Increase your students’ cultural competency and awareness. Create goal-oriented lessons with ReggieNet. Collaborate with others using OneNote to become more productive. Some of our workshops at the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology require registration, so simply select the link in the workshop title and you’ll be taken directly to the appropriate registration page. Workshops are held at our facility at 301 South Main Street unless otherwise noted. If you have questions or need help, you can always email us at CTLT@IllinoisState.edu.
Word: Level 1
Tuesday, September 22 • 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Explore time-saving tools and commands built into the program. You will also learn formatting techniques including headers, footers and annotations.
Teaching Excellence: Create an Inclusive Leaning Environment
Tuesday, September 22 • 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Discuss how world views influence student attitudes and behaviors. Uncover how to increase cultural competencies and mindfulness of student perspectives in order to understand the social injustices, such as prejudice and discrimination, they may experience. Facilitator: Angell Davis, University College
ReggieNet: Lesson Builder
Tuesday, September 22 • 1 to 4 p.m.
Discover how to easily create online instructional modules using Lesson Builder. This powerful tool allows you to integrate resources from across your ReggieNet site (tests and quizzes, assignments, discussion and discussion forums) into online lessons. Design lessons that require students to complete goals before they can proceed to the next stage. You will also learn how to integrate multimedia content. This course will also briefly discuss organizing content in other ReggieNet features, such as the Resources and Materials and Web Content tools. Prerequisite: Introduction to ReggieNet
Early-Career Faculty Development Circle
Wednesday, September 23 • 12 to 1 p.m.
Thursday, September 24 • 12 to 1 p.m.
Conventional wisdom says that teachers who “expect too much” get negative student evaluations, but research does not necessarily bear this out. In this session we will talk about what we can expect.
This development circle offers a combination of professional development and peer support to faculty members in their first three years of service at Illinois State. Topics are based on chapters in the award-winning book What the Best College Teachers Do (Harvard UP, 2004) by Ken Bain. Participants will receive a copy of the book and an executive summary of each chapter.
Meetings are on select Wednesdays or Thursdays from noon to 1 p.m. Join us either day. Attend as many as you can during the semester, but don’t worry if you can’t attend all!
OneNote: Level 2
Wednesday, September 23 • 1 to 4 p.m.
Explore how to use OneNote on desktop, tablet, and smartphone, and how to collaborate with others by synchronizing through OneDrive. Since OneNote is available for free to both students and instructors on campus, it can be an easy way for students to share media. Discuss different collaboration scenarios and ways to increase productivity. Participants are encouraged to bring their mobile device with OneNote already installed. Prerequisite: OneNote Level 1
ReggieNet: Migrating Content from Modules to Lesson Builder
Thursday, September 24 • 10 to 11 a.m.
Get an overview on this presentation software’s basic tools and functions. You will learn to work with text, images, slide layouts, backgrounds, slide transitions, and more. This class is suitable for those who are entirely new to PowerPoint or for those who would like a refresher.
PowerPoint
Thursday, September 24 • 1 to 4 p.m.
Get an overview on this presentation software’s basic tools and functions. You will learn to work with text, images, slide layouts, backgrounds, slide transitions, and more. This class is suitable for those who are entirely new to PowerPoint or for those who would like a refresher.
If you need a special accommodation to fully participate in an event, please contact the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology’s main desk at (309) 438-2542.
