Monday Aug 13, Pre-Conference Focus on Distance Educatio This full day pre-conference event includes three workshops every distance education faculty should attend– however, it’s limited to just 40 participant – so register now! The Future of Distance Educatio John Seed, Pat James, Guests Room 974; 9:00am-12:00pm Join a group of your peers for a wide-ranging discussion about the future of Distance Education. In the first hour, we will be joined, via SKYPE, by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker, the co-founders of www.smarthistory.org. Their site, which features short, engaging videos about art historical topics, recently became affiliated with the Khan Academy, an emerging source of free online education. In the second hour we will watch a 20 minute video presentation y Salman Khan, the founder of the Khan Academy. In the remaining time we will ask and discuss the question that we feel need to be asked as we consider not only the future of Distance Education generally, but the specific methods and approaches that will serve us best at MSJC.
Did You Know? MSJC has a blog for educators; go to http://msjcteaching.wordpress.com to join the conversation.
Developing Your Course Using Quality Standards Micah Orloff, Anna Stirlin Room 974; 1:00pm – 2:30pm Looking to improve your online course? Want to bring it to the next level? In this workshop, we will explore a research data-driven and globally recognized rubric that can be used to evaluate exemplary course design best practices to improve the engagement, collaboration assessment and learner support within your own courses. Many who have used the rubric report that the experience has improved their courses and made them stronger course designers – you can benefit from this tool as well! Going deeper – after the pr-conference workshop, sit in on the Bb Rubric series to learn and apply tips and tricks to make your coursean exemplary one! What is Web 2.0 and Why Should I Care? Anna Stirling,Micah Orloff Room 974; 2:30pm – 3:30pm You've heard the term floating around, but what does it actually mean? Web 2.0 sites allow users to interact with each other by creating user generated content. Well, that's great, but why should I care? There are many ways that Web 2.0 can be integrated into the classroom and daily tasks. In this workshop you will be introduced to four Web 2.0 sites: Tagxedo, Animoto, Glogster, and Jux, and see how they can be used separately or together to enhance engagement and learning.
Tuesday Aug 14 – WELCOME The Changing World of Educatio Room 927 (Theater); 9:00am – 10:00am Join in a lively discussion about DE and what’s happening at MSJC and in the world. How will the free mass-courses that the universities are running effect our DE? What new technologies can you use to streamline your work? What’s the future for DE at MSJC with the economic situation that we find ourselvs in? We will be addressing these and other topics in conversation to set the tone of this Academy.
Tuesday Aug 14 – MORNING Show Me the Data Charles Hawkins Room 814; 10:00am – 11:00am Room 814; 11:00am – 12:00pm This workshop will explain how to easily obtain MSJC student data by subject and course for the most recent 5 year period by term. Data is broken out by service area (MVC, SJC, I-15 Corridor, SGPC & On-Line). The data includes FTES, success rates, retentin rates, withdraw rates and number of seats. What happens when I get hurt at work? Worker's compensation and MSJC employee Kara McGee Room 930; 10:00am – 11:00am Room 930; 11:00am – 12:00pm Please join us for an engaging workshop on Worker's Compensation here at MSJC employee. There have been several changes such as new forms, new processes and a new clinic located near MVC. We look forward to seeing you! Acrobat X: ePortfolios and Form Rick Miller, Adobe Systems Incorporated Room 931; 10:00am – 12:00pm Learn how to use the ePortfolio and Forms capabilitie in Acrobat X to enable students and faculty to easily organize, collect, and present information from a variety of sources into a media-rich PDF Portfolio. Also, learn how to use the PDF forms creation tools in Acrobat X to create and distribute interactive forms
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Robert’s Rules Fred Frontin Room 932; 10:00am – 11:00am Room 932; 11:00am – 12:00pm This workshop presents Roberts Rules of order in a fun and understandable way. If you ever have to chair a meeting, or attend meetings where you don understand the way the rules are working, then this presentation is for you. It will cover the following: basics of parliamentary procedures; how to chair a meeting; how to make and amend amotion; how to prepare an agenda and why an agenda is necessary; how to make your meetings run quickly; and Brown Act Open Meeting Law requirements The All-New CCC Confer - Meeting, Teaching, and Supporting Students Live Onlin CCC Confer Team Room 951; 10:00am – 12:00pm CCC Confer has a Sleek New Look - Learn how to use this FREE video e-conferencing tool, just in time for the Fall 2012 semester. In this interactive session you will create a MyConfer account, learn how to upload PPT slides, use the whiteboard, share your files and websites with students, use polling to test student's knowledge, use your web camera to say "Hi" or for class demonstrations. We will show you how to easily record your classes so students can review the lecture materials again and again. Increase student retention and student success! You will receive a training certificate and goodies too How can a multiplication table make lon division simple? David Vandewater Room 969; 10:00am – 11:00am Room 969; 11:00am – 12:00pm
Students who can't multiply or divide without a calculator! What do you do with them? There is a new kind of multiplication table for students that wil improve their retention of the basic multiplication tab products and enhance their understanding of multiplcation and long division skill. Students get a MrV's Tables Card and access to training PowerPoints. Student response in my Math50/Math51 classes has been overwhelmingly positive. Come get your own card and see why... I will supply MrV’s Cards (multiplicatio and addition tables) for use at MSJC, as well as access to the Powerpoints that train students to use it. Requires more than one Session
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Tuesday Aug 14 – MORNING Don’t Tell Them, Show Them with Screencastin Belinda Heiden Scot Room 974; 10:00am – 11:00am Room 974; 11:00am – 12:00pm In this workshop you will be introduced to Sceenr and Screen-O-Matic. These screencasting tools allow yoto capture your computer screen and present it in a video. Learn how to use your webcam with presentation software such as PowerPont and Prezi to make a video. CurricUNET Training Michelle Stewart Room 901; 10:30am – 12:00pm This session is intended for people who have not yet been trained on CurricUNET; however, people who have had training and want a refresher or who are still confused about what to do with CurricUNET are welcome to attend. We will not be discussing how to write curriculum but only how to work with the CurricUNET system and how the new approval process works within CurricUNET. Please email curriculum@msjc.edu prior to the workshop to get a user id if you do not already have one. When is learning happening in class? iClickers to the Rescue! Nick Reeves Room 927 (theater); 10:30am – 12:00pm iClicker (http://www.iclicker.com) is a student response system that can be used in any smart room for any type of course. iClickers make it possible to assess students in real time and determine whether learning has happened for your whole class and not just the vocal students in the front row. It is also possible to maintain attendance records, assess SLOs in a consistent way across sections, and conduct impromptu polling with iClickers. The biology department on the Menifee Valley Campus has been using iClickers since 2009 with great success. This session will provide a demonstration of iClicker technology.
Grants Boot Camp (part 1 of 3) Rebecca Teague, Regina Howard Room 950; 10:30am – 12:00pm The Grants Boot Camp presentation will cover the various steps involved in developing a grant proposal. Topics will include: Components of a grant proposal, researching and finding grant opportunities, determining the right "fit", and proposal planning and budgeting. During the presentation, participants wi identify a grant idea, find and esearch appropriate funding, and receive instruction and guidance for completing a grant proposal. The Grants Boot Camp will be offered in three one and a half hour sessions, two on Tuesday (one in the morning, one in the afternoon) and one on Thursday (afternoon. What’s New in Blackboard for Fall 2012 Amrik Randhawa Room 970; 10:30am – 12:00pm Have you heard? There’s going to be another upgrade to Blackboard for Fall 2012. In this workshop we will discuss some of the new features available, such as: changes to usability including a sleek new interface and course-to-course navigatio; course themes; improved testing functionality, includi: automated re-grading and negative markin, and more! Want more informatio? Come check it out! Honors Faculty Training Workshop Christina Yamanaka, Erik Ozolin Room 973; 10:30am – 12:00pm This workshop will provide a broad overview of the Honors Program and training for faculty who currently teach honors or plan to do so in the future. Honors syllabi, curriculum addenda, assignments and activities Blackboard resources, creating Honors sections, Honor Workshops, the Honors Conference at UCI, and more will be covered as part of the training.
Did You Know? Open Educatioal Resources are available FREE to you and your students. Go to http://bit.ly/MSJ-OER for more info.
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Tuesday Aug 14 – AFTERNOON New Faculty Orientatio Richard Rowley, Department Representative Room 927; 1:30pm – 4:30pm This orientation will provide you with information fro multiple college departments, such as: Informatio Technology, including Blackboard, e-mail, voicemail and Online Resources, Enrollment Services, Support Services for Students, Student Conduct & Instructional Tips, and Parking Permits. Got Curriculum? Michelle Stewart Room 901; 1:30pm – 3:00pm In this session, we will give an overview of the Course Outline of Record (learning objectives, course content, methods of instruction and evaluation, examples o assignments, distance education,etc.) and what it means to write an integrated course outline. We will discuss requirements established by Title 5 and best practices f curriculum and what that means for gettin courses approved by the curriculum committee. We will also provide an overview of the approval process and what the various players in the approval process are looking for, including agenda forms and comparable transfer courses. Whether you are new at writing curriculum or someone with experience, this presentation will help clarify the curriculum approval process. CurricUNET training not required. PowerPoint Basics PJ Johnston Room 814; 1:30pm – 4:30pm This workshop will provide an overview of basic PowerPoint features, including: how to add graphics, create photo albums and use slide transitions.During the workshop we will also discuss guidelines for effective presentation
Did You Know? 98% of the classrooms at MSJC are SmartRooms, meaning they have an instructor computer and projector.
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Effective Practices in Online Teaching & Learning Discovering the Real World of Online Teaching Pat James Room 950; 1:30pm – 4:30pm This workshop is designed for faculty members who have been teaching online or who are considering teaching online. This first session is about what it is to be an online instructor, what you need to do to get a class ready for online delivery and will provide participants with an ovrview of online teaching that will make your experience, and your students’ experiences successful and manageable. If you have never taught online, you will want to attend all five sessions. If you are already teaching online, you may want to choose to attend some (or all) of the sessions based on their topics. This workshop is NOT about using Blackboard, although you will be working in the Bb course shells. It is about how to teach online. Completing the Effective Practices Seriof five sessions fulfills the MSJC Readiness Criteria for teaching online. The sessions are broken into segments so that veteran online instructors can participate in topics they may find useful for review and refreshing their courses. How to Enhance Critical Thinking in Teahing Arithmeti Shahla Razavi Room 932; 1:30pm – 3:00pm In this workshop we will discuss teaching decimals by way of fractions. Learning the four basic operations o decimals by way of fractions provides an opportunity for students to learn place value in decimals, continue practicing fractions, and understand the relationsh between these two topics. What's New in Adobe Photoshop CS6 Rick Miller, Adobe Systems Incorporated Room 931; 1:30pm – 4:30pm Room 930; 1:30pm – 4:30pm Learn how Adobe Photoshop CS6 software redefines the state of the art with a strong focus on photography, video, breakthrough painting and selection capabilitie 3D, and a wide range of workflow and performance enhancements. Join Adobe's Sr. Solutions Engineer for Education, Rick Miler as he demonstrates and explores the new features of Adobe Photoshop CS6.
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Tuesday Aug 14 – AFTERNOON The All-New CCC Confer - Meeting, Teaching, and Supporting Students Live Online CCC Confer Team Room 951; 1:30pm – 3:30pm CCC Confer has a Sleek New Look - Learn how to use this FREE video e-conferencing tool, just in time for the Fall 2012 semester. In this interactive session you will create a MyConfer account, learn how to upload PPT slides, use the whiteboard, share your files and websites with students, use polling to test student's knowledge, use your web camera to say "Hi" or for class demonstrations. We will show you how to easily record your classes so students can review the lecture materials again and again. Increase student retention and student success! You will receive a training certificate and goodies too! Mandatory Student Engagement: Getting Student to Participate in Campus Life and Activit Alma Ramirez, Miranda Angeles Room 969; 1:30pm – 3:00pm In this session, presenters will share their data and experiences about mandatory student engagement or getting students to beco more active in campus life and activities. Presenters will offer current liteture about student engagement, suggestions for student engagement, and data that supports student engagement = student success in the classroom. Using Blackboard: GettinStarted Lorrie Ross Room 970; 1:30pm – 4:30pm This presentation will provide an ntroduction to the Blackboard Course Management System (CMS) and discuss topics including: system layout, navigatng the environment, and how to become comfortable with the interface including the use of action links, contextual menus and buttons.The target audience for this presentation isnew users or users looking to supplement in class instruction with online class management tools.
Video - Do It Yourself with YouTube Donna Eyestone Room 973; 1:30pm – 4:30pm In this hands-on workshop you'll record a few clips with a webcam right into YouTube -- edit the footage with titles and still images (all still within YouTu- no application required!) and even intermix other peple's existing YouTube video with your own material. Think of it -- your personal commentary added to key points of other instructional videos! Or make a complete production of your own all online in YouTube. Then, add caption (it's not hard- I'll show you and you'll do it yourself) to make your video accessible, compliant, and searchable! Record, edit, and deliver all with YouTube (so you can get your students doing videos too). Customizing YOUR Blackboard Course Belinda Heiden Scot Room 974; 1:30pm – 2:30pm This presentation will show you how to: add an Avatar to the portal page, journal, and blog entries; create personal customization by adding a course banner and formatting the course menu; how to make your cours available to students and select the course entry point; and upload files into your course. Using Blackboard: Creating a Mashu Rickianne Rycraf Room 974; 2:30pm – 3:30pm Come find out what a Mashup is and how it can benefit you and your students! This feature allows you to search multiedia outside of Blackboard, such as You Tube and SlideShare, and share that media content inside your Blackboard course without having to link out to those websites. Literacy Strategies for Science Success Shonia Hayes Room 901; 3:00pm – 4:30pm To be successful in science, students need to know how to evaluate visuals and problem-solve effectively. In this presentation, the attendees will learn 2 structure literacy strategies for approaching those skills.
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Tuesday Aug 14 – AFTERNOON Grants Boot Camp (part 2 of 3) Rebecca Teague, Regina Howard Room 932; 3:00pm – 4:30pm The Grants Boot Camp presentation will cover the various steps involved in developing a grant proposal. Topics will include: Components of a grant proposal, researching and finding grant opportunities, determining the right "fit", and proposal planning and budgeting. During the presentation, participants wi identify a grant idea, find and research appropriate funding, and receive instruction and guidance for completing a grant proposal. The Grants Boot Camp will be offered in three one and a half hour sessions, two on Tuesday (one in the morning, one in the afternoon) and one on Thursday (afternoon. SI from the Leaders’ POV Janice Levasseur; SI Leaders Room 969; 3:00pm – 4:30pm Supplemental Instruction (SI) has proven to be an effective form ofstudent support at MSJC. In house data consistently demonstrates that students who participate in SI are more successful and less likely to withdraw than the students who elect not to participate. So much of SI's "success" is measured by the SI student performance. However, what about the as-of-yet unmeasured benefits realized by student SI Leaders? A panel of current and former SI Leaders will share their experiences with the MSJC SI Program and what they have gained from serving as an SI Leader. STEMinar: Faculty Meet & Greet STEM Faculty & Staff Room 930; 3:00pm – 4:30pm This session will be an opportunity for the STEM faculty at MSJC to come together and discuss new STEM projects for the upcoming year. STEM faculty will get the chance to meet other STEM faculty that they are not already acquainted with and develop collaborative ideas.
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5 Things You Can Do Right Now with No Money to Increase Student Success in Your Course Ted Blake Room 930; 1:30pm – 2:30pm Come learn about strategies and opportunities to increase the success of students in your class without spending copious amounts of money, prep time, and energy. This fast-paced, one hour session will leave you breathless and enthusiastic to start the semester with some new activiti, such as fishbowl discussions, metacognitive thinking exercises, flipped classroom days, collaborative assignments and rubrics, and a focus on learning with your students. Do YOU have a Blackboard Question Belinda Heiden Scot Room 974; 3:30pm – 4:30pm Have you seen or heard of something that Blackboard can do, but you aren’t sure how it works? This presentation will show you ow to find all the answers to your Blackboard questons and provide you with resources you can use long after the presentation i over.
Wednesday Aug 15 – MORNING STEMinar: Science Symposium Roy Mason, Nick Reeves, LuAnna Dobson Room 901; 9:00am – 10:30am This STEMinar will provide a brief overview of conferences, funded by the STEM grant, that STEM faculty have attended. Topics include; current research in Climate Change, Biotechnology, and GIS applications and careers. Effective Practices in Online Teaching & Learng: Essential Elements of Online Course Desig Pat James Room 931; 9:00am – 12:00pm This session will focus on developing the components and design (navigation, unit structure, etc.) of your online course that are essential to success and that will make the experience a smooth one for you, too! This session will be beneficial for both the beginner and the experienced online instructor and is the second in the series for the new online instructor. Participants will have samples and a list of policies and strategies that are essential for an online course. Requires more than one Session
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Wednesday Aug 15 – MORNING Student's Mental & Behavioral Health: Knowing When to Pick Up the Phone Michelle Peters, M.Ed., Interim Director, MSJC DSPS, Janine Moore, LMFT, Prevention & Early Interventio Coordinator, Riverside Co. Dept. of Mental Health; David Schoelen, LCSW, Workforce Education & Training Coordinator, Riverside Co. Dept. of Mental Health; Doug Tavira, MSW (In Progress), Sr. Peer Support Specialist, Riverside Co. Dept. of Mental Health; Hyman Alvis, M.A. (Captain, USAFR), MSJC Counselor; Bernie Somers, MSJC Associate Counselor, Eric Borin, M.S., DSPS Counselor Room 927; 9:00am – 4:30pm Students with mental and behavioral health issues are in our classrooms, student services offices and communities. This session combines presentation an panel discussion (including Q & A) to offer participants: 1- Awareness and empowerment to understand behavioral issues are a symptom, and at times, can be minimized; 2- Knowing when to get others involved; 3Awareness of what resources are in our communities; and 4- demystifying steretypes portrayed in the media and other sources of information. Examples of student situations will be discussed Reading Apprenticeship- A workshop for ALL Disciplines (part 1 of 2) Andrea Hammock, Cathy Brostrand Room 932; 9:00am – 12:00pm Room 932; 1:30pm – 4:30pm A workshop for ALL disciplines on: critical thinking; motivation; classroom dynamics; the instructor an student relationship; the student to student relationships; cognition; metacognition; and (oh, yea reading! How can instructors across disciplines support students' reading while simultaneously addressing the content they must cover? Reading Apprenticeship offers faculty a way! Faculty will learn how Reading Apprenticeship strategies can help their students read better and understandthe course materials, AND how a climate of metacognitive collaboration will make an course more fulfilling for both students and faculty. Reading Apprenticeship is a highly successful program, which has been proven to be effective at MSJC. If your students struggle with reading and thinking in your classes, and you care about helping them, then this workshop is for YOU! Repeated
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Using Blackboard: Building Course Content Tamara Smith Room 950; 9:00am – 10:30am This presentation will cover the different ways you can create content in Blackboard including: Using the text editor, building a learning module, creating a blank page, adding and using a course glossary, and adding a tool link or URL to your course navigatio. Designing Integrative Assignments for Interdisciplinary Learning Alma Ramirez, Learning Community Faculty Room 951; 9:00am – 10:30am In this session, faculty will share their experiences with developing, implementing, and evaluating integrati assignments that facilitate student learning via an interdisciplinary approach. Participating faculty will b able to design and share their own integrative assignment. CPR and First Aid Art Durbin Room 969; 9:00am – 12:00pm Room 969; 1:30pm – 4:30pm This 6 hour course will provide the student with the skills to perform great Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and First aid for those in their community. This course covers CPR for the infant, child and adult plus basic assessment and treatment of an ill or injured family member, friend, student or the public. Splinting, bleeding control, seizure care, bites and sting care are just a few of the topics of discussion and practice Finish Program Review in 30 Minutes or Your $$$ Back! Paul Hert, Brandon Moore Room 970; 9:00am – 12:00pm Brandon and Paul will lead you through the 2012--13 Annual Program Assessment, assist you with locating, analyzing and portraying your data, reporting your learning outcome information and orient you to the 2012-13 RAP/PAR process.
Did You Know? 57% of MSJC students are under the age of 25.
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Wednesday Aug 15 – MORNING Video - Do It Yourself with YouTube Donna Eyestone Room 973; 9:00am – 12:00pm In this hands-on workshop you'll record a few clips with a webcam right into YouTube -- edit the footage with titles and still images (all still within YouTu- no application required!) and even intermix other people's existing YouTube video with your own material. Think of it -- your personal commentary added to key points of other instructional videos! Or make a complete production of your own all online in YouTube. Then, add caption (it's not hard- I'll show you and you'll do it yourself) to make your video accessible, compliant, and searchable! Record, edit, and deliver all with YouTube (so you can get your students doing videos too). Developing Effective Online Courses using The Blackboard Exemplary Course Rubric: Course Design Micah Orloff Room 974; 9:00am – 10:30am This workshop will focus on a couple elements of exemplary course design as evaluated by the research driven Blackboard Rubric. In this session, we will demonstrate strategies for including easy access to clearly written, measurable goals and objectives tha will guide students through their learning experience. We will also discuss and share ideas of exemplary content presentation, including the use of “chunking” segments, establishing intuitive navigation, flow an progression, and enhancing content with multimedia elements. Learn the tips and tricks to make your corse an exemplary one! NOTE: You do not have to sit in on each workshop in the series. You can pick and choose the workshops that you feel will best fit your needs. Mandatory Student Engagement: Getting Student to Participate in Campus Life and Activis Alma Ramirez, Miranda Angeles Room 901; 10:30am – 12:00pm In this session, presenters will share their data and experiences about mandatory student engagement or getting students to become more active in campus li and activities. Presenters will or current literature about student engagement, suggestions for student engagement, and data that supports student engagement = student success in the classroom. Repeated
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Using Blackboard: Everything Grade Center PJ Johnston Room 950; 10:30am – 12:00pm Do you have questions about using the Grade Center in Blackboard? This presentation will show you how to successfully use the grade center including: how to customize the grade center view, create a grade rule, add grading notes, generate grade center reports, and view and downloading grade history. What is Web 2.0 and Why Should I Care? Anna Stirlin Room 951; 10:30am – 12:00pm You've heard the term floating around, but what does it actually mean? Web 2.0 sites allow users to interact with each other by creating user generated content. Well, that's great, but why should I care? There are many ways that Web 2.0 can be integrated into the classroom and daily tasks. In this workshop you will be introduced to four Web 2.0 sites: Tagxedo, Animoto, Glogster, and Jux, and see how they can be used separately or together to enhance engagement and learning. Developing Effective Onlin Courses using The Blackboard Exemplary Course Rubric: Interactio and Collaboratio Micah Orloff Room 974; 10:30am – 12:00pm Community and Interaction is essential to an acti learning environment. This workshop will focus on some elements of exemplary interaction and collaboration i your course. In this session, we will demonstrate strategies/activities for developing a community o learners, increasing student-to-student interaction, encouraging students to initiate interaction with th class and building workplace-useful skills such as teamwork, cooperation, etc. Learn the tips and tricks t make your course an exemplary one! NOTE: You do not have to sit in on each workshop in the series. You can pick and choose the workshops that you feel will best fit your needs.
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Wednesday Aug 15 – AFTERNOON Online Math Homework System - Math XL Theresa Hert Room 814; 1:30pm – 3:00pm Room 814; 3:00pm – 4:30 pm Learn more about how you can increase student success and decrease time you spend grading homework. Math XL has been used by several math faculty for the past 3 years. We have found the system to be user friendly and highly effective. ou can download assignments SJC math faculty have created for Math 90, Math 96 and/or Math 105. During the session, learn how to make changes to those assignments that will reflect your style. Honors Faculty Training Workshop Christina Yamanaka, ErikOzolins Room 901; 1:30pm – 3:00pm This workshop will provide a broad overview of the Honors Program and training for faculty who currently teach honors or plan to do so in the future. Honors syllabi, curriculum addenda, assignments and activities Blackboard resources, creating Honors sections, Honor Workshops, the Honors Conference at UCI, and more will be covered as part of the training. Effective Practices in Online Teaching & Learning Designing Online Lessons and Units Pat James Room 930; 1:30pm – 4:30pm The focus of this session is on the details of creating a lesson within a unit of study in a course. Participants will review Web 2.0 tools and samples of learning objects and lesson planning strategies and evaluation for online teaching and learning. It is designed for beginning online instructors who have participated in the first three sessions, and for experienced online instructors interested in improving and/or enhancing their course content. This workshop is NOT about using Blackboard, although you will be working in the Bb course shells. It is about how to teach online.
Learning Community Institute(part 1 of 2) Alma Ramirez, Learning Community Faculty Room 930; 1:30pm – 4:30pm In this 2-day session (3 hours each day), participants will discuss and learn about learning communities at MSJC. Participants will hear from learning community faculty, learn how to design integrative assignment, and will discuss how to get a learning community started at MSJC. Participants will also learn how to integrate student services and high impact practices in their learning communities. Participants are encouraged t bring course outlines of record and sample syllabi for group activitie Using Blackboard: Create an Assignment and Integrate a Rubric Rickianne Rycraf Room 950; 1:30pm – 2:30pm This presentation will explain how to reate an assignment that will systematically populate inside the grade center with a rubric attached for grading You will also learn how to create grading rubrics and associating them with gradable items. Introductio to Google Docs Anna Stirlin Room 951; 1:30pm – 3:00pm Everyone’s talking about Google Docs, but what’s all the hype about? This workshop will introduce you to Google Drive, free online cloud storage and the Google Docs applications. You will have some hands on time t create a Google account (if you don’t already have one) and use Document, the word processing application. You will also learn about document sharing and collaboration PowerPoint Basics PJ Johnston Room 970; 1:30pm – 4:30pm This workshop will provide an overview of basic PowerPoint features, including: how to add graphics, create photo albums and use slide transitions.During the workshop we will also discuss guidelines for effective presentation
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Wednesday Aug 15 – AFTERNOON Video - Do It Yourself with YouTube Donna Eyestone Room 973; 1:30pm – 4:30pm In this hands-on workshop you'll record a few clips with a webcam right into YouTube -- edit the footage with titles and still images (all still within YouTube - no application required!) and even intermix other people's existing YouTube video with your own material. Think of it -- your personal commentary added to key points of other instructional videos! Or make a complete production of your own all online in YouTube. Then, add caption (it's not hard - I'll show you and you'll do it yourself) to make your video accessible, compliant, and searchable! Record, edit, and deliver all with YouTube (so you can get your students doing videos too). Developing Effective Online Courses using The Blackboard Exemplary Course Rubric: Assessment Micah Orloff Room 974; 1:30pm – 3:00pm Assessment focuses on activities designed to measur progress towards learning outcomes as well as providing feedback. In this session, we will explore effective online assessment design including assessments that measure according to and align with identified objectives designing assessments to mimic an authentic environment, discussing importance of frequency and the significance of varied assessment. Learn the tips and tricks to make your course an exemplary one! NOTE: You do not have to sit in on each workshop in the series. You can pick and choose the workshops that you feel will best fit your needs. Using Blackboard: Create Course Blogs John Seed Room 950; 2:30pm – 3:30pm With Blogs you can provide each student an online area for expressing ideas, and developing writing skills. This workshop will show you how to create and edit course blogs along with how to comment on blog entries. Not only will this session provide you with information on how to use the Blackboard tool, it will discuss when and how to use Blogs effectively in online courses
Literacy Strategies for Science Success Shonia Hayes Room 901; 3:00pm – 4:30pm To be successful in science, students need to know how to evaluate visuals and problem-solve effectively. In this presentation, the attendees will learn 2 structure literacy strategies for approaching those skills. Goodbye Tricky Survey Tools – Hello Google Forms Anna Stirlin Room 951; 3:00pm – 4:30pm Do you use Survey Monkey or Zoomerang? Do you feel limited to what you can do and by how you can work with the results collected? Are you paying for premium accounts to get the features you need? If you answered yes to any of these questions you may be interested in Google Forms, a free survey creator that is part of Google Docs. This hands on workshop will show you how to create simple and complex survey instruments that can be deployed on any website or via link. You will also learn how to create contingency questions tha provide each user with a customized survey experience. NOTE: You must have a Google account to participate in this workshop, account setup will not be covered in this workshop. You can create a free account at http://bit.ly/SignUp4Googl Developing Effective Online Courses using The Blackboard Exemplary Course Rubric: Learning Support Micah Orloff Room 974; 3:00pm – 4:30pm Making support resources available to students can be the difference between student success and failure. In this session, we will demonstrate strategies/activities fo orienting your students to your course environment and the Blackboard system. We will also discuss ways of designing and effectively communicating policies tha will guide your class and save your---self and students from unnecessary stress. Learn the tips and tricks to make your course an exemplary one! NOTE: You do not have to sit in on each workshop in the series. You can pick and choose the workshops that you feel will best fit your needs. Did You Know? @ONE offers an Online Teaching Certification. Learn more at http://www.onefortraining.org/certificat
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Wednesday Aug 15 – AFTERNOON Using Blackboard: Utilizing Course Journal John Seed Room 950; 3:30pm – 4:30pm The Journals tool offers students the opportunity to reflect on course content and communicate privately with you. You can use the tool to gauge understanding and guide students in their knowledge acquisition. This session will explain how to create, edit and commenting on course journals.
Thursday Aug 16 – MORNING Using Blackboard: Create Course Blogs John Seed Room 901; 9:00am – 10:00am With Blogs you can provide each student an online area for expressing ideas, and developing writing skills. This workshop will show you how to create and edit course blogs along with how to comment on blog entries. Not only will this session provide you with information on how to use the Blackboard tool, it will discuss when and how to use Blogs effectively in online courses Effective Practices in Online Teaching & Learning Defining and Developing Interactivit Pat James Room 931; 9:00am – 12:00pm This session is the fourth in the series of five sessions designed for online instructors who are new or for experienced online instructors who want to improve and/or enhance their skills in the online arena. The focus of this session will be on using free and available tools to enrich your course content, such as video, audio, and animation application This workshop is NOT about using Blackboard, although you will be working in the Bb course shells. It is about how to teach online. Finish Program Review in 30 Minutes or Your $$$ Back! Paul Hert, Brandon Moore Room 970; 9:00am – 12:00pm Brandon and Paul will lead you through the 2012--13 Annual Program Assessment, assist you with locating, analyzing and portraying your data, reporting your learning outcome information and orient you to the 2012-13 RAP/PAR process. Repeated
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Honors Faculty Training Workshop Christina Yamanaka, Erik Ozolin Room 969; 9:00am – 10:30am This workshop will provide a broad overview of the Honors Program and training for faculty who currently teach honors or plan to do so in the future. Honors syllabi, curriculum addenda, assignments and activities Blackboard resources, creating Honors sections, Honor Workshops, the Honors Conference at UCI, and more will be covered as part of the training. What is Web 2.0 and Why Should I Care? Anna Stirlin Room 951; 9:00am – 10:30am You've heard the term floating around, but what does it actually mean? Web 2.0 sites allow users to interact with each other by creating user generated content. Well, that's great, but why should I care? There are many ways that Web 2.0 can be integrated into the classroom and daily tasks. In this workshop you will be introduced to four Web 2.0 sites: Tagxedo, Animoto, Glogster, and Jux, and see how they can be used separately or together to enhance engagement and learning. Reading Apprenticeship- A workshop for ALL Disciplines (part 2 of 2) Andrea Hammock, Cathy Brostrand Room 932; 9:00am – 12:00pm Room 932; 1:30pm – 4:30pm A workshop for ALL disciplines on: critical thinking; motivation; classroodynamics; the instructor and student relationship; the student to student relationships; cognition; metacognition; and (oh, yea reading! How can instructors across disciplines support students' reading while simultaneously addressing the content they must cover? Reading Apprenticeship offers faculty a way! Faculty will learn how Reading Apprenticeship strategies can help their students read better and understand the course materials, AND how a climate of metacognitive collaboration will make an course more fulfilling for both students and faculty. Reading Apprenticeship is a highly successful program, which has been proven to be effective at MSJC. If your students struggle with reading and thinking in your classes, and you care about helping them, then this workshop is for YOU!
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Thursday Aug 16 – MORNING Developing Effective Online Courses using The Blackboard Exemplary Course Rubric: Course Design Micah Orloff Room 974; 9:00am – 10:30am This workshop will focus on a couple elements of exemplary course design as evaluated by the research driven Blackboard Rubric. In this session, we will demonstrate strategies for including easy access to clearly written, measurable goals and objectives tha will guide students through their learning experience. We will also discuss and share ideas of exemplary content presentation, including the use of “chunking” segments, establishing intuitive navigation, flow an progression, and enhancing content with multimedia elements. Learn the tips and tricks to make yor course an exemplary one! NOTE: You do not have to sit in on each workshop in the series. You can pick and choose the workshops that you feel will best fit your needs. Video - Do It Yourself with YouTube Donna Eyestone Room 973; 9:00am – 12:00pm In this hands-on workshop you'll record a few clips with a webcam right into YouTube -- edit the footage with titles and still images (all still within YouTube - no application required!) and even intermix other people's existing YouTube video with your own material. Think of it -- your personal commentary added to key points of other instructional videos! Or make a complete production of your own all online in YouTube. Then, add caption (it's not hard - I'll show you and you'll do it yourself) to make your video accessible, compliant, and searchable! Record, edit, and deliver all with YouTube (so you can get your students doing videos too).
Did You Know? Donna Eyestone has been teaching Multimedia for over 15 years and currently teaches at Lake Tahoe Community College.
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Learning Community Institute(part 2 of 2) Alma Ramirez, Learning Community Faculty Room 930; 9:00am – 12:00pm In this 2-day session (3 hours each day), participants will discuss and learn about learning communities at MSJC. Participantswill hear from learning community faculty, learn how to design integrative assignment, and will discuss how to get a learning community started at MSJC. Participants will also learn how to integrate student services and high impact practices in their learning communities. Participants are encouraged t bring course outlines of record and sample syllabi for group activitie Students with Hidden and Physical Disabilities: Knowing the When, Where, What & How Michelle Peters, Gary Watson Room 950; 9:00am – 12:00pm Students request modifications to standard practices policies and procedures for a myriad of reasons, in and outside the classroom. The reason for the request directly impacts how the request is addressed and handled, due to non-discrimination isability laws (state and federal). This session combines presentation and panel discussion (including Q & A) to offer participants: 1- Understanding of what an accommodation is, as it relates to disability; 2- Awareness of classroom and testing accommoations and services; - What is the role of a faculty member; and 4- How Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSPS) supports faculty and students. The goal of this session will be for participants to have a working knowledge of district DSPS processes, which give students the opportunity to be successful. Using Blackboard: Creating Tests and Survey PJ Johnston Room 901, 10:00am – 11:00am In Blackboard you can import test banks and question pools made available by your textbook publisher so you don’t have to create your exams from scratch. This workshop will show you how to build a test using imported a test questions from pool, edit the test questions and how to build a test pool, and how to deploy exams in your Blackboard course.
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Thursday Aug 16 – MORNING Eno Training/Demo Robbie Sabako, Digital Networks Group Room 411, 10:00am – 11:00am PolyVision's eno classic is the first and only environmentally certified interactive whiteboard t combine the simplicity and ease of a traditional markerboard with high-performance interactivit— without cords, cables or costly installation. The first and only environmentally certified interactive wteboard to combine the simplicity and ease of a traditional markerboard with high-performance interactivit— without cords, cables or costly installation. Go from Due to equipment installation delays this markers to multimedia, from ink to internet, on a workshop has been cancelled. It will be virtually indestructible ceramicsteel surface. Project rescheduled when the equipment has been yourinstalled computer screen onto Eno classicPlease and navigate and is available for use. through documents, presentations or websites contact Rose Russell (rrussell@msjc.edu) if from the you would like more information. board. Make notes to your heart’s content with a regular dry-erase marker or with the stylus. In one simple click, save all your interactive notes to post, print or email. Or, reload the session tomorrow morning, and dig in again. It’s that simple. Goodbye Tricky Survey Tools – Hello Google Forms Anna Stirlin Room 951; 10:30am – 12:00pm Do you use Survey Monkey or Zoomerang? Do you feel limited to what you can do and by how you can work with the results collected? Are you paying for premium accounts to get the features you need? If you answered yes to any of these questions you may beinterested in Google Forms, a free survey creator that is part of Google Docs. This hands on workshop will show you how to create simple and complex survey instruments that can be deployed on any website or via link. You will also learn how to create contingency questions tha provide each user with a customized survey experience. NOTE: You must have a Google account to participate in this workshop, account setup will not be covered in this workshop. You can create a free account at http://bit.ly/SignUp4Googl
SI from the Leaders’ POV Janice Levasseur; SI Leaders Room 969; 10:30am – 12:00pm Supplemental Instruction (SI) has proven to be an effective form of student support at MSJC. In house data consistently demonstrates that students who participate in SI are more successful and less likely to withdraw than the students who elect not to participate. So much of SI's "success" is measured by the SI student performance. However, what about the as-of-yet unmeasured benefits realized by student SI Leaders? A panel of current and former SI Leaders will share their experiences with the MSJC SI Program and what they have gained from serving as an SI Leader. Developing Effective Online Courses using The Blackboard Exemplary Course Rubric: Interactio and Collaboratio Micah Orloff Room 974; 10:30am – 12:00pm Community and Interaction is essential to an acti learning environment. This workshop will focus on some elements of exemplary interaction and collaboration i your course. In this session, we will demonstrate strategies/activities for developing a community o learners, increasing student-to-student interaction, encouraging students to initiate interaction with th class and building workplace-useful skills such as teamwork, cooperation, etc. Learn the tips and tricks t make your course an exemplary one! NOTE: You do not have to sit in on each workshop in the series. You can pick and choose the workshops that you feel will best fit your needs.
Did You Know? MSJC Academy won a 2011 Technology Award from the California Community College Chancellor’s Office? For more info go to http://bit.ly/MSJCAcademy_Awar
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Thursday Aug 16 – MORNING Using Blackboard: UtilizingDiscussion Boards Tamara Smith Room 901; 11:00am – 12:00pm Building a sense of community among students is crucial for a successful online experience. The Discussion Board is an important tool for interpersonal interaction and can replicate the robust discussions that take place in the traditional classroom. Discussions can serve a range of purposes, such as: an online meeting place for social interaction among peers, an additional medium fo collaboration and the exchange of ieas, a medium to pose questions about homework assignments, readings, and course content, a way to demonstrate the understanding or application of course material, a record of discussion which can be reviewed at a later point, a graded activity that demontrates understanding or application of course material. This workshop will discuss these important aspects of Discussion Boards and explain how to create and grade a discussion forum, and how to search, collect, tag and rate discussion board discussion board threads.
Thursday Aug 16 – AFTERNOON What’s New in Blackboard for Fall 2012 Amrik Randhawa Room 901; 1:30pm – 3:00pm Have you heard? There’s going to be another upgrade to Blackboard for Fall 2012. In this workshop we will discuss some of the new features available, such as: changes to usability including a sleek new interface and course-to-course navigatio; course themes; improved testing functionality, includi: automated re-grading and negative markin, and more! Want more informatio? Come check it out!
Did You Know? Blackboard provides tutorial videos for you and your students at http://ondemand.blackboard.com
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Effective Practices in Online Teaching & Learning Communication, Discussin and Sanity while Teaching Online Pat James Room 931; 1:30pm – 4:30pm This is the last session in a series of five, please review the first session description for Tuesday morning This session will focus on communication strategies used in online teaching that include the art of writing discussion questions, using email effectively (maintaining you sanity and saving you time), strategies for using blogs and other online tools for working with students. This session is designed for the beginning online instructor who has completed the other four sessions in the series or for the experienced online instructor who would like to share and gain new ideas about interacting with online students. This workshop is NOT about using Blackboard, although you will be working in the Bb course shells. It is about how to teach online. 5 Things You Can Do Right Now with No Money to Increase Student Success in Your Course Ted Blake Room 951; 1:30pm – 2:30pm Come learn about strategies and opportunities to increase the success of students in your class without spending copious amounts of money, prep time, and energy. This fast-paced, one hour session will leave you breathless and enthusiastic to start the semester with some new activiti, such as fishbowl discussions, metacognitive thinking exercises, flipped classroom days, collaborative assignments and rubrics, and a focus on learning with your students. Robert’s Rules Fred Frontin Room 969; 1:30pm – 2:30pm This workshop presents Roberts Rules of order in a fun and understandable way. If you ever have to chair a meeting, or attend meetings where you don understand the way the rules are working, then this presentation is for you. It will cover the following: basics of parliamentary procedures; how to chair a meetig; how to make and amend a motion; how to prepare an agenda and why an agenda is necessary; how to make your meetings run quickly; and Brown Act Open Meeting Law requirements
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Thursday Aug 16 – AFTERNOON Grants Boot Camp (part 3 of 3) Rebecca Teague, Regina Howard Room 970; 1:30pm – 3:00pm The Grants Boot Camp presentation will cover the various steps involved in developing a grant proposal. Topics will include: Components of a grant proposal, researching and finding grant opportunities, determining the right "fit", and proposal planning and budgeting. During the presentation, participants wi identify a grant idea, find and research appropriate funding, and receive instruction and guidance for completing a grant proposal. The Grants Boot Camp will be offered in three one and a half hour sessions, two on Tuesday (one in the morning, one in the afternoon) and one on Thursday (afternoon. Video - Do It Yourself with YouTube Donna Eyestone Room 973; 1:30pm – 4:30pm In this hands-on workshop you'll record a few clips with a webcam right into YouTube -- edit the footage with titles and still images (all still within YouTube - no application required!) and even intermix other people's existing YouTube video with your own material. Think of it -- your personal commentary added to key points of other instructional videos! Or make a complete production of your own all online in YouTube. Then, add caption (it's not hard - I'll show you and you'll do it yourself) to make your video accessible, compliant, and searchable! Record, edit, and deliver all with YouTube (so you can get your students doing videos too). Developing Effective Online Courses using The Blackboard Exemplary Course Rubric: Assessment Micah Orloff Room 974; 1:30pm – 3:00pm Assessment focuses on activities designed to measur progress towards learning outcomes as well as providing feedback. In this session, we will explore effective online assessment design including assessments that measure according to and align with identified objectives designing assessments to mimic an authentic environment, discussing importance of frequency and the significance of varied assessment. Learn the tips and tricks to make your course an exemplary one!
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What happens when I get hurt at work? Worker's compensaton and MSJC employees Kara McGee Room 969; 2:30pm – 3:30pm Please join us for an engaging workshop on Worker's Compensation here at MSJC employee. There have been several changes such as new forms, new processes and a new clinic located near MVC. We look forward to seeing you! Using Blackboard: Building Course Content Tamara Smith Room 901; 3:00pm – 4:30pm This presentation will cover the different ways you can create content in Blackboard including: Using the text editor, building a learning module, creating a blank page, adding and using a course glossary, and adding a tool link and a URL to your course navigatio. Developing Effective Online Courses using The Blackboard Exemplary Course Rubric: Learning Support Micah Orloff Room 974; 3:00pm – 4:30pm Making support resources available to students can be the difference between student success and failure. In this session, we will demonstrate strategies/activities fo orienting your students to your course environment and the Blackboard system. We will also discuss ways of designing and effectively communicating policies tha will guide your class and save your---self and students from unnecessary stress. Learn the tips and tricks to make your course an exemplary one! NOTE: You do not have to sit in on each workshop in the series. You can pick and choose the workshops that you feel will best fit your needs. Show Me the Data Charles Hawkins Room 951; 3:30pm – 4:30pm This workshop will explain how to easily obtain MSJC student data by subject and course for the most recent 5 year period by term. Data is broken out by service area (MVC, SJC, I-15 Corridor, SGPC & On-Line). The data includes FTES, success rates, retentin rates, withdraw rates and number of seats.
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