Betsey Barnett teaches Multicultural Studies on-line as well as face-to-face. She has been teaching it on-line for almost 10 years now, and has some wonderful information to share about getting students to think deeply about a subject and to recognize their own growth.
Listen to BbFS13 (29 minutes)
Tom Vilberg is using on-line testing to assess class and departmental learning objectives, using the test bank from their Intro to Psychology textbook. How much do your students learn in your course? During their education? Here is a simple way to find out, at least on one dimension.
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Patricia Kahn is Manager of Training and Technology at Montclair State University. Patricia talks about Montclair's Digital Mentorship Programs, as well as other activities taking place at Montclair.
Listen to BbFS11 (20 minutes)
Lin Harper is Proposal Development Specialist at the University of Southern Mississippi. She has been involved in distance learning and faculty development and support since 1994. In this discussion she talks about the need for quality support and service, building trust with faculty, using minigrants to introduce technology, and seeing technology as a tool.
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TWU has been using Blackboard since Course Info 1 in 1999 and Jean Mankoff, Director of Instructional Technology Programs, tells us some of their successes starting with their original adoption, to training then and now, to pedagogical uses that have changed student learning. Hear how they use a topic of the week to provide faculty training, Blackboard applications, and staff training on a single topic, such as Excel or PowerPoint, each week. Hear how they assessed their faculty technology experiences and then offered one-on-one training to help them feel more comfortable in their uses of technology. Hear about their use of discussion boards to enhance their clinical courses so that the students are better prepared before they start their rotations. Take advantage of TWU's many years of experience by listening to this 20 minute discussion.
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