The University of the Sciences will be rolling out Google Apps for Education soon. This optional resource will give all faculty, students and staff a state-of-the-art communication and collaboration platform to supplement our existing e-learning infrastructure. We will have the ability to share and collaboratively edit documents compatible with Word, Excel and PowerPoint. We can create unlimited Wiki websites (Sites in Google parlance) and stream videos from our own private branded YouTube-like site.
All content resides in our own protected domain and will require a login and password. Content is not exposed to the public through search engines.
View this 30 minute recorded webinar to get oriented to the features of this new offering:
Stay tuned for additional posts as we prepare for the official roll-out.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Organizing Blended Courses for Optimal Student Engagement
Mark you calendar! Join us and participate in this Academic Tech Webinar Series event.
Despite the growing acceptance and recognized benefits of online education, many instructors and students discover they miss the dynamics of a face-to-face class. A blended course, which combines traditional class time with online learning elements, has emerged as a powerful solution that provides the best of both worlds.
When done correctly, a blended (or hybrid) course leads to more productive in-class time and more engaged learning outside of class, ultimately improving learning outcomes. Plus, as an added bonus, blended learning provides much-needed relief for overbooked classrooms at a time when most capital improvement projects have been put on hold.
Faculty Focus invites you to join Dr. Ike Shibley of Penn State for a live video seminar guaranteed to inspire you to think more creatively about how to use blended course delivery to get students actively involved with their course material.
In Organizing Blended Courses for Optimal Student Engagement, Dr. Shibley will address the unique pedagogical challenges of blended learning, and the proven strategies and technologies he uses with his students.
This online seminar will cover:
When done correctly, a blended (or hybrid) course leads to more productive in-class time and more engaged learning outside of class, ultimately improving learning outcomes. Plus, as an added bonus, blended learning provides much-needed relief for overbooked classrooms at a time when most capital improvement projects have been put on hold.
Faculty Focus invites you to join Dr. Ike Shibley of Penn State for a live video seminar guaranteed to inspire you to think more creatively about how to use blended course delivery to get students actively involved with their course material.
Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Time: 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Where: Griffith Hall Room 110-C
In Organizing Blended Courses for Optimal Student Engagement, Dr. Shibley will address the unique pedagogical challenges of blended learning, and the proven strategies and technologies he uses with his students.
This online seminar will cover:
- Effective blended techniques before, during and after class
- Using clickers to create a more active classroom
- Ways to reach higher levels of Bloom’s taxonomy with clicker questions
- How to write quiz questions that encourage students to rehearse material
- Best methods to increase engagement through blended course design
- How blended learning makes assessment easier
Friday, February 26, 2010
Conference: Social e-Learning @ the University of Pennsylvania
Mark your Calendar! The Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware Distance Learning Association (PADLA) invites you for a look inside the University of Pennsylvania and see how they implemented a social strategy to enhance their online learning environment. Whether your experience ranges from a seasoned veteran, to someone just beginning to explore the dynamic world of Distance/e-Learning, you will be guaranteed to learn, share, and have ample opportunities to build your professional network.
Presentations include:
Designing a New Online Learning Environment Centered on Social Interaction
In this session, presenters describe the development and implementation of the Penn LPS Commons, a custom-built online learning environment designed to center participants on the social interactions that drive learning communities. Built with Drupal and Moodle, the LPS Commons includes social networking, learning management and collaborative web 2.0 tools as well as robust permissions models which allow select elements of online learning communities to be shared with public audiences as institutional Open Educational Resources (OERs). Presenters will review use-case scenarios from their suite of online courses and current OER projects funded by the National Science Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation.
Integrating Social Strategy into Online Course Design
In this session, presenters turn their attention to the instructional design issues related to integrating social networking tools into effective online course design. The presentation describes a non-credit course in Positive Psychology which drew a global audience of over 1000 participants from 62 countries. Designed to engage both self-access and social learners, the course centered on 36 hours of broadcast quality video and allowed participants to drive course conversations through a variety of activities using social tools (eg. blogs, discussion forums, user profiles). Presenters will share user evaluation data and open up discussion about implications for applying social networking tools in other learning contexts.
WHERE:
The University of Pennsylvania
Houston Hall 3417 Spruce St Philadelphia, PA 19104
WHEN:
Tues., March 16, 2010
8:30am to 11:45am.
PADLA Members: Free
Non-Members:$25
Join PADLA Now Only: $100
Continental breakfast provided
Presentations include:
Designing a New Online Learning Environment Centered on Social Interaction
In this session, presenters describe the development and implementation of the Penn LPS Commons, a custom-built online learning environment designed to center participants on the social interactions that drive learning communities. Built with Drupal and Moodle, the LPS Commons includes social networking, learning management and collaborative web 2.0 tools as well as robust permissions models which allow select elements of online learning communities to be shared with public audiences as institutional Open Educational Resources (OERs). Presenters will review use-case scenarios from their suite of online courses and current OER projects funded by the National Science Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation.
Integrating Social Strategy into Online Course Design
In this session, presenters turn their attention to the instructional design issues related to integrating social networking tools into effective online course design. The presentation describes a non-credit course in Positive Psychology which drew a global audience of over 1000 participants from 62 countries. Designed to engage both self-access and social learners, the course centered on 36 hours of broadcast quality video and allowed participants to drive course conversations through a variety of activities using social tools (eg. blogs, discussion forums, user profiles). Presenters will share user evaluation data and open up discussion about implications for applying social networking tools in other learning contexts.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Lecture Capture using Mediasite
Mark you calendar! Join us and participate in this Academic Tech Webinar Series event.
Lecture capture is already an important component of classroom technology at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. Lecture capture allows instructors to record what happens in their classrooms and make it available electronically through our Angel LMS. We use Mediasite in the major lecture halls to capture high quality video of the instructor and everything that is projected in class, including the instructors desktop computer screen (e.g., web sites, applications, PowerPoint slides), document camera output or hand-writing on the interactive podium display.
Lecture capture systems offer three important benefits:
Date: Friday, February 12
Time: 12 Noon to 1 P.M.
Place: Your Desktop
Lecture capture is already an important component of classroom technology at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. Lecture capture allows instructors to record what happens in their classrooms and make it available electronically through our Angel LMS. We use Mediasite in the major lecture halls to capture high quality video of the instructor and everything that is projected in class, including the instructors desktop computer screen (e.g., web sites, applications, PowerPoint slides), document camera output or hand-writing on the interactive podium display.
Lecture capture systems offer three important benefits:
- an alternative when students miss class
- an opportunity for course content review
- and content for online course development.
- lecture capture enhances existing instructional activities
- lecture capture improves student performance, satisfaction and retention
- faculty may alter their lecture style to improve the learning experience
- faculty or staff may edit lectures before they are released
- students view captured lectures
Date: Friday, February 12
Time: 12 Noon to 1 P.M.
Place: Your Desktop
Friday, January 15, 2010
Supplement Classroom Learning with Screen Capture Software
MARK YOUR CALENDAR! Join us to view this webinar by Dr. Dave Yearwood, who has conducted numerous workshops for college faculty at the national and international levels. Associate Professor and Chair of the Technology Department at the University of North Dakota, Dr. Yearwood’s research interests focus on ways faculty members can infuse presentations and other technologies into coursework to connect and engage students, enhance understanding, and promote dialogue leading to critical examination of course content. According to the program…
Time: 1pm to 2:30pm
Place: Rosenberger 102
During this live, interactive seminar, participants will learn:
Instructional technology can–and should–be changing the way college faculty conduct classes. Today, students can access course information remotely, around the clock. Are faculty members at your institution taking full advantage of this fact? If not, it may be time for a skills upgrade. Even the most talented faculty need help to stay current with the latest advances in instructional technology. The growing availability of portable multimedia devices and the proliferation of Course Management Systems make the time right for college instructors to begin to integrate audio and video teaching and learning modules to create more engaging–and more effective–courses.Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010
Time: 1pm to 2:30pm
Place: Rosenberger 102
During this live, interactive seminar, participants will learn:
- How technology can free up class time for higher order learning activities
- Easy ways to become your students’ 24/7 personal tutor
- Where to access recommended technologies
- How to create supplemental and remedial course materials
- Strategies to encourage students to take a more active role in their education
- Innovative ways to increase out-of-class engagement with course material
- How to develop compelling portable media presentations for easy student access
- The benefits of providing short audio-video content for your students
- Surprising ways to include students in recorded content
- Where faculty members can obtain needed technical assistance
- And more
Friday, December 18, 2009
Webinar: The Future of ANGEL
At these webinar sessions, Blackboard will provide an update on the promises that were made at Angel Users Conference in May ‘09 and will provide some additional detail about organizational influences the ANGEL and Blackboard teams have had on one another. Then, they will focus on the road ahead for ANGEL clients such as USP. They will share how they have been listening to client concerns and what their current plans are for ANGEL 8.0 and beyond.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 11:00 am EST - Register Now!
Thursday, February 11, 2010, 2:00 pm EST - Register Now!
Thursday, February 18, 2010, 1:00 pm EST - Register Now!
You will receive email confirmation with all information needed to participate.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Creatively Engaging Online Students: Models & Activities
MARK YOUR CALENDAR! Join us to view this recorded webinar by Dr. Curt Bonk, Professor of Education, Indiana University. According to the program...
Time: 1pm to 2pm
Place: FOW 110, 4101 Woodland Building
Dr. Bonk addresses growing concerns about a lack of engagement in the online classroom. Student dissatisfaction, apathy and, increasingly, attrition threaten to derail the progress of online education at many schools. During this presentation, you’ll discover how to address those problems, and how to build proven engagement-boosters into your online programs.Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Time: 1pm to 2pm
Place: FOW 110, 4101 Woodland Building
- Learn how to address student learning preferences online.
- Discover ways to motivate students in online environments.
- Take home a minimum of a dozen ideas you can use in your classrooms and programs.
- Get the facts on two unique ways of thinking about teaching and learning in online environments.
- Hear about a wealth of low-risk, low-cost, low-time activities.
- Create a vision of what you would like your classroom to be, and develop a plan to achieve it.
- See how to use the “R2D2 model” for thinking about diverse learning needs.
- Understand how the example you set online can help (or harm) your students.
- Learn to build peer and expert feedback into your online classes with techniques like critical friends and cross-institutional mentoring.
- Find out how to successfully prepare students for the rigors of online learning.
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