The first of many - Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) presented: "The Many Hats of a Professor: Things I Learned at Kettering" by Dr. William (Bill) Riffe, Professor, Manufacturing Engineering.

Prof. Riffe shared his words of wisdom from a long and distinguished career here at Kettering. This Distinguished Faculty Speaker Event is sponsored by CETL.

Online Education Resource Office Program (OERO): Technology training provided by Donna Wicks and Tracey Rodgerson

Purpose:  tips and tricks for the use of technology in teaching and learning
When:  Monday formal training and Wednesday drop in discussion during Fall 2011
Where:  CETL Collaboration Room (3-103 or 3-105 while room is being renovated)
Details:  Brown Bag lunch

Tentative Topics:

Monday, Week 2:  I Posted It, Why Can't My Students Find It?
    How to organize your course menu and content from a student perspective.

Monday, Week 3: Solving The "Rubrics" Puzzle
    How to create and deploy rubrics for use with student work.

Monday, Week 4: Why Doesn't The Grade Center Just Work!
    How to effectively set up and use the grade center for your purposes.

Monday, Week 5:. An Online Swap Meet
   How to create reusable learning objects that can be shared with others.

Monday, Week 6:. It's All About You - Capturing Your Thoughts!
   Using free software to capture small lecture segments to reinforce your face-to-face lectures.

Monday, Week 7: Blackboard Ate My Homework!
   An overview of technical issues that trip up students and ways to reduce the problems.

Week 8:  Happy Thanksgiving!

Monday, Week 9: How To Avoid Being a Facebook Creep
    Using social media to collaborate and communicate with your students.

Monday, Week 10: DFTBA - Don't Forget To Be Awesome
   How to use extras to make your online course content the best it can be.