TGIF: Why Keep Crossing the Starting Line? FridayLive!

TGIF: Why Keep Crossing the Starting Line? FridayLive!

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Thirtieth issue, Volume Eight

TLT Group TGIF 3.24.15

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Last week Irene Knokh shared an example of how her university supports student learning. TLTG FridayLive! participants also shared ways they support student learning. The results are here This week on FridayLive! we turn our attention to support for faculty in our session titled Why Keep Crossing the Starting Line?  More information about the event can be found here. Support the TLT Group by becoming a member or donating to the TLT Group you will help us continue this work. DONATE,   JOIN US

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	Members Exchange PLANNING MEETING: Why Keep Crossing the Starting Line? Date: March 25, 2015   Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET Presenters: Steve Gilbert, TLT Group and and Winona Hatcher, Instructional Designer, Georgia Regents University, Penny Kuckkahn, Instructional Designer, Nicolet College, Dixie Catlett, Instructor, Anne Arundel Community Register Here In this session we will talk together and plan with the folks involved in the session on March 27th. You are welcome to join in the discussion and be involved in the planning. Link to the planning document. Link to March 27th FridayLive! description Upcoming Member Events April 1, 2015 Keeping Up - Semi-Stone Soup Share Something New, Useful April 8, 2015 PLANNING MEETING: 2nd Spring 2015 “Book” Discussion -A GRAPHIC NOVEL, Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth. April 15, 2015  Evernote Learning Community April 22, 2015 LMS Updates Surprises and Recommendations for Student Peer Review/Assessment Options
	FridayLive! Free to all! Why Keep Crossing the Starting Line? Date: March 27, 2015   Time:2:00-3:00 pm ET - free to all Presenters:  Winona Hatcher, Instructional Designer, Georgia Regents University, Penny Kuckkahn, Instructional Designer, Nicolet College, Dixie Catlett, Instructor, Anne Arundel Community, Steve Gilbert, Beth Dailey - TLT Group. Register Here Students and teachers move across the same starting line as they begin to learn and begin to teach online.  LastFridayLive!focused on tech and other support for students that didn't rely too heavily on faculty;   this week we’re focusing more on support for faculty that doesn't require too much from faculty…   LOWERING THRESHOLDS;  INCREASING COMFORT WITH CHANGE/IMPROVEMENTS  ….  DEEPENING LEARNING AND DECREASING (NOT INCREASING) WORKLOAD FOR FACULTY (AND STUDENTS?) AND OTHER COSTS GOAL:  Help those who are already comfortably successful and committed to improvement to make teaching and learning more effective, comfortable, deeper…  without increasing “costs” (emotional, logistic, technological, financial, political, …) Up-coming FridayLive! Events March 27, 2015 Why Keep Crossing the Starting Line April 3, 2015 No FridayLive! April 10, 2015 Spring 2015 “Book” Discussion Series: Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth April 17, 2015 Effective Practices in Personal Digital Archiving for Faculty and Students April 24, 2015 Student Peer Review/Assessment: to Deepen Learning; to Reduce Faculty Workload Both? Either?
https://tackk.com/tltgbook-discussion	Spring 2015 Book Discussion Series April 10, 2015 A GRAPHIC NOVEL Doxiadis, A & Papadimitriou, CH. (2009). Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth. Bloomsbury. Register Here May 8, 2015 COGNITIVE SCIENCE Medina, John (2014) Brain Rules, (Updated and Expanded): 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School, Seattle, WA: Pear Press Register Here June 12, 2015 FICTION Alameddine, Rabih (2014) An Unnecessary Woman Nov 11, 2014,  Grove Press Register Here
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