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From the
Directors
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Welcome Back! |
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Welcome back to
the school year. I hope everyone had a great summer and that you’ve
come back rested, with new found energy for learning and teaching.
Here at the Center, we have, an exciting agenda of
activities planned for the year; be sure to check the new
calendar on our site for a complete list of
events.
Our
fall theme for the Center’s offerings is “New Environments for
Learning”. We’ll be exploring new ways to engage students both
inside and outside the “traditional” classroom. We’ll start with the
September 2 First Tuesday seminar when our delegates (one chosen
from each college) who attended the “Teaching Professor” conference
will share an overview of new ideas, methods and techniques learned
during the conference. We’ll continue in October with a discussion
on “Hybrid Course Design," looking at how to achieve the best of
both worlds, by combining the best of e-learning with the best
face-to-face methods in all kinds of courses. In
November, a panel of faculty experts will share how they have
integrated “e-games” as an alternative environment for learning -
from drill/practice individual player games, to group activities, to
massive multiplayer online games (MMOG), to virtual environments for
immersive learning. I’m sure that each event will spark and ignite
lively discussions and the sharing of ideas. We will continue the
Center’s Teaching Excellence Series with workshops on course design
and ways to reenergize your teaching.
As
always, if you have ideas for additional events or topics, please do
not hesitate to share your ideas. If you would like to become more
involved with the Center as a presenter, a future teaching or
research fellow or a newsletter or teaching tips contributor, please
contact the Center at any time. You may choose to
contribute to our changing web site as well--we are looking for
faculty to share their expertise in areas of teaching and learning
by developing a topic on our new
Teaching Resources area. Sharing ideas and skills with
colleagues is a surefire way to ensure that MTSU remains a top pick
for today's college students.
The
Center is here for you – to support, intrigue, inform, and challenge
you to continue to grow in your passion for learning, teaching and
innovative technologies. We invite you to spread that passion to
your students, your colleagues and share it with us. Have a great
semester and I hope to see you at as many events as possible.
Barbara &
Faye
Barbara Draude
and Faye Johnson
Co-Directors
August 2008
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