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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.


Presenter:

Laurie Iten, Associate Professor of Biology

Title:

Successful Use of Real-Time Data-Mining in a Gateway Course: Class Design & Online Assessment Tools

Location:

STEW 318

Date:

Wednesday, April 2, 12:30-1:30 pm

 

computer users 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 (http://www.bio.purdue.edu/bootcamp/TLT08). There is also a text summary of the presentation posted on this page. In this Brown-Bag seminar Laurie will focus on two things. (1) her hybrid course design that's amiable to real-time data mining, and (2) the "outside the box" online assessment tools she uses, namely, Adobe Presenter lectures with interspersed graded questions integrated into Blackboard Vista as SCORM objects, and LON-CAPA "individualized" quantitative homework problems.


Presenter:

Bill Watson, Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction

Title:

Serious Fun, Serious Learning: Video Games for Education

Location:

STEW 318

Date:

Wednesday, February 27, 12:30-1:30 pm

 

computer users 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.


Presenter:

David Klenosky, Associate Professor of Health and Kinesiology

Title:

Conducting Surveys - What Does the Qualtrics® Survey System Offer?

Location:

STEW 214B

Date:

Wednesday, November 28, 12:30-1:30 pm

 

computer users 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.


Presenter:

Sorin Matei, Associate Professor of Communication

Title:

Wiki - Utilizing the Power of Collaborative Learning

Location:

STEW 318

Date:

Wednesday, November 7, 12:30-1:30 pm

 

computer users 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.

 


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    For more information contact:

    Christian Reiner - creiner@purdue.edu
    Assessment and Evaluation Specialist
    Center for Instructional Excellence