CETL Past Events

 Here are a few of our past events.

Lunch 'N Learn - April 2012 -

How do You Know if Your Students Know What You Want Them to Know?

Featuring Dr. Colleen Halupa -  Assistant Dean of Online Learning

Topics Included:
• General curriculum design principles
• How to easily and successfully link assessments to course objectives and program outcomes
• How to ensure you are actually measuring student knowledge and performance to the proper level
• A review of Bloom’s taxonomy and how it relates to outcome-objective-assessment linkage
• The types of educational objectives and the three parts of a well written course objective
• How to painlessly design course assessments to the knowledge level you want your students to attain

The PowerPoint is available for download.
The Archived Adobe Connect video session is available at this link:
April 2012 Lunch 'N Learn Video Archive

You can also see Previous Lunch'N Learn Sessions

 

Lunch 'N Learn - March 2012 - Are You Connected?

Featuring Dr. Jason Johnson and Dr. Lauren Bitikofer

 

Topics Included:

Panopto:
• What is Panopto?
• Benefits to Faculty
• Benefits to Students
• How to get started?

 

 

A Step-by-step guide for Panopto is available.

The Archived Adobe Connect video session is available at this link: March 2012 Lunch 'N Learn Video Archive 

 

 

 

 

Lunch 'N Learn - February 2012 - The Future of Online Learning: The Next Five Years

 Dr. Colleen Halupa discuss experts' predictions for the next five years of educational technology since it is changing rapidly.

 

 

 

 Topics Included:

• Expansion of e-books and custom publishing
• Use of cloud technology and mobile devices
• Augmented reality and educational gaming
• Gesture-based computing and analytics
• GAPS initiative for partial standardization of the curriculum 

The PowerPoint is available for download.
The Archived Adobe Connect video session is available at this link:
February 2012 Lunch 'N Learn Video Archive 

 

 CETL Faculty Grant Awards - January 2012

 

$1250 were granted to Dr. Gary DeBoer - Chemistry & Physics - "Open Source  Texts to Enhance Affordability & Effectiveness of the General Chemistry Curriculum" 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 $1250 were granted to Dr. Vicki Sheafer - Psychology - "Using Drama to Enhance Learning of Classic Experiments in  Social Psychology"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 $2,500 were granted to Mr. Bruce Chase - Aviation - "Use of Cockpit Video to Improve Flight Training"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Lunch 'N Learn - November 2011 - Ken Rouse was our presenter for the November 2011 Lunch 'N Learn. Ken demonstrated practical uses of the test preparation software called Respondus. The event was held in the Education 109 conference room from 11:00am-12:00 noon and was webcast via Adobe Connect to our sites in Dallas and Houston. For a replay of the training, please click on link below and you can play back the event at your leisure.

Link to video recording of the November 2011 Faculty Training using Respondus software

Link to Download the Respondus software

 

 

Title III Grant - This program helps eligible IHEs to become self-sufficient and expand their capacity to serve low-income students by providing funds to improve and strengthen the academic quality, institutional management, and fiscal stability of eligible institutions. For more information visit www2.ed.gov. LeTourneau is currently eligible to apply again for the Title III Grant during the Fall of 2011after the required one-year consecutive waiting period expired October 30, 2010.

Lunch & Learn - Lunch & Learn sessions are held in the various technology equipped rooms in Longview, Dallas, and Houston to enable faculty and staff at all sites to participate. Employees may eat the provided lunch while technology support staff members demonstrate and discuss various techniques for working effectively with our university networks. Topics and presenters vary.To find out when upcoming Lunch & Learn sessions are, view our calendar or follow us on twitter to receive instant updates.

FITness Academy - Four FITness Academy sessions were held in the years, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010. Three of these sessions were funded by the previous Title III grant. 10-14 faculty applied each time and were selected to each years' academy and spent 2-3 days each time exploring faculty development themes. Topics included, curriculum writing techniques, hybrid course creation, Creating peer mentor groups for the deployment of Blackboard 9.1.

Faculty Workshops - Our faculty workshops include many things from tips on enhancing your technology use in the classroom to encouragement in your spiritual disciplines.