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Friday, August 26, 2011

MVSU Holds Fall Faculty and Staff Institute featuring DU guest speaker, Dr. Dorothy Smith


August 16, 2011

Mississippi Valley State University will hold its Fall Faculty and Staff Institute on Wednesday, August 17 at 9 a.m. in the W.A. Butts Social Science Auditorium. The institute will feature Dr. Dorothy Vick Smith, Dean of the College of General Studies and the Conrad Hilton Endowed Professor of History at Dillard University.


Smith has taught at Southern University - New Orleans, Jackson State, Tougaloo College and the University of Kansas.


She earned degrees from Jackson State University and the University of Kansas in American History. She has earned additional continuing education hours in archival preparation from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Additionally, she studied the Russian language at the University of Iowa and conducted research in Russia and Ukraine. She has served as Visiting Senior Research Professor at Princeton University.


Smith’s publications appear in works by African and Asian Studies, Greenwood Press, Beacon Press, World Press/Red Sea Press, Black Issues in Higher Education, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and The Journal of Southern History, African World News, Talking Drums, and The Journal of Negro History.


Furthermore, she has served as director of the Daniel C. Thompson-Samuel DuBois Cook Honors Program and as an outreach coordinator at the National Endowment for the Humanities in Washington, D.C.










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USA Today Study: College students rarely use librarians' expertise


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Bells and Whistles for a Few E-Books



By JULIE BOSMAN
Published: August 23, 2011

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Official BookExpoAmerica (BEA) Librarian Blog


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eLearning News.net



eLearning News - A central resource for eLearning news, product reviews, case studies, conferences, exhibitions, employment opportunities and lots more; submitted by eLearning companies and specialists around the world.



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Microsoft at Work: Get more from the notes you take every day and everywhere


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Microsoft at Work: 12 tips for creating better documents


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MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching JOLT


Welcome to JOLT



MERLOT is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education. The MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT) is a peer-reviewed, open access, online publication addressing the scholarly use of multimedia resources in online education. JOLT is published quarterly in March, June, September, and December. The objectives of JOLT are to:


Enable faculty to use technology effectively in online teaching and learning by learning from a community of researchers and scholars;


Enable academic programs to design and deploy academic technology to optimize online teaching and learning;


Build a community around the research and scholarly use of multimedia educational resources for online teaching and learning.


JOLT welcomes papers on all aspects of online learning and teaching. Topics may include, but are not limited to: learning theory and the use of multimedia to improve online learning; instructional design theory and application; online learning and teaching initiatives; use of technology in online education; innovative online learning and teaching practices.


For specific information on submitting a manuscript, please see Guidelines for Authors.


If you are interested in serving as a Peer Reviewer for JOLT, please e-mail us and attach your Curriculum Vitae to let us know of your interest.


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University Business: Weekly Prompts From a Mentor


Fifteen years ago, bemoaning the high cost of higher education, the governors of 19 Western states decided to start a nonprofit online institution to help meet their need for a trained work force. The result, Western Governors University, offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in education, business, the health professions and information technology. Everything is online except for student teaching and some nursing requirements.



The New York Times


Fifteen years ago, bemoaning the high cost of higher education, the governors of 19 Western states decided to start a nonprofit online institution to help meet their need for a trained work force. The result, Western Governors University, offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in education, business, the health professions and information technology. Everything is online except for student teaching and some nursing requirements.


Most of its 25,000 students are over 25, and have previously earned some college credits.


Instead of being required to spend a certain number of hours to earn a certain sequence of credits, students at Western Governors must show “competency” through assignments and proctored exams.


Marie Hermetz, who paid Western Governors about $9,000 to earn her master’s degree in health care management, said she heard about the program on the news and switched from one that would have cost up to $40,000.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/education/25future_WGU.html?_r=1
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ASCD Fall Conference on Teaching and Learning: Enhancing Teacher Effectiveness = Improving Student Learning


October 28–30, 2011



Rio All-Suite Hotel, Las Vegas, Nev.


Virtually every study that has examined the role of the classroom teacher in the process of educating students has come to the same conclusion: an effective teacher enhances student learning more than any other aspect of schooling that can be controlled by the school.


But that doesn’t mean blaming teachers for low test scores. This conference will show you how schools can support teacher effectiveness in a balanced way that addresses all of the factors research indicates improve student learning.


Whether you're responsible for a single classroom, a school, or an entire system, come to this conference to explore all of the many ways you can increase your personal instructional effectiveness or help your teachers be the best they can be.


Choose from over 90 sessions on:
Research-Based Teaching Practices
Teacher Evaluation Practices
Integrating Technology into the Classroom
Professional Learning Communities
Response to Intervention
Differentiated Instruction
Student Feedback and Formative Assessment

Conference Preview http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/siteASCD/conferences/2011fall/ASCD-Fall2011-preview.pdf

Registration Form http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/siteASCD/conferences/2011fall/2011-Fall-Registration-Form.pdf
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