December 2008 - January 2009
Teaching Excellence Workshop: Practical Tips for Course Improvement
This is a full-day workshop created just for faculty actively teaching at the University of Florida. Both faculty and instructional designers will share creative solutions on how to fully engage students with course material.
The focus of this workshop is online teaching. However, many of these best practices can be applied effectively to the live classroom. More »
Free Faculty Workshops Online!
The University of Florida’s Division of Continuing Education (DCE) has enrolled in the “College Pass” as well as the Premium Sloan Consortium membership. This allows faculty in the University of Florida community to be members and also gives us 100 seats in all of their workshops as well as 50 seats in selected workshops. Workshops still available for 2008 include titles such as:
- Avoiding Faculty Burnout
- Copyright Compliance for Online Educators
- Introduction to Second Life for Educators
For more information and to sign up, visit Sloan Workshop Resources
In the CITT Tools & Techniques Toolbox: Second Life
Second Life is an online, 3D virtual world in which participants interact with each other and the software-created environment. Increasingly, educators are using Second Life to provide a richer and more interactive environment for teaching. Second Life is a rich resource for simulation and role-playing activities, as well as fostering collaboration amongst students. It’s also highly customizable, making creation of educational activities and environments relatively easy.
Would you like to learn more about Second Life and how it is being used here at the University of Florida? Check out the CITT Training schedule for two Second Life workshops being offered in January!
More information on Second Life
CITT Winter Workshop Schedule: More New Classes!
Back by popular demand, we will be facilitating the “Get a Second Life” workshop in January at the CITT in collaboration with Library West faculty. We will also be featuring a more advanced Second Life workshop to increase your skills in the virtual world.