Spring Breakout 2011
Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
Monday, May 16
Session 1
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Session Title: Getting Started with Ingeniux
Presenters: Pat MacNeill, Rick Buck, and Tim Nekritz
Room: CC 206
Whether you are new to editing web pages or just need a refresher, we will show you how to create and edit pages in our CMS (Content Management System). We will start with an introduction to Ingeniux, how to log in, and a review of the interface. Then the hands-on part of the training begins. We will create and edit a file and review components. Next we will upload and link an image and document. Lastly we will discuss how the publishing process works. This workshop is for people who edit departmental web pages on the SUNY Oswego website.
Session 2
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Session Title: Using CAPP Reports to Avoid Problems at Graduation
Presenters: Rameen Mohammadi and Shelly St. John
Room: CC 202
Too many students are approaching graduation with problems that could have been avoided. In this workshop, Associate Provost Rameen Mohammadi and Associate Registrar Shelly St. John discuss how these reports should be used to help ensure that your advisees graduate in a timely manner.
Session 3
Time: 10:00 - 11:30
Session Title: OU Educate Migration workshop
Presenter:
Room: Mahar 210This workshop is for those using the OU Educate product to edit personal web pages and who wish to migrate their site to either LakerApps Sites or ANGEL. To register for this workshop, please visit the CTS workshop registration page.
Session 4
Time: 10:45 - 11:45
Session Title: Ingeniux Components
Presenter: Pat MacNeill, Rick Buck, and Tim Nekritz
Room: CC 206
Ingeniux enables us to use components, pieces of reusable information, that can be placed on multiple web pages. During this session we will create, edit and insert an alternate left nav component. We will also create a right column component. This workshop is for people who edit departmental web pages on the SUNY Oswego website who have already attended Getting Started with Ingeniux.
Session 5
Time: 12:00 - 12:30
Session Title: Images for the Web
Presenter: Pat MacNeill
Room: CC 206
Learn how to prepare an image so that it is web-ready. Why bother? Simply put, large images take longer to download and you will lose folks who are still using dial -up or other slow connections. In this hands-on workshop we will use Paint.net to edit images.
Session 6
Time: 1:00 - 2:30
Session Title: Document Imaging Training
Presenters: Michelle Bandla, Kathleen Evans, and Julie Pretzat
Room: CC 206
All student records needed for advisement will only be available digitally, starting with the incoming first-year and some transfer students this Spring 2011 semester. Come learn more about document imaging and the system we will be using next semester to view student records. The new system will replace paper advisement folders and will allow faculty/staff to access information electronically. At this session, you will hear more about the benefits of this project as well as some strategies to redesign your approach to academic advisement.
Session 7
Time: 1:15 - 1:45
Session Title: LakerApps Forms
Presenter: Pat MacNeill
Room: CC 202
Learn how to create an online form using LakerApps. The information that people submit into your form is automatically collected in a Google spreadsheet.
Session 8
Time: 2:00 - 2:20
Session Title: Which smart phone is right for you?
Presenter(s): Joe Moreau and Bill Goffe
Room: CC 202
A comparison of the features of Blackberry, iPhone, and Android smartphones.
Session 9
Time: 2:30 - 2:50
Session Title: Which eBook reader is right for you?
Presenter: Joe Moreau
Room: CC 202
A variety of Kindles, the Barnes & Nobles Nook, the Sony ebook reader, the iPad, and the Edge ebook reader will be discussed. Participants will be able to compare and contrast the displays and features on each of these devices.
Session 10
Time: 2:45 - 4:15
Session Title: Common Pitfalls of Advisement
Presenters: Rameen Mohammadi, Michelle Bandla, and Chris Lalonde
Room: CC 206
In their roles as Associate Provost, Director of General Education, and coordinator of First-Year Programs, the presenters have observed a variety of advisement issues that may interfere with a student's progress toward his or her degree. As an adviser, you can avoid these issues. Attend this session to find out how.
Session 11
Time: 3:00 - 4:00
Session Title: Going green: Using eBook adoptions to save trees and help students save greenbacks
Presenters: Joe Moreau, Rameen Mohammadi, and John Kane
Room: CC 202
Since 1994, college textbook prices have been rising four times faster than inflation. EBooks and eBook readers may help to contain these costs. In this workshop, Joe Moreau, Rameen Mohammadi, and John Kane will lead a discussion on the possibilities for using eBooks.
Tuesday, May 17
Session 12
Time: 9:00 - 10:00
Session Title: Faculty sharing knowledge through media interviews
Presenters: Julie Harrison Blissert, Steve Abraham, Bruce Altschuler, Tim Delaney, Tim Nekritz, and Jeff Rea
Room: 123 Penfield
Local and national media -- newspapers and radio and television stations -- seek independent, knowledgeable sources on current issues and commonly turn to colleges and universities to find them. SUNY Oswego's Public Affairs staff together with talented faculty members who have a wealth of media interview experience share some advice about how to talk with reporters in a way that the media, the source, the reader/audience and the college all benefit.
Session 13
Time: 9:30 - 10:30
Session Title: LakerApps Sites
Presenters: Kathi Dutton and Dan Laird
Room: CC 206
Looking to create a personal web page? LakerApps Sites allows you to do just that. Creating a page with or without a template, adding themes, editing site layout and sharing your site will be demonstrated.
Session 14
Time: 9:30 - 10:30
Session Title: Mind the Qs and Qs: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Assessing Information Literacy at SUNY Oswego
Presenters: Jim Nichols, Kathryn Johns-Masten, Shannon Pritting, and Karen Shockey
Room: CC 202
Our recent administration of the Information Literacy Test (ILT) from Madison Assessment has given us a quantitative measure of our students' abilities in finding and using valuable information sources. Our SUNY GEAR assessments of information literacy have used rubrics applied to worksheets from library research exercises--a qualitative approach. Departmental assessments of information literacy have also used the qualitative method of rubrics applied to authentic projects, usually capstone experiences.
Come discuss what we are learning about our students' information literacy, and about good uses of quantitative and qualitative analysis of assessment data. Also, come help us explore our next steps for improving the teaching, learning and assessment of information literacy
Information literacy is an integrated view of reading, writing, thinking and information seeking skills. It has no content independent of other disciplines. It is about the personal and social uses of informative sources.
Session 15
Time: 10:45 - 12:15
Session Title: Introduction to Microsoft Office 2010
Presenters: Nicole Decker and Dan Laird
Room: Mahar 210
Office 2010 is Microsoft's newest version of the MS Office suite. Come to this workshop to see the new features that span the entire suite and new features specifically within Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Session 16
Time: 10:45 - 12:15
Session Title: Document Imaging Training
Presenters: Michelle Bandla, Kathleen Evans, and Julie Pretzat
Room: CC 206
All student records needed for advisement will only be available digitally, starting with the incoming first-year and some transfer students this Spring 2011 semester. Come learn more about document imaging and the system we will be using next semester to view student records. The new system will replace paper advisement folders and will allow faculty/staff to access information electronically. At this session, you will hear more about the benefits of this project as well as some strategies to redesign your approach to academic advisement.
Session 17
Time: 1:00 - 2:00
Session Title: LakerApps Question and Answer
Presenters: Eric Smith and Steve Leeper
Room: CC 202
This session will have no formal presentation. Instead, attendees may ask questions related to using the LakerApps Gmail, Calendar and Docs applications. Presenters will be available to answer questions.
Session 18
Time: 1:00 - 2:00
Session Title: ANGEL Gradebook - Open Session
Presenters: Kathi Dutton, Greg Ketcham, and Doug Hemphill
Room: CC 206
After a brief overview of the ANGEL Gradebook feature, we will offer one-on-one consulting to assist you in creating a gradebook in ANGEL.
Session 19
Time: 2:15 - 3:15
Session Title: LakerApps with your iPhone or Droid
Presenters: Eric Smith and Steve Leeper
Room: CC 202
Bring your iPhone or Droid smartphone to this session and CTS staff will assist you in getting it configured to work with LakerApps. iPhone and Droid devices only, please.
Session 20
Time: 2:15 - 3:45
Session Title: Using Rubrics for evaluation in ANGEL
Presenters: Greg Ketcham, Doug Hemphill, and Kathi Dutton
Room: CC 206
Rubrics as a means of quantitative assessment can align with course and program level learning outcomes. Learn how to develop rubrics for grading, and how to create rubrics for ANGEL assignments.
Wednesday, May 18
Session 21
Time: 9:00 - 9:20
Session Title: Putting the Control of Campus-Approved Software in Your Hands
Presenter: Tim Yager
Room: CC 202
Come to this workshop to see how you can update software on your campus-owned computer using the LANDesk Desktop Manager. In the past, the software versions that came with your computer were often the same versions that stayed on your computer until the next time your machine was replaced. There was not a means of updating to the latest campus-approved software versions that did not require CTS support staff visiting each machine. In this workshop, you will see how you can update to some of the latest campus-approved versions of certain software. See how you can install Microsoft Office 2010, a newer version of Firefox, SPSS and more - all with a few clicks of your mouse!
Session 22
Time: 9:30 - 9:50
Session Title: Information Session on the Fall 2011 Elluminate Pilot Project
Presenters: Kathi Dutton and Nicole Decker
Room: CC 206
This session will present information about the Elluminate pilot project scheduled for the fall 2011 semester. Elluminate is web-conferencing software that allows you to either present or participate in a conference all from the Web. Listen to or give a presentation from your office, home, wherever you can find a computer connected to the Internet! Common uses for Elluminate include online workshops, online meetings, and general presentations. We are actively seeking pilot project participants for the fall. If you think you might be interested in participating, please attend!
Session 23
Time: 10:00 - 10:20
Session Title: Embedding Videos in ANGEL
Presenters: Doug Hemphill, Greg Ketcham, Kathi Dutton
Room: CC 206
This session will show you how to add video content to your ANGEL course shell.
Session 24
Time: 10:30 - 10:50
Session Title: Using Voice Thread to enrich online discussions
Presenter: John Kane
Room: CC 206
This workshop will examine how Voice Thread may be used to create multimedia online discussions
Session 25
Time: 11:00 - 12:15
Session Title: Using Delicious (or Diigo) and Google Reader to help organize web resources
Presenter: John Kane
Room: CC 202
Have you ever seen a great web resource and forgotten where it was? Have you ever been overwhelmed by the variety of blogs, news sites, and other resources available? In this workshop, participants will create free accounts for Diigo and Google Reader and explore how these tools may be used to more efficiently find, view, and keep track of information that is useful for teaching, research, and other applications.
Google Reader makes it possible to easily view new information posted at your favorite web sites, blogs, and news sites, Delicious or Diigo allows you to save, index, and access web bookmarks from any computer or mobile device that is connected to the internet. A discussion of how these may be used for class and research use wiill also be provided.
Session 25.5
Time 1:00 - 1:30
Session Title: Results from a student focus group on faculty use of media and popular culture in the classroom
Presenter: Jennifer Knapp
Room: CC 206
This presentation will discuss the results of a student-run focus group on the usage of media and popular culture in the college classroom. We will discuss the 5 key themes that emerged, as well as suggestions for best practices when using media and popular culture in the classroom. The presenter would like to acknowledge the work of researchers Katrina Webber and Andrea Biedny on this project.
Session 26
Time: 2:45 - 4:15
Session Title: Cooperative Online International Learning (COIL)
Presenter: Jon Rubin
Room: CC 206
Jon Rubin will discuss the SUNY-COIL initiative. Faculty using the COIL approach pair with a foreign faculty member to create sets of assignments in which students work with their foreign counterparts individually, in small groups, or en masse. This approach provides an opportunity for students to directly interact with students from other countries.
Thursday, May 19
Session 27
Time: 9:30 - 10:30
Session Title: Creating Menus, Links, and Portfolios with Acrobat
Presenter: Mark Springston
Room: CC 206
This presentation will revisit some of the basics of creating PDFs with bookmarks, internal/external links, and publishing stand-alone PDFs. The new ability to create a PDF portfolio, which organizes and displays a variety of media/documents, will also be demonstrated. The PDF portfolio is easy to create and has a variety of uses, including faculty portfolios, student portfolios, and learning units/modules.
Session 28
Time: 10:45 - 12:15
Session Title: I Thought You Did That Part: Making ENG 102 and WAC Work Together
Presenter: Mike Murphy
Room: CC 202
How much should WAC teachers do with respect to issues like grammar, citation, and the writing process? How explicitly should they discuss writing issues in their courses? This session will invite registrants to participate in a conversation about the different roles of Composition courses and Writing Across the Curriculum courses in writing instruction on campus.
Session 29
Time: 10:45 - 12:15
Session Title: Best Practices in Clicker Usage
Presenter: Bill Goffe
Room: CC 206
Clickers are an increasingly common technology in the classroom. Properly used, they have been shown in peer-reviewed studies to increase learning. Further, they are an ideal method of engaging large classes. However, the best uses of clickers are hardly obvious. Indeed, the obvious uses (in-class quizzes and attendance) are likely to meet with considerable
student resistance that could well lead to decreased learning.
This session will review best practices and provide attendees with numerous resources, including ones from their discipline. Campus clicker policies, hardware, and software will also be described. This session assumes no knowledge of clickers on the part of attendees.
Session 30
Time: 1:00 - 2:30
Session Title: Developing Global Competence at SUNY Oswego
Presenter: Susan Coultrap-McQuin
Room: CC 202
In this session, Susan Coultrap-McQuin will introduce some of the ways in which universities across the nation define and assess their students' intercultural and global competencies. She will provide an overview of some of the results (updated and expanded since her Quest presentation) of the SUNY Oswego Senior Survey of Global Competence administered early spring semester. In the open discussion we will consider: What do these results suggest? Where do we need to improve learning? How should we change General Education? How could we change learning in the majors? Do we need to be more intentional in learning outcomes for study abroad, Hart Hall, or other activities? What should learning outcomes for global competence be?
Session 31
Time: 1:00 - 2:30
Session Title: What Does Peer-Reviewed Research Tell Us About Improving Learning?
Presenter: Bill Goffe
Room: CC 206
This will provide an examination of cognitive science findings concerning how people learn and implementations of these findings in college classrooms. Examples of successful applications across disciplines will be illustrated.
Session 32
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Session Title: Assessment workshop for faculty members in the School of Business
Presenter: Dr. Barbara Wolvoord
Room: CC 231
The assessment of student learning is an integral part of effective teaching. It is the means by which we determine whether our students are realizing their potential and meeting our learning expectations. It also enables us to determine if our academic programs are effectively designed to enable students to meet these goals. Working on program assessment is also a constructive way to build collegiality in departments, as faculty work together to determine their priorities and values with respects to students learning, and share their experiences of effective teaching.
Dr. Barbara Wolvoord, emeritus professor from the University of Notre Dame and a nationally recognized expert on assessment, will be running a two day workshop on campus. She will meet with a variety of groups on campus, including campus leaders, assessment leaders, and faculty members involved in both program or major assessment and General Education assessment. Prior to her arrival on campus, she will review our current assessment practices, policies, and some assessment data in an effort to design workshops that meet the specific needs of our campus.
Session 33Time: 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Session Title: Assessment workshop for faculty members in the Humanities
Presenter: Dr. Barbara Wolvoord
Room: CC 223
The assessment of student learning is an integral part of effective teaching. It is the means by which we determine whether our students are realizing their potential and meeting our learning expectations. It also enables us to determine if our academic programs are effectively designed to enable students to meet these goals. Working on program assessment is also a constructive way to build collegiality in departments, as faculty work together to determine their priorities and values with respects to students learning, and share their experiences of effective teaching.
Dr. Barbara Wolvoord, emeritus professor from the University of Notre Dame and a nationally recognized expert on assessment, will be running a two day workshop on campus. She will meet with a variety of groups on campus, including campus leaders, assessment leaders, and faculty members involved in both program or major assessment and General Education assessment. Prior to her arrival on campus, she will review our current assessment practices, policies, and some assessment data in an effort to design workshops that meet the specific needs of our campus.
Session 34
Time: 5:00 - 6:00 pm
Session Title: Workshop for faculty members in the Arts (Theater, Music, and Arts) and the School of Education
Presenter: Dr. Barbara Wolvoord
Room: CC 231
The assessment of student learning is an integral part of effective teaching. It is the means by which we determine whether our students are realizing their potential and meeting our learning expectations. It also enables us to determine if our academic programs are effectively designed to enable students to meet these goals. Working on program assessment is also a constructive way to build collegiality in departments, as faculty work together to determine their priorities and values with respects to students learning, and share their experiences of effective teaching.
Dr. Barbara Wolvoord, emeritus professor from the University of Notre Dame and a nationally recognized expert on assessment, will be running a two day workshop on campus. She will meet with a variety of groups on campus, including campus leaders, assessment leaders, and faculty members involved in both program or major assessment and General Education assessment. Prior to her arrival on campus, she will review our current assessment practices, policies, and some assessment data in an effort to design workshops that meet the specific needs of our campus.
Friday, May 20
Session 35
Time: 8:30 - 10:30 am
Session Title: Assessment workshop for faculty members in the Sciences
Presenter: Dr. Barbara Wolvoord
Room: CC 223
The assessment of student learning is an integral part of effective teaching. It is the means by which we determine whether our students are realizing their potential and meeting our learning expectations. It also enables us to determine if our academic programs are effectively designed to enable students to meet these goals. Working on program assessment is also a constructive way to build collegiality in departments, as faculty work together to determine their priorities and values with respects to students learning, and share their experiences of effective teaching.
Dr. Barbara Wolvoord, emeritus professor from the University of Notre Dame and a nationally recognized expert on assessment, will be running a two day workshop on campus. She will meet with a variety of groups on campus, including campus leaders, assessment leaders, and faculty members involved in both program or major assessment and General Education assessment. Prior to her arrival on campus, she will review our current assessment practices, policies, and some assessment data in an effort to design workshops that meet the specific needs of our campus.
Session 36
Time: 9:00 - 10:00
Session Title: Making better photographs
Presenter: Jim Russell
Room: CC 202
Jim Russell will discuss some of the basic principles of good picture making. Time will be provided to discuss camera options.
Session 37
Time: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Session Title: Assessment workshop for faculty members in the Social Sciences and Communication Studies
Presenter: Dr. Barbara Wolvoord
Room: CC 231
The assessment of student learning is an integral part of effective teaching. It is the means by which we determine whether our students are realizing their potential and meeting our learning expectations. It also enables us to determine if our academic programs are effectively designed to enable students to meet these goals. Working on program assessment is also a constructive way to build collegiality in departments, as faculty work together to determine their priorities and values with respects to students learning, and share their experiences of effective teaching.
Dr. Barbara Wolvoord, emeritus professor from the University of Notre Dame and a nationally recognized expert on assessment, will be running a two day workshop on campus. She will meet with a variety of groups on campus, including campus leaders, assessment leaders, and faculty members involved in both program or major assessment and General Education assessment. Prior to her arrival on campus, she will review our current assessment practices, policies, and some assessment data in an effort to design workshops that meet the specific needs of our campus.
Session 37.5
Time: 11:00 - 12:00
Session Title: Prezi
Presenter: Abby Wiertzema
Room: CC 206
Abby Wiertzamia will demonstrate how Prezi may be used to create interesting interactive multimedia presentations.
Session 38
Time: 11:10 - 12:15
Session Title: Creating an Avatar in Second Life
Presenter: John Kane
Room: CC 202
In this hands-on session, individuals will create an avatar in Second Life, learn how to customize the avatar's appearance, and learn how to navigate around this virtual world. Participants will learn how to communicate and how to find people, places, and events occurring this virtual environment. Participants will receive a tour of the SUNY-Oswego island and will explore the HCI building, the CELT building and movie theater, a technology class project site, a replica of the Japan Pavilion at the Columbian Exposition of 1893, and visit Richard Zakin's art exhibit and video presentation in the virtual SUNY-Oswego art gallery.
Session 38.5
Time: 1:00 - 2:00
Session Title: Using smartphones for polling/interactive software
Presenter: Abby Wiertzema
Room: CC 206
Abby Wiertzamia will demonstrate how Poll Everywhere and Edmodo may be used with smartphones to increase the student engagement and provide more immediate feedback to the instructor on student learning.
Session 39
Time: 1:00 - 2:20
Session Title: Using Second Life or other virtual worlds to support instruction
Presenter: John Kane
Room: CC 202
This hands-on session will provide an overview of the ways in which Second Life and other virtual worlds are being used at many colleges and universities to support instruction. For those attending in Second Life, the workshop will start at: http://slurl.com/secondlife/SUNY%20Oswego/89/150/40
Session 40
Time: 2:30 - 4:00
Session Title: Building in Second Life
Presenter: John Kane
Room: CC 202
This hands-on session will provide participants with an opportunity to use the 3D building tools in Second Life to create useful objects.
Monday, May 23 Session
Time: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Session 41
Session Title: Crossing Borders: Digital StoryTelling
Presenters: Doug Reilly and Tom D'Agostino
Room: CC 206
Across the Disciplines and Beyond the Campus
The digital revolution has put powerful storytelling tools into the hands of educators and students. Digital storytelling, in which images, words and music are combined into short films that are easy to share with a wide-audience, has the potential to enhance the liberal arts learning process. Digital storytelling projects can facilitate focused reflection and concise articulation of experience and its impact onpersonal or intellectual development. Participants in this workshop will learn about digital storytelling first-hand, by making their own digital story. Along the way, the group will discuss the myriad ways digital storytelling can augment and enrich classroom practice across a wide range of fields. The workshop is designed for participants with little to no video experience.
Participants will:
- Better understand the potential role of story in higher education
- Gain a broad overview of the digital storytelling environment, including programs, online platforms and dominant story forms
- Understand the rich opportunities digital storytelling presents to meet a variety of learning goals
- Understand the particular power digital storytelling has in crossing borders-personal, cultural, social, economic, geographic, etc, but also between the personal (student development) and the academic (curricular)
- Gain basic experience in one or more digital storytelling platforms
- Leave the workshop with their own example of a powerful digital story
Session 42
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Session Title: Using Adobe Professional to create online forms
Presenter: Shannon Pritting
Room: Library Instruction Room I
In this hands-on workshop, Shannon Pritting will help you learn how to create online forms using Adobe Acrobat Professional
Session 43
Time: 1:00 - 2:30
Session Title: The spring 2011 lecture capture experiment
Presenter: Dave McQuin, Liz Dunne Schmitt, Scott Preston, Jack Narayan, and Kevin White
Room: CC 205
In the spring 2011 semester, Camtasia Relay was used to record the audio and video presentations in several classes in Economics, Math, and Native American Studies. A discussion of the process and a summary of student and faculty reactions will be provided.