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  Explore new teaching practices through sessions on Blackboard, Scholar, ePortfolio, student response systems, student culture, podcasting, blogs, motivation, evaluation, and distributed learning systems.
 Course Management Systems
  Scholar
  2009 The most current materials, handouts, and how-to's are located within the FDI Workshop Demo Course.

Here's how anyone with VT PID or Scholar site guest access can join the FDI Workshop Demo Course site:
  1. Log into Scholar at http://learn.vt.edu/
  2. In the left column of your My Workspace, click Membership.
  3. In the menu bar at the top of the screen, click Joinable Sites.
  4. Scroll through the list of publicly joinable sites, or search for the site, "FDI Workshop Demo Course", by entering the course name in the search field at the top of the screen and clicking Search.
  5. Under the title of the site you want to join, click Join.
  6. Click My Current Sites at the top of the page.
  7. Confirm that the site you joined appears in your list of current sites.
  8. Navigate to the Resources folder within the FDI Workshop Demo Course for Scholar documentation.
  2008 See Above ^
  2007 Fall
Scholar Overview (PDF)

Spring
Scholar Overview (PDF)
Using Scholar in IDST 1114 (PDF)
  2005 Comparison between Scholar and Blackboard (PDF)
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  ePortfolio
  2008 Spring
• Presentation files (PDF): Handout
ePortfolio Design and Planning Document (PDF)
  2007 Fall
• Presentation files (PDF): Handout
ePortfolio Design and Planning Document (PDF)

Spring
• Presentation files (PDF): Fullscreen | Handout
ePortfolio Design and Planning Document (PDF)
Getting Started with ePortfolio (PDF)
  2005 ePortfolio Short Course Page with Links to the ePortfolio@VT Site (PDF)
  2004
Spring
"Teaching and Learning with Portfolio" Presentation (PDF)
"Teaching and Learning with Portfolio" Handout (PDF)
Weblinks for "Teaching and Learning with Portfolio" (PDF)
VTPortfolio-Get Started (PDF)
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  Blackboard
  2008 Fall
(VT OCS) Blackboard 8 Instructor's Guide (PDF)
Rubric for Online Instruction (PDF) Borrowed with permission from the Technology Learning Program at California State University, Chico
Blackboard Quick Start Guides:
Collaboration (PDF)
Creating Course Content (PDF)
Keeping Students Informed (PDF)
Measuring Student Performance (PDF)
Organizing Your Course (PDF)
Presenting Content (PDF)
Reusing and Reorganizing Courses (PDF)
Universal Design (PDF)
  2007 Fall
Blackboard 7.1: Instructor's Guide Handout (PDF)

Spring
• Presentation files (PDF): Fullscreen
  2006 Blackboard 6.1 Handout (PDF)
  2005 Blackboard 6 Handout (PDF)
  2003 Blackboard Logon Document (PDF)
  2002 Blackboard 5 All (PDF)
Blackboard 5 Intro (PDF)
Blackboard Checklist (PDF)
Blackboard Logon (PDF)
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 Emerging Technologies
  Concept Mapping
  2007

Spring
Concept Maps: Using Concept Mapping Software to Teach Complex Concepts Handout (PDF)
FDI Concept Map Workshop: A Concept Map Tool for Drawing and Grading Handout (PDF)
Assessing the impact of using concept mapping with introductory biology students (PDF)

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  Google Tools
  2008 Fall
• Presentation files (PDF): Fullscreen | Handout
A Few Emerging Ideas (PDF)
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  Google & Yahoo! Tools
  2008 Spring
• Presentation files (PDF): Fullscreen | Handout
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  Microsoft OneNote
  2007 Fall
Microsoft OneNote Product Guide (PDF)
Microsoft OneNote Tips & Tricks (PDF)
  2006 Fall
Microsoft OneNote Presentation (PDF)
  2005 Microsoft OneNote: Effective Information Management - Hands-on Activity Guide (DOC)
Microsoft OneNote Presentation (PPT)
OneNote Quick Reference List (DOC)
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  Online Student Ratings of Instruction Tool
  2008 Spring
Access Authorization Form (PDF)
Assigning the Evaluation Instructions (PDF)
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  Social Networking
  2008 Spring
The Information Age Mindset (PDF)
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  Second Life
  2008 Fall
A Quick Guide to Second Life (PDF)
Second Life Presentation (PDF)
Uses for Second Life (PDF)
Second Life Terms of Use (TXT)

Spring
A Quick Guide to Second Life (PDF)
Second Life Presentation (PDF)
Uses for Second Life (PDF)
Second Life Terms of Use (TXT)
  2007 Fall
A Quick Guide to Second Life (PDF)
Second Life Presentation (PDF)
Uses for Second Life (PDF)
Second Life Terms of Use (PDF)
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  Student Response Systems ("Clickers")
  2008 Fall
• Presentation files (PDF): Handout
7 Things to Know About Clickers (PDF)
Clickers in the Classroom (PDF)
NAVY CPS Study (PDF)
Student Response Systems: A University of Wisconsin System Study of Clickers (PDF)
  2007 Spring
• Presentation files (PDF): Fullscreen | Handout
• Gary Long's Presentation files (PDF): Fullscreen | Handout
Clicker Pricing Model (PDF)
HeRF Comparison (PDF)
NAVY CPS Study (PDF)
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  TabletPC
  2005 "TabletPC in the Classroom" Presentation (PDF)
"TabletPC in the Classroom" Hands-on Guide (PDF)
"TabletPC in the Classroom" Basics (PDF)
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  Visualization and Research Computing
  2008 Fall
Web Folder (ZIP)
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  Wiki
  2008 How To Use a Wiki in Education: Wiki-Based Effective Constructive Learning (PDF)
Wiki Grading Rubric (PDF)
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 Distributed and Distance Learning
  Adobe Presenter
  2008 Fall
Adobe Presenter Tutorial (PDF)
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  Camtasia Studio - Creating Effective Video Tutorials
  2008 Fall
Camtasia Tutorial (PDF)
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  Centra 7.5 - Real Time Online Communication
  2008 Fall
Centra 7.5 (PDF)
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  Macromedia Breeze
  2005 Presentation Sample File-"eLearning @ Virginia Tech: A Holistic Approach to eLearning" (.PPT)
Presentation Sample File-Gold (.PPT)
Presentation Sample File-Red (.PPT)
Presentation Sample File-Green (.PPT)
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  Online Interaction
  2005 Online Course Design (PDF)
Distance Learning with IDDL at a Glance (PDF)
FDI Online Instruction Scenario (PDF)
How Interactive Are Your Distance Courses (PDF)
Save Yourself from Drowning in Online Interaction (PDF)
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 Others
  Connecting With Students Through Online Interaction
  2008 Fall
5 Common Fears About Teaching Online - Fact vs. Fiction (PDF)
Course Design (PDF)
How Interactive is YOUR Distance Course (PDF)
Online Instruction Scenario (PDF)
Save Yourself from Drowning in Online Interaction (PDF)
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  Evaluating the Use of Technology in Your Courses
  2007 Spring
"Evaluating the Use of Evaluating the Use of Technology" Presentation (PDF)
"Evaluating the Use of Evaluating the Use of Technology" Handout (PDF)
Formative and Summative Evaluation Examples (PDF)
Media Attributes (PDF)
Self Assessment Statements (PDF)
Students' Reaction to Technology as a Teaching-Learning Tool (PDF)
Technology Evaluation Worksheet (PDF)
A Directed "Clicker" Case Study on DNA Fingerprinting by Peggy Brickman (PDF)
Introducing Case Study Teaching Into Large Classrooms by Clyde Freeman Herreid (PDF)
The Learning Environment in Clicker Classrooms by April R. Trees and Michele H. Jackson (PDF)
The Personal Response System as a Teaching Aid by M. Scott Barrett, Susan E. Bornsen, Sheri L. Erickson,Vern Markey and Kerri Spiering (PDF)
  Faculty Inquiry Group: Learner-Centered Teaching with Technology
  2008 Spring
Learner-Centered Teaching - 2006 VT CIRP Profile (PDF)
Learner-Centered Teaching - 2007 VT CIRP Profile (PDF)
Learner-Centered Teaching - Overview (PDF)
Learner-Centered Teaching - First Meeting (PDF)
Learner-Centered Teaching - First Meeting Handout (PDF)
Learner-Centered Teaching - Second Meeting Presentation (PDF)
Learner-Centered Teaching - Second Meeting Handout (PDF)
Learner-Centered Teaching - Second Meeting - Learner Skills Worksheet (PDF)
Learner-Centered Teaching - Third Meeting Discussuion Prompts (PDF)
Learner-Centered Teaching - Fourth Meeting Discussion Prompts (PDF)
  2007 Spring
Attention, Relevance, Confidence, & Satisfaction (PDF)
ARCS Strategies (PDF)
Rubric for Assessing Rubrics (PDF)
Group Research Collaboration Rubric (PDF)
Motivating Your Students (PDF)
Related Web Links (PDF)
Rubric Development (PDF)
Mark Prensky's Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants (PDF)
Mark Prensky's Do They Really Think Differently? (PDF)
  2006 Attention, Relevance, Confidence, & Satisfaction (PDF)
ARCS Strategies (PDF)
Rubric for Assessing Rubrics (PDF)
Group Research Collaboration Rubric (PDF)
Motivating Your Students (PDF)
Related Web Links (PDF)
Rubric Development (PDF)
  2005 Attention, Relevance, Confidence, & Satisfaction (PDF)
ARCS Strategies (PDF)
Gagne's Events of Instruction (PDF)
How Technologies Foster Learning (PDF)
Motivating Your Students (PDF)
Related Web Links (PDF)
Rubric Development (Word .doc)
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  Instructional Design
  2004
Spring
Design for Learning Chart (PDF)
Mindset-Readings (PDF)
Paradigm Shift (PDF)
Retention Rates of Teaching with Different Media (PDF)
Track G notes (PDF)
   
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