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Minnesota West Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)

Final Report for 2009‐10 INSTITUTIONAL GOALS Minnesota West Community and Technical College operates on goals established by an integrated Academic and Student Services Master Plan, Strategic Plan, Chancellor’s Workplan, Facilities and Technical Plans, and Distance Learning Plan. The recent study for The Higher Learning Commission and major grants also indicate specific educational goals. The sophisticated planning which exists for Minnesota West requires a well‐educated, participative, and well‐trained faculty who respond in a creative, skilled way to achieve the goals of the College and academic and social needs of the students. Recent strategies by the College to make education more accessible through technology provide the framework, but the faculty who plan and implement the goals for CTL are the key to success. The CTL leader partnership has cited goals which are meant to improve all faculty teaching and learning. The administration fully supports the goals developed by the campus CTL leaders and the CTL Learning Advocates. A number of goals derived from institutional planning provide the foundation for CTL activities include:

• Utilizing Best Practices for faculty delivery of all courses and programs (Master Academic Plan, 2008 – 2010).

• Determining faculty needs – (Master Academic Plan). • Providing technical knowledge/training (Master Academic Plan). • Providing faculty with instructional designer (Master Academic Plan). • Implementing goals of MnSCU Strategic Plan –specifically, recruit and invest in

excellent faculty, staff and administrators. • Promoting Strategic Direction three of the Minnesota West Strategic Plan – “The

College will provide instructional development activities”.

Minnesota West’s CTL mission is to continually support and empower faculty to enhance instructional effectiveness and academic achievement.

CTL LEADER Kayla Westra, College‐wide CTL Coordinator, Instructional Designer, Assessment Coordinator Brian Binnebose, CTL Co‐Leader, Jackson Campus Pete Girard, CTL Co‐Leader, Canby Campus Doug Kleeberger, CTL Co‐Leader, Jackson Campus Jackie Lage, CTL Co‐Leader, Pipestone Campus Sandi Mead, Co‐Leader, Worthington Campus Teresa Noyes, CTL Co‐Leader, Canby Campus Laine Rieger, CTL Co‐Leader, Granite Falls Campus Shannon Schmitz, CTL Co‐Leader, Pipestone Campus Judy Tebben, CTL Co‐Leader, Granite Falls Campus LouAnn Williamson, Co‐Leader, Worthington Campus

CTL GOALS ‐ ALL CAMPUSES/COLLEGE‐WIDE Minnesota West’s Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) team has a continuing college‐wide plan for faculty development. Listed below are the agreed‐upon leadership team goals and specific information for each. 1) Hold workshops that emphasize pedagogy and teaching strategies:

• Provide course design/redesign information to faculty, as well as build on active learning techniques from previous years.

• Continue offering/developing an additional course design/redesign workshop – offered online summer 2007, 2008, 2009, and again next summer.

• Provide resources in resource center (housed in D2L and in physical campus resource centers).

• Offer workshops at February duty day to show practical application. • Offer workshops that celebrate faculty creativity, both at campus level

workshops and at February CTL event. Assessment:

• On August 2009 duty date, had nationally‐known diversity speaker Bonnie Davis who taught a full group session and also small group sessions. CTL campuses and college‐wide paid for 63% of her fees.

• Offering teaching online/course design workshop this summer. Ten faculty have signed up to take the course as of May 18, 2010.

• Continue to provide information on tools (Respondus, Softchalk, etc.) and resources to faculty throughout the year.

• February duty day was successful (Appendix F lists workshops offered as well as feedback from event).

• Workshops offered on all campuses and at February CTL event that showcased faculty talents and expertise.

• Purchased four Magna 20 Minute Mentor DVDs for faculty use.

2) Provide training on technical areas to faculty. a) Offer workshops in coordination with Director of Technology and campus technology

coordinators. In 2009‐10, this training will focus on new Windows office suite training.

b) Additional topics that may be covered will include file management techniques, multimedia, and computer maintenance (including virus software).

c) Teaching with Technology training. a. As needed, workshops will continue to be held as needed on key areas within

D2L on all five campuses (some campuses may hold more than one workshop). Both CTL leader and campus CTL leadership will lead/participate in these workshops.

b. Faculty will provide training to each other with materials provided by Kayla Westra or developed on each campus to encourage communities of practice.

c. Topics covered are appropriate for traditional (enhanced), ITV, or online courses and instructors.

Assessment:

• Workshops offered on several campuses. Demand for Office training differed by campus.

• D2L training offered on workshops and via web conferencing, including training session in Canby on May 13, 2010.

• Outlook training done on all campuses using materials provided by Kayla Westra. 4) Build college‐wide cohesiveness among faculty and staff across the five campuses.

(Will be ongoing goal each year.) a) Plan and conduct one college‐wide event (planned for February 16, 2010) at

Worthington. b) Explore stronger linkages between Health & Wellness committee activities and CTL

activities on the campuses. c) Include staff and administration in as many CTL activities as possible (include on

invitations to events). d) Continue the use of technology for sharing faculty development information across

campuses (e.g. activities on other campuses) and from one campus’ CTL to other campus’ constituents (e.g. reports from weekend seminar attendees to the rest of the college).

e) Encourage participation by adjunct instructors (include on invitations).

Assessment: • CTL event held on February 16, 2010, at Worthington campus, despite inclement

weather and poor driving conditions. Adapted schedule. • Included QiJong presentation for all faculty as part of health and wellness. • Appendix F outlines all the workshops offered that day. • Use email to share information between college campus leaders. • Invited adjunct instructors to event.

5) Take advantage of state‐wide CTL leader training opportunities. a) Maintain diligence in communicating with the state CTL office via emails, phone,

etc. b) Attend fall and spring leadership workshops as possible. c) Participate in weekend seminars and conferences as applicable.

Assessment:

• State office communication received by campus leaders and distributed to campus faculty.

• Many of the CTL campus leaders attended state leadership workshops. • Several faculty participate in discipline‐specific seminars and conferences.

6) Coordinate information exchange and leadership among campus CTL leaders. a) Meet as needed per year via video conferencing and in face‐to‐face situations.

b) Encourage cross campus exchange of workshops and training opportunities.

Assessment: • CTL leaders met using ITV conferencing. • Used email to communicate throughout the year.

CTL LEADER GOALS Kayla Westra Goal 1 – Effective Learning Strategies Continue to assist faculty with incorporating active learning strategies in their teaching. As a result of campus CTL leaders’ work with faculty, faculty will be encouraged to consult with Kayla for assistance in incorporating new teaching and learning strategies in their courses. Assessment of Goal 1:

1. Communications/tips will be sent to faculty via email. 2. Individual faculty consultations will be held as requested. 3. Provide “new” teaching methods may be applied to innovatively enhance student

learning. *Note that CTL leader may not require faculty to incorporate methodology into teaching.

4. Conduct peer reviews of online courses for all new and adjunct faculty (and others upon request).

Assessment Summary:

• Regularly sent information to faculty regarding tools, technology, teaching tips, and suggestions.

• Continue to meet with faculty to discuss instructional pedagogy or teaching tips. • Sent faculty many tips from the text, Strategic Teacher, and encouraged all campuses to

purchase a copy for their LARCs/CTL resources. • Conducted peer reviews of online courses for new and adjunct faculty (and others upon

request). • Offered noon seminars during fall on teaching strategies using web conferencing

technology. • Purchased for Magna 20 – Minute Mentor DVDs for faculty on all campuses to use.

o “How Can I Promote Deep, Lasting Student Learning” o “How Do I Create Engaging Threaded Discussion Questions” o “Learner‐Centered Teaching – Where Should I Start?” o “How Do I Get More Students to Participate in Class?”

Goal 2 – Course Design/Redesign Continue to assist faculty with redesigning courses or designing new courses that align the objectives, teaching strategies/activities, and assessment/outcomes. This effort began in the Summer 2005 and will continue through Summer 20010. Assessment of Goal 2:

1. Workshops will be held. Online training course will be offered.

2. Individual faculty consultations will be held as requested. 3. New teaching methods may be applied to innovatively enhance student learning. Note

the CTL leader may not require faculty to incorporate methodology into teaching. Assessment Summary:

• Offered syllabus workshop at assessment day in the fall. • Offered sessions on using web conferencing technology in the fall and more scheduled

for May 2010 and summer 2010. • Offered workshops at February CTL event (see Appendix F). • Held individual faculty consultations on teaching strategies. • Distributed information on teaching strategies via email and during noon seminars using

web conferencing technology. Goal 3 – CTL/Assessment Coordination

• Assist campus leaders with organizing and coordinating workshop ideas. • Provide materials for training and coordinate physical resources. • Survey college faculty at end of year to 1) identify future training needs and 2) assess

how well workshops assisted faculty in preparing materials, assisting students, overall teaching effectiveness, etc.

• CTL coordinator is also the assessment coordinator for the college. Assessment information obtained from division chairs and analyzed for specific training issues. These issues are then covered at the all day duty day or passed on to campus CTL leaders for handling.

Assessment

• Provide goals template and reporting templates to campus faculty. • Share ideas across campuses. • Purchased Mentor 20 Minute Mentor DVDs (4). • Collect and collate data from faculty on training needs. • Collect and collate data from division chairs, which comes from the faculty course

assessment forms. Budget Summary: Beginning Balance $1200 Materials Costs: $104.24 (art workshop, Feb. CTL day) Copying costs $10.80 Speaker cost $250 (Admin day in August) Covering costs for a campus that ran short ~65.00 (not in budget report yet) Ending Balance $769.96

*Magna 20 Minute Mentor DVDs purchased out of distance learning budget.

Appendices – Campus Specific Goals and Year End Reports Appendix A: Canby Campus Pete Girard and Teresa Noyes, co‐leaders 2009‐2010 CTL Canby Campus Goals:

Person Responsible

Activity Scheduled Date Completion Date

Teresa Noyes Judy Drown

Respondus Training Fall semester

Teresa Noyes and other faculty

Provide D2L help individual instructors as requested.

Ongoing

New Classroom Practices/ active learning

Teresa Noyes

Teaching Strategies

Video production/Rus equipment Office 2007 training Stress relief Fall semester Assessment Fall and spring 2009‐2010 CTL Canby Campus Year End Report: Year: 2010 Campus: Canby Leaders: Teresa Noyes, Peter Girard Date Submitted: 5/13/10 Fall Semester (three event minimum): Person Responsible Event Date Scheduled Date Completed Teresa Noyes/Pete Girard Judy Drown‐presenter

Respondus Training Fall semester 11‐12‐09

Teresa Noyes and other faculty

Provide D2L help individual instructors as requested.

Ongoing Continuous throughout the semester.

3. Teresa / Pete Linda Pesch ‐ presenter

Computer File organization

12‐7‐09

4. Teresa / Pete Syllabus/ assessment 12‐18‐09

Spring Semester (three event minimum):

Person Responsible Event Date Scheduled Date Completed

1. Teresa D2L training Jan 21 2. Outlook Calendar

training Jan 25th

3. Teresa and Peter

Best Practices April 13th. April 13th

4. Assessment May 12th

• Had 80‐90 percent attendance at all meetings (8 or 9 faculty).

Specific Assessment Feedback Addressed by the Following Activities (note specific items addressed from Assessment Report):

• D2L training • Computer training

Conferences/Seminars: Leader Conference Attended/Date Teresa Noyes Fall CTL conference – Oct 21‐23 Peter Girard Fall CTL conference – Oct 21‐23 Teresa Noyes New Leader Webinar – Dec. 4 Teresa Noyes Spring Leadership meeting March 31‐ April 1 Books/Materials Purchased During Year: Door prizes for Feb. CTL day Budget Summary:

• Remember that budgets are NOT carried over until next year. Beginning Balance $750 Food Costs: $170.48 Materials Costs: $42.19 Travel costs $287.33 Speaker cost $250 (Admin day in August) Ending Balance $0 Leadership for Coming Year (2010‐2011): Teresa Noyes Judy Drown

Appendix B: Granite Falls Campus Laine Rieger and Judy Tebben, co‐leaders 2009‐2010 Granite Falls Campus Goals

In response to faculty requests and the assessment survey summary, the Granite Falls CTL committee has set forth the following goals: 1. Learn best practices to encourage student involvement in classroom activities.

a. Power Point Do’s and Don’ts video b. Faculty demonstration of creating and use of You Tube clips

2. Increase faculty use of webinar teaching opportunities.

a. Conduct a workshop demonstrating faculty’s current use of WebEx and Adobe Connect

3. Enhance diversity awareness a. Host a guest speaker, the tribal vice chair from the Upper Sioux Reservation b. Encourage and pay for faculty participation in Cultural Competency Workshop to be

held on campus October 9

4. Increase competence in the use of Office 2007 a. Conduct workshops on Microsoft Word, Excel, and/or Publisher depending on

interest/enrollment 5. Encourage participation in statewide seminars and workshops

a. Encourage faculty to attend RSP/ITeach conference, if budget allows CTL could pay for transportation

b. Provide workspace, required technology, and lunch or treats for webinars offered concerning faculty development and/or the use of new technology

c. CTL leaders attend Fall and/or Spring Leader’s meetings 6. Build skills in recruitment and retention

a. Host marketing staff in a brainstorming session regarding recruitment and retention ideas

2009‐2010 Granite Falls Campus Year End Report Year: 2009/2010 Campus: Granite Falls Leaders: Laine Rieger and Judy Tebben Date Submitted: 05/17/2010 Fall Semester (three event minimum): Person Responsible Event Date Scheduled Date Completed 1. Co‐leaders Teaching w/

technology Using Web Ex with ITV

September 29 September 29

2. Co‐leaders Cultural Competency Workshop

October 9 October 9

3. Co‐leaders Lunch and Learn in Bio‐fuels Technology

November 16 November 16

4. Co‐leaders Syllabus review December 18 December 18 5. Co‐leaders Assessment

Workshop December 18 December 18

Spring Semester (three event minimum): Person Responsible Event Date Scheduled Date Completed 1. Co‐leaders Walking Challenge January 19 March 15 2. Co‐leaders Technology tools in

the classroom March 23 March 23

3. Co‐leaders Stress Management April 15 April 15 4. Co‐leaders Assessment

Workshop May 12 May 12

Specific Assessment Feedback Addressed by the Following Activities (note specific items addressed from Assessment Report – required for HLC / accreditation):

• Best practices to encourage student involvement in classroom activities, Ex. Use of PowerPoint or Use of You Tube clips: Teaching w/ technology, Using Web Ex with ITV; Syllabus Workshop

• Best practices in ITV instruction: Teaching w/ technology, Using Web Ex with ITV; Syllabus Workshop

• How to incorporate technology into my courses: Teaching w/ technology, Using Web Ex with ITV; Technology tools in the classroom

• D2L training: Lunch and Learn in Bio‐fuels Technology • Webex (or similar tools like Breeze, Dimdim – which is free: Teaching w/ technology

Using Web Ex with ITV • more CTL psychology‐based courses: stress management, walking challenge

• Training in Office 2007 "Where the hell did they put everything?" (I quote); Power Point: especially new version; training in Office 2007; Excel training: Technology tools in the classroom

Conferences/Seminars: Leader Conference Attended/Date Laine Rieger Fall CTL Leaders Workshop/October 21‐23 Laine and Judy RSP/ITeach/February 26 and 27 Laine and Judy Spring CTL Leaders Workshop/March 31 – April

1 Books/Materials Purchased During Year: None Budget Summary:

• Remember that budgets are NOT carried over until next year. Beginning Balance $750 Food Costs: $145.39 Materials Costs: $194.26 – supplies, incentives for walking

challenge and door prizes for events Speaker August faculty duty day and Stress Management speaker

$285

Vehicle/Transportation $125.35 Ending Balance $0 Leadership for Coming Year (2010‐2011): Judy Tebben Rose Patzer

Appendix C: Jackson Campus Brian Binnebose and Doug Kleeberger, co‐leaders 2009‐2010 Jackson Campus Goals: Make all Jackson faculty aware of CTL resources: CTL will have a faculty meeting in the resource room and display the material that is available. Expand the CTL Resource Room:

1. CTL will purchase a user friendly piece of equipment to transfer video files from VHS and DVD into usable teaching aids. CTL will work with Pam Sukalski to ensure digital rights issues are addressed.

2. CTL will demonstrate the above listed equipment and software in a spring faculty meeting.

3. CTL will purchase books to aid teachers in their use of available software such as “Adobe for Dummies.”

Simplify Communication: as information becomes available, CTL will channel that information to the faculty. Information can be received from the state, other CTL members, medical authorities, and so on. The information will be redistributed directly or posted on the communication board in the faculty mailbox room. Depending on the information and its pertinence, a face‐to‐face meeting could supersede a regularly scheduled faculty meeting.

Fall Semester • Fire Safety and fire extinguisher usage. • Technical support for using Twitter and Facebook. • Medical information about H1N1.

Spring Semester

• Copying VHS and DVD. • Anger Management: information and discussion. • Practical assessment of the student. • Additional Ideas: Maybe class on touching all of the student’s senses for learning. Spring

or Fall. PowerPoint Dos, Don’ts, and Duhs series

2009‐2010 Jackson Campus Year End Report: Year:2010 Campus: Jackson Leaders: Brian Binnebose and Doug Kleeburger Date Submitted: 5/13/10 Fall Semester (three event minimum): Person Responsible Event Date Scheduled Date Completed 1.Brian Binnebose Facebook and Twitter

introduction with Steve Swift and Danylle Espenson

9/30/09 9/30/09

2.Brian Binnebose How to deal with angry or distraught students with Jim Grove.

11/18/09 11/18/09

3.Brian Binnebose Syllabus review with Kayla Westra

12/18/09 12/18/09

4. 5. Spring Semester (three event minimum): Person Responsible Event Date Scheduled Date Completed 1.Brian/Doug CTL‐Anger

Management 1/27/10 1/27/10

2.Brian/Doug CTL‐The Modern Student

3/24/10 3/24/10

3.Brian/Doug CTL‐How Students Learn

5/7/10 5/7/10

4. 5. Specific Assessment Feedback Addressed by the Following Activities (note specific items addressed from Assessment Report – required for HLC / accreditation): Student needs/learning Facebook/Twitter/new technologies Conferences/Seminars: Leader Conference Attended/Date Brian Binnebose CTL conference Oct.21‐23 2009

Books/Materials Purchased During Year: None Budget Summary:

• Remember that budgets are NOT carried over until next year. Beginning Balance $750 Food Costs: $400 Speaker Costs: $250 Vehicle Costs: $100 Ending Balance $0 It was all spent except for a few cents. Leadership for Coming Year (2010‐2011): Brian Binnebose TBD

Appendix D: Pipestone Campus 2009‐2010 Pipestone Campus Goals

1. To utilize faculty &/or staff from our own campus with some of our ongoing technology & online training. One area would be the design & use of games in face‐to‐face & ITV classrooms; such as Jeopardy & others.

2. To incorporate a health & wellness activity collaborating with our massage therapy & nursing departments.

3. Utilize the book "How to Teach Students Who Don't Look Like You" by Bonnie M. Davis into a faculty development brown bag session.

4. Provide a refresher in CPR/First aid to staff and faculty to help insure the safety of our campus. We would do this by using our own staff & would be at no cost to the individuals who would receive the training.

2009‐2010 Pipestone Campus Year End Report: Year: 2010 Campus: Pipestone Leaders: Jackie Lage & Lila DeWitt (Spring Semester) Shannon Schmitz (Fall Semester) Date Submitted: May 7, 2010 Fall Semester (three event minimum): Person Responsible Event Date Scheduled Date Completed

1. Jim John Excel 8‐18‐09 8‐20‐09 2. Shannon Schmitz Health & Wellness 11‐9‐09 11‐9‐09 & 11‐10‐093. Jackie Lage Games & Gab 12‐10‐09 12‐10‐09

1. We had 6 people attend the Excel session on one of our first Administration Days. The

feedback from this event was “very good” to “excellent”. 2. We invited faculty & staff to this event. We held it over two lunch hour periods to try

and accommodate as many people as possible. We had cheese & crackers, along with fresh fruit to fill them up after they enjoyed a 15 minute chair massage given by the massage therapy students. It was a big hit (imagine that☺). Great attendance & positive reviews. This event fit in with our goal for a health & wellness activity.

3. We had eight people attend this event. We went over some of the strategies for game use in the classroom that Kayla had presented at a summer session for faculty. From this, conversation led into roundtable discussion on what others have tried in the classroom that they were successful with; along with things that they wouldn’t do again. We had some great sharing of the minds! Reviews were very good to excellent.

Spring Semester (three event minimum): Person Responsible Event Date Scheduled Date Completed

1. Jackie Lage Book Club “How to Teach Student’s Who Don’t Look Like You”

02‐25‐10 02‐25‐10

2. Lila DeWitt Book Club ‐ Pt. 2 at the Luverne site

03‐22‐10 03‐22‐10

3. Vaughn Corwin & Lila DeWitt

CPR/First Aid Refresher

03‐15‐10 03‐29‐10

4. Jim John Outlook 05‐03‐10 05‐12‐10

1. This event had 7 faculty along with some staff attend. One of our goals for the year was to utilize the book by Bonnie M. Davis that had been given to most faculty at the beginning of the academic year. We hit some of the highlights from the chapters which were then followed by some very active discussion. Feedback after the event was excellent. Many commented that it helped open their eyes.

2. We had such good response from the Pipestone campus that we wanted to make sure that we had a session with the faculty at the Luverne site also. Lila had 2 attend. Reviews were excellent. Conversations led into the sharing of best practices because the attendees were new faculty & were eager for any advice they could gain from a novice. This opened our eyes to the fact that we need to have their needs insight more as we plan for the upcoming year.

3. We had 15 faculty & staff attend. This event fit in with our goal of providing a refresher course for anyone who would like to attend. Evaluations were from very good to excellent. The turnout for the event tells you that it is always something that people like to be refreshed in. I would recommend an event like this for all campuses. Maybe even used as a session for one of our all‐campus days.

4. This was a last minute request that we were able to get scheduled. We will be having a question/answer session. Had 15 in attendance with staff asking lots of questions and given good direction/instruction about outlook and to effectively use email, the calendar, setting up a distribution lists, how to add our signatures, etc. And we were able to use one of our own staff to teach and direct us on this technology.

Specific Assessment Feedback Addressed by the Following Activities (note specific items addressed from Assessment Report – required for HLC / accreditation): Outlook/Technology Training – we have addressed technology needs for our staff with having activities on Excel and Outlook. And continued training in using D2L. This also fits with one of our college goals with faculty training each other in technology. Conferences/Seminars: Leader Conference Attended/Date Jackie Lage CTL Fall Leaders Conference

Oct. 21‐23, 2010 Jackie Lage RSP Conference

Feb. 26‐27, 2010 Jackie Lage CTL Spring Leaders Conference

Mar. 31 – Apr. 1, 2010

Books/Materials Purchased During Year: Most of our purchases were related to food which was offered during most events. The time that worked best for most was over the lunch hour, so to encourage attendance, we fed them. Budget Summary:

• Remember that budgets are NOT carried over until next year. Beginning Balance $750 Food Costs: $350 Materials Costs: NA Speaker $250 Mileage, travel, motor pool $150 Ending Balance $0 Leadership for Coming Year (2010‐2011): I, Jackie Lage, would like to offer up the position to some “new blood” for the upcoming academic year. I have really enjoyed the past seven years that I have been involved in faculty development. I have also absolutely loved getting together with the other Minnesota West faculty leaders, along with leaders from throughout the state at the conferences. I feel it is time for someone who can come in with some fresh ideas. Lila has barely gotten her feet wet, but she will be an awesome teammate for my successor. Lila DeWitt TBD

Appendix E: Worthington Campus Sandi Mead and LouAnn Williamson, Co‐leaders 2009‐2010 Worthington Campus Goals:

I. Enhance and Improve Teaching Techniques

a. Address teaching techniques as particular topics as requested by faculty. i. Kayla Westra ‐ Do’s Don’ts Duh’s – PowerPoint pointers

b. New technology in the classroom. i. Dave Matthews‐Geogebra ii. Rod Sissel – Using macros to make your life easier

c. Increase CTL‐related books and audiovisual holdings in the LARC. i. Add The books ‐Cultural diversity books from Spring CTL conference‐09

II. Human Dimension : commitment to the Students a. Student life and student activities

i. Follow‐up by Kile Behrends regarding housing/campus activities b. Update on retention committee

III. Human Dimension: Caring for Faculty a. Continuation of book group

i. Faculty/staff interaction b. Shannon Schmitz ‐ Chair massages by Pipestone campus students c. Christmas activity – Door decorating

IV. Faculty awareness a. Conference attendance –Workshop events

i. Nancy Jo Hambleton‐ Qigong b. Travels/ events faculty have attended

i. Le Lucht‐ Travel to Central America c. College‐wide CTL Event

i. Worthington campus event d. Assessment and Accreditation Update e. Faculty Assessment

i. Coffee, rolls, juice – end of semester form completion f. Faculty Meeting

i. Monthly event g. CTL Leaders Workshops

i. Ruttger’s Resort – Fall CTL Conference h. Spotlight on faculty presenters

i. Rick Dalrymple – Physics experimenting ii. Bobbie Alsgaard – Art and Stress iii. Mike Dierks – World of Farm management iv. Steve Schultz – Chemistry Presentation v. Jerry Jansen – Presentation of speaker on World Population Balance

2009‐2010 Worthington Campus Year End Report:

Campus: Worthington Leaders: Sandi Mead & LouAnn Williamson Date Submitted: May 12, 2010 Fall Semester 2009 Person Responsible Event Date Scheduled Date Completed LouAnn Williamson & Sandi Mead

GeoGebra 09‐24‐2009 09‐24‐2009

LouAnn Williamson & Sandi Mead

Interactive Physics 10‐27‐2009 10‐27‐2009


Rwanda ~Guest Speaker

11‐10‐2009 11‐10‐2009


Practice of Qigong and Tai Chi

11‐17‐2009 11‐17‐2009


Word Population Balance~ Guest Speaker

12‐04‐2009 12‐04‐2009


Christmas Door Decorating Contest

12‐11‐2009 12‐11‐2009


CTL Local Assessment Day

12‐18‐2009 12‐18‐2009

Assessment Information: Fall 2009 ACTIVITY NUMBER IN

ATTENDANCE OVERALL RATING

GeoGebra 5 No info Interactive Physics 14 4.6 Rwanda Speaker 20 4.3 Qigong and Tai Chi 14 4.9 World Population Balance 8 No info Door Decorating Contest 46 Participants No info Conferences/Seminars: Leader Conference Attended/Date CTL Faculty Development Meeting~ Rutgers Sandi Mead

10‐21/23‐2009

Webinar ~ Sandi Mead 12‐04 ‐2009 Books/Materials to be Purchased: None

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 ~ David Mathews presented the use of “GeoGebra”, an open source software application that can be used to visualize math concepts and create interactive manipulatives that can be provided on‐line. GeoGebra has the potential as a tool to reshape the instruction of mathematics. GeoGebra is mathematics software for all levels of education that joins arithmetic, geometry, and algebra, and calculus concepts. It offers multiple representations of objects in its graphics, algebra and spreadsheet views that are all dynamically linked.

Dave also had the opportunity to share his visit to the conference he attended in Austria and had a wonderful slide presentation of the beauty of the surrounding area. He spent time traveling in Europe, and shared his travels with us. Because the CTL leaders were “rookies” and did not get a reminder out in time, the activity had low attendance. Plans to have Dave come back and present again are in the works for Spring semester.

Meets Goal(s): Develop and Implement activities focusing on teaching effectiveness to promote student learning. Serve as a technology resource to encourage and train staff and faculty to use technology as a teaching tool with the goal of improving student success. OCTOBER 21‐23, 2009 ~ CTL Faculty Development Meeting Ruttger’s Bay Lake Lodge: CTL’s Leadership Development program is to provide development opportunities for faculty leaders who initiate and foster innovation throughout their system. CTL annual meetings provide New Faculty Leaders and the team, as a whole, to study, plan, and forge relationships that will be critical in meeting institution‐specific challenges and opportunities. The premise is to build leadership skills, increase the knowledge of the field of faculty and instructional development, foster leadership and team collaboration, and strengthen campus‐based faculty development. The meeting held October 21‐23, at the Ruttger’s Bay Lake Lodge, was the Fall 2009 annual event sponsored by the MNSCU CTL. The facility lent itself well to a conference of this magnitude. The food was excellent, and the lodging was very comfortable. The speakers were stimulating, and the small group development meetings were inspirational. There were many memorable moments. Robert B. Barr, the executive director of Institutional Research and Planning at the Foothill‐De Anza Community College District, of California, was the speaker on Day One. OCTOBER 27, 2009 ~ Rick Dalrymple shared an “Interactive Physics” presentation for the faculty and staff. He showed how he incorporated active labs active labs and kinesthetics to enhance his Physics course. Students were able to read and learn about new information rather than working formulas all of the time. Students are able to do experiments with equipment to learn basic physics properties. Software was demonstrated by Rick showing how students can also use technology for gathering and interpreting data. Meets Goal(s): Develop and Implement activities focusing on teaching effectiveness to promote student learning. Serve as a technology resource to encourage and train staff and faculty to use technology as a teaching tool with the goal of improving student success.

NOVEMBER 10, 2009 ~ Ernest Rugwizangoga, a Tutsi from Rwanda, presented his story about growing up in Rwanda. He had a normal happy childhood; he played games (except video games), went on vacations, and attended school. All that changed for him when the government in power switched, and the Hutus became violent towards their neighbors, friends, and relatives who were Tutsis. When the Belgian colonists arrived in 1916, they produced identity cards classifying people according to their ethnicity, which included Hutus and Tutsis. At that time, the Belgians considered the Tutsis to be superior to the Hutus. In 1959 the Hutus revolted and began to show resentment toward the Tutsis. In 1962 Rwanda became independent, and the Hutus took control of the government. April 6, 1994 was the turning point when President Habyarimana was in a plane that was shot down. Thinking it was the Tutsi rebels, the presidential guard initiated a campaign of retribution. An announcement on the radio warned the Tutsis to stay home, but the slaughter of Tutsis began. 800,000 Tutsis would eventually die. For Ernest, word had gotten to them that it wasn’t safe in their home, in their town. So his mother gave each child an equivalent of $10, and told them to take some clothes, and to run in different directions to save themselves. The message they had received was that there was a plan “to kill every single Tutsi” – genocide. Ernest got rid of his Identification card, ran west, saw his house burning, and heard people screaming. He tried to stay with a friend of his mother’s, but this proved to be too risky. He got through the roadblocks where Tutsis were mass murdered, and arrived at a camp. He later realized that it had been meant to serve as a concentration camp. Of the 100,000 people camped there, about 15,000 survived. Ernest hid in the ceiling of a school for 3 months, eating only at night. The young, educated men were killed first, but later anyone was killed, including children. In July, a little more than three months later, the Tutsi rebels captured the capital, Kigali, and forced the Hutus to flee into neighboring countries. Ernest lost brothers and a sister as well as aunts and uncles, and many friends. He survived and moved to the United States and lived in Boston. He and his wife, who was also from Rwanda moved to Waseca, Minnesota, where his wife had a job. Ernest is attending MSU with a history major. He is very hopeful the younger generation wants to create a new history and make life better in Rwanda. He wants to tell his young son one day of the genocide, and to remain objective in the telling of his story. Meets Goal(s): Encourage staff and faculty bonding through creativity. NOVEMBER 17, 2009 ~ Nancy Jo presented a CTL program on the Eastern Asian art and practices of Qigong and Tai Chi. Commonly known as “moving meditation”, she walked her rapt audience through some exercises sure to promote self‐renewal. Setting the mood with wonderfully relaxing music, she performed a solo series of mood‐changing exercises, showcasing what she learned in her studies over the past two years. She successfully completed certification as a Qigong and Tai Chi instructor, attending the Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi. The faculty and staff attending were treated to methods of self massage, and meditation for health and healing. Qigong techniques tap the field of abundant universal energy in a way that maximizes our innate capacity for natural vitality. The moves were indicative of the Eastern Asian’s rich martial arts traditions.

Meets Goal(s): Encourage staff and faculty bonding through creativity.

DECEMBER 4, 2009 ~ David Paxson, an educator, and advocate of world population balance was the speaker at the CTL event, being invited by Jerry Jansen through his newsletter. The first thing that he said had to be accomplished in order to even start working out a solution, was to understand four main concepts. We need to consider what’s happening with the human numbers on the planet; what’s really happening with our core resources, such as water, rainforest, arable land, oil, coal, ocean fish, and even the potash in the soil; we need to consider that the conditions to exist on the world as we know it is for there to be only one to two billion people on the planet; and finally we must consider the loss of species through extinction on our planet. The main premise of Mr. Paxson’s address was that the world is overpopulated relative to our resource base, and if something isn’t done, our resources will be consumed. The sustainable range of population for the available resources of the planet is between 1 and 2 billion. Currently the world population is 6.8 billion, with 200,000 people being born every 24 hours, or approximately 9,000 an hour! In 1985 the world reached 100% of resources being produced were consumed. Since 1985 the resources are being depleted faster than can be regenerated. The bottom line of his presentation was that something has to happen – soon. There are two things that we have to make happen: First, we must realize over‐population is a concern for continued life sustainability, and second, that we can change the doom‐and‐gloom course! However, if we don’t change the course of our actions dealing mostly with population stabilization, our population is expected to be 9 billion by 2050! Meets Goal(s): Encourage staff and faculty bonding through creativity. DECEMBER 4, 2009 CTL New Faculty Leader Webinar Leadership The article titled, The New face of leadership implications for higher education, has many good ideas to foster creative, productive, open communication flowing between leaders and followers. It makes the work done in a leader‐follower relationship very productive. The fact the “leader” shouldn’t have the same old connotation as all‐empowered, and all‐authoritative, makes for an interesting concept. Especially important to fostering productivity in a leader‐follower situation is that the group doesn’t look to competition or conflict, but to consensus, cooperation and collaboration. The new leader challenges status quo and sees new visions. Our campus has a very good leader who fits the new definition perfectly. We share because our leader promotes the feeling that even though the rest of us are followers, our opinion and input is just as important in the decisions made for the group. Our leader is authoritative but to the point that the body of the group can also participate in the tasks to be completed. The leader and followers do the work together for the collective good of the group and the faculty that receives the benefits from the work. Working in teams Building a framework that supports project teams, as an example, was the study dealing with a multi‐year extensively researched project on what factors make a successful team. The article was titled Building a framework that supports project teams: an example from a University/Community /Collaborative Initiative, and had many good points to produce, and evaluate a project team. There were basic things that teams need such as, having clear goals, competent team members, unified commitment, a climate conducive to collaboration, having a standard to uphold, and necessary to a team’s success, external support. The study found that the team needed a competent leader while the group expected and wanted strategic direction and support. This is much like our situation on our campus. We as

followers need to have the leader provide the direction, and support is always important to a positive experience. The team’s member selection was also an important part of the study. In order to promote a successful outcome, the study found some very important team training must be in place; members must learn from each other and be able to locate the resources needed to feel effective to the group’s goals. In this study, the team involved knowledgeable and motivated members from all areas; professors, to administrators, to students. The teams had to invest the time for planning – an important component for success, be consistent in their ultimate goal of the project, and agree on priorities. The Fall 09 CTL group sessions were examples of the training aspect mentioned in the study. Each person learned something from another team member or leader. It gave everyone a feeling of collaboration and confidence in going back to our campuses and being able to define goals for the year, feel commitment to those goals, and bring new methods back to our faculty for refreshing ideas for continued teaching and learning. Spring Semester 2010 Person Responsible Event Date Scheduled Date Completed 1. LouAnn Williamson & Sandi Mead

Chemistry Courses & Science Technology Programs

01‐19‐2010 01‐19‐2010

2. LouAnn Williamson & Sandi Mead

College‐Wide Duty Day

03‐02‐2010 03‐02‐2010


Adobe Connect 03‐02‐2010 03‐02‐2010


Microsoft Office Live 03‐23‐2010 03‐23‐2010


Second Life and MnSCU Island

04—06‐2010 04—06‐2010


Native American Spirituality & the Keepers of the Sacred Traditions

4‐6‐2010 4‐6‐2010

Assessment Information: Spring 2010 ACTIVITY NUMBER IN ATTENDANCE OVERALL RATING Chemistry Courses & Science Technology Programs

13 4.1

College‐Wide Duty Day ALL See Appendix F Adobe Connect 8 4.3 Microsoft Office Live 7 No info. Available Second Life and MnSCU Island

10 4.75

Native American Spirituality & the Keepers of the Sacred Traditions

11 No. info.

JANUARY 19, 2010 ~ Steve Schultz attended a MNSCU‐sponsored conference at Minneapolis Community and Technical College. This workshop brought together representatives from government, industry, and academics. The academic faction was covered by instructors from the fields of biology, chemistry, biotechnology, food science, and even art. The purpose of the conference was to address the developing bioscience initiatives in Minnesota, and give ideas for the direction of science technologies to take. There were three major components outlined in the ultimate plan, titled the 2025 Plan. The major premise of this plan was to make Minnesota more competitive in the area of life science. The Minnesota Life Science Commission was been formed to meet this goal. The faction that is in control of the “big picture” is the government and private industry consortium. This is where the Big Business Alliance is into promoting bioscience in Minnesota, which is basically from the twin cities down to Rochester. The developments being made are things like Individual Health Care Plans, where your own health screens are part of your records that, in electronic format, can be available to you always, right down to your genetic make‐up and allergies. The next component is the regulatory group. This is where the workshop showed there was a conflict between the government regulations being mandated by the government, and how all of the procedures needed were getting in the way of progress. It was pointed out how every lab procedure where anything was developed for internal consumption by humans or animals was closely monitored, charted, and regulated. By law, labs need to have standard operating procedures in place. Finally, academic direction was addressed. A number of academic institutions reported at the workshop on the emerging technological practices, and how the colleges and universities were trying to interface with what is done in industry. MNSCU is promoting technical education and research in the areas of bioscience in the state. The direction toward more bioscience industry in Minnesota was discussed as being a step toward Minnesota’s attempt to stay competitive in this ever‐growing and changing field. Meets Goal(s): Encourage staff and faculty bonding through creativity.

Develop and Implement activities focusing on teaching effectiveness to Promotes student learning.

MARCH 2, 2010 ~ Adobe Connect: Scott Haken and Peter Worden, Information Technology Technicians from SHOT in Marshall, presented a hands‐on workshop in the use of Adobe Connect, Movi, and Capture Cart. The faculty had the opportunity to open up Scott’s SMSU account in Adobe Connect to see exactly what the procedure was to set up a distance classroom presentation. Students log in, and have the ability to either talk in class with their microphone, or respond through the textbox. Students have the option to ask a teacher to slow down, raise their hand, and even express laughter and applause. Students or participants can share powerpoint presentations by being given presenter rights, or write on the whiteboard. Sessions can be recorded and saved under My Meetings and emailed to students. The only requirement for the student is a web browser, and FLASH. Movi, by Tandberg, is another option for setting up and connecting to distance meetings. You just need a microphone as it is just over the Internet. Accounts can be set up through Kayla

Westra. Movi and Adobe Connect Instructions are on SHOT’s website (http://www.smsu.edu/shot). Peter Worden demonstrated Capture Cart, the versatile lecture aid. It’s a lecture supplemental tool, a video and audio recorder, and visual aid (through the use of Elmo, for example). It’s a recordable WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) presentation of your lecture, which can be uploaded, sent out to be streamed, and emailed to students. This product can be utilized using FLASH, Quicktime, or Media Player. Meets Goal(s): Serve as a technology resource to encourage and train staff and faculty to use technology as a teaching tool with the goal of improving student success MARCH 23, 2010 ~ Microsoft Office Live:Kathy Janssen demonstrated a wonderful tool for collaboration on group projects using our .live accounts. It is the Microsoft product called Office Live. After an easy set‐up procedure, in your email live. account, you create a workspace and upload a document or any type of file, you invite others to edit and view your workspace, and you share your work with students or colleagues. It’s a free service, supported by the MnWest IT staff, and easy to use. Meets Goal: Encourage staff and faculty bonding through creativity. Serve as a technology resource to encourage and train staff and faculty to use technology as a teaching tool with the goal of improving student success. APRIL 6, 2010 ~Ryan Mahlberg introduced the faculty and staff to the concept of MMORPG, or massively multiplayer online role‐playing games, and how education can be a part of this medium. The online world Ryan researched, called Second Life, was the focus of his very interesting presentation. The world of avatars and the procedure for setting up a character in Second Life were explained. What can avatars do? They can meet with others, construct their own environment, design, conduct business, build relationships, entertain, live and learn. The learning aspect is what MnSCU has recently been interested in developing. There are more than 700 colleges and universities with a presence on Second Life. Some colleges have things like art galleries while many have online classrooms. MnSCU has an Island, complete with 19 classrooms. The colleges that have student participation decide on who the users are. The users need to register with MnSCU before they can be admitted to any of the MnSCU‐instructor classrooms. Any form of streaming data may be used in the classroom. The students interact with each other and the teacher through voice with the aid of headsets, texting, or IM‐ing. Ryan listed the Pros and Cons. Pros were that there were many different types of learning opportunities and activities, and it provided great engagement for distance learning. The biggest con was the learning curve, to learn how to set it up, build objects, and run your avatar. Also, since there are 13 million avatars “alive” on Second Life, the number of outsiders, and bad influences are going to be a problem, as well as bad areas the students may be exposed to.

Meets Goal: Encourage staff and faculty bonding through creativity. Serve as a technology resource to encourage and train staff and faculty. to use technology as a teaching tool with the goal of improving student success. Develop and Implement activities focusing on teaching effectiveness to promote student learning. APRIL 4, 2010~ Bud and Rona Johnston: Native American Spirituality and the Keepers of the Sacred Traditions Purpose: Gain an understanding of the spiritual relationship of Native American Indians to the living environment by examining their myths and legends of the various tribes. Bud Johnson began by telling about his own history as a Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indian and his early life on a reservation in Northern Wisconsin. He spoke of the clothing, and how it was fashioned to be indicative of individual tribes. He told some history about various tribes and their need to keep traveling across the United States in transition and how the tribes had conflicts with each other which caused a lot of battles among them. The Johnstons told stories and related legends of the Native American Indians, telling each legend with a little different twist, but relatively the same story of each tribe. They told stories of creation, spiritual metamorphosis, and the mysteries of the animal kingdom. Many of the stories explained natural phenomena, like the mountains, and rivers and the creation of the Apostle Islands. The Johnston family brought artifacts, clothing and drums that the Keepers of the tribe loaned to them for display in the Culture Corner. Meets Goal: Encourage staff and faculty bonding through creativity. Books/Materials Purchased During Year: None Budget Summary: Beginning Balance $750.00 Food Costs: $663.39 Speaker Costs: $250 Materials: 57.78 Ending Balance: $0 Leadership for Coming Year (2010‐2011): LouAnn Williamson Sandy Mead

Appendix F: February CTL Event

CTL Duty Day Summary – February 17, 2010

Though we had inclement weather (blizzard warning the day before) and poor roads, ninety faculty and administrators attended the CTL day event on the Worthington campus. We did have a late start, but adjusted the schedule and still completed all activities. Sixty‐nine faculty turned in evaluations. Note that not all individuals marked every box (so not every category added up to 69). GENERAL

1 Poor

2 3 Fair

4 5 Excellent

Schedule 1 8 44 15

Meals 1 3 19 36 8

Facilities 1 1 45 21

Travel arrangements 1 9 38 11

The workshops and sessions I attended . . .

Disagree

strongly

Disagree

Undecided

Agree

Agree

Strongly

Were useful and applicable. 5 7 31 26

Will assist me in course preparation and teaching. 5 16 28 17 Were focused. 2 4 31 28

Offered practical suggestions I can incorporate into my courses. 1 4 10 26 18 Considered my needs as well as my students’ needs. 1 5 10 32 17 (Some of the comments below condensed/combined if similar content.) Something I learned today that I will immediately implement in my courses:

• Adobe Acrobat • Art and creativity – very good balance of abstract and non abstract. • Geogebra (2) • Respondus (3) • Adobe Connect (4) • Streaming video (2) • E‐books, links to articles (7) • Not directly • Chapter organizer to have the students complete and be more prepared for the lecture

(3)

• Teaching strategies ideas • Cross‐discipline is important

Areas where I’d like to have more information: • Public speaking • Peer to peer strategies in D2L • Online teaching • Use of computer technology • ITV learning – how to make this easier and more controlled • Library services (2) • Exam view to either Respondus or D2L • D2L (2) • Adobe Connect (2) • Respondus and importing/exporting test banks (2) • .live • Some ideas for writings • Continue new info regarding computer technology and new teaching strategies

Ideas I have for summer workshops: • Too new to tell. • D2L (3) • Adobe connect/dimdim • Graduation planner • Gradebook course • Incorporating library materials • Video editing • Universal grade software – for keeping grades and turning in

General Comments

• ITV in winter. Poor driving conditions. • Great job with adjustments due to weather. • Great day! • Good job accommodating weather. • Bobbie, Eric, and Nancy Jo ‐ good • Always start this day at 10 a.m. (7) • Would have like the double IT sessions in a.m. to be split instead of back to back against

painting sessions. • The concise format worked well – would suggest to use again even without bad

weather. • Room 606 computers would not log in so presenters could do live demo. • Communication on start time and location was confusing • Weather • Respondus workshop was worthless as was the student needs section – how did involve

me?

Schedule – February 16, 2010 All day faculty day in Worthington 9:45 Registration (Commons) 10:00 Welcome, Dawn Gordon (Commons) 10:10 to10:25 Diane Graber/Erin Haberman Answering the Challenges of Broad Based Student Needs and Diversity. Issues of matriculation and retention (MnWest Truths) with Erin Haberman. Service to students through collaborative partnerships (ABE, WorkForce Center, Private Industry Council, Integrative Collaborative, Veterans Affairs, etc).Survey and challenges of Student Engagement Survey. 10:25 to 10:30 Dr. Shrubb (Commons) 10:30 to 11:00 tours (includes YMCA ) 11:00 to 12:15: Workshops (classrooms) 12:20 to 12:50 Lunch (Commons) 12:50 to 1:15 – Tai chi with Nancy Jo (Commons) 1:20 to 2:35 Workshops (classrooms) 2:40 to 3:10 Accreditation Conversation 3: Making Headlines (Commons) Dan, Diane, Jeff 3:10 to 3:20 Wrap‐up and door prizes (Commons) 3:20 to 3:50 All faculty meeting – Duane and Dave (Commons) **** Please note that the Region Family Career and Community Leaders of America are on campuses as well today. There are approximately 250 students from 12 area high school for regional competitive events.

February 16, 2010, CTL Workshops 11:00 – 11:35 11:40 - 12:15 1:20 to 2:05 2:10 to 2:35 Room 113 Writing college-wide – suggestions from English faculty (presented by English faculty)

Room 116 John Roos – technology update/ results of IT audit/subsequent changes

Room 113 Lisa Smith – H1N1 update

Room 113 Kayla Westra – Teaching Strategies

Room 413 Bobbie Alsgaard-Lien and Eric Parrish- Painting with the Stars

Room 108 Rick Dalrymple – Fun with Physics

Room 203 Pam Sukalski, Marcia Johnson, Sandi Mead -- LARC resources, moving online

Room 116 Beth Van Orman – Seasonal Affective Disorder

ITV rooms 502 and 506 Judy Tebben and Shannon Fiene -- Using Web Conferencing to Enhance ITV teaching

Room 115 Le Lucht - diversity

Room 115 Lori Voss – state of fiscal affairs

Computer Lab 606 Steve Swift, Heidi Heckenlaible, and Dennis Hebig– Using your skydrive, student email (live), Facebook, Twitter John Roos – IT process changes

Computer Lab 606 Steve Swift, Heidi Heckenlaible, and Dennis Hebig– Using your skydrive, student email (live), Facebook, Twitter

Computer Lab 606 Teresa Noyes and Judy Drown – using Respondus to create online and paper quizzes (include Lockdown Browser overview and Study Mate overview)

Computer Lab 606 Dave Matthews – Geogebra software

Room 502 1:15 to 2:35 Cargo/vehicle/trailer training – Ron Thomton and Les Kvam. This is required for anyone who is involved with driving a cargo van or pulling a state trailer. Only those who need the training should attend the session. ***some may be required to do driving

segment, which will take place after 3:30 for faculty. Rooms 108, 113, 115, and 116 are located on the first floor, west of the administrative offices. Room 203 is upstairs, directly to the left at the top of the stairs. Room 413 is in the Fine Arts building – painting studio. Rooms 604 and 606 are computer labs and are above the LARC. Rooms 502 and 506 are on the first floor near the LARC.

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Session Summaries Diversity – Le Lucht The Karen Community: Southwest Minnesota’s most recent immigrants Htun Neing introduced by Le Lucht Fun with Physics – Rick Dalrymple Come to Room 108 (physics lab) and have some fun with physics. Interact with your peers using computerized data collecting sensors to see how we teach inquiry‐based learning of physics principles with kinesthetics. H1N1 Update – Lisa Smith This workshop will include H1N1 history, signs & symptoms, possible complications, and treatment with emphasis on prevention and vaccination. IT update, Live accounts(student email), Skydrive, Facebook, and Twitter – Heidi, Dennis, John, and Steve We will walk through how to login and use live email accounts and the Skydrive. We will also provide an introduction to Facebook and Twitter. This will include account setup and other basic functions. John will cover IT updates. LARC Resources: Moving Online – Pam Sukalski, Sandi Mead, and Marcia Johnson This presentation will highlight changes in our library resources this year – our emphasis has been moving online. We will be talking about why we are making this shift, demo some of the resources we have added, and discuss how they can benefit you and your students. Painting with the Stars Eric Parrish and Bobbie Alsgaard Lien will demonstrate a performance piece in which Eric will sing and Bobbie will create a painting. Participants will then create a painting during Eric’s second performance and Bobbie will encourage the artistic creative process. The objective of this workshop is to demonstrate the importance and possibilities of interdisciplinary academics. Seasonal Affective Disorder ‐ Are you SAD? Beth Van Orman Diagnostic criteria and symptomology; treatment options. How to beat the winter blues State of Fiscal Affairs – Lori Voss

• What do the next few years hold for Minnesota West?

• What’s the plan?

• Want assurance that there is a plan?

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If so, this presentation is for you. I’ll cover the some of the elements of planning for FY11, FY12 and beyond. I’ll share what we know, what we don’t know, what we can predict, and how we put it all together in our planning efforts. As always, I’ll include current information on an array of topics from the business office and save room for your questions. Teaching Strategies – Kayla Westra Some of you attended the teaching strategies workshops this summer, and we discussed the use of strategies offered in the text, The Strategic Teacher: selecting the right research‐based strategy for every lesson, by Silver, Strong, and Perini. I will cover several of the strategies from this text and show examples on how to implement. Using Web Conferencing to Enhance ITV Courses – Shannon Fiene and Judy Tebben Two ITV instructors will discuss how they are using web‐conferencing such as Adobe Connect or Web‐Ex to enhance their classes. The first demonstration will consist of how web‐conferencing is being used to teach data processing in two computer labs simultaneously. Details will be given regarding equipment needed, set‐up required and student feedback. The second demonstration will consist of how web‐conferencing can be used to deliver an ITV class to an individual student’s computer. Details will be given regarding equipment needed, set‐up required, and initial results from a trial application. Time permitting, other applications of web‐conferencing may be discussed such as the use of an external writing tablet and online office hours. Menu BREAKFAST Assorted rolls, coffee and juice Fruit Hard boiled eggs LUNCH Sub sandwiches Chips Brownies Drink SNACK Cookies Soda

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