Dillard University REPORT OF ABSENCE OF FACULTY MEMBER FROM CAMPUS February 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
10 Twitter Features You Might Be Missing
Aliza Sherman at GigaOm discusses 10 Twitter Features You Might Be Missing. These are all valuable features that are easily overlooked. I discovered that many on this list were new to me, especially the Keyboard Shortcuts. Here’s the complete list:
1. Who to follow
2. Twitter for business
3. Advertising on Twitter
4. Searches
5. Twitter Tales
6. Lists
7. Twitter widgets
8. “Follow Me” buttons
9. The Tweet button
10. Keyboard shortcuts
5 Ways Brands Influence Social Media Strategy
Georgina Laidlaw at GigaOm talks about 5 Ways Brands Influence Social Media Strategy. This succinct article discusses the range of factors that affect the way that organizations and their brands are portrayed in the social media universe such as:
1. Networks and Tools
2. Types of Engagement
3. Who’s Making the Updates?
4. Degree of Integration With Other Offerings
5. People Your Brand Follows, Friends and Fans
1. Networks and Tools
2. Types of Engagement
3. Who’s Making the Updates?
4. Degree of Integration With Other Offerings
5. People Your Brand Follows, Friends and Fans
BitTorrent in Plain English
The folks at Common Craft have produced a new video which explains BitTorrent in Plain English. After watching this 3 minute video you’ll know:
• How files are shared on the web and what makes BitTorrent different
• The BitTorrent application and how it’s used
• How trackers, peers and hosts work together to deliver “pieces” of files
• How anyone can use BitTorrent to share or download files
• How files are shared on the web and what makes BitTorrent different
• The BitTorrent application and how it’s used
• How trackers, peers and hosts work together to deliver “pieces” of files
• How anyone can use BitTorrent to share or download files
How To: Create a Facebook Engagement Policy
Leyl Master Black at Mashable provides a quick tutorial for How To: Create a Facebook Engagement Policy. How do you want your online community manager to engage your organization’s fans? “These engagement policies run the gamut from a brief checklist of best practices to a multi-page legal document with detailed instructions on how to handle issues.” Here are a few of the recommendations:
• Categorize Posts
• Establish Acceptable Response Times
• Develop Guidelines for Resolving Issues
• Create a Process for Handling Inquiries
• Set Clear Ground Rules For Fan Posts
• Set the Appropriate Tone
Smashing Magazine: Bringing Interactivity To Your Website With Web Standards
Adding interactivity and animations to a design doesn’t have to be complicated or make the website inaccessible when you use modern Web standards. In this article, we’ll explore several examples and theories that employ CSS, HTML, SVG, the canvas element and JavaScript. Some of these techniques you’ll know, others you may not have considered. Let’s start with the basics.
MESSAGE FROM DILLARD UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT MARVALENE HUGHES February 4, 2011
We have tested all scheduling issues on campus to assure that there is no conflict with the “President’s Hour with the Students,” which will be held on Wednesday, February 16, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. in Lawless Memorial Chapel.
There is no conflict, and we are proceeding. We expect that all leaders on campus will comply with this schedule.
Sincerely,
Marvalene Hughes, Ph.D.
President, Dillard University
Faculty Focus Online Education News and Latest Trends
Training or instruction delivered primarily on the Internet, in a virtual classroom, has become the norm for online education. Turn to Faculty Focus for news on the latest trends in online education.
Faculty Focus Alert: How to Balance Online Learner Needs and Instructor Workload
Live Online Seminar
Date: Wed., Feb 23, 2011
Time: 12:00 p.m. Central
Length: 75 minutes
Cost: $249
($274 after 02/16/11)
The fee for this seminar is per site, not per person. Invite your colleagues to join you and it won't cost a penny more.
Plus, the seminar comes with a no-risk guarantee. If you're not satisfied, for any reason, we'll gladly refund your payment.
When you first begin teaching online, it's not uncommon to find the 24/7 demands on your attention and the need to quickly respond to each student individually overwhelming.
So how do you keep your own workload reasonable, but still engage students and create a strong online community … one that doesn’t require you to always be front and center?
By moving to a learner-centered online experience. Discover how this strategy can work for you in the audio online seminar How to Balance Online Learner Needs and Instructor Workload. Led by two prominent educators in distance learning, the seminar will help you understand:
•Why it’s important to create an environment that’s welcoming to students, yet compels them to take responsibility for their learning.
•How you can develop assignments and grading strategies to increase student interaction.
•What you should do to help connect students to other members of their class, thereby reducing their reliance on you.
By the end of the course, you’ll have the blueprint for a new approach to distance education. You’ll discover a more fulfilling, less stressful teaching methodology. Your students will enjoy a much more fulfilling educational experience.
Can’t make the live event? If you are unable to attend the live seminar, simply order the recording on CD. As an added bonus, all CD orders now include the complete seminar transcript. That’s a $99 value for just $20 more than the cost of attending the seminar live.
About the Presenters:
Tammy Stuart Peery is an assistant professor and the English department chair at Montgomery College in Germantown, Md. She has been teaching online for over a decade and has served as the faculty chair of the college’s Distance Learning Task Group for five years.
Samantha Streamer-Veneruso is the English Department chair at the Rockville campus of Montgomery College. She has been a faculty member there for over eight years and has more than 10 years of online teaching experience.
TLT Group Online Seminar: Information Literacy and Assessment Session 1_020311
ACRL / TLT Group Online Seminar
Debra Gilchrist, Pierce College
Anne Zald, University of Nevada Las Vegas
February 3, 2011
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