[edtech] Fwd: NERCOMP SIG - Supporting Communities of Practice for Faculty - October 5, 2004

[Jean Foster]

FYI:

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> Subject: NERCOMP SIG - Supporting Communities of Practice for Faculty  
> - October 5, 2004
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> Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 10:10:18 -0400
> To: ginnyw at mit.edu
> From: NERCOMP <ldimauro at wesleyan.edu>
>
>
> Dear Friends,
> Registration is now open for NERCOMP's upcoming workshop:
>
> "Enabling and Supporting Communities of Practice for Faculty"
>
> DATE:
> October 5, 2004
>
> TIME:
> 9:15- 3:00 (Coffee and Registration start at 8:15)
>
> PRICE:
> NERCOMP Members: $80, Non-Members: $180
>
> LOCATION:
> Western Connecticut State University
> Midtown Campus
> Student Center
> Danbury, CT
>
>
> DESCRIPTION:
> Engaging faculty in the use of instructional technologies is an  
> ongoing challenge. Academic technologists should not only expend  
> energies to identify appropriate technologies and appropriate uses of  
> technology to enable pedagogical styles and goals, but also to  
> investigate the ways in which faculty learn about, adopt, adapt, and  
> internalize new learning and teaching methods. In departments,  
> disciplines or communities where a few faculty members actively use  
> technology, the energy and success of these faculty make thinking  
> about and using technology less intimidating to their colleagues.  
> Identification and support of such faculty learning communities or  
> "communities of practice" is therefore an important step in reaching  
> resistant faculty with new ideas and approaches. Creating these  
> opportunities to share ideas and experiences is an integral step in  
> fostering an environment that encourages peer-mentoring amongst  
> faculty. Join us to discover how your colleagues are building and  
> supporting these communities of practice.
>
>
> For a full schedule and registration information, please go to:
> http://www.nercomp.org/sigs/0405/100504SupportFaculty/ 
> SupportFacultySched.html
>
> We would be grateful if you would pass this announcement on to friends  
> and colleagues who might find it of interest.
>
> To view other SIGs events, click here: http://www.nercomp.org/
>
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>
> Thank you very much. We hope to see you on October 5th.
>
> Sincerely,
> Lisa DiMauro
> NERCOMP
>
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