Teaching and Learning Virtual Conference: Free for Faculty and Staff

IT Services and Global Campus invite faculty and staff to attend the Transforming the Teaching and Learning Environment virtual conference free of charge from their own computers on or off campus. IT Services will also host the virtual conference with live streaming at the Faculty Technology Center in Gibson Annex, and the Global Campus Instructional Design team will be available for discussion.

The conference starts at 8 a.m. Monday, February 10, and ends at 3 p.m. Friday, February 21. Out of 60 session options, participants can choose topics such as "Providing Student Services 24/7," "Faculty and Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning" and "Teaching that Captures the Needs of the Adult Learner" for example. A complete list of sessions is available at http://www.passhe.edu/inside/asa/DEConf/Pages/2014-Sessions-by-Date.aspx.

Information on preparing your computer for a Web session is available at http://www.passhe.edu/inside/asa/DEConf/Pages/Collaborate-Instructions.aspx. A password is not required to access sessions.

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Erin Griffin, Documentation/User Support Specialist
IT Services
479-575-2901, ecgriff@uark.edu

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