Faculty Expo of Scholarship and
Sponsored Research is March 5

The 2008 Faculty Exposition will be held from 3:30-5:30 p.m. on March 5 in the Commons. The Expo provides an opportunity for faculty to share the results of their research and scholarly activities with their colleagues, staff and students, and with the community at large. This event is sponsored by the Faculty Subcommittee on Sponsored Programs, the Professional Development Subcommittee, and the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, with support from the Office of the Provost. Download a poster listing all of the presenters at Faculty Expo.

Webinar Looks at "Social Software to
Support Online Education"

Terry Anderson, Professor and Canada Research Chair, Athabasca University, highlights an educational model for distance and online learning in a seminar from 10 -11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 3 in Schulz 2019. In "Many Students Loosely Joined: Social Software to Support Online Education" he shows how this model leverages social software to help both learners and educators determine the most effective tool and granularity of application for their learning needs.

He will also demonstrate a number of current and emerging tools and share practices that promise to help attendees learn from each other with an emphasis on social learning that includes groups, networks, and the collective.

Brett Christie, Director, Center for Teaching and Professional Development notes: "Over the past decade, colleges and universities have increasingly turned to the web to increase student access, expand course offerings, and reach out to adult learners through online courses. The growth of distance and online education has been mirrored by a similar explosion in social software tools such as Facebook, Second Life, blogs, wikis, Flickr, and a host of Web 2.0 competitors that offer new ways for us to learn with and from each other. As the Web 2.0 toolbox grows, so do faculty and administrator concerns about control, privacy, assessment, and the effectiveness of these tools in the classroom."

Register at http://depot.csuprojects.org/registration?campusid=1