Special points of interest:

Engage in self-directed

faculty development by

using the Faculty

eCenter on Blackboard

(FD101).

Training

on the use of

Blackboard is available

“on demand”. Contact

the CETL to schedule

time for hands-on, one

on one training!

The CETL has a

scanner that can

convert your 35mm

SCHOOLHOUSE TEST 1

LEADERSHIP ARTICLE 2

ACC RAC 2015 2

DIRECTOR’S CORNER 3

LILLY 2015 3

TEAM TEACHING

ARTICLE

4

BOOK REVIEW 5

iPAD REPORT 5

Inside this issue:

CETL Newsletter

Winter 2015

C E N T E R F O R E X C E L L E N C E I N T E A C H I N G A N D L E A R N I N G

Schoolhouse Test Writing Software

The CETL is happy to announce Version 4 of the

popular Schoolhouse Test is now available to Life

Faculty. We have a large site license. This new

version comes with a new look and three new

question types (checklist, statements, and table).

You can import and export for Blackboard use. Plus a new question

bank feature turns any test into a question bank, and many more new

features and options.

Currently there are 13 Question Types Available:

Multiple-choice

fill-in-the-blanks

matching

short answer

list

checklist

Table list with prompts

order

true/false

essay

diagram statements

Volume 6 Issue 1

Edition

On Demand

See the website to more tips at

http://www.schoolhousetech.com/Test

Steps to Install on your home computer:

1—Go to Blackboard and log–in.

2—Go to Faculty Development eCenter (FD 101) Course.

3—On the left click on the Schoolhouse Test tab.

4—Click on Offline Campus Access: Schoolhouse Test Pro 4.

5—Download and install.

Volume 6 Issue 1

Page 2

10 Success Secrets in Leadership By Adam Townsend | Project Coordinator, QEP While doing a bit of housecleaning over the past quarter, I

stumbled upon an old AJC newspaper tucked away in a filing

cabinet. In it there was an article titled “Success: Managers live

what they learn” - an interview with Bert Thornton, former

Waffle House president and chief operations officer. In the

interview, Thornton shares his 10 secrets to being a successful

leader which he cautions are, “… easy to do, but also easy not to.” These are his 10 secrets:

I would like to accept this challenge myself – to use these “secrets” to be a successful leader and I wanted to

share them with you. As you continue to lead your classrooms as role models, friends, and most importantly,

as leaders by example, I hope these bits of wisdom will make a positive difference.

To upgrade to or install Schoolhouse Test Pro on your campus computer, please email

adam.townsend@life.edu.

Dr. Alena Coleman

Dr. Susan Esposito

Dr. Joseph Guagliardo

Dr. Jerry Hochman

Dr. Kathryn Hoiriis

Dr. Ron Hosek

Dr. Karima Cooper

Dr. Lydia Dever

Dr. Linda Mullin

Dr. Robert Rectenwald

Dr. Paula Rhodes

Dr. Brent Russell

Dr. Anquonette Stiles

Dr. Stephanie Sullivan

Dr. Beatrice Tapia

Dr. Joseph Haezebrouck

6. Learn to say yes.

a. Learn to say no.

7. Nourish yourself. Read. Eat. Pray.

8. Learn to manage your time.

9. Give away all the credit.

b. Take all the blame.

10. Give things away anonymously.

1. Always take notes.

2. Hang around the right people.

3. Be honest.

4. Always have a great attitude.

5. Get up earlier than your friends.

Dr. Salman Afsharpour

Dr. Samuel Demons

Dr. Edward Owens

Dr. Drew Rubin

Dr. Lisa Rubin

Dr. Eva Elsangak

Dr. Charmaine Herman

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Volume 6 Issue 1

Director’s Corner: An Instructional Challenge — The Effective Use of Video to Enhance Student Learning

Dr. Kathryn Hoiriis

Faculty to attend Lilly Conference 2015

Once again, the faculty of Life University will be attending the Lilly

Conference . We are pleased that Dr. Todd Z has given us an opportunity

to hear great speakers and engage in learning with a top notch program.

Congratulations to our Faculty: Dr. Steve Bloomingdale, Dr. Karima

Cooper, Dr. Bian Fang, and Ms. Faith Zhou.

Christie Price—Keynote

Speaker

Video instruction most often involves more than just a talking head. A tru-ly dynamic speaker is able to dissect important concepts into managea-ble learnable pieces that make it easy for students to understand.

Avoid using videos just for the sake of using videos. If students can’t un-derstand why faculty are showing them a particular clip, don’t expect them to be engaged. Like any tool, there is a time and place to use it. Students respond to what they know. Use of video may offer a visually rich means to get the attention of the students and may help generate engaging discussion, but it can be diffi-cult to know what kind of content to include and when to include it. One very important tip to consider when choosing to create video-enhanced instructions is that the content should be relevant, engaging, and provide insights students wouldn’t be exposed to through traditional instruction, like that from a textbook. Please stop by the CETL to discuss your ideas about using videos.

CETL Contact Information

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Volume 6 Issue 1 1269 Barclay Circle

Learning Resource Center

Enter via Faculty Atrium

Marietta, GA 30060

Phone: 770-426-3050

Fax: 770-426-2849

E-mail: cetl@life.edu

Turning Technology a Success at Life U—

Students in the Quality Circle Focus Group

report satisfaction with the use of clickers in the

classroom!!!

Use then for your course to engage the students with important questions for discussion and

formative feedback on learning. Be sure to include the Clicker Policy Statement in your syllabus.

Please contact the CETL for more details and to discover the best way that you can incorporate

them into your instruction.

Team Teaching

Kathryn M. Plank • Otterbein University

Abstract

Team teaching has the potential to have a profound impact

on both teaching and learning. Many who have taught as

part of a team report the break from solitary practice brings

renewed excitement for teaching and the course that makes

them better teachers. It also creates a learning environment

in which students can explore multiple perspectives and

ways of knowing. Of course, along with the benefits come

many challenges. This paper shares some of the advice

gleaned from those who have written about their team

teaching experiences to help others make the most of the

opportunity.

Read the entire white

paper here:

http://ideaedu.org/sites/

default/files/

paperidea55.pdf

Excerpt Taken From IDEA PAPER #55

We have a new Project

Coordinator, Mr. Adam

Townsend. Please stop

by to say hello—we are

open 7:30AM-4:30PM.

We still have an open

position for the Course

Designer and are ac-

cepting applications

now.

Please remember that

you are wel-

come to use

your faculty

id to obtain a

key at the

front desk of

the library for the CETL

so you can use the facil-

ity when there isn’t a

staff member present.

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Volume 6 Issue 1

Faculty Teaching and Learning Book Review by Dr. Christie Kwon

The Online Teaching Survival Guide by Judith Boettcher and Rita-Marie Conrad

It is great not only for faculty members who will teach online courses, but also everyone teaching hybrid or even traditional format classes. It provides several tips to help understand our students – how they may best learn in the classroom, and reasons why they may have difficulty doing so. The book is well-organized and contains several easy-to-reference checklists and tables.

One of the most interesting points presented in this book is that while traditional courses and tradition-al teaching have focused on content delivery, online learning requires students to be more en-gaged within a learning community. Online teach-ing cannot be delivered exactly as we have done in the traditional classroom, and the goals of what we deliver may be quite different as well. Effective learning in the asynchronous environment will re-quire dialogue to occur between faculty and learn-er, between learners, and between the learner and outside resources. Our teaching presence in these

courses may need to play more of the facilitator role than the traditional "sage on the stage" role of traditional content delivery. Therefore, an instructor may want to provide a wider variety of resources for these students. It's a great reminder that students should be encouraged to seek out content resources that match their individual levels of development and learning styles.

“Since we are begin-ning to launch more classes in the online and hybrid formats at Life University, such resources in the CETL will be invaluable. Thanks, CETL!”

Camtasia Studio by

TechSmith can be used for

Lecture Capture, Power-

Point capturing, and much

more. Please come by the

CETL for more information

on these applications.

Doceri Desktop for PC/

Mac and iPad will allow

you to control presenta-

tions conveniently and in

real time from your iPad.

Also, interact by drawing,

adding text, and images

from your iPad to your

desktop presentation.

You can also record your

presentations and easily

add them to Blackboard,

YouTube, or email directly

to students.

For more information

please come by the CETL

and see the link below:

http://youtu.be/MlI2_Rseut8

adam.townsend@life.edu

iPad Group Report: Tech in the classroom

The Apple iPad Group is fo-

cused on incorporating technol-

ogy into teaching and learning

and more specifically, using

iPads in the classroom to create

a more interactive environment

for both the instructor and the

student. The group has found a

few applications such as Doceri, Socrative, Dropbox, and Quizlet to be

beneficial. If you are interested in joining the Faculty iPad Group, would

like more information on technology in the classroom, or would like to

share an application for the iPad that you find beneficial, please contact

cetl@life.edu.