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Thursday, November 10, 2011

UB Web Seminars: Do "blinged-out" classrooms help students make the grade?

Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 2pm, ET
Today's smart rooms sport fancy cameras, lecture capture technology and newfangled blackboards that do not require chalk. Sleek classrooms make for great impressions, but are teaching and learning practices much improved? Join this interactive discussion moderated by Alan Greenberg, senior analyst, Wainhouse Research. Hear from IT executives responsible for outfitting classrooms and proving student outcomes and institutional improvements.


Speakers will address the following topics:
• Are smart classrooms necessary to support blended learning?
• Do lecture capture capabilities increase faculty and student satisfaction?
• Is technology a distraction to learning?
• Does access to online resources attract more students?
• Can the higher-ed IT executive influence university revenue growth?


Moderator:
Alan Greenberg, Senior Analyst & Partner, Wainhouse Research


Who will benefit:
CIOs, deans and department heads, technologists. Anyone may register.


What do you think?
Voice your opinion on Twitter at #blingclass before, during and after the live event.

Speakers:

Phil Reiter - Executive Director, IT, University of Illinois at Chicago - College of Pharmacy.
Mike Lucas - Director of Instructional Technology Services, University of Massachusetts-Lowell.


Critical Insights. Timely Information. Free Registration



University Business produces web seminars on topics of special interest to higher education leaders. Moderated by UB's Web Seminar Editor, JD Solomon, each web seminar features presentations by higher education leaders and industry experts. These online events are underwritten by our sponsors so that you may view them for free.
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TLT Group FridayLive Free Webinar: "If evidence for changing pedagogies is so clear, then why do my colleagues keep teaching the same way?"

Dec. 9, 2011 at 2pm ET - free to all!


Guests: Scott Simkins, Director, Academy of Teaching and Learning, North Carolina A & T State University


Registration: Open to the public - Free


***If you're new to a TLT Group event, please become an Online Institute Registrant member for free to participate (and consider becoming an individual member!)***


Recent books such as Academically Adrift suggest that traditional teaching practices result in "limited learning" for large numbers of students, while evidence mounts that using research-based, interactive-engagement teaching practices increases student learning. So why don't more faculty members adopt these more effective teaching practices? We'll make use of recent research to help us better understand why many faculty members fail to make changes to their teaching practices despite evidence that it would benefit students.


NOTE: Login instructions for the session will be sent in the Registration Confirmation Email. Please check your Junk folder as sometimes these emails get trapped there. We will also send an additional login reminder 24 hours prior to the start of the event.
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TLT-SWG Blog: "Assessment" still a dirty word? Is it: A. Decisive B. Confirming/Refuting C. Acclaiming D. Appeasing, E. Wasteful?


[Multiple Choice] Assessment is:



[ ] A. At best (ideally?) DECISIVE: Information that will help decide among viable, appealing options when available judgment, wisdom, and leadership cannot.
[ ] B. At best (politically?) CONFIRMATION/REFUTATION: Confirm what's obvious to us; refute what's obvious to them.
[ ] C. At best (most powerfully?) ACCLAMATION : Overwhelm the need for other evidence by acclaim.
[ ] D. Too frequently? APPEASEMENT: What's the least we can do to get them off our (my) back?
[ ] E1. Worse UNNECESSARY: Additional evidence will be ignored - no longer needed; e.g., studies of benefits/harm of wordprocessing in 1980s.
[ ] E2. Worst WASTEFUL: Decision will be made before results are available.
[ ] E3. Worsest HYPOCRITICAL: Decision has already been made secretly and study is superfluous
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TLT Group Inc. Change IS Possible! From On-Campus to [More] Online CCI and FQE

Counter-Counter-Implementation (CCI) Strategies

Steve Gilbert’s Fundamental Questions Extended (FQE)
Conversation with Steve Gilbert with Jane Marcus
Friday, November 4, 2011 2:00 pm (ET)
This Home Base (Google Doc) Web Page: www.tlt.gs/CCIFQE1104  


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Academic Impressions Monthly Diagnostic Free Report! Engagement-Focused Advancement: Finding a Sustainable Financial Future for Your Institution


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Dillard University Undergraduate Research: “Using APA Formatting Style and Guide in Academic Writing” 2011 Student Research Support Workshop



Thursday, November 17, 2011 * PSB 131
This one-hour workshop will reinforce the concepts and basic elements of academic and research writing. Using the American Psychological Association (APA) style, a preferred writing convention in many academic disciplines, facilitators will cover key components of APA formatting including identifying and correcting instances of nonconformance. Students will participate in exercises on formatting a variety of in-text citations, creating a reference page, and developing an annotated bibliography.


FORMATTING
*Importance of following writing style guidelines.
*Writing when the information comes from someplace else.
*Basics of APA 6th formatting styles


REFERENCES
*Correct APA formatting for references.
*Strategies to overcome obstacles of APA formatting.


IN-TEXT CITATIONS
*Correct application of APA formatting styles for in-text citations.
*Integration of in-text citations into student papers.


Facilitators: Dr. Michael Taku, Marketing Department, College of Business
Ms. Lynn Strong, Director, Undergraduate Research
Lynn Y.R. Strong, MPA, CIM
Director, Undergraduate Research
Undergraduate Enrichment Programs
Administrator, IRB/Manager, HSR
Dillard University
Professional Schools Bldg., Rm. 250
2601 Gentilly Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70122
Tel: 504-816-4446
Fax: 504-816-4313
lstrong@dillard.edu
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