in a week-long, hands-on curriculum. Faculty who are accepted into the week-long program will receive their choice of a Windows Tablet PC or Apple MacBook Pro.

For more information and an application for the week-long program, please visit the Summer Faculty Institute web site.

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Curtis Bonk featured for Summer Faculty Institute keynote

Like it or not, fast networks, digital video, and net generation learners are raising the stakes for visually stimulating, interactive online learning environments. With the explosion of new audio and video e-learning technologies, students are demanding more, universities are providing more, and instructors and tutors are being asked to do more. But what are the actual benefits? What does cognitive research show about learning from multimedia? Is learning enhanced or reduced with the addition of visual, audio and animated elements? How can we build visually rich interactive learning in a cost effective way? This session will lay out a multitude of options for interactive multimedia learning. Participants will find new ways to add visually-rich learning experiences to your courses to engage and edify the next generation of "digital natives."

"Curtis Bonk was my favourite conference presenter. Slightly mad, wildly enthusiastic and full of insights. In this presentation, he saw better technology coming together with changing learner demands to create new pedagogic models."
—Donald Clark, CEO, Epic Group plc

The Epic Group named Curtis Bonk as one of the top 10 e-learning gurus of 2005.

Register for Dr. Bonk's keynote on June 12, 10:00 a.m. - noon

Faculty who register for the week-long program will be treated to a second session by Dr. Bonk, "Blended Learning: Situations, Solutions, and Several Surprises."

For more information about the full-week program, visit the Summer Faculty Institute web site.

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