UCD CFD Blog Weekly digest for March 4, 2013

judithcoe posted: "From my POD listserv: Susann Lusnia, Associate Professor of Classical Studies and Assistant Director for Classroom Engagement in the Center for Engaged Learning & Teaching (CELT) at Tulane University, shares the following excellent resources on MOO"   New post on UCD CFD Blog   MOOCs – A Few Excellent Resources by judithcoe From my POD listserv: Susann Lusnia, Associate Professor of Classical Studies and Assistant Director for Classroom Engagement in the Center for Engaged Learning & Teaching (CELT) at Tulane University, shares the following excellent resources on MOOCs (massive open online course): The MOOC Revolution: A Sketchy Deal for Higher Education | Dissent Magazine http://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/the-mooc-revolution-a-sketchy-deal-for-higher-education Online Courses [...] Read more of this post judithcoe | March 1, 2013 at 4:13 pm | Tags: educause, MOOCs, online courses, Susann Lusnia, Tulane University | Categories: curriculum development, faculty development, higher education, integration, pedagogy, student learning | URL: http://wp.me/p1FvxT-7X Comment    See all comments    Like   Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://centerforfacultydevelopment.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/moocs-a-few-excellent-resources/

judithcoe posted: "From my POD listserv: Joseph La Lopa (Perdue) responds to the Chronicle blog post advocating for eliminating student evaluations, and states that while he agrees that student evaluations of teaching should be done away with, he feels that a peer review"   New post on UCD CFD Blog   A Scholarly Approach to a Peer Review of Teaching, by judithcoe From my POD listserv: Joseph La Lopa (Perdue) responds to the Chronicle blog post advocating for eliminating student evaluations, and states that while he agrees that student evaluations of teaching should be done away with, he feels that a peer review of teaching would be a poor substitute (if it were a peer observation). His [...] Read more of this post judithcoe | March 1, 2013 at 4:01 pm | Tags: eliminating student evaluations, Joseph La Lopa, Journal of Culinary Science & Technology, peer observation, peer review of teaching, Perdue | Categories: faculty development, higher education, instutitional research, integration, pedagogy, student learning | URL: http://wp.me/p1FvxT-7V Comment    See all comments    Like   Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://centerforfacultydevelopment.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/a-scholarly-approach-to-a-peer-review-of-teaching/

judithcoe posted: "From my POD listserv: Ed Neal (UNC-CH) highlights a feature article in today’s Chronicle of Higher Education blog by Spurgeon Thompson, critiquing student evaluations. Thompson suggests doing away with student evaluations in favor of peer review. Re"   New post on UCD CFD Blog   The Unnecessary Agony of Student Evaluations by judithcoe From my POD listserv: Ed Neal (UNC-CH) highlights a feature article in today’s Chronicle of Higher Education blog by Spurgeon Thompson, critiquing student evaluations. Thompson suggests doing away with student evaluations in favor of peer review. Read the article here: The Unnecessary Agony of Student Evaluations Any comments? Read more of this post judithcoe | March 1, 2013 at 3:47 pm | Tags: Chronicle of Higher Education, Ed Neal, peer review, Spurgeon Thompson, student evaluations | Categories: faculty development, higher education, pedagogy, student learning | URL: http://wp.me/p1FvxT-7S Comment    See all comments    Like   Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://centerforfacultydevelopment.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/the-unnecessary-agony-of-student-evaluations/

judithcoe posted: "From my POD listserv: Ed Neal, Professional Consultant in Higher Education and Editor of the Journal of Faculty Development (also an Adjunct Professor of Education and Director of Faculty Development at UNC-CH), writes about opportunities to exploit th"   New post on UCD CFD Blog   Using LinkedIn Profiles to Enhance Careers by judithcoe From my POD listserv: Ed Neal, Professional Consultant in Higher Education and Editor of the Journal of Faculty Development (also an Adjunct Professor of Education and Director of Faculty Development at UNC-CH), writes about opportunities to exploit the advantages of profiles on LinkedIn to enhance professional careers. He states that the Journal of Faculty Development [...] Read more of this post judithcoe | March 1, 2013 at 3:36 pm | Tags: Ed Neal, exploiting the advantages of profiles on Linkedin to enhance professional careers, Journal of Faculty Development, Linkedin profiles, Ron Berk, UNC-CH | Categories: faculty development, higher education | URL: http://wp.me/p1FvxT-7P Comment    See all comments    Like   Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://centerforfacultydevelopment.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/using-linkedin-profiles-to-enhance-careers/

judithcoe posted: "The COLTT 2013 conference will be held on August 7th and 8th at the Wolf Law building on the CU Boulder campus. COLTT wesbite: https://www.cusys.edu/coltt/2013/index.html Announcements Keynote Speaker: CU Regent At-Large Stephen Ludwig https://"   New post on UCD CFD Blog   2013 COLTT (Colorado Learning and Teaching with Technology) Conference, August 7 and 8 by judithcoe The COLTT 2013 conference will be held on August 7th and 8th at the Wolf Law building on the CU Boulder campus. COLTT wesbite: https://www.cusys.edu/coltt/2013/index.html Announcements Keynote Speaker: CU Regent At-Large Stephen Ludwig https://www.cu.edu/regents/current/ludwig.html Call For Proposals: The COLTT 2013 Call for Proposals is now open! The deadline for proposal submissions is April 9th. For [...] Read more of this post judithcoe | March 1, 2013 at 3:20 pm | Tags: COLTT, CU Boulder's ASSETT, teaching with technology, The Colorado Community College System | Categories: conferences, curriculum development, faculty development, higher education, pedagogy | URL: http://wp.me/p1FvxT-7L Comment    See all comments    Like   Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://centerforfacultydevelopment.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/2013-coltt-colorado-learning-and-teaching-with-technology-conference-august-7-and-8/

judithcoe posted: "From my POD listserv: The 6th annual SoTL Commons Conference in Savannah, Georgia (USA) will be held on March 27-29, 2013. Keynoters are Dan Bernstein, Lynn Taylor and Brian Coppola. The conference website and full schedule of sessions is at http://"   New post on UCD CFD Blog   6th annual SoTL Commons Conference by judithcoe From my POD listserv: The 6th annual SoTL Commons Conference in Savannah, Georgia (USA) will be held on March 27-29, 2013. Keynoters are Dan Bernstein, Lynn Taylor and Brian Coppola. The conference website and full schedule of sessions is at http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl/conference/2013/index.htm. Read more of this post judithcoe | March 1, 2013 at 3:14 pm | Tags: 6th annual SoTL Commons Conference, Brian Coppola, Dan Bernstein, Lynn Taylor, Savannah | Categories: conferences, faculty development, integration, pedagogy, student learning | URL: http://wp.me/p1FvxT-7I Comment    See all comments    Like   Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://centerforfacultydevelopment.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/6th-annual-sotl-commons-conference-2/     Thanks for flying with WordPress.com