Managing Information for and About Faculty   Join us for a Webinar on September 21     Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/188169251   Do you have questions about how to manage your faculty information more efficiently?  Would you like to learn more about how to collect faculty credentials, accomplishments and activities and make the data more meaningful?  Are you interested in evaluating a faculty member’s readiness to teach online classes?  If you answered yes to any of these questions, this webinar is for you! Join Dr. Mac Adkins from SmarterServices and L.K. Williams and Scott Wymer from Data180 for this FREE webinar to learn about specific tools that will assist you in managing information for and about faculty in the most efficient way!   Title:   Managing Information for and About Faculty       Date:   Tuesday, September 21, 2010       Time:   2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CDT   After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.     System Requirements PC-based attendees Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP, 2003 Server or 2000   Macintosh®-based attendees Required: Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Tiger®) or newer

Managing Information for and About Faculty

We are excited to announce our FREE Fall Webinar coming up on Tuesday, September 21st from 2:00-3:00 pm central.  SmarterServices is partnering with Data180 and planning to provide 1 hour, jam-packed full of resources that help you manage your faculty and their information in a more useful, efficient way.  A recent article in the Pearson eCollege newsletter, really brought home the concept of this webinar.  Using faculty portfolios, technology, combining aspects of both, along with obtaining good evaluation data can result in a better assessment process and more useable information.  Another key component according to the article is getting everyone involved in the process from ground up.  Join us for the FREE webinar - Managing Information for and About Faculty - Space is limited so register today!

FREE Webinar - Managing Information for and About Faculty

Hear what Terry Patterson, Director of Distance Learning of South Arkansas Community College has to say about SmarterMeasure integrating with Blackboard.

Client Speaks

Ed Map certainly thinks so!  In a recent webinar series sponsored by Ed Map and Imagine America Foundation the important role of "community" and how it connects to higher education is highlighted.  Session 2, Community as a Retention Tool, spotlights case studies from Community Care College, Oklahoma Technical College, and Clary Sage College, and how they are using community as a strong retention tool.  Using old fashioned hand-written notes, providing online support groups, and taking a genuine human interest in the students, the schools have created a community that improves retention through establishing strong needs-based relationships.  In a busy world where number identifiers are becoming increasingly popular, the human touch proves to be the key. 

To view the webinar Community as a Retention Tool click here.

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Can Community Help Retention?

According to a recent research paper featured in MERLOT's JOLT-Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, students sent an overwhelmingly positive message that they do feel more connected to instructors when they are able to view a live video of the instructor.  In her report, "Student Perceptions of the Use of Instructor-Made Videos in Online and Face-to-Face Classes", Katherine Kensinger Rose describes results from a study conducted to examine students’ perceptions about the use of instructor-made videos that provided explanations of course assignments, syllabus requirements, discussed weekly topics, reviewed for exams, and answered student questions in video format in both a 100% online course and in several face-to-face courses.

Students Want Face Time