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Mazur Keynote Video Available
Dr. Eric Mazur, scientist, researcher, and educational innovator from Harvard University, spoke here on February 15, 2013, talking about his use of active learning technologies in the college classroom. His keynote was titled: "Confessions of a Converted Lecturer."
This video is close captioned and includes audio. Length is 90:00 minutes.
Plagiarism Education Week, April 22-26
Did you know that April 22-26 is Plagiarism Education Week?
I didn't either, but it sounds like an excellent idea. Turnitin, our plagiarism prevention system, says on its Web site that Plagiarism Education Week "was started to help educators foster student understanding that Originality Matters." They're partnering with a number of organizations to present a series of free Webcasts each day about various plagiarism issues.
For more information, visit the Plagiarism Education Week Web site.
Sam Eneman
Center for Teaching and Learning
Mazur Presentation Slides Available
Dr. Eric Mazur, scientist, researcher, and educational innovator from Harvard University, was here on February 15 talking about his use of active learning technologies in the college classroom. His keynote was titled: "Confessions of a Converted Lecturer."
As he says: "I thought I was a good teacher until I discovered my students were just memorizing information rather than learning to understand the material. Who was to blame? The students? The material? I will explain how I came to the agonizing conclusion that the culprit was neither of these. It was my teaching that caused students to fail! I will show how I have adjusted my approach to teaching and how it has improved my students' performance significantly."
Here are links to his presentation slides:
Confesssions of a Converted Lecturer
Sam Eneman
Center for Teaching and Learning
Why is Eric Mazur's Classroom So Noisy?
Peer Instruction is the reason, of course. Professor Mazur has developed a teaching technique that allows the students to “instruct each other”. In his practice of interactive learning, Dr. Mazur uses a four-pronged approach whereby, he first provides instruction, assesses understanding, allows for peer instruction and finally assesses for understanding a second time. In this way students achieve a deeper level of understand. Examine for yourself…
Online Course Evaluations Winner
The Center for Teaching and Learning is happy to announce that the winner of the Phase 2 web-based course evaluations iPad give away is Shelby Hendrix, a new Sophomore transfer student majoring in Exercise Science. CTL offered the drawing as an incentive for completing web-based course evaluations, which had an overall response rate of 61%. Phase 3 kicks off in the Spring 2013 semester – stay tuned for announcements regarding another contest for completing web-based course evaluations for courses in the College of Computing and Informatics and the College of Arts + Architecture.
Important Information about Centra and Windows 8
As you may know, Microsoft released its new Windows 8 operating system on October 26, 2012. At this time Centra does not run on a Windows 8 computer.
Saba is currently working on a Centra update that will support Windows 8 but it will not be available until January or February. We wanted you to be aware of this now. You will need access to a computer running Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP to attend Centra sessions when Spring Semester begins in January. We will announce when the update is installed.
For more information, please see our Centra technical requirements page.
Center for Teaching and Learning Seeks Faculty Fellows
The Center for Teaching and Learning is seeking two members of the faculty who would like to serve as the Faculty Fellows, beginning July 1, 2013, and continuing for a two-year appointment. The fellowships will provide interested members of the faculty the opportunity to serve the needs of the campus faculty through various professional development activities.
In order to give the appropriate amount of time and effort required by the Center, the successful candidates will be released from teaching one course each semester (with departmental approval). Each fellowship is a 9-month position plus a 2-month summer stipend.
Please see the full announcement and criteria online. The deadline for applications is Friday, December 7, 2012
Phase 2 of Web-Based Course Evaluations
Once again, the University will conduct course evaluations via the web. Students enrolled in courses in the Belk College of Business and William States Lee College of Engineering will join students in the College of Health and Human Services, College of Education, School of Architecture, and Distance Education in completing their course evaluations online from Tuesday, November 20 to Thursday, December 6. Students who complete their web-based course evaluations by December 6 will be eligible to win a new iPad. Visit the course evaluations web site for more information.
SoTL Poster Session 2012
Sign up here while there are still spots available!
Old Moodle Courses to be Archived
To maintain the performance and stability of Moodle, all "for-credit" courses from Fall 2008 - Spring 2011 will be removed from Moodle on November 10, 2012.
If you have materials in some of those courses that you would like to retain, here are the the instructions and FAQs for copying your course material to a Development Course in Moodle.
Time is of the essence, so please make sure you copy any course materials that you would like to keep before November 10. Only courses from the previous academic year forward will be maintained in Moodle. Development Courses, Sandbox Courses, and Project Sites will also remain in Moodle and unchanged.
Thank you for your cooperation with this effort.
Do I need to copy my course materials?
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Have you already copied into a Development Course (an empty course shell) your old materials from courses offered between Fall 2008 and Spring 2011? |
No further action needed |
Copy your course into a Development Course |
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Do your course materials reside in a course from Summer 2011 or later? |
No further action needed |
Copy your course into a Development Course |
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Do your course materials reside in a backup on your hard drive? |
You may want to import these into a Development Course |
Copy your course into a Development Course |
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Do you have Sandbox Courses, Project Sites, or Development Courses in Moodle? |
These are unaffected. No further action needed. |
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