The document summarizes a panel discussion on academic excellence through global collaborations. It introduces five panelists from universities in Ireland, Japan, Georgia and Indiana who discussed opportunities to increase students' knowledge of professional communication within global contexts. The panelists' contact information is provided at the end for further discussion.
This is a big question! Distance education (DE) is one answer. DE allows people to learn - and earn - a certificate, diploma, or degree (almost) wherever they live. Technology has increased its reach, however, in order to reach the increasing number of people who are not able to find sustainable employment, or go to school full-time, DE could be expanded and instructional models and technologies improved. This literature review explores many questions to expand DE's reach.
Rid2013 interpreting outside the box 3 hour workshop compressedTerpism
This PowerPoint is for the workshop: Interpreting Outside the Box: Innovative Strategies In Higher Education. Slideshow has detailed notes (open and view the notes). We will also provide web interface with this information in the future. If you attended the 2013 RID Conference Presentation, this is the PowerPoint you are looking for.
Your employees want a bigger piece of the pie. You want to attract and retain top talent while motivating employees to perform at their best. In this webinar, PayScale and BambooHR experts guide you to create a compensation plan that's a win/win for both you and your employees.
This is a big question! Distance education (DE) is one answer. DE allows people to learn - and earn - a certificate, diploma, or degree (almost) wherever they live. Technology has increased its reach, however, in order to reach the increasing number of people who are not able to find sustainable employment, or go to school full-time, DE could be expanded and instructional models and technologies improved. This literature review explores many questions to expand DE's reach.
Rid2013 interpreting outside the box 3 hour workshop compressedTerpism
This PowerPoint is for the workshop: Interpreting Outside the Box: Innovative Strategies In Higher Education. Slideshow has detailed notes (open and view the notes). We will also provide web interface with this information in the future. If you attended the 2013 RID Conference Presentation, this is the PowerPoint you are looking for.
Your employees want a bigger piece of the pie. You want to attract and retain top talent while motivating employees to perform at their best. In this webinar, PayScale and BambooHR experts guide you to create a compensation plan that's a win/win for both you and your employees.
A Reflexive Narrative of one Teacher’s Professional Digital LiteracyRichard Pinner
I have always combined my interest in technology with my work as a teacher, thereby developing my own digital literacy to the extent that it has been a very influential factor in my professional development and teaching beliefs. Whilst working in London in 2007, I began teaching IT skills classes to pre-masters students and at the same time I became the eLearning coordinator for a large chain of language schools with over 40 international locations. I was responsible for maintaining an online self-access centre and virtual learning environment with over 10,000 registered users. I created my own consultancy which offered technology training specifically for language teachers. Since moving to Japan in 2011, I have continued to utilise educational technologies in my work. My story may not be particularly unusual, and therefore in presenting a reflexive narrative of my experience I hope to open up a discussion with other practitioners who have similarly developed their digital literacy in order to improve their teaching and career prospects. I will also discuss my views on EFL teacher digital literacy in general, as well as my experience of student digital literacy. This presentation takes the form of a narrative inquiry (Barkhuizen, 2013), based on data collected through the process of reflexive practice (Edge, 2011). I encourage others to utilise narratives as a way of improving their practice.
The study aims to explore the problems and difficulties of students speaking
English language for Engineering students hailing from rural background. The study
moreover aims to explore the causes of such difficulties. The researcher designed
certain tasks based on Task based language teaching on the sample of the study.
These tasks are applied for each student to investigate speaking difficulties and the
causes of such difficulties. The results showed and indicated that there are some
difficulties in speaking English due to fear of making mistakes, anxiety, shyness and
lack of confidence. The researcher identified to provide environment support and
encourage the students to speak English frequently
Integrating Technology-Enhanced Instruction to Narrow the Academic Achievemen...jamathompson
There is not a universal approach in meeting the learning needs of all students. Students have different learning styles that promote higher success in the classroom compared to other learning styles. Literature has demonstrated African American students’ diverse learning needs and preferred learning styles were not consistently being addressed in the classroom. Hence, some African American students were not learning and began to perform at a lower grade level. The presenter will provide suggestions of various technology-enhanced instructional strategies and its potential impact on African American student achievement. Additionally, the presenter will provide educators with several implications that can be applied to their current classroom setting.
A Reflexive Narrative of one Teacher’s Professional Digital LiteracyRichard Pinner
I have always combined my interest in technology with my work as a teacher, thereby developing my own digital literacy to the extent that it has been a very influential factor in my professional development and teaching beliefs. Whilst working in London in 2007, I began teaching IT skills classes to pre-masters students and at the same time I became the eLearning coordinator for a large chain of language schools with over 40 international locations. I was responsible for maintaining an online self-access centre and virtual learning environment with over 10,000 registered users. I created my own consultancy which offered technology training specifically for language teachers. Since moving to Japan in 2011, I have continued to utilise educational technologies in my work. My story may not be particularly unusual, and therefore in presenting a reflexive narrative of my experience I hope to open up a discussion with other practitioners who have similarly developed their digital literacy in order to improve their teaching and career prospects. I will also discuss my views on EFL teacher digital literacy in general, as well as my experience of student digital literacy. This presentation takes the form of a narrative inquiry (Barkhuizen, 2013), based on data collected through the process of reflexive practice (Edge, 2011). I encourage others to utilise narratives as a way of improving their practice.
The study aims to explore the problems and difficulties of students speaking
English language for Engineering students hailing from rural background. The study
moreover aims to explore the causes of such difficulties. The researcher designed
certain tasks based on Task based language teaching on the sample of the study.
These tasks are applied for each student to investigate speaking difficulties and the
causes of such difficulties. The results showed and indicated that there are some
difficulties in speaking English due to fear of making mistakes, anxiety, shyness and
lack of confidence. The researcher identified to provide environment support and
encourage the students to speak English frequently
Integrating Technology-Enhanced Instruction to Narrow the Academic Achievemen...jamathompson
There is not a universal approach in meeting the learning needs of all students. Students have different learning styles that promote higher success in the classroom compared to other learning styles. Literature has demonstrated African American students’ diverse learning needs and preferred learning styles were not consistently being addressed in the classroom. Hence, some African American students were not learning and began to perform at a lower grade level. The presenter will provide suggestions of various technology-enhanced instructional strategies and its potential impact on African American student achievement. Additionally, the presenter will provide educators with several implications that can be applied to their current classroom setting.
5. Julia M. Williams, Ph.D. Professor of English, Executive Director of Institutional Research, Planning & Assessment, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana USA IPCC 2009
7. Helen M. Grady, Ed.D. Assoc. Professor & Chair Dept. of Technical Communication School of Engineering, Mercer University Macon, Georgia USA IPCC 2009
9. Yvonne Cleary, Director of Diploma and Graduate Certificates in Technical Communication Dept. of Languages & Cultural Studies University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland IPCC 2009
MARJ -- Introduce speakers, provide brief overview of our purpose Today we’d like to accomplish these goals: --discuss ways to create collaborations that enhance authentic global understandings in our students --engage students studying engineering, computer science, technical communication or business --share international experiences thus far and suggest projects for the coming academic year --invite audience to join discussion at the end and contribute ideas for collaborations, projects, student and faculty exchanges, etc.
TOM – The mission of the Center for Language Research is "to contribute to the development of professionals in computer science, computer engineering, and related fields through the research and teaching of successful language use in academic and workplace contexts." To accomplish this mission, we seek to include as part of our university training some innovative international encounters that will enable students to make rapid progress in professional thinking, behavior and communication with extraordinarily small but effective investments in time, money, and effort. Anyone can create technically savvy, time-consuming projects these days, but vague goals and poor planning yield minimal transformational results. The challenge for professional educators now is to pioneer new kinds of innovative, global experiences that can generate impressive benefits with the fewest possible resources. My part in today's panel presentation will be to clarify the requirements for such new international experiences.
TOM— ((Probably detail specifics about your intent, efforts, progs., etc.))
JULIA— (your focus and content here)
JULIA-- (Insert (or send) photos for this page, and list main points for talking)
HELEN— (Enter your main purpose and focus notes here)
HELEN— {{Photos from Mercer & Karlsruhe, maybe students??}} [I thought maybe to discuss students’ own pushto study abroad –Bond, London, Spain, etc.—mission projects, study tours like Josh in Italy; engineers at Swansea. How you estab. Relations with Karlsruhe, future plans?? Whatever you like]
YVONNE— [Insert your main topics and focus here]
YVONNE-- [insert photos for background while you talk; I pulled these from your U web site, but you probably have better ones and some with people in them]
MARJ—moderate; take notes on Qs, topics, ideas; suggest exchange of business cards