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Wednesday, October 29 |
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5 Ways Technology Can Save Faculty Time
- How to automate certain kinds of feedback.
- Using online FAQs to reduce your email.
- Using online rubrics to accelerate the assessment process.
- Using peer-review for feedback.
- Using Learning Object repositorie
— Mark Morton, University of Waterloo, Ontario
Student Engagement
Techniques that Save
Instructor Time
Engaging your learners in
creating, leading and even
evaluating classroom activities
is not only good pedagogy, it
saves instructor time. Take
away the top techniques from
the co-author of the book on
engaging learners.
— Rita-Marie Conrad, North Carolina
State University, Tallahassee “Efficient
Homework Management”
Managing and correcting
homework from large classes or
concurrent, multiple courses
can be a source of unnecessary
stress. The old way you
handled paper and pencil
homework corrections can
be improved by making the
digital format work for you.
— Bruce Jones
Save time grading papers and
homework
Grading papers and homework
tends to be easier to do
online. It takes less time than
hand-grading. In addition,
you can provide your students
with more feedback this way.
Find out how to maximize
your grading time online in
this session!
— Mary Dereshiwsky, Northern
Arizona University, Flagstaff.
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How Generations Use Time
Differently
Generations perceive and use
time differently. Boomers, Gen
Xers, and Gen Y
all use time
differently.
Discover how
your students
and faculty in
other generations
value and spend
their time. Then
find out the techniques they
use to save time.
— Julie Coates, Learning
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Thursday, October 30
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Electronic Portfolios,
enhancing interactions
between students and
teachers
Boost the problem solving
guidance your students get
while conserving your time.
Systemize and track your email
interactions with students to
give them frequent and consistent
responses to enhance their
learning.
— Michael Fried, University of
California, Irvine
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Making
Meetings Work
You’re likely to
spend more than
9,000 hours of
your life —
nearly a whole
year — in meetings.
Stop wasting time and
start running meetings that
matter. Increase productivity
up to 15%.
— Julia King Tamang, University
of Oregon, Portland |
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Making Your Office Time
More Productive
The top 5 techniques to make
your office time more productive
and save time. Take away
tips on reducing interruptions,
communicating in less time,
and getting more done in less
time.
— William A. Draves, Learning
Resources Network
Time-saving tips on your
Scholarly Productivity
Squeezing scholarship into an
already full teaching workload
is quite a challenge. How to
apply your other faculty responsibilities
to papers and
presentations that will count
for your scholarship. Come and
share your time-tested tips too!
— Mary Dereshiwsky, Northern
Arizona University, Flagstaff |
Lifestyle Changes, Big-Time
Savers
You, like most others, waste at
least 3 hours a
day. That’s 25%
of your day.
Discover the big
lifestyle changes
people are making
to get back
that valuable
time. Create more
personal, family
and fun time for yourself!
— William A. Draves, coauthor,
Nine Shift: Work, life and
education in the 21st century |
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Your Time-Saving Tips
Post your time saving tip in the
online conference, and you
may win a valuable prize! The
top ten time saving tips will
win gifts from LERN. Share
one idea, take away another 19
tips from your colleagues.
Open Discussion
A time and place to discuss
saving faculty time with your
colleagues. Open to any topic,
participate as little or as much
as you like. A chance to network
with your colleagues. |
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