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Learning Center Courses, facilitated by recognized leaders, provide in-depth coverage of current information technology topics. Learning Center Courses are fee-based, three- or six-hour, lab- or nonlab-based sessions that deliver a body of practical knowledge and applications. Learning Center Courses augment the conference program by providing in-depth exposure to specific topics. Selection of faculty for these courses is very competitive and is based on course content and thoroughness of the proposed course design. Lecture-only presentations are not accepted.
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Morning Learning Center Courses
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Sunday, March 15, 2009
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
$100 per course
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Podcasting and Beyond
Podcasting is a popular technology that allows students individual access to course content such as recorded lectures, graphics, and videos. Students use podcasts and videos to revisit lectures, access supplemental material, or make up missed content. As the technology has increased in popularity, it has also become easier to implement. Other technologies such as YouTube offer similar opportunities. Participants learn easy techniques to create new connections with students using accessible, and in many cases, inexpensive, technology. Participants also brainstorm ideas for applying podcasting to their own courses.
Michael Coste, Faculty
Library
Front Range Community College
Angelica McMillan, Faculty
Humanities
Front Range Community College
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Assessment Boot Camp
This course is designed for assessment-phobes and for educators who are eager to know more about assessment. The interactive session offers practical tips for developing more effective test questions and scoring rubrics. Covered are multiple-choice and open-ended questions. The course is appropriate for faculty members as well as administrators.
Cathrael Kazin, Director
Higher Education and School Assessments
Educational Testing Service (ETS)
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Engage Your Students With Free Web 2.0 Tools
The presenter demonstrates using several new, free, web-based communications applications to engage students in new and powerful ways. These services emphasize collaboration and social networking. Participants get hands-on experience with many of these applications, including audio, video, music playlists, photos, wikis, instant messaging, social bookmarking, Twitter, web office, RSS, and more. All information is available for participants’ use after the course through Web 2.0 technologies.
Britt Watwood, Specialist
Center for Teaching Excellence
Virginia Commonwealth University
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Afternoon Learning Center Courses
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Sunday, March 15, 2009
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
$100 per course
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The Institutional Portfolio Model to Assess General Education Learning Outcomes
This course presents an overview of a performance-based general education assessment model. The course begins with a description of the critical steps needed to design and implement an outcomes assessment model and the major methodologies and processes available to assess student learning outcomes. Next is provided a history and description of the design and implementation of the Institutional Portfolio Model for assessment of general education outcomes. Participants then garner hands-on experience scoring actual student artifacts using the model’s holistic scoring rubrics. Expected student outcomes, assessment methods, and institutional standards are also discussed.
Jeff Seybert, Higher Education Consultant
Research, Evaluation, and Instructional Development
Johnson County Community College
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Thoughtful Facilities Planning Equals Substantial Learning
Participants learn how to plan and develop new or renovated spaces that maximize learning opportunities. This session takes participants through the six steps that ensure flexible, collaborative spaces. Learned is how to minimize barriers to change, avoid instruction paradigm pitfalls, productively work with architects and designers, and develop a comprehensive approach to facilities design from concept to completion.
William Flynn, Managing Director Emeritus
National Council For Continuing Education And Training
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