The 4th Annual Teaching with Technology Idea Exchange will be June 5-6, 2008 on the Utah Valley State College campus in Orem, Utah. Registration ends May 30, 2008.
Join other educators, developers, and innovators from across the nation and beyond in this 2-day conference devoted to the exchange and development of information, best practices, and new ideas. TTIX is an open conference that encourages free access to presentation information and materials, and facilitates the sharing of knowledge. Registration for this conference is and always will be free.
Attendance is free, but pre-registration is required.
Lunch for both days at TTIX 2008 is paid for by sponsors and vendors when you pre-register. http://www.ttix.org/
I attended the TTIX 2007 conference last year and consider its discovery one of the great, pleasant surprises of the year. The presentations and workshops were excellent and useful, and the price was not bad either. Needless to say, I already registered for this year's event.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Want to Get Blog Updates as Email?
People sometimes bookmark a link to a blog, subscribe to the RSS/Atom feed in a viewer, or if available, subscribe to a mailing list/listserv that will send any updates right to their email boxes. CMC Teaching and Learning Blog does provide you with an option to have new posts sent to your email box (videos or pictures won't be sent, only text)--So here are your options.
1) Save the URL to your favorites and check in periodically:
http://faculty.coloradomtn.edu/blog
2) Save the feed to an RSS feed viewer.
3) Subscribe to this email list and the text of any posts will automatically be delivered to your email:
--The user must send an email to listserv@mailer.coloradomtn.edu
--The email should have no subject and have only the following in the body: subscribe teachingandlearningblog
--The sender will quickly get a return Confirmation Request that requires them to either follow a confirmation link or send a confirmation reply email. At that point they will be added to the list and will receive all messages.
--To leave the list, the member sends a message to listserv@mailer.coloradomtn.edu with the message in the body: signoff teachingandlearningblog
--Naturally, these subscribe/unsubscribe messages must be sent from the account that the user wishes to add to the list or to have removed from the list. For additional help, check with the Service Desk.
1) Save the URL to your favorites and check in periodically:
http://faculty.coloradomtn.edu/blog
2) Save the feed to an RSS feed viewer.
3) Subscribe to this email list and the text of any posts will automatically be delivered to your email:
--The user must send an email to listserv@mailer.coloradomtn.edu
--The email should have no subject and have only the following in the body: subscribe teachingandlearningblog
--The sender will quickly get a return Confirmation Request that requires them to either follow a confirmation link or send a confirmation reply email. At that point they will be added to the list and will receive all messages.
--To leave the list, the member sends a message to listserv@mailer.coloradomtn.edu with the message in the body: signoff teachingandlearningblog
--Naturally, these subscribe/unsubscribe messages must be sent from the account that the user wishes to add to the list or to have removed from the list. For additional help, check with the Service Desk.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Employers want new way to judge graduates beyond tests, grades
A few days ago, I ran across the article below about employers’ suggestions that we need more than tests and grades to document whether students are learning what they need to know. Maybe it's time to re-activate our student portfolios.
Employers want new way to judge graduates beyond tests, grades
By Mary Beth Marklein, USA TODAY
Colleges have been scrambling over the past year to respond to recommendations from a national commission that they be clearer to the public about what students have learned by the time they graduate.
Sometime in the next several weeks, for example, a national online initiative will be launched that allows families to compare colleges on measures such as whether they improve a student's critical-thinking skills.
Tools for such measurements were recommended by the national commission, which was created by Education Secretary Margaret Spellings. The group released its recommendations in late 2006.
Now, a sampling of the nation's employers have weighed in. And they are not terribly impressed.
The survey of 301 business leaders nationwide suggests that colleges find ways to assess a student's ability to apply college learning to real-world settings.
Forget transcripts, multiple-choice tests or institutional scores. The surveyed business leaders want faculty assessment of internships, senior projects or community-based work.
"Too many policymakers and educational leaders are focused on the tests rather than on what is really important: whether students are learning what they need to know," says Roberts Jones, president of Education & Workforce Policy, a consulting firm based in Alexandria, Va.
The survey, conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates, was released Tuesday by the Association of American Colleges and Universities, a non-profit national organization that promotes a liberal arts education.
It builds on a survey last year in which business leaders said 63% of graduates are not prepared for the global economy.
Carol Geary Schneider, the association's president, said the survey findings suggest colleges and universities look for new ways to demonstrate student success.
"We need to invent new forms of accountability that look at such issues as global knowledge and selfdirection and intercultural competence, not just at critical thinking and communication skills," she says.
Among survey details:
•57% said half or fewer of today's college graduates have the full set of skills and knowledge necessary to advance in today's workplace.
And though most say graduates are reasonably well-prepared in a variety of areas, they are not exceptionally strong in any.
•40% said a faculty supervisor's assessment of a student's internship in a real-world setting would be "very useful."
•14% said a score showing how an applicant's college compares with others in advancing students' critical-thinking skills would be "very useful."
•13% said college transcripts are "very useful."
•6% said an applicant's score on a multiple-choice test of general content knowledge would be "very useful."
Find this article at:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/edu
Employers want new way to judge graduates beyond tests, grades
By Mary Beth Marklein, USA TODAY
Colleges have been scrambling over the past year to respond to recommendations from a national commission that they be clearer to the public about what students have learned by the time they graduate.
Sometime in the next several weeks, for example, a national online initiative will be launched that allows families to compare colleges on measures such as whether they improve a student's critical-thinking skills.
Tools for such measurements were recommended by the national commission, which was created by Education Secretary Margaret Spellings. The group released its recommendations in late 2006.
Now, a sampling of the nation's employers have weighed in. And they are not terribly impressed.
The survey of 301 business leaders nationwide suggests that colleges find ways to assess a student's ability to apply college learning to real-world settings.
Forget transcripts, multiple-choice tests or institutional scores. The surveyed business leaders want faculty assessment of internships, senior projects or community-based work.
"Too many policymakers and educational leaders are focused on the tests rather than on what is really important: whether students are learning what they need to know," says Roberts Jones, president of Education & Workforce Policy, a consulting firm based in Alexandria, Va.
The survey, conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates, was released Tuesday by the Association of American Colleges and Universities, a non-profit national organization that promotes a liberal arts education.
It builds on a survey last year in which business leaders said 63% of graduates are not prepared for the global economy.
Carol Geary Schneider, the association's president, said the survey findings suggest colleges and universities look for new ways to demonstrate student success.
"We need to invent new forms of accountability that look at such issues as global knowledge and selfdirection and intercultural competence, not just at critical thinking and communication skills," she says.
Among survey details:
•57% said half or fewer of today's college graduates have the full set of skills and knowledge necessary to advance in today's workplace.
And though most say graduates are reasonably well-prepared in a variety of areas, they are not exceptionally strong in any.
•40% said a faculty supervisor's assessment of a student's internship in a real-world setting would be "very useful."
•14% said a score showing how an applicant's college compares with others in advancing students' critical-thinking skills would be "very useful."
•13% said college transcripts are "very useful."
•6% said an applicant's score on a multiple-choice test of general content knowledge would be "very useful."
Find this article at:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/edu
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Colorado Conference Time
Conferences are a terrific way to broaden perspectives, pick up new ideas for practice, and meet and spend time with peers. Check out these posts, then start a discussion with your supervisor about possible attendance. If you are looking for a Colorado conference in March and April, this is a great year. For the best registration prices, now is probably the time to register.
Mar. 2 - 5, Denver (National). League for Innovations in the Community College: http://league.org/. CMC will have seven or more presentations at this conference. Here's a chance to see what your colleagues are doing in a national context.
April 14-15, Breckenridge, CO. (International) Innovate Conference. Title: The Real and Ideal. This conference features both national and international presenters on practices and leadership--this is a very interesting program in CMC's back yard. It is brought to you by Innovate Journal and the Center for Internet Research: http://www.education-2008.org/schedule.cfm.
Have an innovative practice you are willing to present at the Innovate Conference, let me know soon (avoorhees@coloradomtn.edu) and I will pass your name and contact info along.
April 16 - 18, Breckenridge, CO. Telecoop Conference Title: My Space: In Your Face. This practioner conference is in it's 14th year. Relaxed, Nice-Sized Group of hybrid and online practioners. Mostly CO attendees, though it has been attracting other states. This conference has day rates also: http://www.telecoop.org/conference/
April 15 - 17. Fully Online. Technology, Community, and Colleges: The New Internet: Collaboration, Convergence, Creativity, Contrast, and Challenges. This conference is in its thirteenth year, this conference is hosted by institutions in Hawaii and Japan -- learn from peers around the world. It offers a nice sense of community. And you don't have to travel! http://tcc.kcc.hawaii.edu/2008/tcc/welcome.html.
If you are looking for additional conferences, some others are listed at http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=conferences
If you have conferences to recommend, it would be great if you would share them in the comments section of this post. Don't overlook the next post. It provides the details about the Faculty Professional Development Fund that just might get you to one of these conferences.
Cheers,
Alice
Monday, January 21, 2008
Happy Martin Luther King Day
Greetings, All,
Martin Luther King holiday provides educational and service opportunity. He is known as a great student, a leader of change, and a Nobel prize awardee.
Here are some resources for sharing/passing along:
History of MLK Day (A little over 3 minutes)
"I Have a Dream" video and text (credit: clipart.com)
Nobel Acceptance Speech
Videos of Groups Observing MLK as a Community Service Day
MLK Performance in China
Best,
Alice
Martin Luther King holiday provides educational and service opportunity. He is known as a great student, a leader of change, and a Nobel prize awardee.
Here are some resources for sharing/passing along:
History of MLK Day (A little over 3 minutes)
"I Have a Dream" video and text (credit: clipart.com)
Nobel Acceptance Speech
Videos of Groups Observing MLK as a Community Service Day
MLK Performance in China
Best,
Alice
Photo Credit: Clipart.com
Friday, January 18, 2008
Welcome
At last! I've been trying to figure out a way to set up a web space for faculty resources and communications and chose this blog. It can be bookmarked at http://faculty.coloradomtn.edu/blog
Why a blog? Blogs are easy to update, have archives, can be automatically pushed out to an email list, allow readers' immediate responses to individual posts.
They also allow for easy additions of media and information from the many resources now available. And the prior CITL site will soon be in transition during the website redo.
So welcome to 2008 and best wishes for a terrific Spring term!
Alice (Bedard-Voorhees)
CMC Director of Innovations for Teaching and Learning
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