Learning Technologies and Online Education (LTOE) is proud to announce this year’s Spotlight on Faculty Program, to be held on Wednesday April 18, 2012 in the HUB Hage Room. This popular event gives instructors a chance to present to their peers technologies they use at Plymouth State. We look forward to the many interesting presentations and the opportunity to share with colleagues!
Time and Presentation
- 3:15 pm - Opening Remarks
- 3:30 pm - Using Mahara for your Promotion and Tenure Portfolio - Michele Pruyn (Biological Sciences)
- 3:45 pm - Showcasing the sustainable Italy semester abroad through Mahara – Mary Ann McGarry (Center for the Environment)
- 4:00 pm - Using Twitter in the #Classroom - Scott Coykendall (Communication and Media Studies)
- 4:15 pm 20 pounds of paper or 1.44 pounds of iPad? - Vanessa Alander (English)
- 4:30 pm - Re-tooling course content using Moodle 2 – Zhizhang Shen (Computer Science and Technology)
- 4:45 pm - Leveraging social media for student networking and promotion – Bob Nadeau (College of Business Administration)
- 5:00 pm - Dinner break
- 5:15 pm - TurningPoint, aka “clickers” - Karen Franke (Biological Sciences)
- 5:30 pm - Using research to improve student learning online - Francis Williams (Criminal Justice)
- 5:45 pm - Bridging continents: Using technology to internationalize a PSU Counseling Practicum - K. Hridaya Hall (Counselor Education and School Psychology)
- 6:00 pm - Blogging for engagement - Deborah Brownstein (College of Business Administration)
- 6:15 pm - Using the groups feature in Mahara - Kathleen Norris (Educational Leadership, Learning and Curriculum)
- 6:30 pm - Using hand-held GPS for location-based data collection exercises - John Lennon (Social Science)
- 6:45 pm - Concluding Remarks by Learning Technologies and Online Education
The event was a success! Thanks to all the presenters for their time and effort, and to those who attended.