CTL Fall Teaching Toolkit Events

The Instructional Design team at the JHSPH Center for Teaching and Learning is pleased to announce our fall schedule of workshops and drop-in hands-on sessions for faculty and TA's to discuss, learn about and practice the finer points of teaching, learning, and technology. In order to accommodate those who have conflicts with Wednesday at lunchtime, we have added duplicate events on Thursday afternoons for most workshops as well as drop-in sessions at various other times. All workshops will be available both in person at JHSPH or online via Adobe Connect.

To RSVP, please visit our new events calendar here: http://tinyurl.com/jhsph-ctl-events  and click the any session to register.

We look forward to your participation!

Posted by Clark Shah-Nelson at 11:32 AM - Categories: Course Tools | CoursePlus | Distance Learning | General | Online Courses | Teaching Tips | Tech Tools

Free Open Educational Resources Workshop

The following was posted to the Educause Openness Constituent Group, and I'm re-posting here, as it may be of interest:

2012 is a significant year for open education. We are celebrating 10 years since UNESCO adopted the term "Open Educational Resources" (OER). In joining the global celebrations, the OER Foundation in collaboration with the COL OER Chairs and Creative Commons Canada will host a free OCL4Ed workshop.

When: 20 June - 3 July 2012
Where: Online
Cost: Free
Registration: Open
Twitter Hashtag: #OCL4Ed

Open content licensing for educators (OCL4Ed) is a free online workshop designed for educators and students who want to learn more about open educational resources, copyright, and Creative Commons licenses. OCL4Ed is an international community learning opportunity, with participants from 48 countries already signed up.

Reserve your seat today for this free online workshop which is scheduled to coincide with the UNESCO OER World Congress.

http://wikieducator.org/Open_content_licensing_for_educators/About

Posted by Clark Shah-Nelson at 8:21 AM - Categories: Distance Learning | General | OpenCourseWare | Teaching Tips

Teaching with Technology Fair 2012: Collaboration in Health Professions Education

To all JHSPH Faculty and Staff:

Teaching with Technology Fair 2012:
Collaboration in Health Professions Education

May 17, 2012
8:30AM – 4:30PM
The Johns Hopkins Medical Campus
Armstrong Building
 
Info and program: http://www.nursing.jhu.edu/techfair
Register: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/twtf2012

Keynote by:
Jason Farman, Assistant Professor, American Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, and author of Mobile Interface Theory

Presented by:
The JHU School of Nursing Office for Teaching Excellence
In collaboration with JHSPH Center for Teaching and Learning, JHSOM Instructional Technologies, and JHH Nursing Administration

Hope to see you there!

Posted by Clark Shah-Nelson at 1:58 PM - Categories: Distance Learning | General | Online Courses | Teaching Tips | Tech Tools | Web Events

25 Ways to use Twitter in Education

Edudemic Magazine has put together a handy guide of 25 ideas to incorporate Twitter into the classroom, called "The Twitter Spectrum for Educators" - from easy to most difficult. The guide ranges from "watch" to "talk" to "produce" - so that classes can ease into Twitter gradually. A great feature of the guide is that each idea starts with a verb, a la Bloom's Taxonomy - so that you can look at your course learning objectives and find good potential matches to meet your objectives. If you've been toying around with giving it a try or looking for ideas to enhance your course by immersing students into a larger (world-wide) community of learning, research, and/or practice, check out the guide, and then contact your instructional designer to plan and implement.

If you have some other ideas for using Twitter in your classes or have some info after trying some of these suggestions, please leave a comment!

Posted by Clark Shah-Nelson at 2:11 PM - Categories: Course Tools | Distance Learning | General | Online Courses | Teaching Tips | Tech Tools

Weds April 11: Teaching Toolkit: VoiceThread

To All JHSPH Faculty and TA's:

The JHSPH Center for Teaching and Learning Instructional Design Team invites you to a lunchtime workshop:

 Interaction beyond the Classroom: Present, Collaborate, and Discuss using VoiceThread

More info:

https://sites.google.com/site/ctltteachingtoolkit/events-and-workshops/toolkit-voicethread

Posted by Clark Shah-Nelson at 2:03 PM - Categories: Course Tools | Distance Learning | General | Online Courses | Teaching Tips | Tech Tools

Flipped Classrooms: Lectures and Homework Trade Places

Trending meme alert! Trending meme alert!

What is one of the latest trending topics in (higher) education? "Flipped Classrooms." I'd tell you what that means, but this web page does such an interesting job of showing it graphically (and using pictures of dogs no less):

http://coredogs.com/article/flipped-classes-threaten-universities-publishers

Additionally, the Educause Learning Initiative's "7 Things You Should Know About" series tends to be on top of these trends, and sure enough, just this month they released a version on flipped classrooms. Be sure to open the PDF link to read the whole article:

http://www.educause.edu/Resources/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutFlipp/246344

"The value of a flipped class is in the repurposing of class time into a workshop where students can inquire about lecture content, test their skills in applying knowledge, and interact with one another in hands-on activities."

Further references:

The Flipped Class Manifest
5 Best Practices for Flipped Classrooms ("It is a great first step in reframing the role of the teacher in the classroom.")

But that's just an introduction. Instructors, want to put theory into practice and speak to someone about flipping your course, engaging students in new ways, or increasing levels of engagement? Contact the JHSPH Instructional Design Team for a consultation. Free while supplies last! :)

Posted by Clark Shah-Nelson at 3:57 PM - Categories: Distance Learning | General | Online Courses | OpenCourseWare | Teaching Tips

Social Media in Higher Education: Facebook

This is the second post in a three-part series on the use of social media tools in higher education. This post addresses a study published in March of 2010 by Roblyer, McDaniel, Webb, Herman, and Vince Witty who conducted research on the use of Facebook as an instructional tool in an academic setting. This post also features a brief interview with Hopkins International Health instructor Professor Bill Brieger.

Read more...

Posted by Rick Ivy at 12:28 PM - Categories: Distance Learning | General | Online Courses | Teaching Tips