Author: Dr Donna T Petherbridge

Dec 20, 2010

Teaching Strategies for Online Group Work

As an online instructor, working with groups presents a special challenge. Problems in working with online groups are not unique, and concerns about working with student groups in both face-to-face and online environments are certainly expressed to me by other faculty. While difficult to manage at times, I am a big believer in teaming students for certain assignments, because the ability to collaborate with others and the inevitable collaboration and project management experience that comes in working with multiple individuals on an assignment are skills as valuable as the other content that students will take away from my course. 

Nov 6, 2010

SLOAN-C Conference Wrap-up

On Wednesday, November 3, I found myself at the RDU airport at 6:15am (not sure how I got there, it was early!) going through security and then waiting for my flight to Orlando on my way to the 16th annual SLOAN-C conference. After an uneventful flight (my favorite kind), and a shuttle to the hotel,… 

Oct 16, 2010

Reflections on Educause 2010

A number of colleagues (and myself!) attended the Educause conference (which focuses on Information Technology and Higher Education) in Anaheim, CA, the week of October 12. I enjoy the opportunity to attend this conference when I can because I find that the sessions tend to be around the larger, strategic issues that higher education faces… 

Oct 13, 2010

Office of Faculty Development sponsors “Thank a teacher” program

Am passing this on from my colleagues in the Office of Faculty Development – love this idea! In order to provide NC State students a way to express appreciation to faculty who have impacted their university experience in a positive way, the Office of Faculty Development (OFD) is implementing a “Thank a Teacher” Program. Through this… 

Sep 9, 2010

Office of Faculty Development call for participation in fall reading circles

I am passing along this information from my colleagues in the Office of Faculty Development. Are you interested in exploring how teaching might facilitate more and better learning? Or in investigating what teachers can do in order to maximize learning for their students? If so, join your colleagues in discussing these and related issues in… 

Aug 13, 2010

NC State University Learning Management System (LMS) update

Contributions from: Dr. Donna Petherbridge, Dr. Martin Dulberg, Stacy Gant, Greg Kraus, David Howard, Jeff Webster, Laura Stephenson, Bill Hicks & Daniel L’Hommedieu Gearing up for another academic year while continuing our LMS transition from Blackboard Vista to Moodle, and moving toward a single point of entry (WolfWare) for our enterprise-level, Web-based instructional systems has… 

May 12, 2010

Upcoming and Available DELTA RFPs in support of Distance Education and On-Campus Courses

DELTA currently has three different Grant programs that support NC State Distance Education programs, individual course development and traditional, large enrollment courses. Read more to see if pursuing a grant through these programs is right for you! 

Apr 21, 2010

TLT Group’s Friday Live Webinar

The TLT Group’s Friday Live Webinar on Friday, April 23 at 2:00 pm will feature a presentation given at the Lilly South Conference by UNCG’s Jane Harris and Bonnie Canziani. The webinar is free and you can register at http://www.tltgroup.org/. Presentation info as follows: A Criteria-Driven Approach for Selecting Instructional Technologies Identifying instructional technologies that… 

Apr 1, 2010

Lecture Capture – Annotated Bibliography

I recently worked on an annotated bibliography on lecture capture, as part of work I’ve done in partnership with others. I thought I would share in case others are interested. The introduction (overall highlights) from the annotated bibliography follows. (Please feel free to email me if you would like a copy of the full version… 

Mar 4, 2010

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Institute Offered

Our colleagues in the Office of Faculty Development would like to announce their first Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Summer Institute. This institute will provide an opportunity for NC State faculty to work collaboratively with peers and develop research projects focusing on teaching and learning. The SoTL Institute will meet for five days over the…