September 1, 2010
By: Mary Bart in Educational Assessment
Friday, September 3, 2010
Innovative Educators: StudentLingo: On-Demand Student Success Workshops
What is StudentLingo?
StudentLingo is a series of interactive on-demand workshops, action plans and valuable resources focused on helping students achieve their academic, personal and career goals. Workshops can be purchased individually or in packages.
Academic & Career Exploration
Maximize Your College Experience
How To Be A Successful Student
Exploring Majors & Careers
Mastering The Interview
Writing Resumes & Cover Letters
Personal Management
Time Management
Motivation & Procrastination
Financial Literacy
Stress Management
Financial Aid
Learning To Learn
Discover Your Learning Style
Study Tips & Note-Taking
Test Anxiety & Test-Taking Skills
Avoiding Plagiarism
Who will benefit from StudentLingo?
Students: Workshops cover a wide variety of topics that impact student success and retention.
Faculty: Faculty can use the workshops as resources in class or as a supplemental tool.
Student Support Staff: Your learning center, tutoring department, career center, advising office, student life and other student services can use the site to reach all students and support on-campus programming.
Advisors and Career Counselors: Encourage students to watch workshops prior to appointments and bring completed action plans for more focused, productive sessions.
First Year Experience Program: Include the workshops as part of your FYE course or simply make them available to the faculty and students in the program.
Online Learning: Post StudentLingo workshops in your course and students can access valuable resources without having to come to campus.
Parents: Parents can access the workshops, reinforce what is being taught, and support the educational process.
Why StudentLingo?
If you answer yes to any of these questions, StudentLingo can help you save time and money and can help your students succeed.
Are you unable to provide a wide variety of activities that support student success for all students due to lack of time, lack of funding, or lack of resources?
Do you have students who cannot attend on-campus workshops because they are in class, working, or studying?
Do you have online students who want to participate in workshops and activities but cannot come to campus?
Do you wish you had more time to teach your students time management, note-taking skills and other strategies that will help them succeed in our class?
Do you want to increase student retention rates and help your students achieve their educational goals
Benefits of StudentLingo
Accessible: Students, faculty, staff and parents can access the site 24/7 from the dorm room, classroom, home or office.
Cost-Effective: Workshops serve all students for one low price and is also a resource for faculty, staff and parents.
Engaging: Students participate in interactive workshops, complete online activities, and access updated resources.
Efficient: We find the experts, schedule the workshops, and maintain the interactive website.
How does StudentLingo work?
It's easy! After you purchase access to StudentLingo, you will receive a link and a password. This grants your institution unlimited access to StudentLingo workshops for 1 year. Forward it, post it to your website and/or send it to faculty to use in class. After students watch a workshop, they will have access to an action plan and additional resources that will allow them to reflect on the information they learned and discover the specific steps they can take to achieve their academic, personal and career goals.
Note: Your subscription to StudentLingo is available through the academic year (Fall 2010, Spring 2011 and Summer 2011).
How do I order StudentLingo?
Innovative Educators accepts Purchase Orders, Checks or Credit Cards (Visa or MasterCard). Choose the package below that fits your needs and follow the registration instructions. We will contact you directly as soon as we receive your order.
You have the following purchasing options.
1 workshop - $395
4 workshops - $1395
8 workshops - $2295
12 workshops - $2995
14 workshops - $3245
Magna's Campus Legal Briefing: Legal Landmines for Distance Education Administrators
Online: http://www.magnapubs.com/catalog/legal-landmines-for-distance-education-administrators/?track=email
Phone: 800-433-0499 / 608-246-3590
Originally Broadcast: 7/27/10
Program Length: 75 minutes
CD Price: $249
Who should participate?
The session will benefit anyone responsible for online programs and campus liability issues, including:
• Presidents
• Campus legal affairs
• Academic affairs
• College deans
• Provosts
• Department chairs
• Online learning directors
• Anyone interested in avoiding expensive mistakes in online learning!
Your presenters
Debi Moon, J.D. has served as the Assistant Vice President of Educational Affairs at Georgia Perimeter College, a large, multi-campus, urban/suburban community college in Atlanta. A graduate of the University of Tennessee and UT Law School, she was awarded the national Wagner Award for Innovation for her work in faculty development in distance learning. Rob Jenkins, M.A. is best known for his popular “Two-Year Track” columns in The Chronicle of Higher Education. He has served as a part-time faculty member, a full-time faculty member, a department chair, an academic dean, and a program director. He is currently Associate Professor of English and Director of The Writers Institute at Georgia Perimeter College.
Promo Code: MA0SS5
Featured Higher Education Presenters: Debi Moon, J.D. and Rob Jenkins, M.A.
Is your college at risk for encountering legal problems related to its distance education programs? Ask yourself these questions:
• Does my college have an up-to-date intellectual property policy?
• Do we have regular copyright training for all faculty, staff, and administrators?
• Do we use contracts in cases of work for hire?
• Does my college have an easy-to-use process so faculty may obtain permission for the use of copyrighted materials?
• Do we regularly update our computer use policies?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you may be at risk for a lawsuit. According to Debi Moon, assistant vice president of Educational Affairs, and Rob Jenkins, associate professor of English, both at Georgia Perimeter College, these and other questions can help identify your risk as a distance education administrator for seeing your college sued over ownership issues, copyright issues, or harassment and defamation. And these problems arise more often than one thinks.
Consider the example of an online professor who has produced an award-winning course and now wants to sell her materials to a large publishing house; can she do so? It depends on whether your college has a policy spelling out intellectual property rights or if you use a contract for professors preparing online materials. If not, she probably owns all the rights to her materials; general lecture notes, books, courseware, and articles are not normally considered works made for hire unless a specific contract identifies them as such. On the other hand, works created as a requirement of employment, such as reports and brochures, are typically owned by the university. If no contract exists, even the web designer who created a university web site may own the page, granting the university only a license to use the work, not alter it.
Or, how about the case of a professor who has recorded a television program and wants to broadcast it over the college network to his class? There are several copyright provisions that address cases like this, including guidance stipulating a limited period of time during which a recording can be shown (within 10 school days) and the time by which it must be destroyed (45 calendar days). Internet, television, and video resources are covered by copyright laws just as are books, art, songs, photos, and computer software programs, among other resources a professor might wish to use. Understanding the ins and outs of copyright ownership, permission, public domain, and fair use are essential to using resources properly and legally.
Legal landmines don’t just arise from copyright and intellectual property issues. An up-to-date computer use policy helps protect against charges of harassment, defamation, and invasion of privacy. Even Facebook can have legal implications for universities that use it to make hiring decisions or for instructors choosing what to share on their personal pages. For distance education administrators, the old saying is true: ignorance of the law is no excuse.
In plain English (not legal-ese), this seminar covers:
• How to identify gaps in risk management strategies
• Why you must build legal “firewalls” into distance education
• Effective policies on intellectual property and computer usage
• Designing contracts to protect investment in faculty-developed materials
• Analyzing websites for potential copyright violations
• Strategies to avoid defamation or harassment issues online
• Managing disability issues related to online applications
Participants will also complete a risk analysis, review relevant case studies and receive a summary action plan for implementation at their institution.
Powerful legal protection for an affordable cost
It’s easy–and affordable–to protect your distance education program from legal challenges when you purchase this important seminar on CD. For just $249, an unlimited number of participants on your campus may watch this 75-minute audio seminar. Just project it in a large meeting room to include as many viewers as possible.
Protect your institution from costly and embarrassing legal disputes. Invest in this prevention-focused seminar today.
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