New to Online Learning?

The Center for Faculty Excellence & Innovation (CFEI) offers a self-paced “Introduction to Online Learning” course to all faculty who are first-time users of the Pearson LearningStudio (eCollege) for online instruction. Click on the CFEI weblink, http://www.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/centerForFacultyExcellenceAndInnovation/elearning/introductionToOnlineInstruction.aspx, for more information and to register for the course. Additionally, all faculty can access the self-paced eLearning course …

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10 Ways to Improve Blended Learning Course Design in 2014

The CFEI held a Faculty Focus online seminar, 10 Ways to Improve Blended Learning Course Design in 2014 on 8/21/14 from 1:00-2:00pm at the CFEI Conference Room (AGIT222). Faculty, it is not too late to participate! If you are interested in accessing the online resources for this past seminar, please register on the new CFEI …

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20 Minute Mentor Commons Membership for Faculty

The CFEI has purchased a 1-year membership to 20 Minute Mentor Commons, a media resource library specifically for faculty.  The membership is through the prestigious Magna Publications group.  Presentation titles include a variety of topics such as: Can I Safely Use Facebook with Students for Class Interaction? How Can I Create Effective Mini Lectures? What …

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New Faculty Fellows and Scholars Space

The Center for Faculty Excellence and Innovation, currently located in room 222 of the Charles J. Austin Agricultural and Industrial Engineering building, has a new dedicated work space complete with 2 computer stations equipped with Internet access and researching, data analyzing, writing, and presenting software. Faculty Open Lab sessions, to support faculty’s current instructional, research, …

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Progress Blog #1 : Composition in a Digital Age

This fall semester, I’m doing something new with my online composition classes. It’s something I’m not really sure they are going to like. It’s something I’m not sure I’m going to like either. But that’s sort of the point of humanities education, right? Trying to communicate in new and more profound ways the various experiences …

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