Upcoming Center for Instructional Technology Events

Mobile Devices in Education

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Tue, Nov 10, 2009: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Bostock Library Room 039

We will discuss ideas for using mobile devices both inside and outside the classroom for education. Additional details and specific topics will be announced before this event.

Managing Long Documents MS Word

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:30:00 -0500

Tue, Nov 10, 2009: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Beaufort Marine Lab
Long text documents, like dissertations and theses, can be difficult to take control of. In this hands-on workshop, you will explore and apply a number of techniques in MS Word. This includes templates, styles & formatting, section breaks, tables of contents, figures, page numbering and headers & footers. This workshop is appropriate if you are writing (or about to write) your dissertation or thesis, or if you have other tasks that require you to tame thick tomes of text. Bring your laptop!
Basic knowledge of MS Word; this is not an introduction for complete beginners to Word. Bring your laptop!

Lecture busters: Keeping students engaged

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0500

Tue, Nov 10, 2009: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Beaufort Marine Lab
In many classes, lecture is often seen as the most practical teaching approach. Research suggests that lectures CAN be an effective strategy, if used well. This session will present techniques for presenting short lecture segments, and will present and demonstrate several activities you can use to break up your lectures and keep student attention focused on the course material.
PowerPoint Show
Handout

Electronic Portfolios & Your Professional Online Presence

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:45:00 -0500

Tue, Nov 10, 2009: 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM
Beaufort Marine Lab
A portfolios is more than a collection of documents: it is set of claims about your teaching and evidence to support them. In this workshop, participants will examine how claims and evidence can be framed in way that allows you demonstrate your skill (or potential) as a university instructor. We will also look at best practices (and possible pitfalls!) in maintaining an online presence.

DDI WordPress MU Pilot Office Hours

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Thu, Nov 12, 2009: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Bostock Library Room 024 (CIT Instructional Technology Lab)
WordPress MU (MU= MultiUser) is a popular web-publishing platform for creating blogs, web-based presentations and even entire websites. This fall, the Duke Digital Initiative is piloting the use of WordPress MU in 10-12 undergraduate courses. Consultants will be available in the CIT lab (Bostock 024) every Thursday from 10am-12pm to work with pilot participants. Visit http://blogs-dev.oit.duke.edu/ for more info.

DDI Twitter Brown Bag Lunch Discussion

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Thu, Nov 12, 2009: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Bostock Library Room 039

Faculty will get together for monthly brown bag sessions for discussing Twitter in an academic setting and demoing related tools.

Faculty elearning discussion

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0500

Thu, Nov 12, 2009: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Friedl 126
Duke's elearning roadmap committee is eager to hear directly from faculty about tools they are currently using to support their teaching including (but not limited to) blogs, wikis, Blackboard, Maple TA, Web Assign, Google Docs, social bookmarking tools, streaming video tools, and more. The purpose of these discussions is to gather faculty input on tools that would current and future teaching, learning and collaboration needs.

Teaching IDEAS: Designing Rubrics for Teaching, Grading, and Assessment

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Tue, Nov 17, 2009: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Perkins Library Room 217

Deandra Little, Ph.D.; Associate Professor/Faculty Consultant, Teaching Resource Center University of Virginia

Blackboard Advisory Group Meeting

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:30:00 -0500

Wed, Nov 18, 2009: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Bostock Library Room 039
Meeting of the Blackboard Advisory Group. The Blackboard Advisory group provides input on configuration, use, and administration of the Blackboard system. These meetings are open to any interested faculty or staff member.

DDI WordPress MU Pilot Office Hours

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Thu, Nov 19, 2009: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Bostock Library Room 024 (CIT Instructional Technology Lab)
WordPress MU (MU= MultiUser) is a popular web-publishing platform for creating blogs, web-based presentations and even entire websites. This fall, the Duke Digital Initiative is piloting the use of WordPress MU in 10-12 undergraduate courses. Consultants will be available in the CIT lab (Bostock 024) every Thursday from 10am-12pm to work with pilot participants. Visit http://blogs-dev.oit.duke.edu/ for more info.

Increasing Student Preparedness, Accountability, and Understanding: Impact of Team-Based Learning in the Classroom

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Fri, Nov 20, 2009: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Perkins Library Room 217

Connie Eudy, Center for Teaching & Learning, Florida State University
Annette Schwabe, Ph.D., Department of Sociology, Florida State University

Team-based learning (TBL) is an instructional strategy developed by Larry Michaelsen* at the University of Oklahoma. TBL is a teaching strategy that promotes student investment in learning at the individual and group level. This mode of teaching requires small groups of students to solve a specific problem by using the dynamic impetus of the group, which also motivates individual students to think critically in the process of applying what they have learned. TBL does not just assemble students into groups – instead TBL transforms a static group into a cohesive team that uses course concepts and knowledge to solve problems. If implemented as designed TBL minimizes the problems typical of informal group assignments such as “social loafing,” where one member does most of the talking or work and other students take a “back seat” and learn little. TBL is structured so that individual students are accountable for completing the task.

TBL requires students to engage in a cohesive effort to solve problems so that the group yields more than the sum of its parts. Using the combined competence of individual group members, team-based work has been found to enhance creativity and effective problem-solving. At the end of the group work, students present their solutions to the entire class for discussion so that solutions can be evaluated by other students as well as the instructor. This immediate feedback further reinforces the ability to apply knowledge using abstract thinking and teaches students how to evaluate proposed solutions, which is also useful in the work world. An additional strength of the TBL process is that instructors do not need to fundamentally alter the structure of existing courses to accommodate this teaching strategy.

Like the TBL process, this workshop is a combination of a presentation and interactive, hands-on practice using a team-based approach to teaching. You may stay for the first hour and get practical information about this teaching strategy or you can join us for the presentation, lunch, and experience the essential elements of TBL as your students will experience it.
All participants will receive a detailed handout on the procedures and resources for implementing this teaching strategy.

Full Workshop Objectives:

Describe the components of Team-Based Learning (TBL) process.
Describe how to use the TBL process to transform small groups into learning teams.
When given a group assignment be able to participate in the Readiness Assurance Process (RAP).

Workshop Format and Schedule:

10 – 11 am: Presentation about TBL, how it works and why it is effective. Using personal experiences and anecdotes, Schwabe will describe using TBL in her courses, and Eudy will discuss her observations teaching about and observing TBL in action.
11:15 am – 3 pm (lunch provided): participants will “try out” TBL as presenters take them through the essential elements of the process and let them experience the key steps as a student participant. Upon completion of the full workshop, participants will be able to discuss team-based learning, compare and contrast the challenges and advantages of team-based learning, and demonstrate knowledge of constructing a team-based learning exercise to engage undergraduate students in active learning and critical thinking.

PLEASE REGISTER for the section(s) in which you will be able to participate: 10-11 am presentation and/or 11:15 – 3 pm hands-on workshop. Registering for the presentation alone will not guarantee you a spot in the hands-on workshop - you must register for both if you would like to attend the full day.

About the presenters:

Annete Schwabe, Ph.D. is an Associate in Sociology and has been teaching at Florida State University for three years. Her faculty position primarily involves undergraduate teaching and mentoring. Because she teaches classes that enroll from 45 to 300 students with diverse backgrounds and learning styles, she uses multiple teaching methods and modalities, including TBL. She teaches Social Problems, Research Methods, Medical Sociology and Population Demography. Dr. Schwabe received the University Teaching Award at FWU as well as the Michael Armer Departmental Teaching Award, both in 2009.

Connie Eudy coordinates the Program for Instruction Excellence at the Florida State Center for Teaching and Learning. She consults with faculty and is active in faculty development activities at Florida State. After being introduced to TBL in 2006, she has observed and worked closely with faculty who use this strategy. She conducts workshops on TBL and leads a TBL focus group for faculty.

*Michaelsen, L.K., Knight, A. B., and Fink, L.D. (2002). Team Based Learning, Stylus Pubs., Sterling, VA

Increasing Student Preparedness, Accountability, and Understanding: Impact of Team-Based Learning in the Classroom

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:15:00 -0500

Fri, Nov 20, 2009: 11:15 AM - 3:00 PM
Perkins Library Room 217

Connie Eudy, Center for Teaching & Learning, Florida State University
Annette Schwabe, Ph.D., Department of Sociology, Florida State University

Full Workshop Objectives:

Describe the components of Team-Based Learning (TBL) process.
Describe how to use the TBL process to transform small groups into learning teams.
When given a group assignment be able to participate in the Readiness Assurance Process (RAP).

Workshop Format and Schedule:

10 – 11 am: Presentation about TBL, how it works and why it is effective. Using personal experiences and anecdotes, Schwabe will describe using TBL in her courses, and Eudy will discuss her observations teaching about and observing TBL in action.
11:15 am – 3 pm (lunch provided): participants will “try out” TBL as presenters take them through the essential elements of the process and let them experience the key steps as a student participant. Upon completion of the full workshop, participants will be able to discuss team-based learning, compare and contrast the challenges and advantages of team-based learning, and demonstrate knowledge of constructing a team-based learning exercise to engage undergraduate students in active learning and critical thinking.

*Michaelsen, L.K., Knight, A. B., and Fink, L.D. (2002). Team Based Learning, Stylus Pubs., Sterling, VA

DDI WordPress MU Pilot Office Hours

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Thu, Dec 3, 2009: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Bostock Library Room 024 (CIT Instructional Technology Lab)
WordPress MU (MU= MultiUser) is a popular web-publishing platform for creating blogs, web-based presentations and even entire websites. This fall, the Duke Digital Initiative is piloting the use of WordPress MU in 10-12 undergraduate courses. Consultants will be available in the CIT lab (Bostock 024) every Thursday from 10am-12pm to work with pilot participants. Visit http://blogs-dev.oit.duke.edu/ for more info.

Mobile Devices in Education

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Tue, Dec 8, 2009: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Bostock Library Room 039

We will discuss ideas for using mobile devices both inside and outside the classroom for education. Additional details and specific topics will be announced before this event.

DDI WordPress MU Pilot Office Hours

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Thu, Dec 10, 2009: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Bostock Library Room 024 (CIT Instructional Technology Lab)
WordPress MU (MU= MultiUser) is a popular web-publishing platform for creating blogs, web-based presentations and even entire websites. This fall, the Duke Digital Initiative is piloting the use of WordPress MU in 10-12 undergraduate courses. Consultants will be available in the CIT lab (Bostock 024) every Thursday from 10am-12pm to work with pilot participants. Visit http://blogs-dev.oit.duke.edu/ for more info.

DDI WordPress MU Pilot Office Hours

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Thu, Dec 17, 2009: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Bostock Library Room 024 (CIT Instructional Technology Lab)
WordPress MU (MU= MultiUser) is a popular web-publishing platform for creating blogs, web-based presentations and even entire websites. This fall, the Duke Digital Initiative is piloting the use of WordPress MU in 10-12 undergraduate courses. Consultants will be available in the CIT lab (Bostock 024) every Thursday from 10am-12pm to work with pilot participants. Visit http://blogs-dev.oit.duke.edu/ for more info.

Blackboard Advisory Group Meeting

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:30:00 -0500

Thu, Dec 17, 2009: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Bostock Library Room 039
Meeting of the Blackboard Advisory Group. The Blackboard Advisory group provides input on configuration, use, and administration of the Blackboard system. These meetings are open to any interested faculty or staff member.

Teaching IDEAS Flexible Learning Spaces at Duke: The Link

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:00:00 -0500

Tue, Jan 19, 2010: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Perkins Library Link (see description for specific room)
Introduction to the Link: the new flexible teaching space in Perkins Library.

Teaching IDEAS: Learning Style Inventories and What We Know about Duke Undergraduates

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:00:00 -0500

Mon, Feb 8, 2010: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Perkins Library Room 217

There are several learning style inventories; learn about them and recent research with Duke students.
Speaker: Donna Hall, Director, Duke Academic Resource Center

Teaching IDEAS: "Developing an Electronic Teaching Portfolio"

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0500

Tue, Feb 23, 2010: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Perkins Library Room 217
Dr. Hugh Crumley, Instructional Technology Specialist, Duke Graduate School & Center for Instructional Technology. In this interactive workshop, we will explore basic design principles, standard conventions and best practices for maintaining a professional web presence. Please pre-register if you plan to attend. Boxed lunch provided.

Teaching IDEAS: The Art of Interviewing: Using Acting Techniques in Job Interviews

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0400

Tue, Mar 16, 2010: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Perkins Library Room 217

Learn interview techniques used by professional actors to better your chances at getting a job after completion.
Speaker: Dr. Gregory Justice, Associate Professor, Dept. of Theatre Arts, Virginia Tech

Teaching IDEAS: Strategies to Teach Large Enrollment Classes Successfully

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0400

Tue, Mar 30, 2010: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Perkins Library Room 217

Teaching large enrollment classes well is challenging. Learn strategies that ensure success.
Speaker: Michael Palmer, Ph.D., Associate Professor/Faculty Consultant, Teaching Resource Center, U. of Virginia