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Sign up for MoCAT training and support sessions

Mid-March marks the halfway point of the winter semester. During this timeframe is when faculty wanting to receive teaching feedback should deploy their MoCAT surveys. To help with this process, ET@MO is offering MoCAT support sessions for faculty to create and deploy their teaching evaluations. Each session is in ET@MO's Technology Studio (266 Heinkel) on the following schedule: March 7 from 2:00 - 3:00, March 12 from 12:30 -1:30 & 3:00 - 4:00, March 13 from 10:30 - 11:30. Space is limited, so an RSVP is required at mocat@missouri.edu.

Nominations wanted for Teaching with Technology award

ET@MO's annual Excellence in Teaching with Technology Awards recognize faculty, staff, graduate instructors and teaching assistants who use technologies in the classroom that demonstrate excellence in teaching. MU faculty, staff and students are eligible to submit nominations. To find out more, and submit nominations online, go to the Provost's List of Award Programs.

7 things you should know about Digital Storytelling

Open journaling tools manage the process of publishing peer-reviewed journals online. They enable users to publish academic journals more easily and much less expensively than traditional methods. They also allow authors to track their submissions through the review process, as well as to access reviewer comments and revise and resubmit articles, which creates a sense of openness and transparency uncommon in traditional peer-reviewed publications. Download the PDF of this full article. This information is provided by the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative's (ELI's) 7 Things You Should Know About... series which provides concise information on emerging learning technologies and related practices.

CAMPUS NEWS

Register for Scholarly Communications Conference
Don't miss this year's conference on "The Millennial Dilemma: Convergence and Divergence in Meeting the Needs of Higher Education." The deadline to register is March 12, 2007. This free conference is Tuesday, March 20 at the Courtyard by Marriott in Columbia, MO. Topics will focus on the millennial generation of college students and faculty— particularly their expectations concerning information access in a time of unrelenting technological change-and the resulting forces of convergence and divergence in higher education. More information available at MU Libraries' Web site.


EDUCATION NEWS

New site helps educators comb through education research
Educators looking for help in trying to implement evidence-based approaches in their classrooms now have a new tool at their disposal. A free resource called Best Evidence contains educator-friendly summaries of research on educational programs, as well as links to the full-text scientific reviews.

Ohio University launches virtual campus
Ohio University joins Princeton and Harvard in launching campuses in Second Life, the virtual 3-D world. Anyone with a Second Life account can visit the virtual campus and take courses, attend study sessions, or join student organizations. Read article in Campus Technology




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