Monthly Technology Infusions
Come learn how to use a few new instructional technologies. Visit The Exchange at http://www.gsu.edu/ist/exchange/training-workshops.html

• Electronic Portfolios & Word Press – Joe Horne
  
• Ipads as Clickers – Jennifer Jones and Bryan Sinclair
  
• ESL & Bilingual Students:  Commenting on Papers & Conferencing
  
• Prezi – Nia Haydel
  
• Worked examples (jing, camtasia, tegrity, screen flow) – Shelby Frost
  
• Collaborative writing (google docs, etc) – Nikolas Huot

Faculty Development Seminars

The GSU Book Club
Insight comes from without. That's why a great book recommendation is one of the greatest gifts you can give somebody, that and the chance to share the reading experience with others.

The GSU book club is an informal network of people sharing books with each other and getting together for a couple of hours each semester to discuss one book in particular. If you come across a book of potential general interest, share the title with the Center and we'll share it with others. You can provide reviews and summaries here so that others can decide if they want to read it and when we get enough people (10 ) inspired to read a book collectively, we'll set a time and date for the conversation. And we'll make the coffee.

Read reviews of books we've come across so far.

Suggest a book.

Write a review so others can decide if they want to read it with you.

Group Instructional Feedback Technique (G.I.F.T.)

About Mid-semester, we feel its a good time to take the pulse of a class. We offer you Group Instructional Feedback Technique (GIFT) session.  A representative from CII visits you classroom and, in your absence, facilitates a 20-30 minute discussion with your students about the class.  The highlights of that discussion are then reported to you.  To schedule a G.I.F.T. session, email cii@.gsu.edu. 

Individual Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Consultations

Services for individual faculty engaged in research on teaching and learning include:

• Manuscript review
• Advice on journals for submission
• Travel grants for conference presentations

For more information or to set up an appointment, call Harry Dangel at 404-413-2540 for email him at hdangel@gsu.edu. 

Department Workshops

The Center for instructional Innovation facilitates department workshops and colloquia on a wide range of topics including  writing intensive methodologies, critical thinking based assignments, problem-based learning, web 2.0 enabled course dThe Center for instructional Innovation facilitates department workshops and colloquia on a wide range of topics including  writing intensive methodologies, critical thinking based assignments, problem-based learning, web 2.0 enabled course design, and more.  To learn more or to reserve a time, call George Pullman at 404-413-5854 or email at gpullman@gsu.edu.

Undergraduate Students and IT New ECAR Report | September 18, 2012 ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2012  by Eden Dahlstrom This annual study is conducted to help institutions and educators understand the undergraduate student behaviors and opinions of today to inform the technology needs of the students of tomorrow. The 2012 study marks the ninth year of data collection about student uses of, ownership of, and attitudes toward technology in conjunction with their academic experiences. This year's results include responses from more than 100,000 students from 195 colleges and universities. Blended-Learning Environments Are the Norm  Blended-learning environments have become the norm—nearly three out of four students have taken at least one course that includes online components, and students say that these environments best support how they learn. Read more about the study’s findings on blended-learning environments and the other key findings in this publicly accessible report. Download report >

Participate in the 2013 Student Study Join the growing list of institutions participating in the ECAR student study. Contact us, and we'll follow up with the information you need to get started.

Faculty Event Registration

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Faculty Programs, Fall 2012

First Day of Class

Research on teaching indicates that students form an impression about instructors early in the very first class and that this impression is typically a stable prediction of their final judgment of the quality of an instructor. Join us for a presentation and discussion of what the best instructors do during that critical first session. Free lunch and drinks will be provided.

Monday, August 20, noon to 1 in the Center for Instructional Innovation, Suite 540 of the 10 Park Place Building (next to Roly Poly).

FIVE Easy Pieces

So, if technology is a tool, what problems can it fix? Is death by PowerPoint for real? Join us for a series of three sessions that look at classroom problems, the pedagogy needed to remedy them, and how technology (especially low-tech solutions) can improve learning. The FIVE Easy Pieces series will enable you to use technology to enhance and document student learning.

Friday, September 14, noon to 1:30; Using Technology to Assess Prior Knowledge, Aderhold Learning Center, Room 423.

Friday, October 5, noon to 1:30; Using Technology for Providing Relevance and Understanding of How Content is Organized, Aderhold Learning Center, Room 423.

Friday, November 2, noon to 1:30 Using Technology to Provide Learning Opportunities and Feedback, Aderhold Learning Center, Room 423.

Documenting Your Teaching Effectiveness

This session is designed to assist instructors to analyze student evaluating data, collect and interpret information about student learning, and organize those to describe teaching effectiveness.

Monday, October 22, noon to 1:30, in the Center for Instructional Innovation, Suite 540 of the 10 Park Place Building (next to Roly Poly).

Faculty Learning Communities in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Work with colleagues in your discipline to design, conduct, analyze and disseminate scholarly investigations in teaching and learning. Faculty Learning Communities will be set up for faculty in Arts & Sciences, the Byrdine Lewis School of Nursing and Health Professions, Education, and the Robinson College of Business. Times for the first meetings and location will be announced at the beginning of the fall semester.

Check our website site for updates: http://www.gsu.edu/cii/  Click on Calendar to Register or

Contact us at cii@gsu.edu  Phone:  (404) 413-2541