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:
  1. Who wrote that paper, your students or the Evil House of Cheat?

  2. (http://library.wcc.cc.il.us/handouts/cybercheat.html)
  3. Tips for Detecting & Preventing  (plagiarism)
  4. Detecting plagiarism
  5. 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. 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