League for Innovation Conference 2001
Selected Session Highlights
Sherry Kam, Michael McDowell, Greg Kaminski
http://spot.pcc.edu/~gkaminsk/league/session_highlights.html
Tips & Tricks using MS Office
Presenters: Joelene Mack, Barbara Jones, Carol Yamashita,
Golden West College
Digital research, effective library
assignments, avoiding plagiarism
4 handouts:
-
Who
wrote that paper, your students or the Evil House of Cheat?
(http://library.wcc.cc.il.us/handouts/cybercheat.html)
-
Tips for Detecting & Preventing (plagiarism)
-
Detecting plagiarism
-
Creating Effective Library Assignments
St.
Petersburg College Library - Online resources
(http://www.spjc.edu/central/libonline/resources/bestsites.htm)
Presenters: Deborah Robinson, US Naval
Academy; Melisandre Hilliker, St. Petersburg College
Addressing different learning styles in the online environment
Presenters: Joanne Laipply Bellovin, Central Florida CC; Charles
Fox, Polk CC; Jim Rhodes, Polk CC.
"Mixed Marriage": traditional classroom / hybrid / distance
For more information, see http://spot.pcc.edu/~gkaminsk/league/hybrid.html
Presenter: Wilburn Wright, Houston C.C.
Effective uses of PowerPoint on the web
For more information: http://www.lsc.mnscu.edu/admin/tech/pptweb.htm
Example of effective Powerpoint use: http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/govrel/2001PRESENT3/sld005.htm
Links to products designed to enhance PowerPoint presentations for delivery
over the Web.
Presenters: Kathleen Nelson, President, Barry Dahl, Dean of Technology
and Distance Learning, Lake Superior College, MN
The MERLOT* Project
*Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
A collection of peer-reviewed online materials for 13 discipline communities
For more information: http://www.merlot.org
Presenters: Tim Tirrell, Coordinator of Distance Learning, Academic
and Research Services, Virginia Community College System, VA; Joseph Georges,
Director, California Virtual Campus, El Camino Community College, CA; Therezita
Ortiz, Instructor, Business Technologies, St. Petersburg College, FL
Learning Objects*
For more information: http://www.wisc-online.com
* Learning objects are small units of learning which may be presented
as self-contained units of instruction or information.Components created
and collected by Wisconsin Online Resource Center.
Presenter: Kay Chitwood, Director, Instructional Support Services; Terri
Langan, Faculty Specialist/Assessment Coordinator, Faculty Resource Center,
Fox Valley Technical College, WI
Taking your course "on the road"
Great list of guidelines to help faculty deciding whether or not to launch
an online class.
-
Preparing the way
-
Making the journey
-
Avoiding the hazards
Presenters: Mark L. Amdahl, Professor of English; Joan L. McClintock,
Professor of Dental Hygiene; Richard D. Greenwood, Professor of English,
Montgonery County Community College, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
G. Kaminski, PCC, 2/27/02