Update on the Heartbleed Bug

We have checked and updated as necessary all of our LETU servers that use OpenSSL to guard against a serious computer bug referred to as the “Heartbleed Bug,” which was discovered by Google Security on Monday, April 7. We are continuing to monitor the situation and will provide additional updated information if any further actions are warranted. OpenSSL is used around the world to provide secure access to web servers.

March Lunch and Learn Video Links

Please view the video's from the March 2014 Lunch and Learn's below:

Professor Dov Shinar from Hassadah University in Jerusalem speaking on media in the Middle East:

Professor Dov Shinar

Becky Teerink and Lauren Bitikofer from Aviation discussing how to use Doceri Software:

Doceri

More from Dr. Kubricht

STORYBOARDING

In developing a MOOC, the Swinburne team introduced us to “Storyboarding.”  “Storyboarding” was developed by the Walt Disney studios to create animation films.  “Storyboarding” is critical to developing a successful MOOC.  To a faculty member, learning and then developing a MOOC may seem like an overwhelming proposition because normally faculty members are not current in all of the latest learning technologies and the useful features in each technology medium.  Faculty are content specialists.  “Storyboarding” forces a faculty member to lay out a content plan for the length of the course.  The next issue is how to implement various technologies and assessments to reinforce student learning.  Lecture clips and PowerPoints are most often used, but there are many other options that can be used depending on what the faculty member wants a student to learn.  But again, most faculty are not learning technology and social media experts and in many cases do not wish to put the time in to become a learning technology expert.  (On the other hand, a learning technology professional is not going to have graduate content expertise in most academic disciplines if they were developing a MOOC).

What has to happen?  Successful “storyboarding” and MOOC development then becomes a team effort.  A faculty member (and perhaps a department colleague) and one or two technology specialists work as a team developing a “storyboard” for the length of a course.  Let’s say it is a 10 week course.  In the “storyboard” a visual chart is created which shows the content goals for each of the 10 weeks and then how various technologies and activities will be used each week to enable student learning.  Assessments for each week are also developed. At that point. the course is ready to offer to students.

What results is a course that reflects team creativity and allows for freshness in many of the tasks required for each week of the course by moving beyond video lectures and PowerPoints.  The time invested in the initial development of the course pays off with a course that is easier to manage, but also assures accreditors and others that it is a quality course with appropriate learning outcomes.

How to use Popplet:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH9PzYqFCe8&feature=youtu.be

Mindmeister tutorial (mind mapping):  http://www.mindmeister.com/blog/tutorial-videos/

Thoughts From Our Very Own Dr. Paul Kubricht

Dr. Paul Kubricht is currently taking an online course from the Distance Learning Association of Australia about MOOC's.  Here are his comments about what he has learned:

SOCIAL MEDIA

For many of us Facebook may be the limit of our social media involvement.  But if you begin to use several social media websites the issue of managing all of the sites and staying up with what is being said can become a challenge.  This web site gives a person a number of apps or tools to update them all through one account. These are not just used in a MOOC environment, but are also popular with businesses using social media. An app can save time by allowing a faculty member to post an announcement and have students using different social media all see it in their media of choice.  Please see the link below.

Managing Social Media

March 31st Lunch and Learn

LUNCH AND LEARN

31 March 2014

DOCERI

with

Becky Teerink and Lauren Bitikofer
12-1 pm

MSC Little Theater
Please RSVP to Denise Bailey at 3510 or denisebailey@letu.edu

Please join our aviation faculty members as they share their experiences using the Doceri application in their programs. They will demonstrate how they have effectively used this tool to help students understand theories, schematics, analyze DC circuits and mathematical equations.

URL and Power Point Slides for March 4th L&L

LETU WOULD LIKE TO THANK JEFF BORDEN FROM PEARSON RESEARCH DIVISION
FOR PRESENTING AT OUR MARCH LUNCH AND LEARN ON THE TOPIC OF GAMIFICATION

Here is the URL to the recording of his presentation

Gamification

If you would like a copy of the PowerPoint presentation please contact the CITL at 4170. Thank you!

March 28th Event Dr. Dov Shinel from Israel

Lunch & Learn

Presented by the Office of Global Initiatives, Dept. Of History/Political Science, Depart. Of Language and Literature and the CITL

                                                            

                                                

Seeking the Facts or Stirring up Strife? The Role of the Media in the Conflicts of the Middle East

  

Prof Dov Shinar (Hadassah College, Jerusalem) will give examples of the ways in which the Media escalate war in the Middle East, and offer a new paradigm for journalism that has the potential to encourage peace and reconciliation.

March 28th 2014 from 12-1 p.m. in Steudler

Please RSVP to Denise Bailey at 3510 or denisebailey@letu.edu