Webinars October 11-14, 2011

Magna Online Seminar – Selecting and Using Technologies in Online and Blended Courses

Date:        Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Time:       11:00am – 12:00pm

Location: Learning & Teaching Centre Training Room (156), Lansdowne Library & Learning Commons

 Click the link below to register or paste the link into your web browser:

http://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g132c

 Digital technologies have transformed communications and are changing how students learn and teachers teach. In Selecting and Using Technologies in Online and Blended Courses, Tony Bates will share a comprehensive framework (SECTIONS) for education technology discussions. In his 60 minute seminar, participants will apply SECTIONS criteria to individual situations and receive feedback from Bates.

 Starting with this framework, you’ll learn:

  • When to use face-to-face, blended learning, or online learning
  • When to use a learning management system
  • When and how to create personal learning environments
  • When to blend a learning management system and personal learning environments
  • When to use Web 2.0 tools, and for what purposes
  • How to design learner-centered teaching.
 



Innovative Educators Webinar – How to Design Effective Multiple Choice Tests that Assess Student Learning

Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Time: 10:00am – 11:30am

Location: Multipurpose Room (151) Library & Learning Commons, Lansdowne

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http://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g132d

 Multiple choice tests are probably the most common form of assessment used in colleges and universities, but often times they only measure memorization. If written effectively, they can assess higher order thinking skills. In this webinar, led by Debra Runshe (Indiana University), participants will learn when using multiple choice tests is appropriate, the best guidelines for developing multiple choice items and how to develop exams that evaluate learning beyond simply recalling facts.

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

  • describe strengths and limitations of multiple-choice tests.
  • evaluate appropriate uses of multiple-choice tests.
  • explain guidelines for constructing multiple-choice items.
  • learn how to create questions that address the different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
  • review examples of effective and ineffective multiple choice tests.
  • write multiple choice questions at different cognitive levels.
 



Innovative Educators Webinar – Best Practices in College Teaching: Designing Effective Rubrics 

Date: Thursday, October 13, 2011

Time: 10:00am – 11:30am

Location: Learning & Teaching Centre Training Room (156), Lansdowne Library & Learning Commons

Click the link below to register or paste the link into your web browser:

http://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g132e

 Well written rubrics help students understand what they are expected to accomplish in an assignment or a course of study. Debra Runshe from Indiana University will lead this webinar and share how to develop rubrics to assist in making the evaluation and feedback process more effective, more objective, and more likely to result in deeper student learning. Participants will receive a Quick Guide to rubrics and a rubric template.  

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • describe characteristics of a rubric.
  • distinguish between analytic and holistic rubrics.
  • design a rubric.
  • articulate how rubrics can be useful.
 


Innovative Educators Webinar – No More Monkeys:  Time Management for Burnt-out

Date: Friday, October 14, 2011

Time: 10:00am – 11:30am

Location: Learning & Teaching Centre Training Room (156), Lansdowne Library & Learning Commons

Click the link below to register or paste the link into your web browser:

http://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g132f

Most higher education administrators have far too much to do, making the challenge even greater to maintain balance and avoid burnout. This webinar, led by M.E. McWilliams (Academic Assistance and Resource Centre, Stephen F. Austin State University), will share what great managers do to maximize the time they have.

Participants will learn how to:

  • wrestle and win the email war
  • make better use of smart phones
  • organize all the digital bits of your life
  • make a Not To Do List
  • make a daily plan using digital tools or plain old paper
  • make certain parts of the day your very own
  • start and complete the one task that you really, really hate
  • separate the want-to’s from the have-to’s
  • delegate and not redo everything you delegated
  • run an action-oriented staff meeting.
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