May 20th, 2013

• All Day: Faculty Technology Institute 2013
  Kick off the summer with a fun filled week exploring technology you can use in teaching and research.  With over 40 workshops on everyday topics such as tech for sharing course materials to emerging trends like 3D printing there is something for everyone.  Visit us at go.lclark.edu/fti to register or for more information.
  (Until May 24th)

May 21st, 2013

• 9:00am - 10:15am: Get Started with Google Sites
  This workshop introduces users to the basics of Google Sites, the new alternative to Moodle and LiveWhale for faculty and class web sites.  This section is designed to jumpstart those who want to develop a site from scratch.  Continue to work on your site or get follow up tutorials during Class Web Page Lab sessions on Wednesday and Thursday.
• 9:00am - 10:15am: Moving to Google Sites
  Are you ready to explore moving your legacy (~) or other class web site to a Google Site? This session is geared towards helping those who already have an established web page to create and implement a strategy to move to Google Sites.  Consultants will be on hand to answer questions and assist with your project during Class Web Page Lab sessions on Wednesday and Thursday.
• 9:00am - 10:15am: Getting Started with Moodle
  If you are just getting started with Moodle, this is the workshop for you.  Moodle is a web-based content management system that makes it easy for groups to securely interact, collaborate, communicate and share materials on the web. First, we’ll introduce you to Moodle and tell you about the various tools it offers to help you reach your students beyond the classroom.  Then we will take you through the basics of setting up your Moodle course.
• 9:00am - 10:15am: What’s New with Moodle
  There’s a lot to like in the Moodle updates we saw over the 2012-2013 school year.  In this session we’ll highlight our favorite new features!
• 9:00am - 10:15am: Social Media for Research and Collaboration
  Social Media empowers learners to create connections, collaborate on new ideas, and build networks. We’ll establish some basic “house rules” for Social Media interaction, and examine how different types of Social Media (blogs, Twitter, Diigo) can enhance the curriculum for all disciplines. 
• 9:00am - 10:15am: Instructional Videos: Find, Edit, and Share
  Short, targeted instructional videos are becoming a staple on many class websites.  There are many sources for free instructional video, but they are often too long or otherwise unsuited for sharing with students in their original form.  In this hands-on session, we’ll show you some quick tips and tricks that make it easy to edit and then post video customized to your instructional needs.  Consultants will be on hand to answer questions and assist with video projects during our Multimedia Lab sessions on Wednesday and Thursday.
• 10:30am - 11:45am: Beyond the Presentation
  Creating and then giving face-to-face presentations in PowerPoint (or other presentation programs) is only a fraction of how presentations are used today in instruction.  In this session, we’ll discuss using PowerPoint for pre-recorded, self-run presentations to upload to Moodle (and other systems) for your students to use outside the classroom. We’ll also discuss a variety of ways to use presentation software to produce printed classroom materials.
• 10:30am - 11:45am: Designing in Moodle to Serve Your Syllabus
  You’ve put a lot of thought into the methods by which students will approach and engage with your material in the classroom. This workshop will explore strategies for building a Moodle page that extends your classroom teaching style into the online environment, and that is integrated into the development of your course over the term. We’ll look at ways of using Moodle to stage and prepare for in-class activities, and for reflection and analysis after class. We’ll explore the potential of thematic and project-based modules. Drawing from your and other participants’ syllabi, we’ll think through concrete scenarios of how you might use Moodle to cultivate students’ skills, knowledge, and habits of mind.
• 10:30am - 11:45am: Designing Curricula with Visual Media in Mind
  A recent statistic stated that the average person living in a metropolitan area sees over 10,000 images a day. Our lives are inundated with images, and as educators, we are in a position to help students engage with images on a personal, academic, and critical level: sometimes for the first time. In this workshop, we’ll discuss strategies for developing curricula and assignments that critically engage students with images, as well as assessment strategies for evaluating these assignments.
• 10:30am - 11:45am: Games and Gamification
  An emerging technology expected to have a significant impact on higher education is game-based learning.  There is a long history of using games in instruction, but gamification, or the application of gaming elements to curricular design, is a relatively recent trend.  Come and discuss best practices and strategies for how (and why) you might use games or game-like elements to engage and motivate your students.
• 12:45pm - 1:30pm: MOOCs and the Liberal Arts Classroom
  This academic year saw an explosion of interest in Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs), free online courses that cover the same material offered by traditional universities and colleges.  Is this just the latest fad or will MOOCs transform education?  Will MOOCs have an impact on how we learn and teach at L&C and how can we benefit from the broad interest in electronic learning engendered by MOOCs.

May 22nd, 2013

• 9:00am - 10:15am: Quick Bytes – Online Tools
  Class Lists – Not Just for Email! (9:00 – 9:25)
  Goodbye Infonet, Hello WebAdvisor (9:30 – 9:50)
  Appointment Slots (9:55 – 10:15)
• 9:00am - 10:15am: Quick Bytes - Managing Moodle
  Moodle Groups (9:00 – 9:25)
  Scheduler (9:30 – 9:50)
  Gradebook (9:55 – 10:15)
• 9:00am - 10:15am: Quick Bytes – Student Engagement
  Personal Response Systems or “Clickers” (9:00 – 9:25)
  Crowdsourcing (9:30 – 9:50)
  Social Bookmarking (9:55 – 10:15)
• 9:00am - 10:15am: Quick Bytes – Images Online
  Flickr (9:00 – 9:25)
  ARTstor (9:30 – 9:50)
  Creative Commons (9:55 – 10:15)
• 10:30am - 11:45am: Share and Collaborate with Google Drive
  The move to Google Apps for Education opens up new ways to share and collaborate using Google’s Docs suite, which we are calling LCdocs. Come and see how easy it is to share and collaborate on docs, spreadsheets, presentations and more - especially for real-time collaboration. We’ll also discuss limitations and gotchas you may encounter.
• 10:30am - 11:45am: Lab Session: Moodle & Class Web Page Focus
  Work on your class pages, experiment with techniques mentioned in prior sessions, and/or chat with FTI consultants about how you might use Moodle, Google Sites or other online tools in an upcoming class.  FTI consultants can also help with individual and small group tutorials on Moodle, finding, editing and creating content for your web pages, and other web publishing topics.
• 10:30am - 11:45am: Tools for Student Collaborations
  In this session, we’ll discuss proven tools for supporting student collaboration. Some tools, like Moodle, Google Sites and Google Drive, you may already use, but can be expanded for collaborative purposes, and others, such as Debate Graph, Show Document, and Primary Wall may be new to you.  Learn how to encourage and provide rubrics for collaboration while exploring these fun tools!
• 10:30am - 11:45am: Lab Session: Multimedia & Emerging Tech Focus
  Work on or learn more about creating, editing and sharing video and audio.  Experiment with and explore emerging tech both online and in our IT Sandbox.
• 12:45pm - 2:00pm: iPads in Education
  The Apple iPad is changing how faculty interact with technology for the purpose of teaching.  Information Technology and Watzek Library were funded to explore this potential by putting iPads in the hands of faculty as part of the iPads in Education project. The Graduate School of Education & Counseling is also exploring what can happen when iPads are also in the hands of students.  Come and hear from our panel of faculty about their experiences using the iPad during the 2012-2013 academic year.

May 23rd, 2013

• 9:00am - 10:15am: Google Forms for Educators
  Google Forms allow you to create customized forms that can be used as survey tools or as a means of collecting other information (i.e. RSVPs or registrations) all while saving the data directly into an exportable spreadsheet, complete with charts and summaries.  Come learn what all you can do with a Google Form and the easy process to setting one up.
• 9:00am - 10:15am: Put Your Quizzes Online
  Moodle Quizzes offer a variety of options for displaying questions, grading and security. You can customize your quizzes to allow students multiple attempts and determine whether they receive special feedback or see the correct answers (after they’ve taken the quiz, of course).
• 9:00am - 10:15am: Options for Video Conferencing
  Come and learn about using interactive video in your teaching - both in and out of the classroom.
  One-to-one video conferencing can be an effective, easy and inexpensive way to bring virtual Guest Speakers to your class.  You may be familiar with Skype, but L&C has more robust options available.
  For larger groups or more advanced applications, use L&C’s Adobe Connect virtual meeting room.  Adobe Connect is great for virtual classrooms, webinars, and other video conferencing situations.  Use features you expect such as sharing a presentation, web browser, and files.  Extras such as polling, group and private chats, and annotation tools make Adobe Connect sessions truly interactive.  Sessions can even be recorded and shared with those unable to attend in real-time.
• 9:00am - 10:15am: Lab Session: Multimedia and Emerging Tech Focus
  Work on or learn more about creating, editing and sharing video and audio.  Experiment with and explore emerging tech both online and in our IT Sandbox.
• 10:30am - 11:45am: Organization Tips & Tricks from Google Pros
  How do you deal with the constant flood of information headed your way over the course of the term?  There are many hidden gems in various Google Apps that can help from taming your inbox to making it more easy to manage information you need to share. This class will focus primarily on Google Drive and Gmail, but will include aspects of Calendar and Groups.
• 10:30am - 11:45am: Effective Online Discussions
  When thoughtfully incorporated into your course, online discussions can extend the walls of your classroom and promote interaction. In this session, we’ll show you how to set up discussion forums in Moodle and discuss tips and techniques for structuring online forum assignments that engage and instruct. Strategies discussed apply to online discussions in general and are not Moodle-specific.
• 10:30am - 11:45am: Lab Session: Class Web Page and Teaching Tools Focus
  Work on your class pages and/or chat with FTI consultants about possible how you might use Moodle, Google Sites or other online tools in an upcoming class.  Experiment with and explore how you might incorporate techniques such as classroom flipping, social media integration, visual media and collaborative tools into upcoming classes and research projects.
• 10:30am - 11:45am: Digital Media Projects and Collections in Omeka
  Omeka is a specialized web publishing platform geared towards making it easy to create academic and cultural websites that display collections and exhibitions.  Omeka has been used for a handful of Digital Iniative projects here at LC, powers many prominent Digital Humanities projects and is widely used by Museusm and Libraries.  Omeka can be used in the classroom for both individual and group student projects that build a digital collection and/or constructing narrative exhibits.
• 12:45pm - 2:00pm: Fun and Useful Apps
  It’s increasingly an App world whether we’re talking about your Smartphone, Tablet, or computer.  Join the FTI Team as we share and demonstrate some of our favorite Apps and how you can use them for work or just for fun!  Have favorites of your own?  Come and share what works for you.