Faculty & Staff

Are your online students often surprised or overwhelmed by the idiosyncrasies of learning online? Do they arrive in your virtual classrooms with unrealistic expectations of workload and levels of interaction/participation? if so, join Dr. Susan Manning and Kevin Johnson, two online instructors and authors of the recently released book Online Education for Dummies, as they share ideas on how to develop courses around the idea of student expectations and success. In this two-hour event, we'll share ideas of how institutions, advising staff, departments, and instructors can better prepare students for transitioning to the online environment. Be smart and let the Dummies guide you. Hope to "see" you there!

AGENDA
9:30 AM - Coffee & Snacks
10:00 AM - Presentation
12:00 PM - Lunch w/Dummies (on your own - optional)

LOCATION: Culinary Arts Institute, Dogwood Hall, ICC North

RSVP: http://online4dummies.weebly.com/peoria-presentation-rsvp-42310.html 

In this series on teaching in the community college, each participant chooses his/her readings from the following: Creating Significant Learning Experiences, Faculty Focus Reports on Online Teaching or “Getting Results” Multimedia Modules

Recommended Participants:
All faculty are invited to study, participate and discuss teaching strategies for increasing student engagement, holding to high expectations, encouraging student preparedness and increasing student success.
REGISTER: tlc@icc.edu or 694-8908 by March 23

Participants meet for three discussions to share ideas and strategies.
This session is repeatable by simply choosing a different reading each time!

Meet these Tuesdays for discussions:
March 30, April 13, April 27
4:15 to 5:45 PM
All sessions will be in room 239A on the East Peoria Campus

Discussion sessions will focus on:
Creating A Community of Learners to Improve Retention
Strategies for Student Engagement and Active Learning
Assessment and Evaluation

Participants will share what they learn from their study and review of the selected resources. Blackboard will be used to supplement learning and discussion. The face-to-face discussion sessions are strongly encouraged but online discussions and assignments may be substituted to complete the “series option” for the ICC Adjunct Faculty Blueprint for Success. Full-time faculty may claim the series equivalent to 8 hours of learning towards “units”.

Facilitators
Janice Kinsinger,
Associate Dean, Instructional Innovation & Learning Resources
Patrice Hess,
Director of Organizational Learning

The Ways of Leadership Series is part of the 21st Century Leadership Series offered by the Professional Development Institute.  ICC personnel may be able to attend PDI workshops at a discounted rate when the workshop directly applies to the staff member’s job function and he/she has supervisory approval.

Plan to attend one, a few or all of the workshops.  All workshops at held in Perley 203 on the Downtown Campus.  All workshops occur on Thursdays from 1 to 4 PM.

Adaptive Leadership :: Thursday, March 11

Leading Teams :: Thursday, March 18

R-E-S-P-E-C-T :: Thursday, March 25

Over and Above Customer Service :: Thursday, April 1

How to request Organizational Learning funding and to register:
1. Individual sends an email to his/her supervisor with name, employee ID#, workshop name, date, time;
2. Supervisor approves and forwards email to Patrice Hess, phess@icc.edu, to request Organizational Learning funding;
3. Patrice forwards email to PDI for registration and authorization;
4. PDI works directly with the individual regarding workshop confirmation and logistics.

ICC has an account with Turnitin, the web-based paper-checking and plagiarism detection tool. Faculty may use Turnitin in many ways, from checking occasional papers to setting up classes for student submissions. To get ICC’s information to setup a new account, contact the TLC, tlc@icc.edu or 694-8908. Pam Dewey, coordinator of The Studio and Michelle Nielsen-Ott, librarian, will also share about The Studio and a plagiarism LibGuide linked to the ICC website.

REGISTER: tlc@icc.edu or 694-8908

East Peoria Campus
5:00-6:00 PM
Wednesday, March 10
The Studio, 238A

East Peoria Campus
3:00-4:00 PM
Thursday, March 25
The Studio, 238A

Learn how effective student note taking strategies can have a positive influence on teaching. Pat Pusey, Learning Lab Coordinator, will relate how lecture organization and content presentation can help students take good notes.

REGISTER: tlc@icc.edu or 694-8908

East Peoria Campus
3:00-4:00 PM
Wednesday, March 10
239A

East Peoria Campus
3:00-4:00 PM
Thursday, April 8
239A

This event has been updated.  The Tuesday event has been cancelled but there are still seats available in the Monday session. 

Audience: Hands-On Blackboard Learn is designed for faculty who are new to Blackboard or need a refresher on the basics. The Hands-On Blackboard Learn session or prior experience with Blackboard is a pre-requisite to all other sessions.

REGISTER: tlc@icc.edu or 694-8908; sessions with low enrollment subject to cancellation. Enrollment is limited to 24 participants for each session.

Monday, March 15 (Spring Break)
Technology Center Room 210
9:00-10:30 AM Hands-On Blackboard Learn
10:45-11:45 AM Grade Center Specifics
12:30-1:30 PM Discussion Boards/Groups
1:45-2:45 PM Assignments & Assessments

All personnel are invited to learn more about the ICC Blue Book and the True Blue Attitude Campaign. True Blue Attitude is relevant to all NEW PERSONNEL or personnel who did not previously participate in the True Blue Attitude Campaign. ICC personnel may participate in True Blue Attitude in one of two ways; online through discussions with others throughout the college or in-person with a manager. Choose one of the formats listed below to complete True Blue Attitude.

True Blue Attitude ONLINE (Begins Monday, March 8 and ends Wednesday, March 31)
Participants in the ONLINE True Blue Attitude will use Blackboard and engage in online discussions about the Blue Book. Register for the ONLINE True Blue Attitude and then receive instructions in email on how to begin and complete True Blue Attitude in Blackboard. Get assistance with using Blackboard and finishing True Blue Attitude from the Teaching and Learning Center, 240A on the East Peoria Campus (no prior Blackboard experience is required.)
REGISTER for the online option: tlc@icc.edu or 694-8908 before March 8

True Blue Attitude IN-PERSON (Begins Monday, March 8 and ends Friday, April 30)
Participants in the IN-PERSON True Blue Attitude will respond to a printed list of questions and discuss the questions and their responses with their supervisors. Following the meeting between the participant and the supervisor, the participant may submit a completed True Blue questionnaire, signed by the supervisor, to the Teaching and Learning Center.
To request the True Blue Attitude questionnaire, contact Patrice Hess at phess@icc.edu or 694-5295

Microsoft Office 2007
REGISTER for Microsoft Office 2007 sessions: tlc@icc.edu or 694-8908
Enrollment limited to 10 participants for each session.

PowerPoint Basics – Slide creation, formatting and slide show operations.
Audience: Participants with little or no prior experience in PowerPoint.
East Peoria Campus
3:00-4:00 PM
Tuesday, March 2
TLC, 240A

PowerPoint Q&A for Intermediate & Advanced Users – Open forum for questions and answers on functions in PowerPoint.
Audience: Participants with prior experience in PowerPoint.
East Peoria Campus
3:00-4:00 PM
Thursday, March 4
TLC, 240A

Outlook Basics – Sending, receiving and managing email messages, basic calendar features.
Audience: Participants with little or no prior experience in Outlook.
East Peoria Campus
1:00-2:00 PM
Friday, March 5
TLC, 240A

Word Basics – Document formatting, saving and printing.
Audience: Participants with little or no prior experience in Word.
East Peoria Campus
2:00-3:00 PM
Monday, March 8
TLC, 240A

Word Q&A for Intermediate & Advanced Users – Open forum for questions and answers on functions in Word.
Audience: Participants with prior experience in Word.
East Peoria Campus
4:30-5:30 PM
Tuesday, March 9
TLC, 240A

Excel Basics – Spreadsheet creation, basic formulas and printing.
Audience: Participants with little or no prior experience in Excel.
East Peoria Campus
1:00-2:00 PM
Tuesday, March 23
TLC, 240A

Excel Q&A for Intermediate & Advanced Users – Open forum for questions and answers on functions in Excel.
Audience: Participants with prior experience in Excel.
East Peoria Campus
1:00-2:00 PM
Friday, March 26
TLC, 240A 

Join your faculty colleagues for these discussion forums to share effective practices, ask questions and get ideas for use of Blackboard 9. A TLC co-facilitator will help capture ideas and questions from the session and in turn share it with the Blackboard instructor user community.

REGISTER: Drop-in, no registration required

Wednesday, March 3 8:30-9:30 AM
Doug Peterson, Business and Information Systems
EP Campus TLC, 240A

Wednesday, March 3 1:00-2:00 PM
Ann Mitzelfelt, Business and Information Systems
EP Campus TLC, 240A

Thursday, March 4 2:00-3:00 PM
Jen Hopp, English and Language Studies
EP Campus, 306A

Friday, March 5 9:00-10:00 AM
Heath Careers Faculty
Downtown Campus, Thomas 02

Friday, March 12 9:00-10:00 AM
Cheryl Lambrecht, Health Careers
Downtown Campus, Thomas 02

Wednesday, March 24 11:00 AM-12noon
Chuck Caudill, Public Services, English & Language Studies and Joni Gilbertson, Social Sciences
ICC North, Birch 8

If you reserve rooms for scheduling events or meetings on any of ICC's three campuses, you need to attend iSpace training sessions to learn how to use the system. iSpace is the system that schedules events and resources at all ICC campus locations. (You may have heard this referred to as Resource 25 or R25... at ICC, now it's called iSpace.) All events and related resources (room set-up, including room arrangement and requesting tables, chairs, flip charts, table skirts; food service; etc.) are now scheduled through the iSpace system.

REGISTER: asmith@icc.edu (Alaina Smith)

For training at the Downtown and North Campuses, please contact Alaina Smith at 694- 5522 or asmith@icc.edu

All sessions held in the Teaching and Learning Center, 240A on the East Peoria Campus

Thursday, January 28 - 2:30 - 4 p.m.

Thursday, February 25 - 2:30 - 4 p.m.

Thursday, March 25 - 10 - 11:30  a.m.

Thursday, April 22 - 2:30 - 4 p.m.

Thursday, May 27 - 10 - 11:30 a.m.

Interesting in sharing a useful web resource with your students? Michelle Nielsen Ott in the library has prepared a LibGuide on Avoiding Plagiarism.  Visit this link to review the guide: http://libguides.icc.edu/plagiarism

Interested in learning more about LibGuides or plagiarism? Contact Michelle at michelle.nielsenott@icc.edu or visit the East Peoria Library.

The comprehensive Spring 2010 Organizational Learning/TLC Events calendar has been published! This document lists many of the events to be offered during the spring semester.  Events are added, as well, so be sure to check the weekly email reminder for updates!

Printed copies will not be distributed; you may view or print the calendar from the links provided.

To view the comprehensive spring calendar, go directly to: http://icc.edu/innovation/PDFS/ORGLEARN_Spring2010.pdf  

Or, go to the Instructional Innovation website: www.icc.edu/innovation and click on the link to Spring 2010 Organizational Learning/TLC Events.

These free workshops are open to ICC students and employees. The workshops are offered by the Advisement and Counseling department on various days from March through May.
• Job Loss
• Career Exploration
• Resume and Interview
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: Appreciating Yourself and Others
• Stress Management

Visit this link: http://icc.edu/advisementCounselingTesting/careerServices_careerWorkshops.asp or from www.icc.edu, go to Advisement, Counseling & Testing > Career Services > Career Workshops

Need to see the “big picture” to keep on track with teaching, learning, assessment and evaluation? Reference this visual timeline for suggestions for what to do on the first day, within the first week, before the first half and throughout the semester.

Go directly to: http://icc.edu/innovation/PDFS/teaching/The_Timeline_Term.pdf  
Or, go to www.icc.edu/innovation > Instructional Resources > Teaching & Learning Resources > Business of Teaching

Have questions? Contact the Teaching and Learning Center for assistance, tlc@icc.edu or 694-8908

Anh Strow, Program Coordinator for Clinical Laboratory Technician, has brochures available which describe the role of a Clinical Laboratory Technician (CLT). To help students learn more about this profession, contact Anh at astrow@icc.edu or visit the program website at: http://www.icc.edu/healthCareers/clinicalLaboratoryTechnician.asp for more information.

Kathy Witmer provides telephone training in basic phone and voicemail operation every first Wednesday of the month in the Teaching and Learning Center. Participants will see demonstrations of phone and voicemail functions in a small group and receive instructional handouts to take back to their desks.

The instructional handouts are also linked to the Personnel Resources page of the Instructional Innovation website: http://www.icc.edu/innovation/iiResources/personnelResources.asp (change the drop down box to Technology Systems to find these instructions and more!)

REGISTER: tlc@icc.edu or 694-8908; sessions with low or no enrollment are subject to cancellation

Maximum enrollment is 8 participants

All sessions are held in the Teaching and Learning Center, 240A on the East Peoria Campus

All sessions run from 9:00 am to 10:00 am

Wednesday, March 3
Wednesday, April 7
Wednesday, May 5
Wednesday, June 2

For further information about phone equipment and systems contact Kathy Witmer at kwitmer@icc.edu  or 694-8509

Nearly 100 of your education colleagues are proud to present the 2010 International Online Conference (IOC) for Teaching and Learning. Please join us online for our 8th annual event on March 17-19, 2010.

Click here to register now:
http://www.internationalonlineconference.org/  

Support your fellow members in the education community as they share some incredible work. The complete IOC 2010 program will feature over 75 presentations including 25 live interactive sessions. Keynote and featured speakers include:

- Dr. Marc Brackett, Yale University Research Scientist, will share how fostering emotionally literate classrooms, courses and work environments can improve instructional outcomes.

- Nancy White, an internationally recognized online interaction designer, leads a provocative talk on whether the idea of using the social structure of "community" for learning really belongs at center stage, where so many have been placing it.

- Anita Crawley, an instructor with the Illinois Online Network, will facilitate a lively discussion on "Retaining Online Students" and helping learners online make connections outside the virtual classroom.

For more information on the conference and registration - including low group rates - visit: http://www.internationalonlineconference.org  

If you have questions, please contact us at info@learningtimes.net

The Eureka College Organizational Leadership program is designed to prepare students to assume management-focused leadership positions at organizations in both the public and private sectors.

The Organizational Leadership Program is offered as a cohort. Students start and complete this program as a member of a cohort (determined by the start date in the program). Each course for the Organizational Leadership cohort is offered in alternating, intensive weekends for approximately 20 months (or 5 semesters). 

Due to the short duration, the courses have been put into an accelerated format, although individuals are only taking one course at a time. Courses are delivered during the weekends, from 5:30 to 9:30 pm on Fridays and 8 am to 5 pm on Saturdays. Snacks and meals are provided.

For more information, visit: http://www.eureka.edu/lifelonglearn/orglead/orglead.htm