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September 21, 2010: Faculty/Staff News
Faculty Workshops Scheduled
There are a handful of faculty workshops scheduled in the upcoming weeks, including:
"Respect and Etiquette in the Classroom”
Tuesday, Sept. 21, from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. in St. Thomas Hall, room 590
Dr. Marian Farrell & Dr. Anthony Ferzola (Faculty liaisons to the CTLE)
Join us for the first of our series of workshops on teaching effectiveness. This workshop will help participants maintain classroom civility and offer suggestions on how to foster a respectful, collegial, learning environment. Come and bring your own experiences pertaining to this topic to our workshop and enjoy an informal lunch and discussion with your colleagues. A light lunch will provided.
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“Showcasing Teaching Enhancement Grants and Development Stipends for Online Courses”
Thursday, Sept. 30, from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. in St. Thomas Hall, room 590
Past recipients of these grants and stipends
The annual Teaching Enhancement Grants are awarded to instructors who wish to invest their time and resources to innovatively enhance their courses to promote student learning. Development Stipends for Online Courses support faculty members who nurture student learning through the creative use of ANGEL. This presentation will showcase the projects of two faculty members who have received these funds and have successfully completed their projects. A light lunch will be provided.
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“Teaching to Promote Self-Regulated Learning”
Wednesday, Oct. 20, form 2:30 - 4 p.m. in St. Thomas Hall, room 590
Dr. Linda Nilson (Clemson University)
Self-regulated learning is the metacognitive skill and practice of strategically planning, monitoring, and evaluating one's learning — a key study habit that few students know about. Many studies tell us that instructors can improve their students’ exam performance, written and designed products, and problem-solving skills by incorporating into their courses even one or two of the many forms of self-regulated learning activities. These modest additions also reduce the overconfidence that many students feel about their mastery of the material and their ability to apply it.
After this workshop, you will be able to design and integrate proven self-regulated learning assignments and activities into your courses. You can choose from among those designed for specific times during the term (beginning, middle, and end) and those connected to lectures, readings, problem sets, papers, projects, quizzes and exams. Refreshments will be provided.
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IT Services Announces CNAC Deployment
The next change that you will experience starting on Tuesday, Sept. 7, is the deployment of the Cisco Network Access Control (CNAC) system for all computers connecting to the University network. This system will require end-users to go through a process similar to the one currently used to connect to the wireless network (RoyalAir); meaning that you will be required to authenticate — enter your username and password — before gaining access to the network. The CNAC system will help us to validate that only individuals who should have access to our network resources will have access and, eventually, will help us to monitor the “health” (up-to-date patches, operating systems, etc) of the desktops that are connecting to our network. Collectively, this will insure a more robust and secure electronic working environment for all of us.
The implementation of CNAC will begin on Sept. 7 and is expected to take 30 days for campus-wide implementation. The implementation will occur in small network segments that are grouped by building and by floor. Network changes will be made overnight and users of the segment will notice the change the following morning. To assist end-users, information about the planned schedule for deployment can be found at www.scranton.edu/CNAC-Deployment. IT Services staff will be available and located in each of the affected areas as we work our way across campus.
We appreciate your patience and understanding as we continue to improve. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Technology Support Center at 941-Help or at Techsupport@scranton.edu.
Pet Therapy Scheduled Sept. 29
Technology on Your Own Terms Series Returns
Technology on Your Own Terms continues in fall 2010 with the theme “Get to Know Google,” featuring workshops on four different Google services:
Google Docs: An Excellent Way to Create, Collaborate on, and Securely Store Documents
Friday, Oct. 1, from noon – 1 p.m.
This workshop will introduce you to Google Docs, a service that allows you to create documents that parallel Microsoft Office: Word, Excel and Powerpoint. It also allows for the creation of online surveys and the storage of any type of document in a very secure environment. Google Docs offers excellent collaborative opportunities for working on any supported document type with both peers and students, meaning that the tool can be used for course paper submissions, faculty feedback, collaborative student projects, club or research purposes. (Taught by Tim Cannon, Psychology/Neuroscience)
Get Where You’re Going with Google Maps
Tuesday, Oct. 12, from noon – 1 p.m.
Many people know that you can use Google Maps to get driving directions from one place to another. But did you know that you can also use Maps to scope out a vacation destination, find the closest Italian restaurant, or make a custom map for a friend or a project? In this workshop, you’ll explore specialized features and tools available in Google Maps to help you get where you want to go. (Taught by Kristen Yarmey, Weinberg Memorial Library)
Does Google Give You A Voice?
Thursday, Nov. 4, from noon – 1 p.m.
In this workshop, we will explore Google Voice, a recently-made-public service of the search giant. Google Voice offers one central phone number, which can be set-up to call your other phones based on caller, time of day, etc. Other features of the service include visual voicemail, personalized greetings, voicemail transcription, international calling and a lot more. It is easy to set up … learn how! (Taught by Eugeniu Grigorescu, CTLE)
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