Campus Technology FREE 1-Hour Webinar: Improve Communication and the Classroom Experience

Date: Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Time: 11 AM (PST), 2 PM (EST)

http://campustechnology.com/webcasts/2010/03/campuscruiser_improve-communication-and-the-classroom-experience.aspx?pc=e073em01&utm_source=webmktg&utm_medium=em&utm_campaign=e073em01

In this free webinar, hear how experts from Berklee College of Music integrated a cloud-based, faculty-focused Learning Management System (LMS) which:
• Improves learning and instruction
• Fosters better campus-wide communication
• Creates an easier, more efficient way to deliver content
• Manages and evaluates courses overall


Learn how they did it and the benefits the system provides.
Bring your questions for our experts. Campus Technology's Linda Briggs will lead an interactive Q&A session with our presenters immediately following the live presentation.


Presenters:
Sean Philpott, director of administrative systems, Berklee College of Music
Josh Singletary, director of operations and systems security, Berklee College of Music
Pedro Verdugo, web software developer, Berklee College of Music


Moderator:
Linda Briggs, contributing editor, Campus Technology

Campus Technology FREE 1-Hour Webinar: Improve Communication and the Classroom Experience

Campus Technology Free Webinar: Three Keys to an Effective Emergency Communications Plan

Date: 04/22/10

Time: 11:00 AM PT

Duration: 1 hour

http://campustechnology.com/webcasts/2010/03/alcatel-lucent_three-keys-to-an-effective-emergency-communications-plan.aspx?pc=e072em02&utm_source=webmktg&utm_medium=em&utm_campaign=e072em02

Today’s campuses are under increasing pressure to ensure the safety of their students, faculty and staff against threats of violence, natural disaster or pandemic outbreak. Plus, new federal mandates require campus to have enhanced E.911 capabilities. Meeting these needs means having communication systems that enable you to quickly push information to the campus community and connect first responders.


In this webinar, experts from Western Washington University and Alcatel discuss the three key components of an effective advanced emergency communications plan: awareness, response coordination and campus notification. Get a blueprint for creating an effective emergency communications plan that:

• supports lockdown procedures
• provides emergency notification
• integrates with building control systems to support surveillance
• delivers alarms and alerts
• enhances responsiveness of campus security personnel and administrators

Bring questions for our experts. Campus Technology’s Matt Villano will lead an interactive Q&A session with our presenters immediately following the live presentation.

Campus Technology Free Webinar: Three Keys to an Effective Emergency Communications Plan

Academic Leader Online Seminar: Successfully Implementing Your Strategic Plan

http://www.magnapubs.com/calendar/436.html?s=cj&p=email

Audio Online Seminar with Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro • Thursday, June 17, 2010 • 12:00 - 1:15 PM CDT • $239 - Register today and save! (Price increases to $264 after 6/10/10)

Many colleges and universities devote hours, weeks, and months to the participative planning process involved in drafting a strategic plan. This document can be a powerful and energizing force uniting members of a department, school, or an entire campus in working together toward shared goals.


In too many cases, those cherished goals will never see the light of day. This is because the process tends to fall apart at the most important stage: the implementation phase. With knowledge and a clear understanding of the process, this doesn’t have to happen at your institution.


Strategic planning is only as good as its implementation. Successfully Implementing Your Strategic Plan, with Kathleen Paris, Ph.D., is an audio online seminar designed to move your strategic plan off the shelf and into the crucial execution phase. Based upon important research conducted at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dr. Paris will share key findings on how to move a strategic plan from the drawing board to reality.


This audio online seminar will cover:
• The five essential steps in implementation
• Necessary tools for successful plan implementation
• Strengths and weaknesses of ongoing planning efforts
• Proper size of effective planning committees
• Strategic plan alignment throughout your entire institution
• The need to assign “point people” for key priorities
• Effective strategies for engaging stakeholders
• The importance of involving students
• Fund allocation strategies
• The length of time your plan should cover
• Reasons to create multiple versions of your plan–including a one-page summary!
Participants in this seminar will review representative case studies, participate in a poll, and engage in self-assessment. We recommend having a copy of your strategic plan available as a reference during this session, if possible.

Your presenter
Kathleen A. Paris, Ph.D. holds the title of consultant, distinguished emeritus from the Office of Quality Improvement, UW-Madison. She has facilitated strategic planning for over 100 colleges, schools, departments, and administrative units on the Madison campus. Her clients also include Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Penn State, University of Tennessee Knoxville, University of Leeds, and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She has consulted in the United Kingdom, Cyprus, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. A speaker and author, she has written several books and numerous articles. She holds a Ph.D. in Educational Administration from UW-Madison, and has served as a senior lecturer on the Madison campus in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis (ELPA).


Bring questions
Our expert presenter will be taking questions and responding to individual concerns during this live, interactive seminar. This is your opportunity to receive targeted feedback while learning about implementation concerns at other campuses.


Save time and money
The cost to attend this 75-minute audio online seminar is $239, regardless of the number of participants in a single location. In this age of severe cutbacks and financial constraints, focus and decisions about how we spend our time and resources become even more essential. With our per-site registration offer, you can afford to share these critical plan implementation strategies with all the key stakeholders on your campus!


Who should attend?
Strategic plan implementation involves multiple campus stakeholders, including:
• Chancellors
• Provosts
• Department chairs
• Program directors
• Deans
• All levels of college administration and management

Your school simply can’t afford to let your important plans fail to materialize. Take the first step in moving your strategic plan from paper to reality by enrolling in this indispensible online seminar today.

Academic Leader Online Seminar: Successfully Implementing Your Strategic Plan

Using Cloud Services for Library IT Infrastructure

http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/2510

Using Cloud Services for Library IT Infrastructure

Innovative Educators Webinar: Assessment of Service Learning Courses: Understanding the Rationale and Techniques

http://www.innovativeeducators.org/retention_p/807.htm

Wednesday, May 5th ~ 1:00-2:30 EDT

Webinar Description

Assessment takes many forms, depending on the audience. Over the past several decades, many faculty have used assessment techniques to enhance teaching and learning. It is a data-based technique to make informed decisions regarding curriculum, partnerships and graded assignments. In this age of accountability, service learning course assessment can provide needed information on the importance of active and engaged learning. Specifically, assessment of service learning courses can show evidence of the multiple and layered learning outcomes that are embedded within this pedagogy.
This presentation will provide a general overview of assessment theory, followed by beginning, intermediate and advanced techniques. Specific examples will be provided for a variety of disciplines. Preparation, resources and outcomes for various strategies will be offered.

Objectives

Participants will learn a general framework for thinking about their service learning courses as research projects that can provide helpful data for:
• improving student learning
• making course modifications
• enhancing relationships with community partners
• increasing awareness of social justice issues
• that next conference presentation or journal article



Who Should Attend?

• 2 and 4-year institutions
• Faculty who have taught a service learning course (any discipline)
• Faculty who plan to teach a service learning course in the future
• Deans of Instruction
• Assessment Leaders
• Anyone interested in improving service learning at your institution



Who is the Speaker? Kathy O'Byrne, Ph.D.
Director of the UCLA Center for Community Learning (a comprehensive center serving undergraduates, faculty who teach undergraduates, and community partners). Kathy has previous experience not only teaching service learning courses but also training faculty and working with community - based organizations. Her publications and conference presentations have focused on everything from service learning with first-year students to civic engagement at research institutions. Kathy was trained as a psychologist, earned a bachelor's degree from Vassar, a master's degree from Arizona State, and a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California.

Innovative Educators Webinar: Assessment of Service Learning Courses: Understanding the Rationale and Techniques

DU CTLAT Presentation: Using Live Text to Store Course Information

Friday April 16th 2010 

DU WWA Library 1st Floor Computer Lab

4pm - 5pm

The focus will be on Live Text with a demonstration of its use,

how you are using it, and how it is used to measure student achievement electronically.

https://www.livetext.com/services/service_faculty.html

DU CTLAT Presentation: Using Live Text to Store Course Information

Diverse Issues in Higher Education: Wisconsin Unveils Plan to Produce More College Graduates

http://diverseeducation.com/article/13675/wisconsin-unveils-plan-to-produce-more-college-graduates.html

Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press , April 6, 2010

Diverse Issues in Higher Education: Wisconsin Unveils Plan to Produce More College Graduates

Campus Technology and Atomic Learning FREE 1-hour Webinar: Virtual Training Success at Philadelphia University

http://campustechnology.com/webcasts/2010/03/atomic-learning_virtual-training-success-at-philadelphia-university.aspx?pc=e054em04&utm_source=webmktg&utm_medium=em&utm_campaign=e054em04

Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010

Time: 11 AM (PST), 2 PM (EST)

Limited by budgetary constraints and without a formal training department, Philadelphia University's Office of Information Resources (OIR) used online tutorials and assessment tools to train and develop faculty and staff. Learn how Philadelphia University's OIR department successfully used Atomic Learning as a development resource to:
• Migrate faculty and staff from Office 2003 to Office 2007
• Create a virtual training presence on campus
• Provide a training solution for not only faculty and staff, but to help desk team members as well

Hear how you can successfully integrate this virtual training solution on your campus.
Bring questions for our presenters. An interactive Q&A session will follow the live presentation.

Thank you,
Campus Technology and Atomic Learning
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Campus Technology and Atomic Learning FREE 1-hour Webinar: Virtual Training Success at Philadelphia University

Innovative Educators: Designing Transfer Student Orientation Programming to Cultivate Transfer Student Success

http://www.innovativeeducators.org/retention_p/852.htm

Designing Transfer Student Orientation Programming to Cultivate Transfer Student Success

Tuesday, May 4th ~ 3:00-4:30pm

Webinar Description

Noting that over half of today's students have attended more than one institution during their college career, coupled with a push from educators to assist students towards attaining a four-year degree in a timely manner, educators must facilitate initiatives to support transfer students through transitions. Intentionally designed orientation programming helps cultivate transfer student success. This session will explore the critical elements and considerations of transfer orientation programming. Participants will begin to develop an action plan for building an intentional transfer student orientation program on their campus.


Objectives

Participants will learn how to :
• As a result of participating in the session, participants will be able to:
• Articulate the purpose of transfer orientation programming
• Compare and contrast the needs of first-year students and transfer students
• Identify transfer orientation program stakeholders and constituents
• Identify transfer orientation program format and timing considerations
• Identify transfer orientation program components
• Identify transfer orientation program staffing considerations
• Articulate initial considerations for implementing intentional transfer orientation programming on their own campus


Who Should Attend?

Staff and faculty responsible for developing, refining and facilitating orientation programming to assist transfer students and their families acclimate to the academic, social, and institutional culture of the new campus community. Graduate students are also encouraged to engage in the webinar.

Who is the Speaker? Shandol Hoover
Hoover is the Associate Director of New Student & Carolina Parent Programs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has worked with new student programs at The Pennsylvania State University and Purdue University, and also worked in the areas of residence life, academic advising and admissions. Hoover is the NODA Transfer Student Network Co-Chair and has facilitated conference presentations and written articles related to designing effective transfer orientation programming. Hoover received her bachelor's degree from Purdue University and a master's degree from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Mike Knox, University of Texas at Arlington
Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs, Director of Orientation

Innovative Educators: Designing Transfer Student Orientation Programming to Cultivate Transfer Student Success

Campus Technology Free Webinar: Taming the PC Infrastructure with Desktop Virtualization

http://campustechnology.com/webcasts/2010/03/parallels_taming-the-pc-infrastructure-with-desktop-virtualization.aspx?pc=e085em02&utm_source=webmktg&utm_medium=em&utm_campaign=e085em02

FREE 1-hour webinar
Date: Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Time: 11 AM (PST), 2 PM (EST)

Donna Independent School District faced a daunting challenge. They needed to replace their aging PC infrastructure, increase the number of desktops per classroom and add instructional labs for their growing district. But when replacement costs were estimated at a staggering $5 million, the district decided to head a new direction: virtual desktops.


Discover how desktop virtualization enabled Donna ISD to optimize their resources, become more energy-efficient and double the number of classroom computers while slashing maintenance costs in half. Experts from Donna ISD and Parallels will share how desktop virtualization allows you to:
• Install applications district-wide with a click of a mouse
• Improve desktop availability while cutting platform maintenance in half and dramatically reducing desktop support activities
• Centrally manage thousands of desktops and securely delegate administrative responsibilities among your IT staff
• Allow students to work from home through a secure desktop portal

Presenters:
Richard Weaver, lead systems administrator, Donna Independent School District
Jamison Moore, senior sales engineer, Parallels

Moderator:
Matt Villano, contributing editor, T.H.E Journal

Meet the PC demands of your campus with virtual desktops-and save. Register today and come armed with questions for our presenters. T.H.E Journal's Matt Villano will moderate an interactive Q&A session immediately following the live presentation.

Campus Technology and Parallels

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Campus Technology Free Webinar: Taming the PC Infrastructure with Desktop Virtualization