Maximizing
Learning: A Resource for Engaging Adult
Learners
By: Todd
Zakrajsek and Regina
Mitchell
Although Maximizing
Learning was written four years ago,
it is still a solid resource regarding
principles of adult learning. Adults
come to our classes with a variety of
learning styles and instructional needs
that are very different from students
who enter the university right out of
high school. As such, it is important
to be familiar with characteristics of
adult learning and to use principles
that complement their preferred styles
of learning in every class session.
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End
of the Semester
By: Louis
Schmier
"Ladies
and Gentlemen, start your engines." The
roar is deafening.
Tires screech.
Racers peel out and start tearing around
the track..
We're watching
the end-of-term Academic Roadrace 500!
If you read
the student journals, eaves drop on their
conversations, look at their faces, peer
into their eyes, and notice their walk
you'd know what I mean. Our campuses
are turning into very uneducational pressurized
tanks.
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New and Little-Known
Features in Blackboard
By: Jeremy
T. Bond
The use
of Blackboard on and off campus at
Central Michigan University has continued
to increase. As with any system, a
large population of users gives rise
to a group of “power users.” Webopedia
(http://www.webopedia.com)
defines a power user as “someone
who has considerable experience with
computers and utilizes the most advanced
features of applications.” The
first part of this definition is not
necessarily a match, but the later
part fits perfectly with our power
user population.
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On
Target Call For Submissions
On Target seeks
and welcomes articles and news contributions
on topics of interest to all CMU faculty.
Preferred length of articles is between
300 and 600 words, but we will consider
up to 1500 words. Submissions should
be sent as an attachment to zakra1t@cmich.edu.
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Save
the Date!
May
7: If you are within driving
distance of the Metro Detroit
area, don’t forget to sign
up for a spot at the upcoming
faculty development session.
Themes for the session include
How Students Learn and Teaching
Effectively With Technology.
The workshop will be held from
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. May 7
at the CMU-Auburn Hills Center.
Lunch will be provided. More
information can be found at http://www.facit.cmich.edu/major-initiatives/calendar/faculty-development-day.htm
Space
is limited, but a few spots are
still open. Register soon by contacting
Todd Zakrajsek at zakra1t@cmich.edu or
989.774.3024
May
12-13: Summer Blackboard Institute. Seating
is limited, so reserve your spot
soon! More information can be
found here.
May
19-20: Summer Blackboard
Institute. Seating is limited,
so reserve your spot soon! More
information can be found here.
September
16-17, 2005: 5th Annual
Lilly North Conference. This
year's theme will be "Teaching
So Everyone Learns." Registration
and proposal submission forms
now available!
September
16-18, 2005: Lilly Conference
on Teaching in Nontraditional
Formats. Registration
and proposal submission forms
now available! |
Call
for Announcements:
How
have you made your mark? Share
your recent presentations, publications,
honors, and awards by sending an
email to On
Target. |
Making
their Mark:
Judith
Simons Gold, Ph.D., has been
a CMU adjunct faculty member
since 1986 in the Metro Detroit
area, and she also teaches for
the International programs. Her
home institution (day job) is
Marygrove College in Detroit,
MI. This semester she is on sabbatical
and was selected as a Scholar-in-Residence
at New York University. Her
research area is the assessment
of e-learning. In addition, she
will present a paper based on
her research in Beijing, China,
July, 2005 at the 4th International
Conference on Technology in Teaching
and Learning in Higher Education. The
title of her paper is, " Rubrics:
Effective Assessment Tools for
Online Learning." |
Additional
Resources
Classroom
Resources provides links
to articles and sites dealing
with topics such as motivating
students, creating rubrics, and
more. |
| Do
you have suggestions for more on-line
faculty development opportunities? Email and
let us know! |
| Do
you know a faculty member who should
be recognized? Send in suggestions
for faculty focus articles to zakra1t@cmich.edu. |
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