Faculty Technology Days - You're Invited!

Faculty Technology Days: Teaching and Learning with Technology

May 2 - 4, 2007

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 2 - 4, 2007.

All Faculty and Graduate Students are invited to register and attend the free sessions. You are also invited to register for a complimentary lunch – a time to chat and reconnect with colleagues. All sessions will be held in the Education Block.
Whether you are interested in new resources, the latest in blended learning techniques, or refreshing yourself on the basics, there are sessions for you.

Research sessions will include citation tracking tools, EndNote and RefWorks a new web-based bibliographic software product, tips on getting started on your thesis and a DSpace update.

Specialized Resources sessions will include an introduction to the new classical music library, GIS data on the Internet, and finding Canadian legal information.

Technology sessions will provide an opportunity to catch up on what’s new plus a refresher on the basics of Blackboard, PowerPoint and Word collaboration tools.Plan to attend a PeopleSoft session on PER, the new PeopleSoft Faculty Centre or PeopleSoft Student Centre.

Instructional sessions will focus on enhancing inquiry based learning and instruction through the use of technology to develop blended learning approaches, develop assessment techniques and hear from your colleagues on how they have applied successful blended learning strategies in their course.

A three part session on starting, researching and writing your thesis will be of interest to graduate students.

New sessions of interest:
Hard play: digital game based learning and information literacy
Taylor Family Digital Library – a look forward
Psychology Instruction Project: bootstrapping blended learning with student instruction.
Podcasting – an overview of the Podcasting initiative.
All sessions are free to Faculty and Graduate students

Registration deadline is May 1, 2007

Register Online at http://www.ucalgary.ca/ftd starting April 19, 2007
Phone registration: 220-8895

For further information contact:
Susan Beatty, Head, Information Commons
sdbeatty@ucalgary.ca Phone: 220-2629