Dillard University CTLAT Blog

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Dillard University Athletic Department News - February 23, 2012

http://www.dillardbleudevils.com/

Upcoming DU Men’s and Women’s Basketball Schedule:

(MENS/WOMENS BASKETBALL) SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25^THALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL BLEU DEVIL CLASSIC DILLARD LADY BLEU DEVILS VS. XAVIER GOLD NUGGETS AT 5:00P.M. ON THE BATTLEFIELD IN DENT HALL

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25^THALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL BLEU DEVIL CLASSIC DILLARD BLEU DEVILS VS XAVIER GOLD RUSH AT 7:00P.M. ON THE BATTLEFIELD IN DENT HALL

Stay Connected to Dillard Athletics

Website: www.dillardbleudevils.com

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Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/GeauxDU

SEF ONLINE DISCUSSION ON BEST PRACTICES IN DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION AT MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9RJWFF8

Southern Education Foundation Co-Sponsors

Important Online Conversation

March 6, 2012
11:00a.m. - 6:00p.m.

(On Your Schedule)

Click AboveTo Review SEF's

Recent Report

on Developmental Education

Opportunities at SEF:

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ONLINE DISCUSSION ON BEST PRACTICES IN DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION AT

MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS

MARCH 6, 2012.

Join faculty, staff, institutional leaders, researchers, concerned policy makers and funders in an online conversation on developmental education. Discuss how MSIs assess, place, instruct, support and measure outcomes for students.

To Register:

Click Here. You will receive the participation link, a username and password via email. We invite a diverse group of participants from all levels and departments from your institution, so please share this email and the registration link with others.

Questions:

If you have any questions about the JAM, please contact Lisa Levinson at Knowledge in the Public

Interest of Dr. Tara Parker at Project PREPARE, University of Massachusetts Boston.

Campus Technology Forum April 30-May 2, 2012

5 Great Reasons to Attend CT Forum

1. Conference Keynotes

Learn from innovative and influential education technology leaders as they discuss the implications and advantages of the digital campus for all stakeholders across the university.

2. Topics Relevant to All Areas of Campus Job Responsibility

Conference Tracks covering Digital Tools and Instructional Designs, Technology Infrastructure and Mobile Learning, IT Leadership and Institutional Intelligence, Industry Directions and more!

3. In-Depth Explorations of Digital Technologies and Techniques

Monday Seminar Intensives focused on the revolutionary software that can foster student engagement and build learning communities; achieve greater ROI on existing campus platform investments; improve program assessment, retention and graduation initiatives through the application of today’s powerful digital toolkit.

4. Leading Industry Suppliers in the Exhibit Hall

The Campus Technology Forum Exhibit Hall is specifically designed to create a lively, interactive environment where attendees can network face-to-face with solution providers, see detailed product demonstrations and ask questions specific to their institutional challenges.

5. Unlimited Networking Opportunities

Enjoy easy access to speakers in an intimate, collegial setting and network in a supportive environment of highly motivated professionals sharing actionable intelligence for successful digital conversion.

►SPECIAL CONFERENCE BONUS

Monday Seminar Intensives are included in your registration—at no additional charge! Explore these deep-dive sessions HERE.

Please Register using Promo Code NX6

Register before 3/30/12 and Save $100!

Featured Keynote

Wednesday, May 2

W. Gardner Campbell, Ph.D. Director, Professional Development and Innovative Initiatives, Division of Learning Technologies and Associate Professor of English, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

'This is the Beginning of a Beautiful Disruption': The Computer In The University Revisited

Register Early & Save!

Book before March 30 and save $100 with our Early Bird Discount on conference, conference + workshops, and conference / hotel combo options! Special group rates are also available!
Please note: The number of conference / hotel combination packages available is extremely limited, so book your combo package now!

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Dillard University Dining Services Hours for Mardi Gras 2012

http://www.slideshare.net/ccharles/dillard-university-2012-dining-services-hours-for-mardi-gras

Mardi Gras 2012 Dillard University Campus Offices Closures in Observance of Carnival

www.dillard.edu

SENT ON BEHALF OF Interim President, DR. JAMES E. LYONS, SR.
"Laissez les bon temps rouler!"
In observance of Carnival, please note the following:
Friday, February 17, 2012 – FULL DAY OF WORK
Lundi Gras - Monday, February 20, 2012 – CAMPUS OFFICES CLOSED
... Mardi Gras - Tuesday, February 21, 2012 – CAMPUS OFFICES CLOSED
Ash Wednesday, February 22, 2012 – CAMPUS OFFICES CLOSED
CAMPUS OFFICES RE-OPEN Thursday, February 23, 2012

Be safe!

Innovative Educators Webinar: Teaching Students How To Learn: Metacognitive Strategies

Thursday, March 8 ~ 1:00-2:30pm EST

Registration - http://www.innovativeeducators.org/product_p/394.htm

Video from Webinar Speaker

How do you incorporate metacognition strategies into the classroom?

Innovative Educators

Supporting Professional Growth in Higher Ed

The Effectiveness of Web-based Training Research Report 1802

http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/army/rr1802.pdf

U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Research Report 1802

The Effectiveness of Web-based Training

Robert A. Wisher

U.S. Army Research Institute

Tatana M. Olson

Purdue University

Consortium Research Fellows Program

January 2003

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

TLT Group: Is Your Course a Pizza? Ender's Test: Looking 10 Years Back, 10 days/weeks/months Forward

Steve Gilbert gave a speedy and well received keynote at CUNY in December.
Here are the links related to the 30 minute video recording and the slides.

Videorecording (30 minutes, YouTube) of
Steve Gilbert's keynote presentation Dec. 2, 2011 for CUNY IT Conference, NYC

Accompanying slideset: tlt.gs/CUNYslds1202swg
Accompanying resources: tlt.gs/CUNY1202pub

You can also access this through the TLT-SWG blog.

Thanks for your attention. Let us know what you think.

You can come to a FridayLive! this Friday 2pm Eastern which will extend this presentation. And the session will also examine what we are learning about a Hybrid session last Friday. Register here.

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Dillard University - ReTool our School!

http://www.dillard.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1144:dillard-student-wins-mlk-award&catid=42:news-and-events&Itemid=890

“Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.”

Dorothy Height - African-American Teacher, Social Activist, President Emerita National Council of Negro Women

In an effort to give back to the Gentilly neighborhood in which it sits, Dillard University (DU) is hoping to create a science and biology program for local elementary students, re-establish the DU greenhouse, and host a regular farmer's market. Through the Home Depot's "Retool Your School" program, Dillard University hopes to secure funds to accomplish these goals; however, grants are awarded to those HBCUs with the most votes and DU needs its staff, faculty, students and friends to participate with online votes. If Dillard wins, the university will use the funds to establish an agricultural partnership with its neighbors at Langston Hughes Academy. Dillard biology majors will mentor Langston Hughes students and teach them how to grow fruits and vegetables in the university’s greenhouse. Students would then give these crops to families at Langston Hughes, and sell them at a new farmers’ market for the whole neighborhood.

"We hope to help combat food insecurity in New Orleans, a community where many residents face inadequate access to fresh produce and healthy food," says Nick Harris, of Dillard University's Community Development Corporation (CDC).
This year, "Retool Your School" has expanded the program. It is introducing a new $25,000 Campus Pride Grant for the school that shows the most initiative in promoting their proposals and garnering votes. It is also providing an additional $10,000 Tier II Grant. In all, the program has increased the total grant funds available to $185,000. Last year, "Retool Your School" awarded grants totaling $150,000 to HBCUs. A $50,000 Tier I Grant went to Bethune-Cookman University to help upgrade their Student Center with wheelchair ramps and barrier-free automatic access doors in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Ten additional schools received $10,000 each for a variety of projects, from landscaping to lighting to irrigation
Online voting begins on Feb. 14, 2012. Voters are welcome to post their vote once per day.

For more information on "Retool Your School", contact Nick Harris at (504) 816-4704 or nharris@dillard.edu

RCMI 13th International Symposium on Health Disparities

http://rcmibiennial.org/abstracts.html

Welcome to the Dillard University Center for Teaching, Learning and Academic Technology Blog!

The Dillard University Center for Teaching, Learning and Academic Technology (DUCTLAT) http://www.ductlat.blogspot.com/ is essential in helping faculty effectively manage technology on and off campus. An important aspect of this initiative is achieved by bringing groups of faculty members together to learn the technology necessary to develop electronic resources for their courses and themselves, while planning and beginning the development of shared curricular materials. Cultivating faculty success at all levels reinforces the University's commitment to build premier faculty learning communities. All faculty, deans and academic administrators play a critical role in creating competitive and productive academic units in which expectations for faculty performance are clearly articulated and professional achievements are recognized and rewarded.