[VPAAEtal] CFEI News, Resources, & Events

Mon Sep 8 15:06:37 CDT 2014

Good Afternoon Faculty!

The Center for Faculty Excellence & Innovation (CFEI, formerly the Faculty Center for Teaching with Technology of FCTT) would like to highlight new resources and events for faculty professional development.

CFEI Resources

1)      The CFEI has a new dedicated Faculty Fellows & Scholars Space with 2 computer stations equipped with Internet access and researching, data analyzing, writing, and presenting software. Faculty Open Lab sessions, to support your current instructional, research, scholarship, and service projects, will be held in this space on Thursdays from 11:00am to 1:00pm during the Fall 2014 semester. Faculty are welcomed to participate in the Open Lab sessions as well as use this space at any time during regular business hours. Reservations are recommended, since Faculty Fellows and Faculty Open Lab sessions will be given first priority.

2)      The CFEI has a 1-year membership to 20 Minute Mentor Commons, a media resource library specifically for faculty. Please see the attached flyer for information on how to access the library anytime this 2014-2015 academic year.

3)      The CFEI held a Faculty Focus online seminar, 10 Ways to Improve Blended Learning Course Design in 2014 on 8/21/14 from 1:00-2:00pm at the CFEI Conference Room (AGIT 222). It is not too late to participate! If you are interested in accessing the online resources for this past seminar, please register on the CFEI website for this online seminar at any time, or while the CFEI website is preparing to launch, please call 903-886-5511 or email CFEI.FacultyDev at tamuc.edu<mailto:CFEI.FacultyDev at tamuc.edu> to register. With the registration, you will have unlimited access to the video, PowerPoint handout, transcript, and additional materials. For more information on the seminar, go to Faculty Focus at http://www.facultyfocus.com/seminars/10-ways-to-improve-blended-learning-course-design-in-2014/.

CFEI Events

4)      The CFEI is offering an array of professional development opportunities this semester. Please refer to the new, coming soon, CFEI website or the Texas A&M University-Commerce EMS Calendar of Events (http://www.tamuc.edu/) to look at the list of professional development events offered. To register, on the CFEI website, click on Faculty Development, then click on Calendar of Events, and finally click on Faculty Development Registration. Alternately, while the CFEI website is preparing to launch, please call 903-886-5511 or email CFEI.FacultyDev at tamuc.edu<mailto:CFEI.FacultyDev at tamuc.edu> to register for any session.

Upcoming sessions include:

·         How Can I Promote Deep, Lasting Student Learning?, 9/8/14, 4:00pm-4:30pm, CFEI Conference Room (AGIT222)

·         How Can I Promote Deep learning Through Critical Reflection?, 9/8/14, 4:30pm-5:00pm, CFEI Conference Room

·         Universal Accessibility and Content Delivery, 9/9/14, 10:00am-11:00am, CFEI Training Lab

·         Creating an Interactive Virtual Classroom Using Classlive Pro, 9/9/14, 3:00pm-4:00pm, CFEI Training Lab

·         Faculty Open Lab, 9/11/14, 11:00am-1:00pm, CFEI Faculty Fellows & Scholars Space

·         Lunch & Learn: Nonparticipation & Lack of Motivation, 9/16/14, 12:30pm-1:30pm, CFEI Conference Room

·         eCollege Gradebook: Hands-On Training to Customize a Gradebook in eCollege, 9/16/14, 2:00pm-3:00pm, CFEI Training Lab

5)      The CFEI has developed new service opportunities for faculty, including leading a Community of Learning, facilitating a Lunch & Learn session, and/or presenting scholarly topics to fellow faculty. For more information, visit the CFEI website, the RSCA --> Communities of Learning, and Service --> Professional Development Presenter and Community of Learning Leader pages. If you are interested in participating, please fill out the attached Form for RSCA Communities of Learning & Service.

6)      For all those new to online learning, the CFEI strongly recommends enrollment in the CFEI Introduction to Online Learning self-paced online course within Pearson LearningStudio (eCollege). The New Instructor Form needed for enrollment in this course is attached. Additionally, as a useful reference, all faculty can access the self-paced eLearning course tutorial, .NExT Instructional Design Tutorial, within Pearson LearningStudio (eCollege) from My Courses tab, click on My Course List, located under Special Courses.

Blended Learning Resources
The CFEI would like to highlight topical resources for faculty with each email. This email's focus is on Blended Learning, a hot topic for 2014.

7)      See Item 3 above for information on the 10 Ways to Improve Blended Learning Course Design in 2014 online seminar resources.

8)      See the attached flyer for a list of 20 Minute Mentor Commons videos and resources on blended learning.

9)      Faculty Focus: Blended and Flipped: Exploring New Models for Effective Teaching & Learning Special Report, http://www.facultyfocus.com/free-reports/blended-flipped-exploring-new-models-effective-teaching-learning/

10)   Online Learning Consortium (formerly Sloan-C): Blending In: The Extent and Promise of Blended Education in the United States, http://onlinelearningconsortium.org/publications/survey/blended06

11)   Edutopia: Blended Learning: Resource Roundup, http://www.edutopia.org/blended-learning-resources

Have a great week!

CFEI Faculty Development
Center for Faculty Excellence & Innovation l Academic Affairs
CFEI.FacultyDev at tamuc.edu<mailto:CFEI.FacultyDev at tamuc.edu>

P.O. Box 3011 Commerce, Tx 75429-3011
Tel. 903.886.5511 l Fax 903.886.5991 l www.tamuc.edu<http://www.tamuc.edu/>

Texas A&M University-Commerce

Felicity Cruz Grandjean, Ph.D. l Faculty Developer
Center for Faculty Excellence & Innovation l Academic Affairs
Felicity.Grandjean at tamuc.edu<mailto:Felicity.Grandjean at tamuc.edu>

P.O. Box 3011 Commerce, Tx 75429-3011
Tel. 903.468.8792 l Fax 903.886.5991 l www.tamuc.edu<http://www.tamuc.edu>

Texas A&M University-Commerce

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