Faculty Technology Days: Teaching and Learning with Technology

Last Minute Venue Changes - May 5 @ 13:30

Please note that due to the construction of the Taylor Family Library, we have had to relocate the FTD 2008 sessions that were due to be held in the Information Commons to various other venues on campus.  Please consult the master timetable for the new locations.  All registrants will receive an email with the new locations of the sessions that they have registered for later on today.

May 6-8, 2008

www.ucalgary.ca/ftd

Libraries and Cultural Resources, the Teaching and Learning Centre and Information Technologies are pleased to present the annual Faculty Technology Days: Teaching and Learning with Technology, May 6-8, 2008.

This year a real highlight is our keynote session on May 6 which will focus on Social Networking and the Academy. Ryerson University has brought issues of ‘good' and 'bad’ use of social networking to the fore. Where do you stand? A panel of experts on social networking as a communication and learning tool will discuss the pros and cons of social networking in the academy. How useful a tool is this method of communication? How do the students perceive the value of virtual communication, vs. how do faculty see it? What are the issues? Please come and join in the discussion.

As a follow-up session on social networking we are very excited to have Professor Theo Hug from the University of Innsbruck present a session on Micro-learning: learning on the go (May 7). Professor Hug will present his ideas and comments on Micro-learning. Mobile devices are becoming increasingly embedded in the world, and in some educational institutions mobile learning has come to the fore as an issue of interest and discussion. Are we moving from e-learning promises to m-learning-promises? Are there useful cross-over concepts in a situation of fragmentation of knowledge, delivery formats, audiences, and even everyday life?

All sessions are free to Faculty and Graduate Students, including lunch on the day(s) you attend any session.

Registration ends May 1, 2008

Research sessions of interest:

• Being an effective research assistant
• Beyond the ivory tower – disseminating your research
• Copyright in the digital age
• Support for your thesis - a three part session on starting, researching and writing your thesis
• EndNote and Refworks bibliographic software
• Taylor Family Digital Library update

Resources:

 

• Current Awareness Services for Environment and Energy Research
• World of citations, citation analysis and citation tracking
• Your stock portfolio: tips from the business library

Instructional technology:

• Classroom technology: Bio-Informatics Computer lab
• Facilitating Group work using Blackboard
• Getting Feedback from Students
• Rediscovering Smartboards for classroom instruction
• Using e-journals and e-portfolios in a professional faculty
• Weblogs as personal repositories
• Blackboard essentials

Software:

• Drupal to build websites
• Digitizing your collection
• Getting started with Breeze
• Oracle Calendar
• Office 2007
• PeopleSoft PER

 

To register online, click on the 'Sessions And Registration' tab and follow the instructions. For telephone registration only, please call 220-8895.

For further information contact:
Susan Beatty,Head, Information Commons
libinfo@ucalgary.ca

Phone: 220-8895