Category: Training

iTeach/iCamp Deadline to Apply

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If you haven’t locked in your spot for iTeach (Juneau) or iCamp (Sitka) you may soon be out of time. The deadline is TODAY so get your application in as soon as possible. Why do we need a deadline? Whether you plan to attend iTeach Juneau (May 11-15) or iCamp Sitka (June 1-5) we need …

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Best Practices for Flipping Classes – Free Programs for UAS Faculty

The UAS Sitka Campus Title III program is happy to provide you with another FREE professional development opportunity! The Flipped Classroom 4-Pack from Magna Publications is now available for you to view. If there is interest, we will schedule a future roundtable to discuss the programs. Please let us know in the comments if you …

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Finding the Time to Improve Your Courses

It takes time to implement change. It takes time to analyze your students’ performance so you can determine what worked well and what needs to be modified or improved, added or deleted. It takes time, and sometimes peer assistance to figure out how to make the changes that you know you want in your course(s). iTeach …

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Monday Morning Mentor is Back!

Title III is once again providing interested faculty a chance to start their weeks off with dynamic, professional development – in only 20 minutes! The Monday Morning Mentor is a program from Magna Publications. How does this practical and convenient program work? Each program is available online starting at 9 am CST – yes, that’s …

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Tech Tuesday

SoftChalk Training Opportunities for January 2015

SoftChalk Short Courses are live, one-hour training webinars, conducted online by a SoftChalk instructor. The courses typically include a presentation and examples, as well as an opportunity for you to ask questions and receive assistance from the instructor. Upcoming Short Courses An Overview of SoftChalk Cloud An Overview of SoftChalk Create TextPoppers, Images and Hyperlinks …

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eTech Fair Recordings

If you are like me, you didn’t have time to attend all of the live UAA eTech Fair sessions you wanted during Distance Education week in November. I mentioned the 20 ways to use the Blackboard Collaborate Whiteboard for Student Engagement session to some of you and promised to share the link. For those of …

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Tech Tuesday – SoftChalk

Your UAS Title III team is happy to let you know that we have renewed the SoftChalk license for another year! SoftChalk is a program that lets you build lessons in the form of HTML pages that include navigation and interactive learning activities (popup text, quizzes, interactive images, timelines, and many more). Lessons can be …

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Fried Friday & eTech Fair Starting Monday

It’s Friday again and you might be feeling like the “Apparently Kid,” Noah Ritter, in the video below.  Not to worry, some laughs from Noah combined with the weekend break, and you should be energized and ready for the eTech Fair starting on Monday November 10th. The UAA eLearning Workgroup is hosting the eTech Fair …

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Word Cloud Challenge Winners & eTech Fair Nov. 10-14

Anne Jones Star Word Cloud

Join us in congratulating Anne Jones and Lorinda Fattic on their winning word clouds! You can find their submissions at our Faculty Challenge Google Site. We had a couple of late submissions as well so be sure and check out all of the word clouds to get some ideas for your own courses.

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