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OfflineThe New York Times is hosting the Schools for Tomorrow Conference (available free, online via live stream) on September 13, 2012. See the website at: http://nytschoolsfortomorrow.com/ for more details.
Today, teachers are expected to be mentors and social workers as well as educators. Sometimes even substitute parents. How do we educate teachers differently to reflect this? Do they need to teach differently in light of these expectations? As teacher enrollment declines, how do we attract the best teachers from college (or earlier) through training and ongoing professional development? What are the best ways to evaluate and enhance teachers' skills?
These are among the urgent questions this…
OfflineCall for Master’s Degree Student Papers
Deadline: August 1, 2012
Submit to: [email protected]
View Complete Call for Submissions here
A Travel Grant of up to $1,000 for expenses related to travel and housing at the 2012 ILA conference in Denver will be presented by Union Institute & University (UI&U) for the best student paper completed for a class in a master's degree program between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2012, on a topic related to the theme of ILA's 14th Annual Global Conference, Leadership Across the Great Divides: Bridging Cultures, Contexts, and Complexities, taking…
OfflineIf you or someone you know is an engaging expert that you think should teach others, nominate them for TED-Ed!
Check it out... TED-Ed (http://ed.ted.com/tour).
A primary focus of TED-Ed is to provide high-quality lessons taught by exceptional educators. You can see engaging videos to create customized lessons. One of our goals is to make the TED-Ed video library as engaging, thorough, and robust as possible. You can use, tweak, or completely redo any lesson featured on TED-Ed, or create lessons from scratch based on any video from YouTube. If you or someone you know is an engaging expert that you think…
OfflineDue to low enrollment, the summer MIST teaching webinars are postponed until fall. Please watch your emails for the newly scheduled dates. I apologize for any inconvenience.
Due to low enrollment, the summer MIST teaching webinars are postponed until fall. Please watch your emails for the newly scheduled dates. I apologize for any inconvenience.
OfflineWe are seeking your participation in reviewing, providing feedback and discussing the current submissions to JIR. All individuals who participate in the public review and discussion process will be issued a certificate of professional engagement appropriate for inclusion in your professional development portfolio. In addition, this is a wonderful opportunity to gain experience as a peer reviewer for academic journal outlets.
Join the GCU community of teaching scholars and provide your feedback on the current discussion papers for the Journal of Instructional Research.
The Journal of Instructional Research (JIR) is an annual publication by the Center for Innovation in Research and Teaching at Grand Canyon University that highlights faculty research relevant to best practices in post-secondary instruction. Unique to JIR is the use of a two-stage evaluation process with public peer review, interactive discussion and…
OfflineAcademic Operations at Grand Canyon University has prepared a tutorial to assist faculty wishing to utilize (or promote) Microsoft SkyDrive. Please see the following overview and tutorial for more information about SkyDrive.
Grand Canyon University is committed to providing materials and resources to promote student success in the online environment. Through Office Online, GCU students have the ability to access and share Word documents with Microsoft SkyDrive. This resource has facilitated successful completion of CLC group projects, enabling students to contribute to the same document and make live edits. Students who used the resource in past classes have commended it for reducing revision time on group…
Need a “guest speaker” for your class? Or, simply looking to spice up your lecture? Check out TED-Ed!
TED-Ed's commitment to creating lessons worth sharing is an extension of TED's mission of spreading great ideas. Within the growing TED-Ed video library, you will find carefully curated educational videos, many of which represent collaborations between talented educators and animators nominated through the TED-Ed platform. This platform also allows users to take any useful educational video, not just TED's, and easily create a customized lesson around the video. Users can distribute the…
OfflineThe GCU Center for Innovation in Research and Teaching (CIRT) would like to invite you to attend the 2nd Annual Online Teaching Showcase (OTS). OTS is an asynchronous, online forum for the scholarly exchange of best practices in virtual education. The 2012 OTS features seven experienced GCU online faculty sharing strategies that optimize critical thinking in the online classroom.
The 2012 Online Teaching Showcase featured presentations are:
• Adult Learning and Critical Thinking - Cristie McClendon
• Building Collaboration and Relationships Through Discussion Forums - Laura Sharp
• Critical Thinking in CLCs - Laura Pipoly
• Discussions: More Than An Assignment - Danan Myers
• Enhancing Critical Thinking in the Non-traditional, Distance Education Student - Cheryl Patton
• Fostering Critical Thinking in Asynchronous Discussions - Shelley Evans
• …
OfflineAcademic Business World International Conference & International Conference on Learning and Administration in Higher Education
CALL FOR PAPERS, ABSTRACTS, REVIEWERS, and MODERATORS
JOINT CONFERENCE
May 23rd, 24th, and 25th 2012
Academic Business World International Conference & International Conference on Learning and Administration in Higher Education
(Register for one, attend both)
Nashville, TN at the Holiday Inn Vanderbilt
Submission Deadlines-May 1st 2012:
Full Papers-May 1st, 2012 (accept/reject decision within two-weeks of submission)
Abstract-only submissions-May 1st 2012 (accept/reject decision within 3-5 days of submission)
Academic Business World International…
OfflineGCU faculty and students will be featured in five presentations at the upcoming Sloan-C ET4 Conference.
CIRT is pleased to highlight the following faculty/students presentations that have been accepted to present at the Sloan-C ET4 Conference (http://sloanconsortium.org/conference/2012/et4online/welcome) July 25-27 in Las Vegas, NV:
- LitAssist - A Software Designed to Guide Learners in the Synthesis of Literature by Mr. Timothy Anderson
- Creating an Online Community of Doctoral Learners Through Innovative Scholarly Networking by Dr. Ronald Berman
- Teacher Passion and Distance Education by Mr.…
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