FA14-Schedule

Getting the Most of Your LMS: It is NOT Just for Teaching and Learning

12:40 – 1:40, Room 970

Larry Lambert, Southwestern College

The incredibly expensive Learning Management System that your college pays for each year is admittedly used for Teaching and Learning, but in order to get maximum usage of this complex and sophisticated technology its uses expand well beyond what you would normally think. Attendees will learn how to reorganize their office location by using technology in the cloud that is personal and protected. Get rid of file cabinets and have the important aspects of your office accessible 24 hours per day, 7 days per week and 365 days per year.

Ten Best Practices for Teaching Online

12:40 – 1:40, Room 973

DeAnna Kirchen, Goldenwest College

Do you want to know what an expert says about Best Practices for your online class? This presentation will cover the top ten things you should be doing in your online class according to the “Ten Best Practices for Teaching Online” by Judith V. Boettcher, PhD. If you’re new to online teaching, this will help you get off to a great start. If you’re a seasoned online teacher, see if you are doing all 10 things! We will also hear ideas from other online instructors as to what worked best for them using practical examples of those ten best practices.

Transforming Stress - First you have to know you're stressed

12:40 – 2:50, Room 927

Shayla Rivera, The Funny Rocket Scientist

If there is one thing I have observed in my life, it is the amazing capability we all possess to pretend we are not stressed. Heck, we don't even know what stress looks like. We think admitting to stress is somehow a sign of weakness and thus we must absolutely deny that stress might have a hold of us. Stress is a reality, NOT, a possibility, so why fight it... I say Join Stress and laugh all the way to a better longer and healthier life. I will give you techniques that will help you to "Not Choose to Be Stressed". Warning!: Once you choose to become an unstressed individual you will probably stress everybody out! Possible Insights; - Recognizing stress and moving through it quicker (It is easier and funnier than you think) - Understanding the real 'value' of Stress (Hint; People in the Cemetery have no stress) - There is value in stress, but no value in Being stressed. (If it hurts when you go like this... don't go like this)

Blogging to Increase Engagement and Community

12:40 – 4:00, Room 974

Kelly Falcone, Palomar College

What happens when you complete assignments for the world to see? As my students tell me "it makes me really think about what I am writing", or "I really like that I am teaching other people!" Turning in paper copies of assignments, or having students submit assignments to your LMS means only the student and you, the teacher, get to learn from it. Try incorporating student blogs as a means to increase student engagement and community in the classroom! In this workshop you will be learning about blogs, creating your own blog, building a personal learning network from your blog, and discovering ways to have your students use blogs in the classroom. Come prepared to create, produce, and share!

Effective Practices in Online Teaching & Learning: Discovering the Real World of Online Teaching

12:40 – 4:00, Room 931

Belinda Heiden Scott & John Seed, MSJC

This workshop is designed for faculty members who have been teaching online or who are considering teaching online. This first session is about what it is to be an online instructor, what you need to do to get a class ready for online delivery and will provide participants with an overview of online teaching that will make your experience, and your students’ experiences successful and manageable. If you have never taught online, you will want to attend all five sessions. If you are already teaching online, you may want to choose to attend some (or all) of the sessions based on their topics.

Citations are a Pain Unless You Use Word

1:50 - 2:50, Room 950

PJ Johnston, MSJC

A review of how easy it is to do proper citations, footnotes, Bibliography/Works Cited by using the tools built into Word. This is great information that you can share with students to help them do a better job of those essays, term papers and reports - and they'll thank you for it!!

Assessing Learners using Bb – Part 1

1:50 - 2:50, Room 951

Amrik Randhawa, MSJC

In this two part session, participants will explore the different assessment tools in Blackboard including how to: create assignments with in-line grading, deter plagiarism with SafeAssign, create and deploy Tests and Surveys and explore presentation options. Participants will also discuss the value of features for managing questions using Pools and Random Blocks. Lastly, participants will be briefly introduced to the Grade Center as it relates to completing the assessment process.

Ten Tips to Designing Your Class Masterpiece

1:50 - 2:50, Room 970

Larry Lambert, Southwestern College

Faculty have always asked the sacred question: Where do I start? When creating their online course for the first, second, third, even 50th time. These ten tips are going to increase your awareness on how to begin the design process and consider simple ways to construct your course masterpiece. These tips are laid out in understandable visual terms to help attendees have a checklist system of what, where and how. Pedagogical (Androgogical for those keeping track) best practices to ensure your students retention and positive learning outcomes are emphasized. It will not hurt I promise.

Creating Effective Instructional Videos

9:00 – 12:10, Room 973

Anna Stirling & Lene Whitley-Putz, @ONE

Learn how to create professional-looking videos, without needing to download a thing, using only your webcam. In this workshop you'll learn how to plan a short video production that maximizes your impact - while minimizing your effort. Whether you want to create a short video lecture, record a narration along with your PowerPoint presentation, or demonstrate something on your computer (or a little bit of all of these edited together), the tips and information in this workshop can help take your video to the next level.

Career Café

9:00 – 12:10, Room 974

Rita Jones, Orange Coast College

The Career Cafe is a virtual career center where students can: • identify their interests, skills and talents to find their best career direction • explore educational and workforce options • uncover a variety of real-world opportunities • prepare to land the job of their dreams. Our Mission is to provide CCC students with 24/7 access to the information, resources and experiences they need to identify a career direction that suits them and connections to a comprehensive job search engine, CALJOBS, to find job placement.

How to Use a Sign Language Interpreter in the Classroom

1:15 - 2:15, Room 932

Sara Groves & Laurie Flynn, MSJC

With the Deaf/Hard of Hearing population increasing this presentation will explain the role and responsibility of the interpreter in the classroom, as well as the different types of services that they need for the classroom environment.

Increasing Student Involvement on Campus

1:15 - 2:15, Room 950

Nathan Brais & Alex Cuatok, MSJC

We all know that there's more to College than just going to class. Have you ever had a bright idea for an event or activity, but didn't know who to talk to make it happen? We want to hear your ideas and help you make them a reality. Find out how you can get involved with Student Life & Development and contribute to the future of our extra-curricular activities at MSJC.

Providing Feedback with Bb Inline Grading & Rubrics

1:15 - 2:15, Room 951

Amrik Randhawa, MSJC

Workshop description coming soon…

Putting the Information in Public Information and Marketing

1:15 - 2:15, Room 970

Karin Marriott, MSJC

Help MSJC’s Public Information & Marketing Office help you. We want to get the word out about your events. Our collective offerings and messages are more effective if we present a consistent MSJC image and reach people through the media they are using most. In this workshop, you’ll learn about MSJC’s Branding Guidelines and how best to reach your audience by using the results of MSJC’s 2014 Communications Survey.

Educational Shifts in K-12

1:15 - 2:15, Room 973

Yamileth Shimojyo & Linda Braatz-Brown, Riverside County Office of Education

The ELA Common Core Standards, Math Common Core Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards all represent monumental shifts in K-12 Education. Each of these documents has an overarching goal of preparing students for College and Career Readiness. Students will be prepared with the skills needed to be productive citizens in the 21st century. This presentation will allow participants an overview of each of these documents and the implications for teaching and learning in the K-12 classrooms.

What can @ONE do for you?

1:15 - 2:15, Room 974

Anna Stirling & Lene Whitley-Putz, @ONE

@ONE provides technology training and online resources for free - or at a low cost - thanks to funding from the California Community College Chancellor's Office TTIP grant. This presentation will provide you with a brief overview of the free and low cost services that @ONE provides including: Webinars, Online Courses, the Online Teaching Certification Program and the Trainers Bureau. In an effort to address specific technology training needs, participants will have an opportunity to discuss and share ideas for future training events.

Effective Practices in Online Teaching & Learning: Designing Online Lessons and Units

1:15 – 4:25, Room 931

Belinda Heiden Scott & John Seed, MSJC

The focus of this session is on the details of creating a lesson within a unit of study in a course. Participants will review Web 2.0 tools and samples of learning objects and lesson planning strategies and evaluation for online teaching and learning. It is designed for beginning online instructors who have participated in the first three sessions, and for experienced online instructors interested in improving and/or enhancing their course content. This workshop is NOT about using Blackboard, although you will be working in the Bb course shells. It is about how to teach online.

Closed Captioning in the Classroom

2:20 - 3:20, Room 932

Sara Groves & Laurie Flynn, MSJC

This presentation will discuss the following topics: The law that requires video to be captioned (ADA); How to tell if a video is captioned DVD, YouTube, etc.; How to turn on captioning when using a PC and when using a DVD/VHS player; How to get a video captioned if it doesn't have captioning; Podcast that requires transcription; Blackboard - DECT Grant (Distance Education).

Advisor Training - Part I

2:20 - 3:20, Room 950

Nathan Brais & Alex Cuatok, MSJC

This workshop is designed for existing Club Advisors who have spent at least one semester advising a campus club. In this training, the Student Life & Development (SLDP) staff will provide advisors with key updates and important resources to use for the 2014-2015 school year. Advisors who complete Trainings I and II will receive a Certificate of Completion from SLDP.

Grade Center Basics

2:20 - 3:20, Room 951

Amrik Randhawa, MSJC

The Grade Center in Blackboard Learn is more than just a way to record students' grades. It is a dynamic and interactive tool, allowing you to record data, calculate grades, and monitor student progress. In this workshop attendees will learn how columns are created, and how to enter grades in the system. In addition, attendees will learn how to customize the grade center view using color coding grading periods and filters as well as learning about how Blackboard calculates totals.

Building Captain Program 101

2:20 - 3:20, Room 970

Wade Ellis & Kara McGee, MSJC

The Building Captain Program has been approved and now it's time to implement this very important plan. During this informative seminar, we will introduce the current Building Captains and discuss our goals, scheduled training and drills for the upcoming year. Participating in the Building Captain Program at MSJC provides a hands on learning opportunity to develop your emergency Preparedness skills for any and all. Mt. San Jacinto is only as prepared as you are – Come learn about the program and see how you can make a difference.

Critical Thinking and the Flipped Classroom

2:20 - 3:20, Room 973

Donna Greene, College of the Desert

Participants will learn to use "lib guides" to enhance critical thinking skills in a "flipped" classroom model. Bring your iPad, Tablet, laptop or other mobile device to get the most out of this presentation. Presenter has been using this model with her campus librarian successfully for over a year.

Addressing the Attitude to Improve Success and Retention Online

2:20 - 3:20, Room 974

Patricia James, OEI Executive Director

Are you constantly confronted with documentation of lower success retention rates for your online program? Do colleagues unfamiliar with DE want to cancel online sections at your school because they, apparently, don't measure up? This session will give you another view of DE that is not about the data, but about what we know. The focus will be on presenting a clear picture of why students don't succeed and about when they do succeed. This interactive discussion will cover student values, access, grit, mind-set, and more resulting in strategies to help students overcome obstacles to success.

Blazing Fast Streaming Media for Your Classroom

3:25 - 4:25, Room 814

Adrienne Walker, MSJC

This session will demonstrate how to bring video and audio directly to your classroom, desktop or mobile device. You will learn how to create custom clips, playlists or permalinks of video or audio covering dozens of subject areas which includes thousands of video titles. Bring your topic to the session!

Advisor Training - Part II

3:25 - 4:25, Room 950

Nathan Brais & Alex Cuatok, MSJC

This is the second half of the Training for existing Club Advisors. The Student Life & Development staff will cover key topics such as: Event Planning, Conflict Resolution for Club Advisors, and Fiscal Planning/Fundraising. If you want to help guide your student organizations to the “next level,” you won’t want to miss this training. Advisors who complete Trainings I and II will receive a Certificate of Completion from SLDP.

How Do I...? Finding Quick Answers to Your Bb Questions

3:25 - 4:25, Room 951

Amrik Randhawa, MSJC

Have you seen or heard of something that Blackboard can do, but you aren't sure how it works? Blackboard has many Help tools available to both students and instructors. These include videos, webinars, courses, documents and much much more! This presentation will show you how to find all the answers to your Blackboard questions and provide you with resources you can use long after the presentation is over.

Understanding Your Credit Score

3:25 - 4:25, Room 973

Karena Chum, Altura Credit Union

This session will provide attendees with an in-depth look on how to manage our credit report and credit scores as well as the different options that will benefit the consumer that is struggling to stay afloat or simply protecting our credit. Obtain all the accurate answers you are looking for when it comes to your credit.

POGIL: Use of interactive inquiry and teamwork

3:25 - 4:25, Room 970

Rosaleen Gibbons, MSJC

Learn how your students can engage one another with concept-based intellectual challenge. Most educators would agree that modern pedagogy spans far beyond the subject matter to incorporate practical skills such as self-motivation, critical, creative and diverse thought processes, problem solving, effective communication, and collaboration. POGIL (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning) is a tool that helps students develop, strengthen, and enhance these skills, not only to improve success rates for all disciplines of college coursework but also to prepare them for the workplace.

Developing a Course Specific Online Orientation to Increase Student Success & Retention

3:25 - 4:25, Room 974

Anna Stirling, @ONE

Do you ever feel like the technology gets in the way of delivering the content of your course? Have you considered creating an online student orientation specifically for your course? By creating an orientation that is explicit to your course, you can introduce the tools and structure your students need to be familiar with to succeed in your course. Using this course orientation as the check-in process removes the burden of "teaching" the tech while you are teaching the content. The examples provided in this presentation will be specific to Blackboard, but the concepts apply to any course or learning management system. During the presentation you will see example activities you can use, along with help links and videos, to get your students past the learning curve of the course management system and focused on learning the curriculum content.

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Thursday, August 7, 2014

Introduction to Principles of Universal Design for Learning

10:05 - 11:05, Room 950

Rechelle Mojica, Miramar College

The relevance and importance of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to college curriculum and programs is gaining momentum as institutions: (a) work to meet the accessibility mandates of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act; (b) deliver more courses via distance and blended learning; and (c) conceptualize and address student learning outcomes. Is it conceivable that a course can be designed to reach students with varied learning styles and strengths? This training will explore the practical and concrete applications of UDL principles to curriculum and program design for on campus and online classes.

Online Tutoring Services for MSJC Students

10:05 - 11:05, Room 970

John Huber, Smarthinking & Belinda Heiden Scott, MSJC

With live, online academic support complementing existing campus support services, MSJC provides students with up to 24/7 access to live tutors, powered by Smarthinking. Tutors are available online to support multiple subjects - writing across the curriculum, basic math through calculus, biology, physics, chemistry, organic chemistry, anatomy & physiology, ESOL, Spanish, math in Spanish, writing in Spanish, accounting, statistics, economics, finance, nursing and allied health. Over 90% of SMARTHINKING's 2,500 carefully vetted tutors have either a Masters or PhD degree. Attend this session to learn more about how students can access and utilize this resource.

No Goal-No Go! Helping the Undecided Student

10:05 - 11:05, Room 973

Jamie Salazar, MSJC

The overwhelming majority of educational research indicates that students who have a defined goal will persist in academics more and will complete their educational program at much higher rates than the undecided student. The inverse is also true. A student who does not have defined goal is more at risk than a student with a defined goal who has academic deficiencies! Learn what we are doing at the Career/Transfer Center to help students get on path to decide on a major or career path. You will actually experience part of the assessments that we use in order for students to learn about themselves as it relates to their interests, values and personality type and how that relates to careers. Great information for you to know and pass to your friends and family!

Discovering the Power of Prezi

11:10 - 12:10, Room 950

Lene Whitley-Putz, @ONE

Prezi is often billed as a presentation software. If you would like to learn how to build a dynamic visual aid to support presentations, this is the workshop for you. We’ll go over the basics of opening a Prezi education account, and using Prezi templates to create an amazing and rich visual aid. But wait! Prezi may be designed for presentations, but it can be used for so much more! Prezi offers unique opportunities for online synchronous and asynchronous collaboration. Teach your face-to-face and online students to harness the power of Prezi collaboration in their group work. And that’s not all! Prezi is also an amazing tool for creating ePortfolios where your students can archive their work. Prezi is a presentation tool…and so much more! Let’s explore!

Store, Share, and Caption your Videos – for Free with 3C Media!

11:10 - 12:10, Room 970

Tiffiny Hickey, 3C Media Solutions

In this session you will learn how to use 3C Media Solutions to store and share your videos, (and other file types!) to enhance student learning and better prepare your students for classroom discussion. Attendees will learn how these services work in conjunction with CCC Confer, be shown how to create their own account with 3CMS, upload videos, create and share playlists, embed video into their LMS, submit their videos for captioning under the DECT grant - and more! These services are offered by 3C Media Solutions to help colleges save costs and reach a wider audience -- all for free to the CCC user.

Student Success and Support Program (SSSP)

11:10 - 12:10, Room 973

Joanna Quejada & Alex Cuatok, MSJC

Student Success & Support Program (or SSSP) is a process that enhances student access to MSJC and promotes and sustains the efforts of students to be successful in their educational endeavors. The goals of Student Success & Support Program are: 1.) To ensure that potential students go through the assistance of the student-direct components of the Student Success & Support Program process: admissions, orientation, assessment and follow-up. 2.) Current students complete their college courses, persist to the next academic term, and achieve their educational objectives through counseling, educational planning and follow-up.

Effective Practices in Online Teaching & Learning: Communication, Discussion and Sanity while Teaching Online

1:15 – 4:25, Room 931

Belinda Heiden Scott & John Seed, MSJC

This is the last session in a series of five. This session will focus on communication strategies used in online teaching that include the art of writing discussion questions, using email effectively (maintaining your sanity and saving you time), strategies for using blogs and other online tools for working with students. This session is designed for the beginning online instructor who has completed the other four sessions in the series or for the experienced online instructor who would like to share and gain new ideas about interacting with online students. This workshop is NOT about using Blackboard, although you will be working in the Bb course shells. It is about how to teach online.

Bb Open Lab

1:15 – 4:25, Room 951

Various MSJC Faculty & Staff

Ever wish you could just get your question answered instead of having to sit through an entire workshop? Well now you can at the Blackboard Open Lab! Use this lab to fine tune your DE courses with peers and facilitators present to assist you. Attend this session for any amount of time you need.

Registration is available NOW!