The websites below provide links to other teaching and learning centers, as well as a wealth of useful resources for faculty:
AcademicInfo academicinfo.net
AcademicInfo features online degree information, subject guides as well as educational resources.
AMSER (the Applied Math and Science Education Repository) amser.org
AMSER (the Applied Math and Science Education Repository) is a portal of educational resources and services built specifically for use by those in Community and Technical Colleges but free for anyone to use. The National Science Digital Library funds AMSER, and a team of project partners led by Internet Scout is creating the site.
British Columbia Institute of Technology www.bcit.ca/ltc
The BCIT Learning and Teaching Centre (LTC) serves students and faculty by providing a comprehensive set of services and resources that support the core activities and strategic directions of BCIT.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Chronicle Careers
News & Advice
http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/
Chronicle of Higher Education Chronicle Careers "The Two-Year Track" Column http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/archives/columns/the_twoyear_track/
The Chronicle of Higher Education online periodically publishes "The Two-Year Track," a series of columns by Rob Jenkins on teaching in the community college. "The Two-Year Track" archives are available online at http://chronicle.com/jobs/archive/twoyear.htm.
Faculty Development Associates www.developfaculty.com.
Faculty Development Associates provides universities, colleges and instructional departments with an array of services to improve the accountability outcomes of their instructional programs
Fulbright Scholar Program Community College Faculty Award
Assistant Director Muriel Joffe, 202.686.6249, mjoffe@cies.iie.org or Program Associate Kevin Orchison, 202.686.7852, korchison@cies.iie.org
Length of Grant: 3 months to 10 months
Starting Date: September 2009 or February 2010 for one-semester grants; September 2009 for academic year grants.
Grantees will be affiliated with institutions in Russia that are interested in the community college model. The purpose of this award is to offer opportunities for increased community college participation in the Fulbright program with Russia; to share knowledge in specific fields; to develop new curricula and introduce innovative pedagogy; to impart a global perspective into courses at colleges/universities in both countries and to assist student exchanges.
Innovate: Journal of Online Education Webcasts
Innovate and ULiveandLearn host and produce Innovate-Live webcasts where authors in the current issue of the Innovate online journal are available during scheduled times to interact synchronously with readers on the topic of their articles. To view the current webcast schedule, please go to ULiveandLearn's Innovate-Live portal, which you can connect to by going to the Innovate Website
http://www.innovateonline.info/?view=subscribe.
Webcasts are free, but a separate registration requiring an email address and password is required. We suggest that you use the same email address and password for both Innovate and the Innovate-Live portal. (You can check the email address and password you use to access Innovate by clicking on "account" on the Innovate navigation tool bar.) Again, you can register for each of the following Webcasts by going to the Innovate Website
http://www.innovateonline.info/?view=subscribe
and establishing a free account.
University Business Web Seminars One Hour On Demand Web Seminar:
"How Rich Media Is Helping Hearing-Impaired College Students"
Presenters: Earl Parks, Gallaudet University, Director of Academic Technology Deborah Chen Pichler, Gallaudet University, Associate Professor of Linguistics Mark Turner, Director of the Center for Accessible Media, California State University Chancellor's Office Technology is helping students (and faculty) with disabilities. Gallaudet U., the leading university for deaf and hearing impaired undergraduate students, has been using lecture capture video to record the instructor using American Sign Language. The recording can then be modified to add a transcript and/or closed captions for hearing impaired students to facilitate their review. To view this UB Web Seminar on-demand, go to
www.universitybusiness.com/webseminars
Innovative Educators
Innovative Educators is provides conferences and training sessions focused on critical and relevant issues facing educators.
http://www.innovativeeducators.org/category_s/55.htm
Innovative Educators -- Faculty Development: Teaching Tips Index
http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htm#motivating
Quick links to topics of education news, collaboration and innovation in higher
education.
ITS Computer Resource Guide for Faculty
The Computer Resource Guide for Faculty give quick, step-by-step instructions on, creating, class shares, BlackBoard shells, A/V request, and the Faculty Online Resource Kit -FORK
League for Innovation www.league.org/league/about/about_main.htm
The League is a major international organization specifically committed to improving community colleges through innovation, experimentation, and institutional transformation. The BCIT Learning and Teaching Centre (LTC) serves faculty by providing a comprehensive set of resources. This site is full of resources that will help instructors enhance teaching and learning.
The Ohio Learning Network - OLN Communities
Interested in connecting with colleagues who are enriching courses with learning technologies? Looking for new resources? Then join an online community! Everyone's insights, questions, and contributions can help educators who are exploring these and other critical issues!
Discussion and Resource Sharing Communities
Adjunct Support
Join the Adjunct-Support list or View the Archives
E-Portfolios
Join the E-Portfolios list or View the Archives
Instructional Design
Join the OLN-INSTDSGN list or View the Archives
POET: Podcasting and Other Educational Technologies
Join the POET list or View the Archives
Quality Matters
Join the Quality Matters list or View the Archives
Second Life
Join the Second Life list or View the Archives
Teaching Online
Join the ONLINE-TL list or View the Archives
Technology in Education Collaborative (TECPD)
Learn about who is TECPD and then send an email to shansen@oln.org if you'd like to join the list.
Soshiku http://soshiku.com/
Soshiku is a simple but powerful tool that helps your students manage their assignments. Soshiku keeps track of when assignments are due and can even notify students via email or SMS. In addition, it's totally free.
Teaching For Success www.teachingforsuccess.com/about-us.html
Teaching For Success' purpose is to inform faculty of the critical success factors of good teaching and how to quickly apply them. Information on this website acknowledges and respects the time that most part-time and adjunct faculty have to develop their teaching knowledge and skills.
The Teaching Professor www.teachingprofessor.com/newsletter/index.html
The Teaching Professor is a forum for discussion of the best strategies supported by the latest research for effective teaching in the college classroom. Annenberg Media Learner www.learner.org Teacher resources and teacher professional development programming across the curriculum
Wisc-Online http://www.wisc-online.com/
The Wisconsin Online Resource Center is a digital library of Web-based learning resources called "learning objects." Learning objects are designed and developed by a team of instructional designers, editors, technicians, and student interns.
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