Notes & News Graduate Student Learning Community
Technical Competency Pilot Project The Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology was awarded one of thirty-one state-wide grants from the Ohio Learning Network (OLN) in 2002-2003 to develop a technical competency program for graduate teaching assistants. A core team composed of the following cross-departmental members was formed to develop the initial specifications of the project: Connie Molnar, Assistant Director, CTLT; Dan Madigan, Director, CTLT; Michael Thompson, Instructional Designer/Technologist, CTLT; Cathi Cardwell, Chair, Library Teaching & Learning and Co-Director, General Education, University Libraries; Terry Herman, Director, Distance Learning; Gwen Evans, Library Associate; Kristine Blair, Associate Professor, English; Savilla Bannister, Assistant Professor, Division of Teaching and Learning; and Matthew Wilber, External Consultant, Programmer. Throughout the 2002-2003 year, team members attended OLN meetings in Columbus as well as traveled to Kent State University for an institute composed of several other grant recipients from universities around the state. In addition, this team developed the specifications for the “Graduate Student Technical Competency� project that was launched at BGSU at the start of the Fall, 2003 semester. The project consists of the creation and delivery of an online course with the goal of developing a technical competency in graduate teaching assistants. This course is unique however, in relation to other online courses, beGraduate sudents discuss the online assessment tool. cause it focuses on technical concepts rather than being an application-based technology course. In addition, there is a focus on how the technical concepts can be applied to teaching to best enhance student learning. Ultimately, the goal is to provide future faculty/educators with the knowledge of technical concepts and their application in teaching and learning so that wherever these students go in the future, they can apply the concepts to any technical platform as well as understand how to use them in an educational setting. Team members Connie Molnar, Dan Madigan, Michael Thompson, and Cathi Cardwell are delivering the initial offering of this course to a select group of graduate students who were interviewed in the summer of 2003 for a learning community. The learning community members must complete the course as well as participate in several face-to-face meetings throughout the semester. Graduate students in the learning community received the loan of a laptop computer for the AY 2003-2004, as well as a $500 development stipend for their participation. In addition to grant monies received from OLN, this project is made possible this year through a joint effort of the CTLT, ITS, and the Graduate College. Special thanks to Bruce Petryshak from ITS and Heinz Bulmahn and Barb Peck of the Graduate College for their generous contributions of time and resources to this project.
Graduate students learn about the online discussion board.
For additional information about this project as well as a list of the graduate students in the program, go to: http://ctlt.bgsu.edu/communities/grad.php. The Center for Teaching, Learning & Technology * 201 University Hall * 419-372-6898 * http://ctlt.bgsu.edu/ December, 2003
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Volume 4, Issue 3
Upcoming Blackboard Workshops
Blackboard 6 Information
********************************************************** BGSU will be upgrading its current version of Blackboard to Blackboard version 6 for the Spring, 2004 semester. Please note the following important dates:
12/24/03: A copy of all courses on the current Blackboard server will be made at 2am. This is the copy of the courses that will be migrated to the new Blackboard 6 server. Any changes made to current Blackboard courses on 12/24/03 or later will not be migrated to the new server.
1/5/2004: The new Blackboard 6 server will be available to faculty and staff with courses restored from 12/24/03.
************IMPORTANT************* Any work that is done on Blackboard 5.5 courses on 12/24/03 or later will not be copied to the new Blackboard 6 server. ************************************** In addition, content created in the pre-production environment of Blackboard 6, http://bb6.bgsu.edu will not be moved to the production Blackboard 6 environment. *************************************************************
Seminars on Blackboard 6 have been presented during the Fall 2003 semester. Additional Blackboard 6 seminars will run throughout the Spring 2004 semester as follows: Transitioning from Blackboard 5.5 to Blackboard 6 Th Dec 11 10:00-11:00 W Dec 17 10:00-11:00 M Dec 22 10:00-11:00 Intro to Blackboard 6 Th Jan 8 9:00-11:00 F Jan 9 9:00-11:00 T Jan 13 9:00-11:00 W Jan 14 9:00-11:00 Th Jan 22 9:00-11:00 Blackboard Online Assessment M Jan 5 1:00-3:00 T Jan 6 1:00-3:00 W Jan 7 1:00-3:00 Th Jan 8 1:00-3:00 F Jan 9 1:00-3:00 M Jan 12 1:00-3:00 T Jan 13 1:00-3:00 W Jan 14 1:00-3:00 Th Jan 15 1:00-3:00 F Jan 16 1:00-3:00 Online Communication Tools in Blackboard 6 W Jan 21 9:00-11:00 T Jan 27 9:00-1:00
Mini Workshops
Join CTLT to learn about practical technology application in a short amount of time in one of our Mini Workshops. CD Development T Jan 20 CD Labeling F Jan 30 Creating a Digital Photo Album T Jan 27 Dubbing DVD T Jan 13 Th Jan 29
10:00-10:30 2:30-3:00 10:30-11:00 12:00-12:30 12:30-1:00
Video Workshops Introduction to Videography M Jan 26 Th Feb 12 IMovie M Feb 2 M Feb 23
3:00-3:30 11:00-11:30 11:30-12:15 1:30-2:15 10:00-10:30 2:30-3:00 11:00-11:30
Featured Staff Member 12:00-2:00 2:00-4:00 1:00-2:30 12:00-1:30
All workshops will be held on site at 201 University Hall. Register for workshops online at: http:// ctlt.bgsu.edu/workshops/registration.php or email a message to Kris Sautter at ksautte@bgnet.bgsu.edu Published By The Center for Teaching, Learning & Technology
Image Retouching/Manipulation Th Jan 22 Th Jan 15 Intro to Digital Camera T Jan 20 W Jan 28 Scanning W Jan 21 Scanning Slides F Jan 23 Scanning Text Th Jan 15
Rebekah Gonzales VCT At the CTLT Rebekah assists with the following: • Consulting faculty • Digital Video Editing • Conducting and developing workshops for faculty
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