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Faculty Technology Days 2009
Teaching and Learning with Technology
For Faculty and Graduate Students
May 5-7, 2009
www.ucalgary.ca/ftd2009
Registration ends April 30, 2009
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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 5-7, 2009. This 3 day event is open to all faculty and graduate students. There is no charge to attend Faculty Technology Days.
Tom Hickerson, Vice-Provost (Libraries and Cultural Resources and University Librarian), will kick-off FTD with a session on Convergence of Knowledge and Culture: our Design for the Future: the Taylor Family Digital Library. Tom will discuss how the Taylor Family Digital Library (scheduled to open in fall 2010) will bring together libraries, archives, museums, and the university press for the benefit of scholars. It will be a 21st century research facility in the heart of campus which will house a "collection of the future" integrating access to traditional print, museum, and archival materials. Come hear about the strategic plans and learn how the Taylor Library will embody a new campus prototype for learning, teaching and conducting research. There will be time for questions.
Of particular interest to faculty:
Digital Storytelling; Application in the Classroom. Dr. Christine Walsh, Faculty of Social Work will describe a graduate level social work course in which students in groups created digital stories.
Second Life: Virtual Online space in the Classroom. Dr. Jim Parker, Faculty of Fine Arts (Drama) will introduce Second Life (a virtual world where residents can explore, meet other residents, socialize, and participate in individual and group activities). Jim will demonstrate how to create and move about in this virtual world and how to use it in the classroom.
Using team based projects to assess learning. Dr. Leslie Reid, Faculty of Science (Geoscience) will reflect on scaling back content and dedicating the last half of her course to group project work.
Other new sessions:
- Fast cookbook recipe to Blackboard's grade center
- Grey literature; teaching in the age of mobile computing (Session 1 & Session 2)
- Harvesting the Web with Cloud Computing
- Should I switch to a Mac? (New Session Opened!)
- That can't be Google: free Google apps and webware for instructors and learners
- You can take it with you: mobile technologies in health care
All sessions are free to Faculty and Graduate Students, including lunch on the day(s) you attend any session (lunch must be registered for each day you are in attendance).
Registration ends April 30, 2009.
To view the complete list of sessions click on the Alphabetical Session List under the Sessions and Registration tab.
To register online for classes and lunch, click on the Sessions & 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: 220-2629