Dates: First and Third Friday every month, 3:30-4:15 p.m.
Next Session: Friday, November 6
Location: At your computer:Click here to join the meeting.
Presenter: Robert Squires Notes: headset required
In this session, you will become acquainted with how to use a web based meeting tool to enhance the interactivity of your online course. Participants will develop navigation and facilitation skills as well as determine the process for reserving a session.
Elluminate Policy Guidelines are attached for review.
Dates: November 30-December 1 (Face-to-Face Workshop, 8:30am - 5:00pm) and December 2-8 (Blackboard online component, asynchronous)
Location: CE building (room TBD) for face-to-face component
Presenters: Mary Engstrom and Robert Squires
This training program will introduce prospective adjuncts to Blackboard and effective online instructional practices. To apply for the program, send an email to xls@umontana.edu. Please include contact information for your academic Chair.
December 3: A Taste of MERLOT. Presenters: Tim Tirrell and MSU-Billings faculty
MERLOT is an online learning object repository maintained by college and university faculty across North America. MSUB faculty will demonstrate how they are using the MERLOT content as well as the benefits of belonging to the MERLOT community to improve and enhance instruction in their classes. They will also share some of their favorite resources.
All webinars take place at 12PM - 1PM on the dates listed. Contact Mary Engstrom at mary.engstrom@umontana.edu If you plan to participate. You'll be provided with room locations and other access options.
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Dates: March 10-11, 2010 at The University of Montana
Location: CE building and University Center
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Susan Ko
Susan Ko has been executive director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at UMUC since October 2003. The Center, under the Office of Faculty Affairs, is responsible for providing faculty development for more than 3,000 worldwide faculty, including administration of CTLA 201, the award-winning online teaching training course required for all UMUC faculty teaching online.Dr. Ko is co-author with Steve Rossen of a leading book on the subject of online teaching, widely adopted by faculty development programs nationwide, entitled Teaching Online: A Practical Guide, now in its 2nd edition from Houghton Mifflin. She has frequently given presentations and workshops on the subject of online teaching and learning at conferences over the past decade.
