From Your Desktop: Starlink Professional Development Programming

Issue: #7 February, 2010       STARLINK NOW! Take Our Programming Satisfaction Survey Join us on FB and Check out our Post & Teaching Tips on FB & Youtube. Share with Friends & Colleagues too! We look forward to have you as a friend on Facebook! View our pics on Facebook from the Chili Cook_Off   MONTHLY VIDEO HIGHLIGHT "Strategies from the Front Line: Best Practices from Hybrid Instructors"   QUICK LINKS STARLINKS Website   Video Library Archived Programs Members Only! Case Sensitive Password 2educ8   Membership **February Teaching Tip**     COMING MARCH 2010.... Leadership & Success - Bertice Berry "Change, Transformation, & Self-esteem"     NEW PROGRAMMING "Utilizing Web 2.0 Apps to Enhance Teaching & learning" January 25 - EXTENDED! February 15, 2010 * (60 minutes) 24/7 via the Internet at www.starlinktraining.org  Web 2.0 and social networking tools are typically used for extracurricular enjoyment, but this workshop demonstrates ways they can be used in the learning environment as well. Specialists in a variety of disciplines will share techniques you can begin to implement immediately. PRESENTERS: Dr. Curtis J. Bonk Professor of Instructional Systems Technology, Adjunct School of Informatics School of Education, Indiana University Roger Lee Boston Rockwell Endowment Chair, Associate Chair, Southeast Houston Community College Alexandra M. Pickett Associate Director of SUNY Learning Network Albany, New York Marketing material link: http://www.starlinktraining.org/flyers2010/Flyer0125.pdf (Click on Marketing Material) Case Sensitive Password: wwwapps Resource Packet (loaded with a wealth of helpful information): http://www.starlinktraining.org/Packets2010/packet125.pdf (Link will be available morning of January 25, 2010)   This program uses Window Media Player and can be accessed the morning of January 25th from our homepage at www.starlinktraining.org (Click below "WEBCAST" on the right side of the homepage.)     Leadership and Success Series "Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion" February 8 - February 22, 2010 * (60 minutes) 24/7 via the Internet at www.starlinktraining.org    His books Influence: Science and Practice and Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion are the result of years of study into the reasons that people comply with requests in business and other settings. Together,they have sold over a million copies and have been translated into twenty languages. They consistently rank among the top selling books on Amazon.com. Influence has been listed on the New York Times Business Best Seller List. Fortune Magazine lists Influence in their "75 Smartest Business Books."    http://www.influenceatwork.com/CialdiniBiography.html   Marketing material link: http://www.starlinktraining.org/Flyers2010/Flyer0208.pdf (Click on Marketing Material) Case Sensitive Password: psych Resource Packet: Resource packets are not available for Leadership and Success programs.   **Reminder: This program is produced by The National Society of Leadership and Success therefore this program cannot be recorded but is available 24/7 for two weeks via the Internet.  Contractual restrictions do not allow STARLINK to provide you with a DVD for the Success and Leadership programs. No DVD's will be mailed.    This program uses Window Media Player and can be accessed the morning of February 8th from our homepage at www.starlinktraining.org (Click below "WEBCAST" on the right side of the homepage.)     MONTHLY FEATURED VIDEO (February) "Strategies from the Front Line: Best Practices from Hybrid Instructors" * (60 minutes) available 24/7 via Starlink's homepage the entire month of February   More practical and successful strategies for faculty on how to blend face-to-face with online instruction. Topics include: Blended learning problems and solutions Best practices for chemistry courses in a hybrid format Course design strategies Building virtual teamwork skills Addressing highly visual content or difficult discussion topics Fostering student ownership over their own learning in a blended format   PRESENTER: Dr. Curtis J. Bonk Professor of Instructional Systems Technology, Adjunct School of Informatics School of Education, Indiana University   Deepa Godambe Associate Professor of Chemistry & Faculty, Coordinator, Department of Instructional Technology, William Rainey Harper College   Dr. Jim Hurrell Professor and Director, Veterinary Technology Delgado Community College, New Orleans, LA   Jennifer Limon Clinical Coordinator and Instructor, Allied Health     CLICK HERE FOR RESOURCE PACKET Case Sensitive Password for access: 2educ8 All times are approximate Check our website for ongoing STARLINK programs that are also available via our Library. Remember this newsletter contains members only password information. Please do not disseminate outside of your college community. STARLINK broadcasts, videotapes/DVD's, and streaming videos are copyrighted and intended solely for use by employees of member and licensed institutions. 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