Faculty Opening Week Schedule
Fall 2010
Tuesday, August 31
Davis Center (Annex Central 207)
Join us in the Davis Center to meet the Faculty Technology Mentors and members of the TD team: Cristy Maldonado, Stephanie Cheney, Ron Frattura and John Landry. Get your hands on some new loaner equipment and share your ideas for the new academic year. Refreshments served!
Davis Center (Annex Central 207)
This session will introduce some of the Blackboard strategies and tools to use to enhance teaching and learning. Faculty can expect to leave this session with practical experience that is immediately applicable to their classes.
Davis Center (Annex Central 207)
Do you wonder what the differences between online and hybrid courses are? Are you curious about what it takes to develop and teach an online or hybrid course? In this session we will help define these terms and provide an introduction to e-learning at Wentworth.
Wednesday, September 1
Help Desk (Beatty Hall Third Floor)
Drop in to the Help Desk anytime between 11:00am and 12:00 noon for instructional support help from a Training and Development team member.
Davis Center (Annex Central 207)
Need to update your syllabus and handouts for the web? Ready to use new collaboration tools with students? Want to see an easy way to post files to multiple sections in Blackboard? Planning to add some new interactive activities to your course? Have you developed additional questions to add to your Blackboard quiz bank? Then this hands-on project time is for you. Bring your files and content to this open lab and work with TD staff to get your courses ready for Fall. This is an informal drop-in session so come anytime between 3:00pm and 4:30pm and stay as long as you want.
Thursday, September 2
Davis Center (Annex Central 207)
Would you like to make use of the technology provided in Wentworth classrooms? If so, come to this hands-on session to learn about the technology options available to you in different rooms and how to utilize a variety of tools. Bring your laptop and learn how to connect, where to go for help, and how to take your classroom technology usage to the next level.
Davis Center (Annex Central 207)
Need to update your syllabus and handouts for the web? Ready to use new collaboration tools with students? Want to see an easy way to post files to multiple sections in Blackboard? Planning to add some new interactive activities to your course? Have you developed additional questions to add to your Blackboard quiz bank? Then this hands-on project time is for you. Bring your files and content to this open lab and work with TD staff to get your courses ready for Fall. This is an informal drop-in session so come anytime between 10:00am and 12:00pm and stay as long as you want.
Davis Center (Annex Central 207)
This session will introduce some of the Blackboard strategies and tools to use to enhance teaching and learning. Faculty can expect to leave this session with practical experience that is immediately applicable to their classes.