Faculty and Staff Professional Development Opportunities in Technology

September 2006

• Literature of the Roman Empire, 70-180 CE (ICLAT 294/394), September 11 - December 7, 2006 Start / End times TBA, Sunoikisis

  For faculty and students in classical studies from participating colleges who are interested in exploring the benefits of collaborative learning in a classroom setting. This team-taught Intercampus Collaborative Course (ICC) allows advanced students of Latin to study with a larger group of peers and learn from a wide range of faculty. This ICC may appeal especially to advanced students of Latin who wish to take it as an independent study on their home campus.
   

• Hellenistic Poetry (ICAGR 295/395), September 13 - December 9, 2006 Start / End times TBA, Sunoikisis

  For faculty and students in classical studies from participating colleges who are interested in exploring the benefits of collaborative learning in a classroom setting. This team-taught, Intercampus Collaborative Course (ICC) allows advanced students of Greek to study with a larger group of peers and learn from a wide range of faculty. This ICC may appeal especially to advanced students of Greek who wish to take it as an independent study on their home campus.
   

• Introduction to Podcasting, September 22, 2006 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Centenary College, Shreveport, LA

  For faculty, instructional technologists, and librarians from Centenary College and other liberal education institutions who are interested in learning how to create and share podcasts. (Liaisons' deadline: August 22, 2006)
   

• Emerging Technologies , September 29, 2006, 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m., Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA

  For faculty, technologists, and librarians from Ursinus College and other participating colleges interested in an introduction to a wide range of recently developed applications that have a potential for classroom use.
   

• Pedagogy and Digital Technologies: Language Labs in the 21st Century, September 29 - October 1, 2006, 6:00 p.m. (F) - 12:00 p.m. (Sun), Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN

  For language faculty, language learning center staff, and instructional technologists from participating colleges who are considering the present and future impact of digital technologies on the teaching and learning of languages.

October 2006

• Learning Management Systems at Liberal Arts Colleges, October 20 - 22, 2006, 5:00 p.m. (F) - 12:00 p.m. (Sun), Reed College, Portland, OR

  For faculty, instructional technologists, and librarians from participating colleges who are interested in the Learning Management System (LMS) and its role in pedagogy and instructional technology on the liberal arts campus.
   

• Managing Digital Image Collections, October 23 - 24, 2006, 9:00 a.m. (M) - 12:30 p.m. (Tu), Millsaps College, Jackson, MS

  For librarians, visual resources professionals, faculty, and technologists from participating colleges interested in examining tools and strategies for creating and managing digital image collections.
   

• Maqam and Meter: An Arabic Music Workshop, October 27 - 29, 2006, 6:00 p.m. (F) - 12:00 p.m. (Sun), Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME

  For faculty, instructional technologists, and librarians from participating colleges who are interested in exploring the music of the Arab world.

November 2006

• Emerging Technologies and the Liberal Arts Campus, November 2, 2006 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Denison University, Granville, OH
  
  For faculty and librarians from Denison University and and other liberal education institutions interested in an introduction to a wide range of recently developed applications that have a potential for classroom use. (Liaisons' deadline: September 15, 2006)
   

• Exploring Collaboration in Classics , November 4 - 5, 2006, 8:00 a.m. (Sat) - 9:00 p.m. (Sun), Rhodes College, Memphis, TN

  For classics faculty from participating colleges who are interested in learning more about existing Sunoikisis programs and to explore new options for collaboration on a national level.
   

• Language Faculty Program/Reception at ACTFL, November 17, 2006 6:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m., ACTFL Annual Meeting & Exposition, Nashville, TN

  For faculty of language faculty from participating colleges interested in reviewing achieved outcomes of past collaboration and exploring the pedagogical advantages and possibilities of future inter-institutional collaboration.
   

• Chinese Collaborative, November 18, 2006 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., ACTFL Annual Meeting & Exposition, Nashville, TN

  For faculty of Chinese from participating colleges interested in exploring the pedagogical advantages and possibilities of inter-institutional collaboration.

  December 2006

• Emerging Technologies and the Liberal Arts Campus, December 8, 2006 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Union College, Schenectady, NY
  
  For faculty, instructional and information technologists, and librarians from Union College and and other liberal education institutions interested in an introduction to a wide range of recently developed applications that have a potential for classroom use. (Liaisons' deadline: October 27, 2006)
   

• Introducing GIS (iGIS), December 14 - 16, 2006 9:00 a.m. (Th) - 1:00 p.m. (Sat), Beloit College, Beloit, WI
  
  For faculty members with GIS interests and their academic support partners at Beloit College and and other liberal education institutions who are interested in learning about the basic functions of GIS and spatial data visualization for use with classes. (Liaisons' deadline: Friday, November 3)
   

• Multimedia Narrative, December 18 - 20, 2006 9:00 a.m. (M) - 4:00 p.m. (W), Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
  
  For faculty, technologists, and librarians from Skidmore College and other liberal education institutions who are interested in effective writing for multimedia, video-based narratives. (Liaisons' deadline: Wednesday, November 15)

January 2007

• Copyright and Digital Materials, January 7 - 9, 2007 6:00 p.m. (Sun) - 12:00 p.m. (Tu), Honnold/Mudd Library (Claremont University Consortium), Claremont, CA
  
  For librarians, technologists, and faculty in liberal education contexts who are interested in the issues of intellectual property and copyright as they relate to the development and sharing of digital resources. (Liaisons' deadline: November 1, 2006)
   

• Introducing GIS (iGIS), January 9 - 11, 2007 9:00 a.m. (Tu) - 1:00 p.m. (Th), Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
  
  For faculty members with GIS interests and their academic support partners at Lewis and Clark College and and other liberal education institutions who are interested in learning about the basic functions of GIS and spatial data visualization for use with classes. (Liaisons' deadline: Friday, December 1)
   

• Digital Video Production with Pinnacle, January 24 - 25, 2007 9:00 a.m. (W) - 4:30 p.m. (Th), Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL
  
  For faculty, technologists, and librarians from Birmingham-Southern College and other liberal education institutions who are interested in gaining a firm understanding of what it takes to produce usable raw video footage and how to capture, compress, and edit video for pedagogical use with Pinnacle. (Liaisons' deadline: December 15, 2006)

March 2007

• Managing Digital Collections: A Symposium on Technical and Organizational Interoperability, March 11 - 13, 2007 5:00 p.m. (Sun) - 1:00 p.m. (Tu), Smith College, Northampton, MA
  For teams of librarians, visual resources professionals, faculty, and technologists who are interested in examining strategies and tools for creating, managing, and integrating digital collections successfully on the liberal arts campus. (Liaisons' deadline: November 1, 2006)

• Instructional Technology Leaders Conference, March 26 - 28, 2006 6:00 p.m. (M) - 12:00 p.m. (W), DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
  
  For directors of instructional technology or academic computing or any other staff who manage the work of at least one other individual in support of the integration of technology into a liberal education curriculum. (Liaisons' deadline: November 1, 2006)

April 2007

• New Music and Media, April 12 - 15, 2007 6:00 p.m. (Th) - 9:00 p.m. (Sat), Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
  
  For faculty of the fine and performing arts and instructional technologists working in liberal education contexts. Designed for those interested in generating collaborations that focus on the integration of the creative process into the curriculum and may lead to inter-campus teaching opportunities in music and art/video. (Liaisons' deadline: November 1, 2006)
   

• Teaching with Media Resources in Middle Eastern and Asian Studies, April 27 - 29, 2007 6:00 p.m. (F) - 12 p.m. (Sun), Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL
  
  For faculty and visual resource librarians in liberal education contexts who are interested in exploring image-rich resources for teaching about the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia, and addressing pedagogical issues in the use of images in teaching. (Liaisons' deadline: November 1, 2006)

June 2007

• Spatial Statistics, June 4 - 8, 2007 6:00 p.m. (M) - 12:00 p.m. (F), Wheaton College, Norton, MA
  
  For liberal arts faculty who are interested in interpreting and analyzing their spatial data sets with appropriate statistical tools. Primarily for faculty from the social and natural sciences; however, faculty from any discipline may participate. Staff (e.g. GIS Specialists) who are responsible for supporting the faculty with these statistics may also be interested. (Liaisons' deadline: March 1, 2007)
   

• Sunoikisis Summer Seminar, June 9 - 16, 2007 6:00 p.m. (Sat) - 8:00 p.m. (Sat), Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
  
  For Classics faculty in liberal education contexts who are interested in planning an inter-institutional collaborative course in Latin or Greek and participating in an intensive professional development and networking opportunity. (Liaisons' deadline: March 1, 2007)
   

• Al-Musharaka Summer Seminar, June 14 - 20, 2007 9:00 a.m. (Th) - 2:00 p.m. (W), Pomona College, Claremont, CA
  
  For faculty in Middle Eastern Studies working in liberal education contexts and their academic support partners. Designed for those interested in developing resources and collaborative activities around the theme of Islam. (Liaisons' deadline: March 1, 2007)
   

• Introduction to Parallel and Cluster Computing, June 19 - 22, 2007 4:00 p.m. (Tu) - 1:00 p.m. (F), Lafayette College, Easton, PA
  
  For faculty members in liberal education contexts and their instructional or information technology colleagues who are interested in working on parallel programming models and on the design and creation of high-performance computing resources for classroom use. (Liaisons' deadline: March 1, 2007)
   

• Technology and the Language House Curriculum, June 21 - 24, 2007 6:00 p.m. (Th) - 12:00 p.m. (Sun) , Austin College, Sherman, TX
  
  For faculty and staff working with language house programs in liberal education contexts who are interested in exploring the role of technology in the language house curriculum. (Liaisons' deadline: March 1, 2007)

July 2007

• Web Mapping, July 23 - 27, 2007 6:00 p.m. (M) - 4:00 p.m. (F), Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
  For faculty or faculty/staff teams who work in liberal education contexts and are interested in using web-mapping and virtual globe applications to develop curricula. (Liaisons' deadline: March 1, 2007)