New Standards for the New Student Interactive Satellite Broadcast

Register now for this exciting free event! Call Lynn Secrest, Faculty Development Coordinator at 847.925.6119 to indicate your interest in attending.

Much has been made of the "new students" entering our institutions, referring to the Millennial Generation—the next generation in college enrollment. The “Millennials” include a wide range of students, from the digital native—never having known a world without the Internet or computer-mediated environment, to the first-generation college student—unprepared for the culture, and often rigors, of higher education. While community colleges have always worked with a diverse, non-traditional student population, this sudden, and simultaneous influx of both technologically sophisticated as well as under-prepared students, present a new set of challenges. In this session, we will explore issues related to teaching these students, with special focus given to the reality occurring in our classrooms.

How do we maintain high standards for success in this new teaching and learning environment that is transforming so quickly around us? Throughout this wide-ranging discussion, we will be seeking concrete strategies for improving student engagement in the learning process. In addition to comments from our experts, faculty will be integrally involved in this seminar. Please come to this session ready to engage thoughtfully in this important conversation.

For a complete description of this interactive satellite broadcast being held in F127 from 1:00-2:00PM on February 24, 2006, please visit http://www.starlinktraining.org/programs/feb24.asp

If you can't attend, a VHS tape will be available for checkout from Lynn Secrest (847.925.6119) after the broadcast.

This program is being sponsored by the Faculty Development Office and presented by STARLINK and the Texas Community College Teachers Association

Stephany Rimland Receives DoIT Faculty Fellowship

Stephany E. Rimland received her M.A. in Art History from the University of Chicago. Stephany joined Harper College as a full-time faculty member in the Visual Art Department in the Fall 2005. Stephany currently teaches Art History and Introduction to the Arts courses at Harper College. Stephany’s areas of professional interest include Contemporary and Postmodern Art.

In this DoIT faculty fellowship project Stephany will create illustrative and demonstrative PowerPoint slides pertaining to important foundational art topics which will promote visual cognitive learning in the classroom. The completed PowerPoint presentations will be made available to all Harper Faculty as for classroom use and for use as supplementary learning materials on Blackboard Learning Systems.

The DoIT faculty fellowship will enable Stephanie to learn how to edit, manipulate and create digital images through Adobe Photoshop CS and to produce a group of “readymade” interactive PowerPoint presentations. Stephany anticipates that these interactive PowerPoint-presentations will be utilized as convenient pedagogical learning objects for introductory courses related to the visual arts and humanities.

DoIT Faculty Fellowships are intended for the development of an instructional technology project over the course of a single semester. Projects should enhance the use of instructional technology and can be discipline-based or more generally broad based. DoIT fellowships offer the participating faculty member three hours of release time or a $3,000 stipend per semester.

Harper College Faculty members who would like to develop an idea or project that involves instructional technology are encouraged to apply for a DoIT Faculty Fellowship. You can find the DoIT faculty Fellowship Application by going to the DoIT resource page http://www.harpercollege.edu/doit/res.html and clicking on the “forms” tab. If you would like to learn more about DoIT Faculty fellowships please contact John Kiener (DoIT Faculty Coordinator) at (847) 925-6170

Learning Opportunities brought to you by DoIT

Fellow Faculty,
Have you wanted to utilize the "blackboard/whiteboard"during a PowerPoint presentation to jot down student responses or thoughts? We have all found it difficult to keep raising the screen, writing on the board, and then lowering the screen again.

DoIT offers a solution you'll like:On Wednesday, Feb. 15th at 12:15 OR Thursday, Feb.16th at 12:30, we will hold a 20-minute session toshow you how you can do this very simply. We will meet in F 124. Another side-benefit: The notes you enter can be saved into your PowerPoint presentation. No more stayingafter class to write down the contents of theblackboard.

On Thursday, Feb. 16th, starting at 11:00 am, we willconduct a 45-minute session on using PowerPoint in aninteractive manner.

Just imagine: PowerPoint CAN be used in an active learning environment!