Terry O'Banion, president and CEO of the League for Innovation in the Community College, discusses the key principles necessary for creating this new learning paradigm. This is so even as advising has evolved from a single-purpose activity to a comprehensive process that encompasses a student's academic, career, and personal development. This program addresses the practical issues of advising students through scenarios that chronicle a developing relationship between a first year student uncertain of her choice of majors and a faculty member new to advising. Expert commentary focuses on the most effective methods for handling each situation, and questions related to each are used as discussion starters. This program discusses the basics of classroom design for the new millennium and visits a number of classrooms showing design solutions that incorporate good layout, acoustics, and lighting.
Viewers learn how to address issues such as technology integration and accessibility.
An increasing number of faculty across the country are interested in teaching online. At the same time, many institutions recognize the considerable benefits of using externally produced or departmentally produced online materials. These materials can be adopted by many faculty members in much the same way as textbooks. Participants will learn how to evaluate and select options to give courses their personal and institutional stamp. Participants will also obtain guidelines for implementing online courses and will receive tips for designing asynchronous interaction with students, for testing, and for managing their own time.