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“Why Should I Write a Grant?”
9 a.m. - 12 p.m
Cost $150
Phyllis Renninger
Director, Resource Development
Stephanie Dollings
Resource Development Officer
Jennifer Peterson
Resource Development Officer
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Jonita Watson
Resource Development Officer
Florida Community College at Jacksonville
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This workshop is designed to provide participants with ideas and best practices that can be developed and managed through grants. In this session, we will focus on where to begin with grant development, the professional benefits for you as a grant writer, and how to manage grants. |
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“Designing the Retention-Proof Course”
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost $150
Jeremy Dunning
Professor, Geology
Indiana University |
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Many online and blended learning courses have much lower retention than
their traditional equivalents. In this workshop, you will learn how to
design your online course with all of the elements that have proven to
attract and retain students. Applications like virtual reality,
game-theory-based interactive exercises, interactive graphics, and
intelligent tutors will be presented to you at a level that will allow
you to use them immediately. Learning object template software will be
provided along with templates for all of the other applications.
(Little or no programming experience is required). |
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“Blackboard Navigation and Communication Tools”
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost $150
Janice Hall
Instructional Program Manager
Business and Information Technology
Florida Community College at Jacksonville |
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In this workshop, participants will learn the basics of navigating within Blackboard. Participants will learn the difference between student and instructor views and learn where help is available. Participants will also be introduced to the communication tools in Blackboard. Tools include email, messaging, collaboration, WIMBA, teams, and announcements. (This workshop counts as 3 hours of platform training in the Online Professor Certificate Program.) |
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“PowerPoint 2007”
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost $150
Brenda Boccard
Instructional Officer
Florida Community College at Jacksonville |
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In this workshop, attendees will learn how to create a blank presentation, navigate through slides, and use slide transitions, animations, custom animations, and slide layouts. The new Quiz template will be demonstrated. Topics also covered will include linking to a Website and adding audio and video. |
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“Blackboard Content, Discussions, Tools and Help”
1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost $150
Janice Hall
Instructional Program Manager
Business and Information Technology
Florida Community College at Jacksonville |
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In this workshop, participants will learn how to add personalized content to their course. We will also explore creating and grading assignments and discussion boards. Participants will learn about the tools available to help learning. The tools examined include the calendar, staff information, help, tutorials, performance dashboard, and course statistics. (This workshop counts as 3 hours of platform training in the Online Professor Certificate Program.) |
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“Writing Effective Online Discussion Questions”
1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost $150
Claire Reetz
Professor, Spanish
Florida Community College at Jacksonville |
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This hands-on workshop will focus on techniques to enhance student engagement in online discussions. We will discuss how to develop and implement a grading model for discussions, how to write questions that encourage students to respond in a meaningful manner, how to apply constructivist and cooperative learning techniques through your discussions, and how and when to involve (or not involve) yourself in ongoing discussions. |
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“First Person Essays that Sell”
1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost $150
Adair Lara
Author and Former Columnist
The San Francisco Chronicle |
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Through interactive discussion, in-class writing, and useful handouts, each participant will learn:
• How to make yourself sit down and start writing
• How to turn that unfinished piece into a publishable essay—and where to publish it
• How to write with vivid detail the elements that go into a successful essay
• Where to speed up, where to slow down
• How to begin and end an essay
• A few things about blogs
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“SharePoint Designer 2007”
1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost $150
Brenda Boccard
Instructional Officer
Florida Community College at Jacksonville |
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In this workshop, attendees will learn how to create, edit, and publish Websites using SharePoint Designer 2007. |
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“Macromedia Captivate Basics”
9 a .m. - 4 p.m.
Cost $295
Robert Greene
Professor, Eduation
Florida Community College at Jacksonville |
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Learn how to create professional-quality simulations and demonstrations complete with text captions, mouse movements, and scored interactions—all without programming. You can easily edit and customize projects, or add eLearning interactions in this easy-to-use program—it’s great for tutorials, demonstrations, and simulations. This session will explore the basic features of Captivate including recording a demonstration, editing a demonstration, working with objects in the timeline, working with images, publishing your project, and adding audio. |
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“Macromedia Flash 8 Basics”
9 a .m. - 4 p.m.
Cost $295
Jim Habermas
Professor, Computer Information Systems
Genesee Community College |
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This hands-on workshop will cover the following topics: introduction to the Flash environment, vector vs. Raster drawings, creating gradient colors, manipulation of objects and text, working with layers, masking layers, frame-by-frame animation, shape and motion-tweened animation, guide layers, and publication of your Flash movie. |
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“Welcome to the Island: A Second Life Workshop”
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost $295
Jeff Kissinger
Director, Distance Learning
The Virtual College
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Trever Brolliar
Multimedia Specialist and
Senior Developer, Second Life
Florida Community College at Jacksonville |
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Second Life provides an opportunity to use simulation in a safe environment to enhance experiential learning, allowing individuals to practice skills, try new ideas, and learn from their mistakes. Students and educators can work together in Second Life from anywhere in the world as part of a globally networked virtual classroom environment. Using Second Life as a supplement to traditional classroom environments also provides new opportunities for enriching existing curricula. In this workshop, participants will learn practical aspects of Second Life such as how to change the appearance of your avatar, how to navigate around, how to pick things up, and how to set up and manage a group as well as explore possible applications of Second Life for the traditional and online classroom. |
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“Cheating: Managing the Classroom for Honest Results”
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost $295
Jeanne Dexter
Associate Instructor, Business
Florida State University Panama City |
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Like it or not, cheating in the college classroom is a fact of academic life. The number of cheating incidents increases as students mature academically, and the methods of cheating become more sophisticated. Better cheating management leads to a better academic experience for all. This workshop will explore what students consider to be cheating, how they do it, and what professors can do to prevent it.
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“PC Podcasting ”
9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Cost $75
Tom Russo
Professor of Chemistry
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Mike Reynolds
Associate Dean, Liberal Arts
Florida Community College at Jacksonville |
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Constant availability, video and audio compatibility, instant review and long-term storage are the main advantages of pod-casting yourself to your students. Minimal effort is required for audio storage of your lectures and help sessions that will give your students constant access to your expertise in any field. In addition, video pod-casting, while more difficult, gives the added impact of every topic you teach in your course. Finally, an extension of the use of MP3 and MP4 files allow your school to enhance any on line courses currently being offered. It is theoretically feasible to have a complete online campus using existing technology. This isn’t the future, this is NOW. |
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“Blackboard Course Options and Assessments”
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost $150
Janice Hall
Instructional Program Manager
Business and Information Technology
Florida Community College at Jacksonville |
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In this workshop, participants will learn how to manage their courses, customize them, and change the design, layout, and more. Additionally, participants will learn how to import and export content to be used in other courses. Participants will also learn how to use assessments in Blackboard. Emphasis will be on constructing, administering, and grading tests. Additionally, participants will learn how to use the grade book in Blackboard. (This workshop counts as 3 hours of platform training in the Online Professor Certificate Program.)
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“LessonBuilder”
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost $150
Bill Ganza
Director, Professional Development
Florida Community College at Jacksonville
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“Writing and Publishing Your Memoir”
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost $150
Adair Lara
Author and Former Columnist
The San Francisco Chronicle |
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Should you write a memoir? Have you already started one and need a jump-start? Get an insider’s scoop on the secrets of the trade. Join award-winning author Adair Lara for a hands-on workshop. She will discuss what kinds of stories work for memoirs—fact versus truth, scene, image and detail, how to write as if everybody you know is dead—and writing a proposal for an agent. Adair Lara is an award-winning columnist , magazine writer, teacher and author whose own memoir, Hold Me Close, Let Me Go, was published by Random House. |
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“Writing for Magazine Publication”
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost $150
Belinda Hulin
Freelance Writer and
Editor, Skirt! |
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| This half-day workshop will focus on writing and marketing your work for magazine publication. Participants will be introduced to the fundamentals of developing and shaping story ideas, interviewing and research, polishing your prose, working with editors, and understanding the legal and ethical issues of magazine journalism. |
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“PC Podcasting ”
10:35 a.m. - 12:05 p.m.
Cost $75
Tom Russo
Professor of Chemistry
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Mike Reynolds
Associate Dean, Liberal Arts
Florida Community College at Jacksonville |
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Constant availability, video and audio compatibility, instant review and long-term storage are the main advantages of pod-casting yourself to your students. Minimal effort is required for audio storage of your lectures and help sessions that will give your students constant access to your expertise in any field. In addition, video pod-casting, while more difficult, gives the added impact of every topic you teach in your course. Finally, an extension of the use of MP3 and MP4 files allow your school to enhance any on line courses currently being offered. It is theoretically feasible to have a complete online campus using existing technology. This isn’t the future, this is NOW. |
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“Image Editing ”
1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Cost $75
Brenda Boccard
Instructional Officer
Florida Community College at Jacksonville |
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This workshop is intended to develop some basic skills in working with digital images. Learn how to change the dimensions of an image, how to reduce the file size without changing the dimensions of an image, and how to crop an image removing unwanted background. GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) will be used for editing the digital images and is a freely distributed software application. Microsoft Office Picture Manager will also be demonstrated.
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“Blackboard E-Portfolio, Content Management and Advanced Features”
1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost $150
Bill Ganza
Director, Professional Development
Florida Community College at Jacksonville |
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Use e-Portfolios to Evaluate Student Development. A powerful tool for student reflection, evaluation, and presentation, e-Portfolios let users showcase their work as well as demonstrate achievement of institutional standards. E-Portfolios can include supporting files of various formats (pictures, text, video), evaluations, reflections, recommendations, evidence of General Education competencies, writing samples, projects prepared for class or extracurricular activities, and evidence of creativity and performance. Content management system allows users to store and manage content more effectively while increasing collaboration and to manage and share files by using permissions and passes. Content Management system allows you to edit your documents without removing and re-uploading them, and the revised document is automatically updated everywhere it is being used. Users can share their files both inside and outside the college, giving both read and write access to specific individuals, groups, and institution roles for ease of document collaboration. Blackboard Advanced Features Topics covered include learning units, advanced grade book features, SCORM compliant content, and advanced tools available in Blackboard. (This workshop counts as 3 hours of platform training in the Online Professor Certificate Program.)
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“Developing Interactive Courses Using Advanced Technologies—The SIRIUS Way”
1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost $150
Patricia Levine-Brown
Professor, Communications
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Flo Wolfe Sharp
Senior Instructional Designer,
Creative Learning Services
Florida Community College at Jacksonville |
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In this interactive session, participants will learn about the team approach to course design and development as used in Florida Community College’s SIRIUS Academics program development of face-to-face, blended, and online delivery courses. The session will provide hands-on interaction with the Instructional Design Assistant (IDA—a program which assists and prompts faculty in the design of courses) as well as the opportunity to explore existing SIRIUS courses in a variety of academic fields. Finally, an overview of The Online Professor Certificate Program, a faculty development program available to all faculty at Florida Community College who are interested in participating in online course development, will be provided |
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“The Stuff in the Middle: Nurturing Ability, Kindling Desire, Building Connections”
1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost $150
Steve Piscitelli
Professor of History, Education, and Student Success
Florida Community College at Jacksonville |
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Schools struggle to provide consistently stimulating classroom experiences. As teachers, we provide students with carefully created syllabi, appropriate first-day activities, and meaningful final assessments. But what do we do during the vast majority of the term? What can we do about the stuff in the middle? This session will examine how to develop engaging activities throughout the term to nurture ability, kindle desire, and build connections. Participants will examine how music, humor, and creativity can complement and encourage academic achievement and build meaningful relationships. Walk away from this laboratory session with activities and ideas you can use immediately in your classroom. |
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“Retention Strategies and Student Success for the Distance Learning Student”
1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost $150
Carl M. Wahlstrom
Professor, Intermediate Studies and Sociology
Genesee Community College |
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Distance learning as a reflection of rapidly changing technology has significantly impacted the delivery of knowledge. It has clearly helped the institution of higher education “spread the word.” Yet at the same time it presents a new paradigm for student learning resulting in a type of culture shock. Distance learning courses are different from traditional classroom courses, the so-called “chalk and talk” courses, and there are things students need to know to be successful in them. This workshop will help faculty rethink the ways in which they conduct distance learning and provide specific strategies to help students be successful in these endeavors. |
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“Image Editing ”
2:35 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Cost $75
Brenda Boccard
Instructional Officer
Florida Community College at Jacksonville |
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This workshop is intended to develop some basic skills in working with digital images. Learn how to change the dimensions of an image, how to reduce the file size without changing the dimensions of an image, and how to crop an image removing unwanted background. GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) will be used for editing the digital images and is a freely distributed software application. Microsoft Office Picture Manager will also be demonstrated.
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“Macromedia Flash 8 Advanced”
9 a .m. - 4 p.m.
Cost $295
Jim Habermas
Professor, Computer Information Systems
Genesee Community College |
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This full-day hands-on Flash workshop will cover the use of symbols (graphic, movie clip and buttons),the use of scenes; interactivity, working with sound, introduction to action scripting, and using event handlers; publishing movies with sound; and scripting. (PREREQUISITE: Basic Flash training or experience using Flash.) |
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“Welcome to the Island: A Second Life Workshop”
(Section II)
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost $295
Jeff Kissinger
Director, Distance Learning
The Virtual College
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Trever Brolliar
Multimedia Specialist and
Senior Developer, Second Life
Florida Community College at Jacksonville
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Second Life provides an opportunity to use simulation in a safe environment to enhance experiential learning, allowing individuals to practice skills, try new ideas, and learn from their mistakes. Students and educators can work together in Second Life from anywhere in the world as part of a globally networked virtual classroom environment. Using Second Life as a supplement to traditional classroom environments also provides new opportunities for enriching existing curricula. In this workshop, participants will learn practical aspects of Second Life such as how to change the appearance of your avatar, how to navigate around, how to pick things up, and how to set up and manage a group as well as explore possible applications of Second Life for the traditional and online classroom. (This workshop is a REPEAT of the workshop offered on Monday.) |
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“Building Online Learning Communities:
Techniques that Work!”
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost $295
Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt
Managing Partners
Crossroads Consulting Group |
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This workshop will address the following questions:
How is community best developed online?
How important is community in the online course?
What is the role of presence?
How do we know when the student is engaged with the subject matter and not just socializing?
How are disagreement and conflict best addressed and how does that help or hinder community development?
What techniques beyond threaded discussion can be used to develop and sustain community?
Participants will benefit from presentation and discussion of these topics and will leave with new ideas that they can immediately apply to their own online courses assisting participants in successful development of an online learning community. |
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