SIWI 2009: Greennovation: New Perspectives in Teaching and Learning
(Tuesday, August 18th - Friday, August 21st)

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For Returning Teaching Assistants: Click Here

Almost 10 years into the 21st century, the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL) is taking a fresh look at strategies for using innovation to encourage sustainable practices in teaching and learning.

CITL’s 2009 Summer Intensive Workshop Institute (SIWI) offers faculty an up-close and hands-on look to create a sustainable and innovative 21st century teaching and learning environment. SIWI 2009 offers faculty the opportunity to not only engage with instructional technologies currently in use at GW, but also to become aware of emerging tools and concepts through a series of interactive workshops. These workshops offer opportunities for faculty to engage in scenario-based problem-solving activities as well as guided how-to instruction.

Following is the overall breakdown of SIWI 2009. Faculty can register to attend all or a single day.

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The program will include:

Day 1

Tuesday, August 18th (9:00am-2:30pm)

Time	Activity	Location
9:00-9:30am	Welcome, Coffee & Staff Introduction	Gelman B06
9:30 - 10:30am	Cost Savings Through Creative Online Resources Help illustrate and enhance your students’ learning experience.	Gelman B06
10:40am – 12:15pm Breakout 1:	(Choose Breakout Session) Accessible, Sustainable: Maximizing Blackboard Basics How the basics of Blackboard form the foundation for a sustainable and accessible course.	Gelman B06
Breakout 2:	The Paperless Trail for Documenting Student Assessment: Advanced Features in Blackboard How to implement efficient assessment strategies in Blackboard to capture student learning outcomes.	Rome B103
12:20 – 12:50pm	Lunch	Gelman B06
1:00 – 2:30pm	Multiway Communication: Building and Sustaining Student Interaction How to establish an interactive online session by picking and using the right tool.	Gelman B06

Day 2

Wednesday, August 19th (9:00am-3:00pm)

Time	Activity
9:00 – 9:30am	Welcome & Coffee	Gelman B06
9:30 – 10:45am	Greater Course Efficiency: Using the Students' Google Tools for Teaching and Learning Raise awareness to the current state of social calendaring and its uses within courses, the document sharing options, as well as the collaborative writing tools.	Gelman B06
10:45-11:45am	Elluminate Live! Explore the audio and video capabilities of this virtual classroom scheduled through Blackboard	Gelman B06
11:45am -12:15pm	Sustainability Efforts @ GW	Gelman B06
12:20– 12:50pm	Lunch	Gelman B06
1:00-2:30pm Breakout 1:	(Choose Breakout Session) Teaching with Audio Guide participants through audio creation and editing for use in Blackboard and PowerPoint.	Rome B103
Breakout 2:	ePortfolios: Tracking Student Development Over Time and Online	Gelman B06
2:30 - 3:00pm	Tour of CITL’s Teaching Studio (optional)	Rome B103

Day 3

Thursday, August 20 (9:00am-2:30pm)

Time	Activity
9-9:30am	Welcome & Coffee	Gelman B06
9:30-11:30am Breakout 1:	(Choose Breakout Session) Teaching with Video Learn to use existing video sources and self-recorded video to enrich your courses.	Gelman B06
Breakout 2:	The Paperless Trail for Documenting Student Assessment: Advanced Features in Blackboard How to implement efficient assessment strategies in Blackboard to capture student learning outcomes.	Rome B103
11:30am -12:15pm	Mobile Learning: How Green is Too Green? New technology's impact on the academy.	Gelman B06
12:20 - 12:50pm	Lunch & Interactive Media: A Show and Tell	Gelman B06
1:00 – 2:30pm	Teaching with Visuals and Animation Go from an average PowerPoint user to the next level of slideshow prowess.	Gelman B06

Day 4 (For faculty new to the University)

Friday, August 21 (9:00am-3:30pm)

Time	Activity	Location
8:30-9:00am	Welcome, Coffee & Staff Introduction	Gelman B06
9:00am – 10:15am	(Choose Breakout Session) Accessible, Sustainable: Maximizing Blackboard Basics How the basics of Blackboard form the foundation for a sustainable and accessible course.	Gelman B06
10:15am - 12:00pm	The Paperless Trail for Documenting Student Assessment: Advanced Features in Blackboard How to implement efficient assessment strategies in Blackboard to capture student learning outcomes.	Rome B103
12:00 – 12:45pm	Lunch and Refworks Demo	Gelman 207
1:00 – 1:45pm	Enhance your prsentation skills: You don’t have to be in theatre to capture your audience!	Gelman 207
1:45 – 3:00pm	Teaching and Learning at GW: Faculty Panel	Gelman 207

Day 4 (for Returning Teaching Assistants)