Category: Technology

Welcome (back) faculty!

Welcome (back) faculty! Start of Term - http://www.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/centerForFacultyExcellenceAndInnovation/sot.aspx Course Copy - http://www.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/centerForFacultyExcellenceAndInnovation/educationalTechnology/learningStudioCourseCopy.aspx Pearson LearningStudio - http://www.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/centerForFacultyExcellenceAndInnovation/educationalTechnology/default.aspx Start of Term Surveys - http://www.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/centerForFacultyExcellenceAndInnovation/EducationalAssessment/sot.aspx Multimedia Production - http://www.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/centerForFacultyExcellenceAndInnovation/elearning/multimediaProduction.aspx Events - https://appsprod.tamuc.edu/CMS/CFEIEventSessions/ Here are quick links to a few of the services & resources available to you at the CFEI. Let us help you get ready!

The CFEI wishes you a productive and successful Spring 2017 semester! To help you, the attached PDF document highlights important start-of-term CFEI services and resources. Click on the icons to direct you to the appropriate services and resources. Welcome (back) faculty (pdf download)   Also, please don’t hesitate to contact the CFEI with your teaching, scholarship, …

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Join the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) for Online Courses COMMUNITY OF LEARNING

Join today! NEW Community of Learning in 2017. COL Leaders: Dr. Donna McCrary, COEHS C&I, Dr. Beth Jones, COEHS PCS. Topic: Universal Design for Learning (UDL) for Online Courses. Features: Interdisciplinary faculty group, leadership and service, scholarship/research, incentives, budget, learning activities, mentorship, collaboration. For more information, contact CFEI: Gee Library, Suite 173, CFEI.FacultyDev@tamuc.edu, 903-886-5511

  For more information about faculty Communities of Learning, click here. To join this community, contact Felicity Grandjean, 903-468-8792 or felicity.grandjean@tamuc.edu. All faculty and adjunct faculty are welcomed to join. The community will be limited to 15 members. Reserve your seat today! The community will begin in 2017.

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Be a Faculty Community of Learning Leader!

Communities of Learning Apply Now! Lead a Community of Learning focused on the Learning Management System (LMS). Application Deadline: November 30. Be a Faculty Leader!

  To learn more about faculty Communities of Learning and to apply to be a faculty leader, click here. To learn more about Project Nova and the university’s plans for the new LMS, click here.

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Using Twitter to create a Personal Learning Network (PLN)

Twitter Beyond the Eggshell. November 4 10-11a.m. Brett Murrey, M.Ed. CFEI Training Lab, Gee Library, Suite 173. Learn to use twitter to create a Personal Learning Network (PLN). This is for anyone who is interested in using Twitter to enhance their professional development. To request ADA accommmodations, please communicate your needs at least 7 days prior to the event. Email CFEI.FacultyDev@tamuc.edu or call the CFEI at 903-886-5511.

This is a QEP Global Learning event. Register here. To request ADA accommodations, please communicate your needs at least 7 days prior to the event. Email CFEI.FacultyDev@tamuc.edu or call the CFEI at 903-886-5511.  

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The Significance of Videos in Higher Education

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For Your Information: Kaltura disseminates an annual report, The State of Video in Education 2015 and The State of Video in Education 2016. Although Kaltura is a for-profit educational video platform and this particular line of research focuses on education from Kindergarten to Higher Education (of which the majority of respondents are from Higher Ed), this report …

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