In Finding the Right Technology to Support Learning Outcomes, Ike Shibley, Ph.D will share his experience and expertise with technology and course design (e.g. general and organic chemistry and nutrition courses taken from traditional classroom environment to blended).
After the seminar, participants will be able to do the following:
Distinguish learning activities best accomplished in class from those best accomplished online;
Access technologies that will facilitate pedagogical goals;
Understand and articulate ways technology can contribute to learner-centered instruction;
Compare online and face-to-face communication and delineate benefits of each;
Identify which courses are good candidates for technology enhancements.
This seminar will benefit Camosun faculty who are being encouraged to move their classroom courses to blended or fully online environments. This seminar is an exemplary practice example for faculty to reflect upon when redesigning their courses.
Magna Online Seminar – Extra Credit: An Undeserved Gift or a Second Chance to Learn?
Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D will discuss the pros and cons of offering extra credit to enhance learning and not reinforce procrastination or other irresponsible behaviours. This seminar will give you new ways to think about your extra credit policies.
In particular, participants will:
Review legitimate reasons why some faculty offer extra credit while others do not;
Consider several creatively designed extra-credit options;
Reevaluate assumptions about the purposes and value of extra credit;
Explore how terminology (simply using the words “extra credit”) affects attitudes about optional assignments or mid-term changes to syllabi; and
Learn strategies to improve the efficacy of current extra credit practices.
Innovative Educators Webinar – Effective Group Work in the College Classroom
Date: Thursday, November 10, 2011
Time: 12:00pm – 1:30pm
Location: Learning & Teaching Centre Training Room (156) Library & Learning Commons, Lansdowne
Click the link below to register or copy & paste into your web browser:
Research has found that students who experience group work in their college classrooms retain more information, are more satisfied with their classes, and have increased persistence in college (Braxton, Milem, and Sullivan, 2000). In this webinar, Debra Runshe will share with participants the benefits and barriers to group work and effective strategies creating, facilitating, and assessing group work in the college classroom.
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
Articulate the benefits and barriers to group work;
Explore the best uses of group work;
Describe effective group facilitation strategies;
Identify strategies for handling “slackers”;
Develop assessment tools for group work.
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Webinars Oct 20, 25 & Nov 10, 2011
Magna Online Seminar – Finding the Right Technology to Support Learning Outcomes
Date: Thursday, October 20, 2011
Time: 11:00am – 12:30pm
Location: LACC 251J(Liz Ashton Campus Centre), Interurban
Click the link below to register or copy & paste into your web browser:
http://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g1330
In Finding the Right Technology to Support Learning Outcomes, Ike Shibley, Ph.D will share his experience and expertise with technology and course design (e.g. general and organic chemistry and nutrition courses taken from traditional classroom environment to blended).
After the seminar, participants will be able to do the following:
This seminar will benefit Camosun faculty who are being encouraged to move their classroom courses to blended or fully online environments. This seminar is an exemplary practice example for faculty to reflect upon when redesigning their courses.
Magna Online Seminar – Extra Credit: An Undeserved Gift or a Second Chance to Learn?
Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Time: 10:00am – 10:30am
Location: Multipurpose Room (151) Library & Learning Commons, Lansdowne
Click the link below to register or copy & paste into your web browser:
http://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g1331
Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D will discuss the pros and cons of offering extra credit to enhance learning and not reinforce procrastination or other irresponsible behaviours. This seminar will give you new ways to think about your extra credit policies.
In particular, participants will:
Innovative Educators Webinar – Effective Group Work in the College Classroom
Date: Thursday, November 10, 2011
Time: 12:00pm – 1:30pm
Location: Learning & Teaching Centre Training Room (156) Library & Learning Commons, Lansdowne
Click the link below to register or copy & paste into your web browser:
http://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g1332
Research has found that students who experience group work in their college classrooms retain more information, are more satisfied with their classes, and have increased persistence in college (Braxton, Milem, and Sullivan, 2000). In this webinar, Debra Runshe will share with participants the benefits and barriers to group work and effective strategies creating, facilitating, and assessing group work in the college classroom.
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to: