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Volume 6
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Polytechnic for All: STEM Undergraduate Success via an Inclusive Institution
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Congratulations to Paul Beardsley, Viviane Seyranian, Arlo Caine, Angela Shih, and Victoria Bhavsar for their NSF project
Polytechnic for All: STEM Undergraduate Success via an Inclusive Institution. Activities will increase student motivation, encourage inclusive teaching, and expand supplemental instruction.
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eLearning is calling for Course Redesign (CoRe) Project proposals for significant course (re)design and multimedia projects. Read about
CoRe projects and how they lead to courses that show improved learning because of greater student engagement, lower repeatable grade rates, better accessibility for all students, and more satisfaction for faculty teaching.
Deadline for proposals is November 15th, 2018.
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Wall of COOL Speaker Series
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Join our latest Wall of COOL speaker Dr. Kristen Schiele of the College of Business Administration in her discussion of how she enhances teaching and connects with students in her presentation,
Learn by Design: Using the Design Thinking Process to Improve Critical Thinking Skills. Visit our
Wall of COOL Speaker Series site and register for the Thursday, October 25th 12:00-12:50 talk in Building 164, Room 1080.
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Call for self-nominations for the 2019
Wall of COOL award! This competitive award from eLearning recognizes excellent courses that effectively use technology to enhance student learning and success. Courses of any format — online, hybrid, or technology-enhanced face-to-face — are eligible. Any faculty member or faculty team is eligible.
Nominations are due Sept 28, 2018.
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Workshops and Learning Opportunities
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"Saddle Up for Semesters" Conversion Camp: Holiday Special
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This 2-day guided agenda program offers short presentations about best practices plus plenty of time to work on your courses. Tuesday & Wednesday, Dec. 18 & 19, 9:00 – 4:00 each day.
Register by December 10.
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Faculty Center Flagship Workshop: Online Teaching at Its Best!
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Friday March 22, 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Dr. Linda Nilson, emerita Clemson University, author of some of our favorite books and articles about teaching, will present a lively workshop based on her most recent book, Online Teaching at Its Best. As a special bonus, the 2019
Wall of COOL award winners will give brief talks.
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eLearning and Faculty Center News
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eLearning and the Faculty Center began the semester with a new look! We have a newly designed, updated, upgraded joint website with all of our resources and services in one convenient location. Let us know what you think by taking the Quick Survey at the end of our newsletter.
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To help attract great faculty and staff candidates to Cal Poly Pomona, eLearning is collaborating with Faculty Affairs, IT, HR, and University Advancement to create YourLife@CPP, a website about Cal Poly Pomona and our surroundings. To help us better represent our community, tell us: What brought you to Cal Poly Pomona?
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Multimedia Learning Objects
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eLearning collaborates with faculty to develop sharable, interactive multimedia learning objects that can be used to enhance courses and bring abstractions to life. Below are some featured projects. Visit the
Multimedia Learning Objects Repository to see and use them all.
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Syntactic Tree Structures
Dr. Olga Griswold, Department of English and Modern Languages
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This practice exercise helps students develop skills in syntactically analyzing sentences, identifying their key constituents, and creating hierarchical tree diagrams of such sentences.
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Swim Strokes
RoseAnn A'Jontue, Kinesiology and Health Promotion
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This interactive simulation identifies Resting vs Competitive Swim Strokes. Watch videos and match upper and lower body motions for each stroke. Learn foundational knowledge to increase your confidence and comfort level before you enter the water!
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Accessibility Tutorials.
It’s so easy to create new accessible content with a few simple choices at the beginning! It’ll become second nature quickly. Find out how by using our updated
accessibility tutorials
for Word, PowerPoint, and more.
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Feedback Strategies.
During Week 4 or 5, ask your students for systematic feedback on how class is going. You’ll have time to make changes that will benefit their learning. Here’s a list of
10 DIY feedback strategies
-- and ask your students what THEY plan to change for their part, too.
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Screen Capture.
Looking to create an engaging intro video or screen capture? Camtasia is a great tool and our campus has a site license for all faculty and staff!
Download the newest version
today for either Windows or Mac and check out Lynda.com for tutorials. To get started go to
MyCPP
, enter your Bronco name and password, click login and select Lynda.com.
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Let us know what you would like to see improved or added to our new website.
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Please pick the ONE most important thing.
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Finding online “How-To” tutorials (ex. Semester Conversion tutorials)
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Finding an easy way to contact eLearning for immediate assistance
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Finding out how to implement pedagogical tools into my courses
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Finding resources to improve my teaching
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Finding grant opportunities
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Finding information about awards and recognition
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Tel: (909) 869 - 3099
Offices: 2nd floor inside building 1
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