Teaching & Technology Brown Bag Seminars Information Technology at Purdue (ITaP) and the Center for Instructional Excellence (CIE) invite you to join us for a new seminar series
in a relaxed setting. Faculty in this series will describe the different ways they use technology in their teaching. Dialogue between
faculty will be encouraged. Following are the seminars offered this semester. We hope to see you there.
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On Wednesday, April 2, 2008 from 12:30-1:30 pm in STEW 318 Laurie Iten,
Associate Professor of Biology will present a Teaching & Technology Brown Bag that will be a continuation of a TLT talk given
4 March 2008, Mining Real-Time Data to mprove Student Success in a Gateway Course. For those of you who didn't attend the TLT
presentation, there is a "Reader's Digest" version in two short parts for you to watch
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The use of video games for engaging learning has been a hot topic in the press. However, educational video games are not a new
idea and have not always had a successful record. On Wednesday, February 27, 2008 from 12:30-1:30 pm in STEW 318 Bill Watson,
Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction will discuss such issues as why video games have such potential for learning,
whether playing educational games alone is sufficient for learning to occur, and demonstrate several educational games,
including games designed to be educational as well as commercial games adapted for educational purposes. He will also talk about
the potential future for educational games at Purdue. 
Surveys are an important part of many research studies. Good surveys not only depend on asking the ‘right’ questions, but also
on the ‘right’ tool for administering and analyzing them. On Wednesday, November 28, 2007 from 12:30-1:30 pm in STEW 214B David Klenosky, Associate Professor of Health and Kinesiology will
discuss and demonstrate some of the features and possibilities of the Qualtrics® survey system. Come and join us to find
out for yourself what David has learned from his experiences with using Qualtrics® and what Qualtrics® might have
to offer for your survey needs.
With collaboration being a key factor for student learning and online
learning being on the rise, it is just natural for collaborative online
learning approaches to emerge. Wiki is such an approach. It gives
students the opportunity and challenge to collectively shape the content
of an online resource. Sorin Matei, Associate Professor of
Communication, will talk about how Wiki can be used to facilitate
student learning. Come join us on Wednesday, November 7 from 12:30-1:30
pm in STEW 318 to find out for yourself what Wiki is about and how it
might be useful for you in your teaching.