Fireside Chats with FCTL

FIRESIDE CHAT SERIES

A conversation about instructional technology.

All events will be held in the FCTL Lounge near FLITE 408 from 11:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.  Light lunch will be served, so please RSVP to 231-591-3826 or email: fctl@ferris.edu  if you plan to join us for lunch.

January 18, 2012 - Video Resource Tools

Presented by Andrew Peterson 

Not enough class time to prepare your students with everything they need to know to be successful? Looking for fresh new ideas for your online class? This session will review the use of video tutorials such as: Atomic Learning, Lynda, TED, and YouTube as a tool to help prepare students and faculty to get to the next level. 

Attendees will:

  • Discover how to access these various video resources
  • Explore ways these tools could be used:
    • In the classroom
    • In an online course
    • For professional development
    • Acknowledge how faculty are using these tools
    • Chat about pedagogical ways tutorial videos could be used to help students reach learning outcomes


Learning Outcomes 

By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

  • Access and use one or more of these video resources
  • Identify ways in which they could incorporate video resources into their class

Examples of Research

January 25, 2012 - Blackboard Mobile: Learning at Your Fingertips

Presented by Jackie Hughes and Mary Holmes 

Imagine a classroom without walls. Learning does not have to happen in the classroom. Faculty can use Blackboard Mobile Learn to take the classroom out into the world and to keep students engaged as they experience online content and collaboration anywhere they go. 

Attendees will:

  • Find out how to download and navigate Blackboard Mobile Learn
  • Review how other faculty use Mobile Learn
  • Chat about pedagogical ways the tool could be used to enable students to reach learning outcomes


Learning Outcomes 

By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

  • Download the Blackboard Mobile Learn app to a mobile device
  • Log into and navigate Blackboard Mobile Learn
  • Identify ways in which they could use Blackboard Mobile with their class

Examples of Research

February 1, 2012 - Respondus

Presented by Faculty Panel

Stop grading and start teaching! Electronic testing tools, such as Respondus, can free up faculty’s time because there is no need to print or grade tests and students can take tests outside of the classroom! Come hear how a panel of Ferris faculty is using the Respondus testing tool with FerrisConnect. 

Attendees will:

  • Learn how to access and install Respondus
  • Watch short demonstrations on how various faculty use Respondus
  • Learn about the Respondus Lock-down Browser component
  • Chat about other ways Respondus could be used enable students to reach learning outcomes 


Learning Outcomes 

By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

  • Access and install Respondus
  • Generalize how Respondus is best used in various course settings
  • Identify ways in which they could incorporate Respondus into their class

February 8, 2012 - Tegrity

Presented by Scott Randle

Work smarter, NOT harder! The life of a teacher can be over-whelming sometimes because there is so much to do and not enough time. The Tegrity video recording tool can help you to maximize your time and your efforts. Come learn how you can get recordings of your class time and make them available online to be viewed over and over. 

Attendees will:

  • See a quick demonstration on how Tegrity works and the components needed to make it work
  • Hear how other faculty is using Tegrity
  • Chat about other ideas in which Tegrity could be used enable students to reach learning outcomes 


Learning Outcomes

By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

  • Access Tegrity and list the components necessary to use the tool successfully
  • Identify ways in which they could incorporate Tegrity videos into their class

Examples of Research

February 15, 2012 - Skype

Presented by Andrew Peterson

Faculty can go the extra mile using Skype! Everyone is so busy and it is hard to find the time and place to meet with some students. Skype is a free video conferencing tool faculty could use to bring a special guest speaker into the classroom or to meet with a commuter student within the office. Come see how easy Skype is to use and hear how other faculty have used Skype to go the extra mile!

Attendees will: 

  • Learn how to setup a Skype account and connect with others
  • Hear how faculty uses Skype
  • Chat about other ways Skype could be used enable students to reach learning outcomes


Learning Outcomes 

By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

  • Create a Skype account and connect with others
  • Identify ways in which they could use Skype on the job


February 22, 2012 - Google+

Presented by Andrew Peterson

Traditionally video chat has been accomplished through one-to-one video sessions. Google+, and specifically the Google Hangout option allows for a video session with multiple people at the same time. During this session we will play around with the software and see how it can be incorporated into distance learning.

Attendees will:

  • Learn how Google+ works and how to setup an account
  • Hear how faculty can use it in with their students
  • Chat about pedagogical ways the tools could be used enable students to reach learning outcomes


Learning Outcomes

By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

  • Create their own Google+ account
  • Identify ways in which Google+ could be used in their own class

February 29, 2012 - CPS Clickers

Presented by Amy Buse

Clickers are an anonymous polling tool that allows faculty to ask students questions without putting them on the spot.  Come see how clickers can be used to help faculty make adjustments to the class to meet student needs and reach learning outcomes.

Attendees will:

  • See how clickers work
  • Sample the clicker technology
  • Chat about ways clickers could be used to reach learning outcomes

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

  • Identify ways in which they can use CPS Clickers in their class to help students reach learning outcomes

March 14, 2012 - Google Scholar, Forms Voice, Translate

Presented by Andrew Peterson

Google has a vast array of tools. Traditionally we might make use of the search function and maybe e-mail. It is the goal of this session to demonstrate a couple of the cool tools you should be aware of.

Attendees will:

  • Search for academic resources using Google Scholar
  • See examples of Google Forms
  • Use Google Translate
  • See some fun ways of using Google Voice
  • Chat about how these Google tools could help students reach the learning objectives


Learning Outcomes

By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

  • Break Google in whole new ways
  • Search a more targeted data set
  • Collect data in a more efficient manner
  • Translate data

March 21, 2012 - Poll Everywhere

Presented by Kali VanLangan

Have you ever stared into the expressionless eyes of the students in your classroom and wonder if they understood the concept you have just elaborately explained? Poll Everywhere is an anonymous polling tool similar to clickers, but without the costly clicker device. Come hear about how Pharmacy’s Poll Everywhere pilot went last semester and how it is being used this semester.

Attendees will:

  • Learn about the Poll Everywhere pilot done in Pharmacy
  • Respond to some polls using their mobile device or laptop
  • Chat about other ways Poll Everywhere could be used enable students to reach learning outcomes


Learning Outcomes

By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

  • Respond to a Poll Everywhere poll using a laptop or mobile device
  • Identify ways in which they could incorporate Poll Everywhere into their class to help students reach learning outcomes

March 28, 2012 - Game-Based Learning

Presented by Andrew Peterson

In this session we will spend time examining successful game development and discuss how it relates to curriculum development. Strategies on implementing games into existing lessons will be presented. Standards and assessment tools will be reviewed. Pedagogical shifts with the devaluation of information will be discussed. Roles of teachers in classrooms will be debated. We will highlight literacy’s transformation from a passive consumption of information to an active creation of content.

Attendees will:

  • Chat about student engagement
  • Evaluate current classroom engagement methods
  • Discuss current student population trends


Learning Outcomes

By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

  • Recognize new student engagement tools

April 4, 2012 - Social Media

Presented by Andrew Peterson

If you can’t beat them, then join them! Tweet during class! Engage your students inside and outside of the classroom using social media tools such as Facebook and Twitter. Faculty across the nation have already incorporated social media tools into their lesson plans. Come hear how others are using social media to enable students to reach learning outcomes and what the research says about its effectiveness.

Attendees will:

  • Learn about how faculty at other universities use Facebook or Twitter in their classes
  • Consider strategies to keep students engaged in the class while using social media
  • Chat about pedagogical ways Facebook or Twitter could be used at Ferris State University.


Learning Outcomes

By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

  • List reasons to use social media in education
  • Identify ways social media could be used in their own course

April 11, 2012 - Presentation Tools

Presented by Jackie Hughes

We have all experienced “Death by PowerPoint” some time in our life. Whether you want to find invigorating tools to use when presenting course content in your lecture or you want to teach your students to deliver a creative presentation using innovative tools… this session is for you! Even online faculty can use tools such as Jing, Animoto, Slideshare, Prezi, and Popplet to spice up the course and prepare students to create engaging presentations.

Attendees will:

  • Analyze how each of these tools work
  • Hear how other faculty have used these tools in their class and the impact it had on their students
  • Chat about pedagogical ways the tools could be used engage students


Learning Outcomes

By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

  • Explain the difference between each of these tools
  • Find these tools online so they could use them if they chose
  • Identify a way they could use one of these tools to engage their students.
  • Describe a way their students could use one of these tools to reach learning outcomes

Examples of Research

April 18, 2012 - Getting the Most out of Your Textbook

Presented by Faculty Panel - Kimn Carlton-Smith, Laura Dix, Clifton Franklund

The semester is almost over and it is time to start thinking about updating the curriculum for your Fall 2012 course. It is a good time to review the digital material textbook publishers have available and how it can be embedded right into your FerrisConnect Learn course. Come hear a faculty panel share how they are connecting textbook media with their classes.  

Attendees will:

  • Hear how faculty use textbook content in FerrisConnect Learn
  • Learn how to embed textbook assignments, tests, and media into FerrisConnect Learn
  • Chat about pedagogical ways the tools could be used enable students to reach learning outcomes


Learning Outcomes

By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

  • Consult their textbook vendor about obtaining digital material for their courses
  • Identify ways in which they could incorporate these tools into their class to help students reach learning outcomes

Example of Research

April 25, 2012 - iTunes U

Presented by Tracey Boncher and Scott Claerhout 

iTunes is a free universal media repertoire that most students carry around with them on the mobile device in their pocket or the laptop in their backpack. Ferris has joined hundreds of other institutions on iTunes U to allow faculty to serve up videos or podcasts to students in a particular course. Load the media up once and it will always be available for future classes to download and listen to on the go.

Attendees will:

  • Learn how to get an iTunes U account and how the tool works
  • Hear how faculty use this tool to help their students to reach learning outcomes
  • Chat about other ways iTunes U could be used


Learning Outcomes

By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

  • Request an iTunes U account
  • Identify ways iTunes U could be used in their class

All events will be held in the FCTL Lounge near FLITE 408 from 11:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.  Light lunch will be served, so please RSVP to 231-591-3826 or Email fctl@ferris.edu if you plan to join us for lunch.