Current Events and Opportunities

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Past Events and Opportunities

Here we archive various information and resources from past FCTL events and opportunities.

Fall 2009

Active Shooter Preparedness, Response, and Prevention Program
FerrisConnect Training
Globalization Initiative
Welcome Back Week

Summer 2009

Bridging Campus Classrooms // Connecting Diverse Students
CPS Workshop
Exemplary Online Course Awards Process

Google Docs
How the Higher Education Act Affects Your Online Courses
Inquiries into Teaching and Learning
LockDown Browser
Mobile-Learning Faculty Learning Community
Podcasting Workshop
Rubrics Rock! RubiStar & Beyond: Using Rubrics to Measure Student Learning
SafeAssign

Screen Capture with Jing
StudyMate Class Server

Using Splashup to Create Web Graphics
Using a Template to Assist Faculty in Online Course Development
WebEX
Weekly Walk-in Instructional Technology Learning Activities

Spring 2009

Audioconference: What's Next on Accountability and Assessment

Audioconference: Podcasting on Campus: Why, How, & What You Need to Know to Do it Better
Bridging Campus Classrooms::Connecting Diverse Students
Course Portfolios Initiative
Critical Thinking Faculty Learning Community: Level I
Democritus to Dalton and Beyond
Discussions on Teaching & Learning Series - Using Grading Forms to Track Assessment of Learning Outcomes: As Easy as 1–2–3
Equity Within the Classroom Conference at Oakland University
Googledocs
Got the SAI Blues?
Grant & Research Education Series


Harnessing the Power of Podcasting

Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity in the College Classroom
Inquiries into Teaching & Learning
Integrated Course Design Workshop at Northwood University
Instructional Technology Learning Activity, SafeAssign
Let's Get Clicking!
OIC 324 Study Group
Online Seminar: Engaging Faculty in Departmental Strategic Planning
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Journal Club
SOTL Academy Conference at Eastern Michigan University
Spring Learning Institute
The Technology Enhanced Classroom

Using Adobe (Macromedia) Flash to Create Rich Media for Instruction
Using Course Syllabi to Foster Learner-Centeredness
Webcast: Using Course Portfolios to Document Student Learning

Wiki Spring Camp

Fall 2008

Beyond Migration - Building in the Blended Environment
Book Discussion Group
Course Portfolios Initiative
Critical Thinking Faculty Learning Community - Level III
Designing for Learning Workshop
Europe as a Global Player: An American Academic's Perspective Evidence-Based Teaching: A Journal Club on Research in Teaching and Learning
Faculty Collegiality: A Tourniquet for a Hemorrhaging Department
Gordon Freedman's visit to FSU
Grant & Research Education Series
Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity in the College Classroom
Inquiries into Teaching and Learning
Instructional Technology Learning Activity - Delivering Video and Audio with Flash Introduction to Flash CS3
IUPUI
Jossey-Bass Online Teaching and Learning Conference

Notes from Post Conference Discussions (PDF 20KB)

Leveling the Playing Field: Teaching Students with Disabilities at Ferris State - Part 1
Leveling the Playing Field: Teaching Students with Disabilities at Ferris State - Part

Lilly North Conference

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning


StudyMate Class Server Webinar
Training and Supporting Online Adjuncts: Practical Ideas (Audioconference)


Using Technology as a Tool For Instruction

Video Online Seminar - Faculty Collegiality: A Tourniquet for a Hemorrhaging Department
Welcome Back Day

Summer 2008

The Learner-Centered Teaching Program provides faculty with opportunities to explore new knowledge about teaching and learning, as well as implement new teaching and assessment methods.

 

The Technology in Teaching & Learning Program provides faculty opportunities to learn about, adopt, develop, and assess the use of technology in teaching and learning.

 

The Course Portfolios Initiative provides faculty opportunities to write and review course portfolios, as well as become a part of a larger, national course portfolios effort.

Spring 2008

A User's Guide to the Brain: Perception, Attention, and the Four Theaters of the Brain
Closing the Loop: How to Solicit and Integrate Student Feedback brown-bag discussion
Critical Thinking Dialogue
Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity in Teaching and Learning: Issues that Affect the College Classroom, Spring 2008
Innovative Uses of Technology in the Classroom
Inquiries Into Teaching and Learning
She Learns, He Learns: What We Know about the Brain and How it Impacts E-Learning
Spring Learning Conference Presentations
The Art of Changing the Brain
Transforming a Course Toward More Learner-Centered Teaching
Using Assessment to Drive Students' Learning and Measure Learning Outcomes