session notes: wednesday
Speakers:
Wilco Foppen, ROC Midden Nederland
Henk van. Rijssen, ROC Midden Nederland
Ger Roelen, ROC Midden Nederland
Dutch vocational education has undergone a transformation from supply-driven to demand-oriented education. In this model, professional achievements, productions, and projects are the focus. This presentation will show how faculty and administrators use one Blackboard Academic Suite to support very different learning models
No Faculty Left Behind: Training and Support for Instructors
Speakers:
Donald W. Durandetta, Assistant Professor, Wilmington College
Sallie A. Reissman, Instructional Technology Specialist, Wilmington College
Building a multi-faceted Blackboard training program for faculty, staff and students requires strategy, resources, and communication. In this session, learn how support components (including the Presidium portal) can be provided in a variety of settings and formats that compliment a Multiple Intelligence Theory-based approach. Participants will leave with practical instructional, marketing, and stakeholder agreement strategies to implement immediately.
Empowering Faculty to Create Simple Multimedia Content
Speakers:
Karen Hardin, Director of Distance Learning, Cameron University
Practical tips for course-building! We will explore simple techniques for developing effective, interactive materials for students – at low or no cost. Participants will learn how to create image maps, narrate presentations, record and compress videos, and build multimedia objects that can enhance learning for visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners.
Update: COOL. trying to go to bed and get back into the right timezone, and failing miserably, so have just opened movie maker and dropped a few of my photos into a slide show. No audio, but I can see how easily you could create nice movies with it.