Thursday, April 18, 2013

TLT Group FridayLive! Experience First: A Model for Active Teaching and Learning Strategies April 26, 2013

FridayLive! Experience First: A Model for Active Teaching and Learning Strategies April 26
26 Apr 2013 2:00 PM EDT

FridayLive!
Experience First: A Model for Active Teaching and Learning Strategies

April 26, 2013 2:00-3:00 pm ET - free to all.

Presenter;Trey Mireles Madison College

Leverage the power of experiential learning and technology to engage students and improve retention. This session will explore how using an experiential learning instructional design model called "EAT" shifts perceptions and empowers your 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.

More information and online registration: FridayLive! Experience First: A Model for Active Teaching and Learning Strategies April 26

Hope to see you there!

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Dillard University Faculty & Staff Appreciation Day April 18th 2013

2013 Travel Fellowship Program Announcement | May 24 Deadline

Dear Colleagues,

The POD Diversity Committee enthusiastically invites proposals for the 2013 Donald H. Wulff Travel Fellowships Program.

Named to honor the memory of an early supporter of the Diversity Committee, Donald H. Wulff, the travel fellowship program awards up to $1,200 to individuals (and up to $2,400 for teams of two or more) to support their travel to the annual POD Conference. The conference this year will be held in Pittsburgh, PA at the historic Omni William Penn Hotel, November 6-10. Conference registration/membership fees are deducted from the award and the remaining amount, if any, will be presented to you in the form of a check at the conference, made out to your institution.

Eligibility Criteria:The POD Diversity Committee welcomes applications from all individuals, irrespective of the individuals' nationality and/or citizenship. However, because of the particular demographic profile of POD as an organization, the applicant must meet the criteria for eligibility (listed below) with priority preference given to:

*persons from historically underrepresented racial and/or ethnic groups (as defined within the US context).

* individuals from traditionally underrepresented institutions including, but not limited to, the following: 1) Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 2) Native American Tribal Colleges, 3) Hispanic Serving Institutions or Hispanic Area Colleges and Institutions, and 4) Minority Serving Institutions (or those aspiring to become MSIs).

*applicants who would join POD and contribute to its mission over the long term with particular interests related to social justice and equity, inclusion, and/or diversity (writ large) in educational development.

Application Information: Detailed information on the application process for the travel grants, including expectations of grant recipients, review criteria, and FAQs is attached and can be found on the Diversity Committee's site through the WikiPODia site for POD: https://sites.google.com/a/podnetwork.org/wikipodia/pod-committee/diversity-committee/.

Please contact Lindsay Bernhagen at bernhagen.1@osu.edu or Pamela Roy at roypame1@msu.edu if you have additional questions.

All applications should be sent via email attachment to Lindsay Bernhagen, Coordinator - POD Diversity Committee Grants Program, at bernhagen.1@osu.edu by 5:00 p.m. EDT on or before Friday, May 24th, 2013. Due to time constraints, no late proposals will be reviewed.

Collegestats.org: Cyberbullying: Hazard or Hype?

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FREE Webinar: CCC OnCopyright Education: Copyright in Academia April 24, 2013 2:00 - 3:00 PM ET

Topics covered in this session include:

Exclusive rights

Transfer of copyright

Fair Use

Public domain

From course management systems to e-reserves, technology and changes to copyright law are affecting the way faculty, staff, and students share information. This program is intended to provide a quick, but in-depth look at important concerns surrounding the use of copyright-protected content within an academic environment.

This webinar is brought to you by the rights licensing experts at Copyright Clearance Center (CCC). CCC offers smart copyright licensing solutions including:

· The Annual Copyright License

· Get it Now complement to your ILL services

· PaperStats content usage and spend analytics tool

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Visit copyright.com for more information.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Dillard University FACULTY GENERAL ASSEMBLY AGENDA April 17, 2013 - 4pm - PSB 131/135

THE FACULTY GENERAL ASSEMBLY

April 17, 2013 ~ 4:00 P.M. ~PSB 131/135

Dr. Eartha Lee Johnson, President of the Senate

Presiding

Attendance: Signature Sheet Provided

1. Call to Order

2. Invocation: Rev. John Wingate, University Chaplain

3. Adoption of the Agenda

4. Updates President Walter Kimbrough

5. State of Academic Affairs Dr. Phyllis Worthy Dawkins

Provost and Senior Vice President

for Academic Affairs

Honorary Degree Criteria Senator Diane Magee, Convener

Chairperson Richard Baucum

University Standing Committee on Recruitment, Retention and Admissions

Honorary Degree Candidate:

Jeff Johnson, MSNBC Contributor and White House Correspondent for The Grio

Definition of Credit Hour Policy

Academic Calendar Policy

6. Faculty-Trustee Liaison Committee Dr. Alicia Cooper, Chairperson

7. Undergraduate Research Mrs. Lynn Strong

Director, Undergraduate Research

Human Subjects Research Protection/IRB

8. Presentation of Proposals Senator Mary Green, Secretary

Faculty Senate and GA

with assistance from Senators

CLEP – Reinstatement in University Catalog – Associate Provost Abdalla Darwish

Sociology from Concentration to Major

Criminal Justice from Concentration to Major – Dr. Steve A. Buddington

Three – Two Psychology Program- Michigan State University – Dr. Lana N. Chambliss and Dr. Keith M. Wismar

The Revis O. Ortique Center for Public Interest – Dr. Gary Clark

9. Other Business and Announcements

Recent Program Accomplishments

Upcoming Dates of Interest

10. Adjournment

Dr. Eartha Lee Johnson

Associate Professor of Psychology

Dillard University

New Orleans, LA 70122

(504) 816-4701

ejohnson@dillard.edu

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

8 Years of Data Breaches in Education

04/16/2013

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Turnitin Hosts Plagiarism Education Week - April 2013

April 2013

Turnitin Hosts Plagiarism Education Week

Join us for a week of activities to help educators foster student understanding that Originality Matters, including free webcasts with prominent educators who will delve into the key issues around academic integrity. The daily webcasts during the week of April 22-26 will address the causes, types, responses and approaches to plagiarism, and attendees will receive access to new white papers, research and giveaways. We'll cap off the week with a discussion on encouraging originality and creative thinking.

Special thanks to the sponsors of Plagiarism Education Week:

IN THE NEWS
Times Higher Ed: Turnitin is Turning Up Fewer Cases of Plagiarism

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Campus Technology: Fighting Plagiarism with Technology

Technology has come a long way from the days of using Google to search suspect passages. Writer Dian Schaffhauser delves into how instructors are using technology to stay ahead of digital natives, teach proper citation techniques and promote critical thinking. Read More...

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WIAReport Weekly Newsletter 4-16-13

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Report Finds a Large Gender Gap in Political Aspirations Among College Students

A study co-authored by Jennifer L. Lawless, associate professor of government and director of the Women & Politics Institute at American University in Washington, D.C., finds that young women in college are not as interested in careers in politics as their male peers.

Medical Schools With the Highest and Lowest Percentages of Women Graduates

There were four medical schools in the United States in 2011 where women were more than 60 percent of the graduating class. There were three medical schools where, in 2011, women were less than one third of all graduates.

tableau: Lowering Dropout Rates

Lowering Dropout Rates

Spokane is the second-largest school district in the state of Washington. "We have slightly less than 30,000 students, and we have higher poverty than the state average," explains Chief Academic Officer Steven Gering in this interview. "One of the big areas that we've been focusing on is improving our student data, and really trying to improve our dropout rates."

For the first time ever, teachers and administrators have a clear and holistic view of what’s really happening with their schools and students.

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The Spokane Public School District has spent the past few years developing a breakthrough solution to this problem. Using Tableau Software, Spokane now provides educators with web-based data dashboards that integrate multiple data sources to track performance goals and priorities in near real-time, using an intuitive visual interface that highlights trends and outliers.

"I've been able to give them tools to help them be more effective principals and teachers, to get more kids to graduate, more kids to college." –Steven Gering, Spokane School District

Watch two minute video: Lowering Dropout Rates

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.

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