Fall 2012 Tech Talk Series Open for Registration.
All workshops are free and lunch is provided!
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Blackboard Exemplary Course Presentations
Presenters: Monika Hudson, SOM; Brad Washington, ESL
Tuesday, October 16th, 12:00-1:00pm
Location: CIT Lab, room 10, School of Education
Join us in the CIT to see presentations from the winning submissions of the Blackboard Exemplary Course Program. Monika Hudson (SOM) and Brad Washington (ESL) will share their exemplary courses during the hour-long presentation.
CourseSmart e-Textbooks
Presenters: John Schuman, Sr. Solutions Architect, and Farah Bakkar, Account Manager, CourseSmart.
Wednesday, October 24, 12:00-1:00pm
Location: CIT Lab, room 10, School of Education
Representatives from CourseSmart will be on hand to talk about and demo their selection of eTextbooks and digital course materials. CourseSmart is the leader in eTextboook availability and can save students money, up to 60% off the price of a print textbook. Learn about the many benefits for faculty, which includes access to a vast library of evaluation eTextbooks.
Teaching Online 
Presenters: Stan Buller (SOM), Lisa Gifford (SON), Shelwyn Corrigan (ESL), Xavier Gomez (CIT)
Tuesday, October 30, 12:00-1:00pm
Location: CIT Lab, room 10, School of Education
Hear from faculty who have taught in USF's Online programs in the School of Nursing and School of Management about their experiences teaching online for the first time. Learn from their experiences converting a face-to-face class to online, working with instructional designers to develop their course, learning how to teach online, and teaching students at a distance. Hear from USF's instructional designer, Xavier Gomez, and ESL instructor, Shelwyn Corrigan, about their process for developing the first course in the TESOL Online program being launched in January 2013.
NVivo
Presenter: Stacy Penna, Business Development Manager
Tuesday, October 30, 10:00-11:00am
Location: CIT Lab, room 10, School of Education
NVivo 10 Demonstration that will show how the software supports qualitative and mixed methods research, as well as supports robust literature review writing. The complimentary demonstration will be approximately 1 hour long and will cover:
- Collecting and importing data
- Organizing, classifying and coding your data
- Adding your interpretations and notes
- Querying and searching your data
- Visualizing with models, maps, and graphs
- Sharing your findings
Previous Tech Talks
Is Twitter for the Birds? How to Use it meaningfully Without Wasting Your Life. Tracy Seeley, Professor, English Thursday, February 16th, 12:00-1:00pm.
Using Social Media in Education, Charlene Lobo Soriano, Associate Director of Academic Support Services; Shawn Calhoun (Associate Librarian, Gleeson Library); Ivy Gaysornmas (USF Graduate student, Digital Media and Learning)
Vodcast Link | Podcast Link
Electronic and Interactive Textbooks from Inkling, Inkling Staff
Vodcast Link | Podcast Link
Echo360 Lecture and Personal Capture, Wright, Assistant Professor, School of Management; John Bansavich and Ken Yoshioka (CIT Staff)
Vodcast Link | Podcast Link
Overview of the iPad , Dane Riley, Apple Higher Ed System Engineer
iPod and iPod Touch in Higher Education, Dane Riley, Apple Higher Ed System Engineer
Google Docs for Collaboration and Communication, Steve Morris, BPS
Mobile Student Response System: Interactive and Engaged Student Learning, Elissa Shaner, Turning Technologies
Flip Video in Education, Matthew Mitchell, SOE
Just-in-time Audio for Effective Student Learning, Susan Prion, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing and Mathew Mitchell, Professor, School of Education
Second Life, Jean Hewlett, Regional Librarian at the USF North Bay Regional Campus
Blogging 101, David Silver, Assistant Professor, Media Studies
Social Networking, JP Allen, Associate Professor, SOBAM
