Fall 2005 Brown Bag Seminars

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Presented by: John Campbell, Associate Vice President for Information Technology; Christian Reiner, Assessment & Evaluation Specialist, Center for Instructional Excellence; Kim Wilson, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture

In 2004 about 60% of Purdue’s incoming freshmen had their own laptop according to a survey conducted that year. What does that mean for the way we teach and learn at Purdue? John Campbell, Christian Reiner, and Kim Wilson will talk about some of the findings from a pilot project in Landscape Architecture in which about 30 junior students were given a laptop for two semesters. This project is now in its second year and the presenters will discuss results from the first year of the project. They will talk about how students use the laptops with regards to learning, how the use of the laptops affects the community among students, and how the rise of the mobile learner might affect the university as a whole.

eInstruction: Student Participation Just One Click Away
Wednesday, November 9 2005, 12:30-1:30
STEW 314

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Presented by: David Elmore, Professor of Physics; Gabriela Weaver, Associate Professor of Chemistry

Have you ever wondered about how to increase active learning in your classroom or how to involve the back row? If so, you may want to learn more about eInstruction, an electronic response system involving a radio frequency receiver in the classroom, respond pads for students, and software that allows for quizzing, polling, and other instructional activities. David Elmore and Gabriela Weaver will demonstrate eInstruction and talk about some of the benefits and challenges they have experienced with using this system in their classes. Come and join us to find out for yourself what they have to show and say about eInstruction.

Spring 2005 Brown Bag Seminars

Using Online Discussions to Foster Student Participation

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
April 6, 2005
STEW 318

Presented by: John Campbell, Associate Vice President for Information Technology, James Lehman, Head of Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Jennifer Richardson, Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, and Phil Swain, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

The times of communicating via smoke signals have gone but the need for communicating over the distance is still with us. Today, more and more people bridge physical distance by exchanging ideas in cyberspace. Online courses and hybrid courses that blend online elements with traditional face-to-face instruction have become more and more a common sight in today's landscape of higher education. This could mean that at one point or another in your career you will have to conduct an online discussion. How do you facilitate online discussions to best promote learning?

Come and join us in STEW 318 on Wednesday, 4-6-2005 from 12:30-1:30 pm to find out what some of your colleagues have to share about their experiences with using online discussions. John Campbell, Associate Vice President for Information Technology, James Lehman, Head of Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Jennifer Richardson, Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, and Phil Swain, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, will be part of a panel discussion that will explore strategies and tips for "Using Online Discussions to Foster Student Participation".

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Using Virtual Labs

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
March 2, 2005
STEW 318

Presented by: Heather Cooper, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology, and John Yeazell, Assistant to the Head in the Physics Department

If (teaching a distance education course) or (# of students > available space) or (# of students > available equipment) Then (Lab courses = having virtual labs)???

How do you structure the lab part of a distance education course? Or what do you do when you teach a lab but have limited amount of space and/or equipment available? These are challenges that Heather Cooper, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology, and John Yeazell, Assistant to the Head in the Physics Department, face. Both of them experiment with virtual labs in response to their challenges and they are willing to share their experiences at our next Teaching and Technology Brown Bag. Come and join us on Wednesday March 2, 2005 from 12:30 - 1:30 pm in STEW 318 to find out for yourself what they have learned about using virtual labs.

12:30pm - 1:30 pm
February 2, 2005
STEW 320

Presented by: Professor Michael G. Smith, Associate Professor of History & Michael T. Ivy, Interim Director of Information Technology in the College of Liberal Arts

The internet has added new dimensions to plagiarism, leaving teachers often wondering about the original source of work submitted by their students. What do you do when you are not sure about whether or not a student's work contains plagiarized material? Professor Michael G. Smith, Associate Professor of History, decided to try out the "Turnitin" program to navigate his way through the maze of online plagiarism. He and Michael T. Ivy, Interim Director of Information Technology in the College of Liberal Arts, will share their experience with using "Turnitin" at our next Teaching Technology Brown Bag. Come to STEW 320 on Wednesday, 2-2-2005 from 12:30- 1:30 pm to find out for yourself what they have to say about "Making it through the Maze of Online Plagiarism-What Does "Turnitin" Offer?"

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