- Thursday, March 14 at 12pm
Learner Centered Assessment: Do Rubrics Enhance the Learning Experience?
with Heidi Andrade, University at Albany—State University of New York
Rubrics have been the standard in assessment for several years now and are widely used by educators in both secondary and higher education. Join us as we explore whether rubrics really work to improve student success.
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Thursday, March 28 at 1pm
Learner Centered Assessment: The Complete Assessment Package
with Dr. Antonia Levi, Simon Fraser University
This webcast will explore the Complete Assessment Package, an innovative new concept that mixes various traditional elements of assessment such as rubrics and norming into an easy-to-implement assessment program that can increase student learning and success.
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Thursday, March 7, 2013
Free Learner Centered Assessment Webcasts
Join turnitin for free 30-Minute Webcasts on Learner Centered Assessments.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
FREE Blackboard Webinars for Faculty
The Blackboard Innovative Teaching Series (BITS) is a training initiative to help augment HCC's internal Blackboard faculty training efforts. Harnessing our community of Blackboard users, BITS will share the top strategies and pedagogy for both increasing educator efficiency and improving learning outcomes.
To register go to: http://www.blackboard.com/BITS
To register go to: http://www.blackboard.com/BITS
Friday, March 1, 2013
Blackboard Service Pack 10 Update
Blackboard is update to Service Pack 10!
Some new features include:
Check out what’s coming in the next Service Pack : http://go.blackboard.com/faculty
Some new features include:
- My Blackboard
- New Global Navigation Menu
- Text and Text-to-Voice Course Notifications
- New Content Editor
- Assessment Item Analysis
Check out what’s coming in the next Service Pack : http://go.blackboard.com/faculty
Friday, January 11, 2013
Faculty Spotlight - Jody Weaver
Adjunct English Instructor
Ybor Campus
“Every interaction whether it’s talking, reading, or listening develops a writer.”
Capital Course: I enjoy teaching ENC 1101. Students often enter ENC 1101 terrified; however, once they realize that the course is only a small step in their journey as a writer, they begin to explore and discover themselves as writers.
Ideal Ideology: Learning is not necessarily about wrong or right; it is about the process and the experiences. Students must be engaged in learning, and to do that, they must realize that every aspect of a course is an opportunity to learn. Their interaction between peers, instructor, text books, and their own work are all part of their learning experiences. I strive to create a course that provides opportunities for this interaction to occur.
Teachable Moment: Discussions are vital to student exploration in the classroom. One particular discussion focused on a short reading assignment. I presented the class with several questions to answer. As we began to review the questions, students discovered their answers varied. One student asked who was right. Instead of answering, I asked students to provide more thorough explanations to their answers. Through this experience, students were provided with different perspectives on the same topic. At the conclusion, the student who asked the question realized that there was no right answer since the meaning relied on the audience. The student told me that he never approached reading or writing in terms of the audience. He laughed and stated it changed his entire approach to writing. Student Success: The instructional strategy I implement in the classroom is learning groups. This technique has been very successful for students to interact with each other during peer review workshops, where students share their work. In addition, learning groups have also provided better understanding of reading assignments. Students ask each other questions and receive different points of view.
Techno Tool: I use the discussion forums in Blackboard. This tool has increased the interaction among students. They discuss course related topics, and again, their interaction only reinforces what is discussed in class.
Optimized Advice: New adjunct faculty members must learn about the resources available. The resources will only enhance the faculty’s experience in the classroom thereby enhancing the students’ experience as well.
Ybor Campus
Capital Course: I enjoy teaching ENC 1101. Students often enter ENC 1101 terrified; however, once they realize that the course is only a small step in their journey as a writer, they begin to explore and discover themselves as writers.
Ideal Ideology: Learning is not necessarily about wrong or right; it is about the process and the experiences. Students must be engaged in learning, and to do that, they must realize that every aspect of a course is an opportunity to learn. Their interaction between peers, instructor, text books, and their own work are all part of their learning experiences. I strive to create a course that provides opportunities for this interaction to occur.
Teachable Moment: Discussions are vital to student exploration in the classroom. One particular discussion focused on a short reading assignment. I presented the class with several questions to answer. As we began to review the questions, students discovered their answers varied. One student asked who was right. Instead of answering, I asked students to provide more thorough explanations to their answers. Through this experience, students were provided with different perspectives on the same topic. At the conclusion, the student who asked the question realized that there was no right answer since the meaning relied on the audience. The student told me that he never approached reading or writing in terms of the audience. He laughed and stated it changed his entire approach to writing. Student Success: The instructional strategy I implement in the classroom is learning groups. This technique has been very successful for students to interact with each other during peer review workshops, where students share their work. In addition, learning groups have also provided better understanding of reading assignments. Students ask each other questions and receive different points of view.
Techno Tool: I use the discussion forums in Blackboard. This tool has increased the interaction among students. They discuss course related topics, and again, their interaction only reinforces what is discussed in class.
Optimized Advice: New adjunct faculty members must learn about the resources available. The resources will only enhance the faculty’s experience in the classroom thereby enhancing the students’ experience as well.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
10th Annual Sloan Consortium Blended Learning Conference and Workshop - Call for Proposals
When: July 8-9, 2013
Where: Hyatt Regency Milwaukee - Milwaukee, WI
The Sloan Consortium invites you to submit a proposal to present at the 10th Annual Sloan Consortium Blended Learning Conference and Workshop. The conference theme is, "Trend to Blend: Lessons from the Field."
The submission deadline is February 11, 2013.
Where: Hyatt Regency Milwaukee - Milwaukee, WI
The Sloan Consortium invites you to submit a proposal to present at the 10th Annual Sloan Consortium Blended Learning Conference and Workshop. The conference theme is, "Trend to Blend: Lessons from the Field."
The submission deadline is February 11, 2013.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
End of Term Record Keeping
It's that time of year again - finals!
Did you know that you can create detailed user activity reports in MyHCC? You can also download your grade book to save in Excel. Creating both of these reports is an easy way to keep a digital record for yourself and can also be helpful in financial aid reporting.
Follow these tutorials to create your reports:
Creating an End of Term Activity Report
Creating a Grade Center Report
Did you know that you can create detailed user activity reports in MyHCC? You can also download your grade book to save in Excel. Creating both of these reports is an easy way to keep a digital record for yourself and can also be helpful in financial aid reporting.
Follow these tutorials to create your reports:
Creating an End of Term Activity Report
Creating a Grade Center Report
Friday, November 16, 2012
HCC now has NBC Learn for Blackboard!
NBC Learn has archived video content (dating back to the 1920s) that can be used in your MyHCC course. The video collection is updated regularly to include current content being broadcast on NBC news programs.
Interested in using NBC Learn content in your course? Check out this how-to video
Want to see how other faculty are using NBC Learn? View this testimonial from Grand Rapids Community College
Finally, here are some fast facts on the collections
Interested in using NBC Learn content in your course? Check out this how-to video
Want to see how other faculty are using NBC Learn? View this testimonial from Grand Rapids Community College
Finally, here are some fast facts on the collections
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