CIT Training
January 2012 myCourses & Library Training
CIT, Milne Library and the TLC are offering training on myCourses and other teaching strategies. A brief description of each workshop is included below. Please register at least 2 days before the class begins. All classes will be held in Milne 109.
Tuesday,January 10, 2012
A Little Discomfort Goes a Long Way – part 1 (noon-1:30 - lunch included)
Gradebook (online for 3 days) – Set up all your gradebooks for the Spring semester
Wednesday,January 11, 2012
Intro to myCourses (for individuals who have never used myCourses) 9:30 – 10:30 am
Effective Ways to Use myCourses to Enhance Teaching (noon-1:30 - lunch included)
Thursday, January 12, 2012
A Little Discomfort Goes a Long Way – part 2 (noon-1:30 - lunch included)
Workshop Descriptions:
A little discomfort goes a long way: Increase student learning through critical evaluation of teaching
This pair of hands-on workshops (brought to you by Milne Library and the TLC) will introduce practical applications of theory that can enhance student learning in all disciplines. Feel free to attend either workshop or both. Participants should bring a syllabus to these workshops.
In the first workshop, participants will:
- reflect on their discipline as it relates to Liberal Arts
- connect theory, practice and disciplinary knowledge to engage students
- share challenges and ideas with colleagues across the college community
- consider existing learning objectives and different ways to enact them
- develop methods to create interactive lessons
In the second workshop, participants will:
- share revised lesson plans with fellow colleagues
- discuss and provide feedback to further refine ideas
- develop a forum for ongoing communication and exchange of ideas
Intro to myCourses
This class is designed for individuals who have not used myCourses at all. Instructors: Laura Cook and Marie Shero, CIT.
Effective Ways to Use myCourses to Enhance Teaching
Faculty will become students for this fun, interactive course showing usability and customization, collaboration tools, assessments and more. There will be a couple of pre-workshop assignments which will take no more than 45 minutes total. In the end, we will turn your access to this course over to you as instructors so that you can use what you have learned in your Spring classes. Some of the key areas include: (1) Achieving the three types of interaction for success, (2) Usability and Customization to create the best supplemental learning environmental to your face-to-face courses, (3) Collaboration and Active Learning strategies, and (4) Best Practices. Instructors: Laura Cook and Marie Shero, CIT.
myCourses Gradebook (online only)
This hands-on workshop will guide you in setting up your gradebook(s) for Spring. Individual help will be available for attendees after this general online session. This training will require about 45 minutes per day (online) for three days, depending on how many gradebooks you need to set up for the Spring semester. Instructors: Laura Cook and Marie Shero, CIT.