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SCHOOLHOUSE TEST 1
LEADERSHIP ARTICLE 2
ACC RAC 2015 2
DIRECTOR’S CORNER 3
LILLY 2015 3
TEAM TEACHING
ARTICLE
4
BOOK REVIEW 5
iPAD REPORT 5
Inside this issue:
CETL Newsletter
Winter 2015
C E N T E R F O R E X C E L L E N C E I N T E A C H I N G A N D L E A R N I N G
Schoolhouse Test Writing Software
The CETL is happy to announce Version 4 of the
popular Schoolhouse Test is now available to Life
Faculty. We have a large site license. This new
version comes with a new look and three new
question types (checklist, statements, and table).
You can import and export for Blackboard use. Plus a new question
bank feature turns any test into a question bank, and many more new
features and options.
Currently there are 13 Question Types Available:
Multiple-choice
fill-in-the-blanks
matching
short answer
list
checklist
Table list with prompts
order
true/false
essay
diagram statements
Volume 6 Issue 1
Edition
On Demand
See the website to more tips at
http://www.schoolhousetech.com/Test
Steps to Install on your home computer:
1—Go to Blackboard and log–in.
2—Go to Faculty Development eCenter (FD 101) Course.
3—On the left click on the Schoolhouse Test tab.
4—Click on Offline Campus Access: Schoolhouse Test Pro 4.
5—Download and install.
Volume 6 Issue 1
Page 2
10 Success Secrets in Leadership By Adam Townsend | Project Coordinator, QEP While doing a bit of housecleaning over the past quarter, I
stumbled upon an old AJC newspaper tucked away in a filing
cabinet. In it there was an article titled “Success: Managers live
what they learn” - an interview with Bert Thornton, former
Waffle House president and chief operations officer. In the
interview, Thornton shares his 10 secrets to being a successful
leader which he cautions are, “… easy to do, but also easy not to.” These are his 10 secrets:
I would like to accept this challenge myself – to use these “secrets” to be a successful leader and I wanted to
share them with you. As you continue to lead your classrooms as role models, friends, and most importantly,
as leaders by example, I hope these bits of wisdom will make a positive difference.
To upgrade to or install Schoolhouse Test Pro on your campus computer, please email
Dr. Alena Coleman
Dr. Susan Esposito
Dr. Joseph Guagliardo
Dr. Jerry Hochman
Dr. Kathryn Hoiriis
Dr. Ron Hosek
Dr. Karima Cooper
Dr. Lydia Dever
Dr. Linda Mullin
Dr. Robert Rectenwald
Dr. Paula Rhodes
Dr. Brent Russell
Dr. Anquonette Stiles
Dr. Stephanie Sullivan
Dr. Beatrice Tapia
Dr. Joseph Haezebrouck
6. Learn to say yes.
a. Learn to say no.
7. Nourish yourself. Read. Eat. Pray.
8. Learn to manage your time.
9. Give away all the credit.
b. Take all the blame.
10. Give things away anonymously.
1. Always take notes.
2. Hang around the right people.
3. Be honest.
4. Always have a great attitude.
5. Get up earlier than your friends.
Dr. Salman Afsharpour
Dr. Samuel Demons
Dr. Edward Owens
Dr. Drew Rubin
Dr. Lisa Rubin
Dr. Eva Elsangak
Dr. Charmaine Herman
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Volume 6 Issue 1
Director’s Corner: An Instructional Challenge — The Effective Use of Video to Enhance Student Learning
Dr. Kathryn Hoiriis
Faculty to attend Lilly Conference 2015
Once again, the faculty of Life University will be attending the Lilly
Conference . We are pleased that Dr. Todd Z has given us an opportunity
to hear great speakers and engage in learning with a top notch program.
Congratulations to our Faculty: Dr. Steve Bloomingdale, Dr. Karima
Cooper, Dr. Bian Fang, and Ms. Faith Zhou.
Christie Price—Keynote
Speaker
Video instruction most often involves more than just a talking head. A tru-ly dynamic speaker is able to dissect important concepts into managea-ble learnable pieces that make it easy for students to understand.
Avoid using videos just for the sake of using videos. If students can’t un-derstand why faculty are showing them a particular clip, don’t expect them to be engaged. Like any tool, there is a time and place to use it. Students respond to what they know. Use of video may offer a visually rich means to get the attention of the students and may help generate engaging discussion, but it can be diffi-cult to know what kind of content to include and when to include it. One very important tip to consider when choosing to create video-enhanced instructions is that the content should be relevant, engaging, and provide insights students wouldn’t be exposed to through traditional instruction, like that from a textbook. Please stop by the CETL to discuss your ideas about using videos.
CETL Contact Information
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Volume 6 Issue 1 1269 Barclay Circle
Learning Resource Center
Enter via Faculty Atrium
Marietta, GA 30060
Phone: 770-426-3050
Fax: 770-426-2849
E-mail: [email protected]
Turning Technology a Success at Life U—
Students in the Quality Circle Focus Group
report satisfaction with the use of clickers in the
classroom!!!
Use then for your course to engage the students with important questions for discussion and
formative feedback on learning. Be sure to include the Clicker Policy Statement in your syllabus.
Please contact the CETL for more details and to discover the best way that you can incorporate
them into your instruction.
Team Teaching
Kathryn M. Plank • Otterbein University
Abstract
Team teaching has the potential to have a profound impact
on both teaching and learning. Many who have taught as
part of a team report the break from solitary practice brings
renewed excitement for teaching and the course that makes
them better teachers. It also creates a learning environment
in which students can explore multiple perspectives and
ways of knowing. Of course, along with the benefits come
many challenges. This paper shares some of the advice
gleaned from those who have written about their team
teaching experiences to help others make the most of the
opportunity.
Read the entire white
paper here:
http://ideaedu.org/sites/
default/files/
paperidea55.pdf
Excerpt Taken From IDEA PAPER #55
We have a new Project
Coordinator, Mr. Adam
Townsend. Please stop
by to say hello—we are
open 7:30AM-4:30PM.
We still have an open
position for the Course
Designer and are ac-
cepting applications
now.
Please remember that
you are wel-
come to use
your faculty
id to obtain a
key at the
front desk of
the library for the CETL
so you can use the facil-
ity when there isn’t a
staff member present.
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Volume 6 Issue 1
Faculty Teaching and Learning Book Review by Dr. Christie Kwon
The Online Teaching Survival Guide by Judith Boettcher and Rita-Marie Conrad
It is great not only for faculty members who will teach online courses, but also everyone teaching hybrid or even traditional format classes. It provides several tips to help understand our students – how they may best learn in the classroom, and reasons why they may have difficulty doing so. The book is well-organized and contains several easy-to-reference checklists and tables.
One of the most interesting points presented in this book is that while traditional courses and tradition-al teaching have focused on content delivery, online learning requires students to be more en-gaged within a learning community. Online teach-ing cannot be delivered exactly as we have done in the traditional classroom, and the goals of what we deliver may be quite different as well. Effective learning in the asynchronous environment will re-quire dialogue to occur between faculty and learn-er, between learners, and between the learner and outside resources. Our teaching presence in these
courses may need to play more of the facilitator role than the traditional "sage on the stage" role of traditional content delivery. Therefore, an instructor may want to provide a wider variety of resources for these students. It's a great reminder that students should be encouraged to seek out content resources that match their individual levels of development and learning styles.
“Since we are begin-ning to launch more classes in the online and hybrid formats at Life University, such resources in the CETL will be invaluable. Thanks, CETL!”
Camtasia Studio by
TechSmith can be used for
Lecture Capture, Power-
Point capturing, and much
more. Please come by the
CETL for more information
on these applications.
Doceri Desktop for PC/
Mac and iPad will allow
you to control presenta-
tions conveniently and in
real time from your iPad.
Also, interact by drawing,
adding text, and images
from your iPad to your
desktop presentation.
You can also record your
presentations and easily
add them to Blackboard,
YouTube, or email directly
to students.
For more information
please come by the CETL
and see the link below:
http://youtu.be/MlI2_Rseut8
iPad Group Report: Tech in the classroom
The Apple iPad Group is fo-
cused on incorporating technol-
ogy into teaching and learning
and more specifically, using
iPads in the classroom to create
a more interactive environment
for both the instructor and the
student. The group has found a
few applications such as Doceri, Socrative, Dropbox, and Quizlet to be
beneficial. If you are interested in joining the Faculty iPad Group, would
like more information on technology in the classroom, or would like to
share an application for the iPad that you find beneficial, please contact