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March 18, 2006
Greetings from NACCTEP
Hi. I am attending the National Association of Community College Technical Education Programs (NACCTEP) conference "Jazzing Up Teacher Education Programs in the Community College" here in Atlanta, Georgia.
I attended a number of sessions today:
* The Savvy Cyber Professor
* Virtual Interest Groups: Enhancing Advisement and Transfer
* Keynote: Dr. Belle Wheelan
* See Me, Hear Me: Producing Professional Quality Video Presentatios for Online Instuction
* Jazz Up Your Lessons with Active Learning Strategies
Please read on for a summary of each of the sessions.
My next posting will be detailing the League for Innovation conference sessions, also in Atlanta...
* The Savvy Cyber Professor
I gave this presentation, explaining the Savvy Cyber Professor project. This project was funded by a PT3 grant (preparing tomorrow's teachers today) and is a project that is comprised of two parts: a professional development component and a curriculum development component.
The professional development component is a 26 hour, 8 session hybrid course that teaches faculty how to use "unique" and "compelling" internet resources in their instruction. At the end of the 8 sessions, the faculty will have developed a Real World Learning Object for inclusion in a RWLO library. The idea is that faculty will use these RWLO's in their instruction and model best practices of incorporating internet resources to preservice teachers, while providing resources that can be used by anyone that contains a real world application
* Virtual Interest Groups: Enhancing Advisement and Transfer
This was an interesting presentation by Laguardia Community College. They have created a non-credit course that is attached to a for-credit course in Blackboard and made it a career exploration/advisement course. A faculty member, a former student in the field and a counselor/advisor all respond to student postings in a discussion board and interact with the students. This has been quite successful in aiding students in their career choices and clearing up misconceptions about courses, careers and advisement. I can't wait to try this with my program!
* Keynote: Dr. Belle Wheelan
Dr. Wheelan gave an amusing and inspiring keynote abut adapting our instruction to meet the needs of the millenial generation and why we need to understand our students. She urged us to meet the needs of all students and expressed how we can make a difference. I thoroughly enjoyed her presentation and feel refreshed and ready to hopefully make a difference in my student's lives.
* See Me, Hear Me: Producing Professional Quality Video Presentations for Online Instruction
Mary Louise Winter from Pensacola Junior College did a great job demonstrating how Camtasia videos can be used in a class to improve teaching and learning. Being a long time user of Camtasia, I was hesitant to attend this presentation but I was so glad that I did. It was great to see a technology presentation tied to pedagogical principles. I had never thought about using a Camtasia video for customized remediation of students work or providing group feedback. I always struggled with trying to make my Camtasia videos "perfect", but I learbed from Ms. Winter that by making them as if I was really talking to the student, I would actually put my student at ease and show them that I am human. I also learned about some new features of Camtasia like the table of contents and adding hot spots and flash quizzes. I now have a renewed interest in using Camtasia. The first thing I plan to do is create an orientation to each of my online courses.
* Jazz Up Your Lessons with Active Learning Strategies
Barbara Carlile from Paradise Valley Community College did a great job showing us how effective active learning is. She used a number of active learning techniques to teach us about the different techniques. Some of the strategies included: rally robin, round tables, round robins, SUHUPU (stand up, hand up, pair up). These techniques create an absence of threat, respect of uniqueness of learners, engage emotions, understand attention span, complex real-life learning, specific and immediate ffedback.
I was really quite impressed with the level of the presentations at this conference and have learned a number of new tips and tricks to try when I get back.
Posted by lyoung at March 18, 2006 06:46 PM in category
