TGIF: Happy Thanksgiving

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Thirteenth issue, Volume Seven	TLT Group TGIF 11.26.2013
From Group World Headquarters	Happy Thanksgiving from the TLT Group Some thoughts about Thanksgiving and Community from the TLT Group. We are especially thankful for the many volunteers who make the work of the TLT Group possible. We hope you will join us next week, events listed below. See complete list of events here
	More from the TLT-SWG Blog http://tlt-swg.blogspot.com/ 4 ways improve higher ed teaching/learning: Better than nothing? FridayLive! Intervu Tom Angelo 2pmET 11/22 tlt.gs/frlv free online #TLTGfrlv
	Members Exchange: Seven Futures of American Education - Implementing an Improvement Project December 4, 2014 3:00 pm Eastern Time Leaders: John Sener and John Prusch, Steve Gilbert, Beth Dailey, and others Register Here John Sener, author of Seven Futures of American Education, will talk with John Prusch, Director of Online Learning Design and Technologies at Excelsior College, about the improvement project he created as a result of the Seven Futures schMOOC. Lessons learned will be applied to version 2 which begins in January __________________________________ Our Members Exchange sessions are usually free to TLT Group Individual Members, but this one is available to TOL4B registrants and planners. To take advantage of future TLT Member Only Events, a special discount is being offered to TOL4B registrants, see information below. Go to http://tltgroup.roundtablelive.org/Individual Select Individual Member and enter TOL4B as the discount code when prompted. Up-coming  Members Exchange schedule: December 11 Mentoring for/with Silver Cloudians December 18 Review, Respond and Shape Members Exchange
	FridayLive! "To MOOC or Not to MOOC? Is that the question?" Implications for successful experienced faculty Including Reviewing TOL4B1 and Planning 7Futures 2 and TOL4B2 December 6, 2013  2:00-3:00 pm ET - free to all.   Presenters: Steve Gilbert and Beth Dailey Register Here Up-coming  FridayLive! schedule: December 13 Live Online Breakout Rooms -Why? How? December 20 Review, Respond and Shape FridayLive!
MOOCs Round Five schMOOC Seven Futures of American Education v2.0 (7FschMOOCv2): Perspectives, Strategies, Plans January 17 - February 22, 2014 Presenters; Steve Gilbert and John Sener The central course communication site is located at  tlt.gs/7FschMOOCv2 (coming soon)     *schMOOC = somewhat connectivist, hypothetically Massively Open Online Course -- designed to capture the flexible and experimental nature of this course.	schMOOC Seven Futures of American Education v2.0 (7FschMOOCv2): Perspectives, Strategies, Plans January 17 - February 22, 2014 Presenters; Steve Gilbert and John Sener Register Here Description Get across the starting line! Seven Futures of American Education (7F) is designed to help those who work in higher education (faculty, administrators, other professional staff) increase their ability to create positive educational change by using the ideas in Seven Futures. Perspectives -- This schMOOC will present the Seven Futures perspective on improving educational quality. Participants will discuss these perspectives and compare them with their own personal perspectives. Participants will also identify where they stand on committing to quality improvement, and identify one or more issues they face in trying to improve educational quality. Strategies -- 7F will present and discuss a wide array of strategies for re-empowering learning and teaching, revitalizing the educational enterprise, and using online learning to improve education. Participants will select one or more quality improvement strategies that address their self-identified issues, based on a combination of Seven Futures and personal perspectives. Plans -- The course will enable participants to create the outline for an action plan for implementing one or more quality improvement strategies in their course, program, or institution. This schMOOC* is based the book The Seven Futures of American Education: Improving Learning & Teaching in a Screen-Captured World by John Sener.  We encourage participants to purchase a copy of the book to help prepare, but participants can take this course without having or using the book. This schMOOC will also offer multiple paths for participation, including a well-sequenced set of guided learning activities (“Guided Path” - WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING THIS DOABLE, USEFUL, UNLIKELY FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL FRUSTRATED/DISAPPOINTED), a supported DIY (“Design-It-Yourself”) option, and an unsupported DIY (“Do-It-Yourself”) option. Seven Futures Schedule Coming Soon
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TGIF: FridayLive! from the Lilly Conference with Tom Angelo

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Twelfth issue, Volume Seven

TLT Group TGIF 11.19.2013

From Group World Headquarters

"4 Ways to Improve Higher Ed Teaching/Learning: Better than doing nothing at all?" FridayLive! from the Lilly Conference with Tom Angelo November 22, 2013 2:00 pm Eastern Time Leaders: Steve Gilbert and Tom Angelo Register Here Steve & Sally Gilbert look forward to seeing any of you this Friday and Saturday on campus at Miami U of Ohio at 33rd Annual  International Lilly Conference on College Teaching - esp for our concurrent session Saturday Nov 23 3:30-4:30pm ET re "Teaching Online for Beginners: MOOCs, Online Courses, Hybrids for Very Smart Dummies - Help From/for Silver Cloudians" see tlt.gs/TOL4B Seven Futures of American Education v2.0 (7FsMOOCow): Perspectives, Strategies, Plans begins in January. Register Here

4 ways improve higher ed teaching/learning: Better than nothing? FridayLive! Intervu Tom Angelo 2pmET 11/22 tlt.gs/frlv free online #TLTGfrlv

Join our discussion online FridayLive!  Nov 22, 2013  2:00-3:00 pm ET - online, highly interactive, free to all 
Live on location of 33rd Annual  International Lilly Conference on College Teaching
Guest Interviewee:  Tom Angelo, co-author Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs), Assistant Provost, Director of the Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence (CAFE) and Professor of Higher Education, Queens University of Charlotte. 
More info, free registration:  tlt.gs/frlv

We'll discuss:
4 categories of programs to improve teaching/learning in higher ed: Any better than laissez faire?  

- Increase Faculty Collegial Communication re Teaching/Learning
- Increase Use of Technology 
- Increase Professional Staff Support for Instruction
- Increase Evidence-Based Teaching/Learning
These four broad approaches to improving teaching/learning in higher education are described below.*  

Noteworthy Differences?
Who has been looking for noteworthy differences among these broad categories of widely(?) admired efforts to improve teaching and learning, and what has been found?  What have these approaches accomplished better than "Laissez Faire" - making no organized, systematic effort at all?

4 Categories:

TGIF: Develop Your Plan for Learning More About Teaching Online

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Eleventh issue, Volume Seven

TLT Group TGIF 11.12.2013

From Group World Headquarters

FridayLive! Teaching Online for Beginners (TOL4B)for Very Smart Dummies - MOOCow Synchronous Session #5: Develop Your Plan - Looking back and forward to learn more about online teaching after Nov 15   Presenters; Steve Gilbert, Beth Dailey, Dale Parker, Rick Reo, Vicki Hoffman, and Others Register Here A Special Offer. TLT MEMBER DISCOUNT FOR TOL4B PARTICIPANTS Become a TLT Group member and have access to future Member Exchange events. (You will also have access to all past recordings and other resources.) A membership $25 discount is available to TOL4B registrants through December 31, 2013. Go to http://tltgroup.roundtablelive.org/Individual Select Individual Member and enter TOL4B as the discount code when prompted. Join TLT Group - Membership Benefits! Seven Futures of American Education v2.0 (7FsMOOCow): Perspectives, Strategies, Plans begins in January.

TGIF: Collecting and Using Student Feedback in Online Courses

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Tenth issue, Volume Seven

TLT Group TGIF 11.05.2013

From Group World Headquarters

FridayLive! Collecting and Using Student Feedback in Online Courses November 8, 2013 2:00 - 3:00 pm ET Register Here A Special Offer. TLT MEMBER DISCOUNT FOR TOL4B PARTICIPANTS Become a TLT Group member and have access to future Member Exchange events.  (You will also have access to all past recordings and other resources.) A membership $25 discount is available to TOL4B registrants through December 31, 2013. Go to http://tltgroup.roundtablelive.org/Individual Select Individual Member and enter TOL4B as the discount code when prompted. Join TLT Group - Membership Benefits! Seven Futures of American Education v2.0 (7FsMOOCow): Perspectives, Strategies, Plans begins in January.