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May 2010
Special Summer Workshop: Creating Student Responsibility for Deeper
Learning
Co-sponsored by OIT's Innovative Technology Consulting initiative and
TENN TLC, this workshop addresses the need to develop student
responsibility for learning and create opportunities both in and out
of class for deeper learning. We will start with considering your
objectives for your course and your students. How can you encourage
more independent learning? How can you move students to higher levels
of critical and creative thinking? What "blended" environment using
technology and active learning techniques can help you accomplish your
goals for student responsibility? We will explore course design and
the components that you need for more effective student learning and
better use of time in and out of class.
Date: Wednesday, June 16
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Location: TBD
For more information or to RSVP, contact Gina Phipps at
[log in to unmask] or 974-7912. Please RSVP by Tuesday, June 1.
Best Practices for Developing and Delivering
Online Instruction
University teaching and learning is no longer confined to the physical
classroom. Faculty and students can now connect and engage in learning
conversations through a variety of Internet communications
technologies, such as Online@UT (Blackboard) and LiveOnline@UT (Saba
Centra). While the spaces in which learning takes place may look
different, there are some fundamental best practices for supporting
learning in online environments. This guide was developed by faculty,
staff and students at UT, including members of the UT Learning
Consortium, the Office of Information Technology / Innovative
Technology Consulting, and the Tennessee Teaching and Learning Center,
with the purpose of providing guidance to faculty offering online
instruction.
This guide provides a checklist of best practices which can be used by
faculty to self-assess the quality of their online instruction. It can
also be used for a peer-evaluation of your course by a colleague. It
can be used by units and departments as they begin to develop online
instruction, courses, and programs. The checklist also has an
accompanying glossary and bibliography of additional resources.
Links to PDFs of these documents are located at: http://itc.utk.edu/teaching/online/
The PDFs can also be found on the Tennessee Teaching
and Learning Center website:
http://tenntlc.utk.edu/publications.html
More Technology Training Workshops
for You & Your Students
We have a variety of workshops scheduled in May, including complete
suites of Dreamweaver (4 sessions) and Access (2 sessions). An Excel
suite starts toward the end of the month and continues in June.
An Introductory SharePoint session is available in early May and the
SharePoint Team Site Administrators workshop is offered in mid-May.
Registration is required for all workshops. To view descriptions and
register for sessions, visit the OIT Training page. If you have
questions or need help with registration for any of the workshops
listed above, contact the HelpDesk at http://help.utk.edu or 974-9900.
Free Faculty Development Assistance
If you've always wanted to incorporate a new idea into your course,
but are not quite sure how to make it work or lack the time to
implement it, ask us to help.
Whether it's creating an individual learning element or assistance
with structuring a whole course in Blackboard, we're here to work with
you.
Asking for assistance is easy. To begin the process, launch the online
request form.
Learn more about all of our services and events at our Website, http://itc.utk.edu
.
April 2010
Scheduled Uptime: 100%
Total Uptime: 100%
Learn more
Faculty
Spotlight
Will Schleter and
Dr. Richard Bennett
Instructional Technology
May Workshops
Register for a Workshop
Introduction to Online@UT
Access your online course site, receive an overview of instructor
development tools and resources, and learn to upload a variety of
document types.
• Mon, 5/24, 1pm-3:30pm
• Wed, 5/26, 9:30am-noon
• Thu, 5/27, 9:30am-noon
Introduction
to Online@UT
(online version)
This version of the Introduction to Online@UT workshop provides
training (and certification) in an online, self-paced format.
Continuous enrollment
Introduction
to LiveOnline@UT
(online version)
This version of the Introduction to LiveOnline@UT workshop provides
training in an online, self-paced format.
Continuous enrollment
Register for a Workshop
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