Meet the TLC Staff

             
Amy MacPherson         Karen Gurney          

The Teaching and Learning Center offers technology and pedagogy workshops throughout the year. Workshops include sessions involving different aspects of best pedagogical practices, integration of technology in pedagogy, R25, critical thinking sessions, MS Office applications, Web 2.0 application, Google applications, most of the MCCD proprietary systems, i.e. CFS, HRMS, Time & Labor, SIS for Faculty, and more.

Why learn and use  the best pedagogical practices and integrate technology into your teaching? Watch and listen to The Future of Learning: How Technology is Transforming Public Schools.

To see the current SMCC TLC calendar, click here.

The Teaching and Learning Center provides assistance to faculty and staff in improving assessment & instructional practices, introducing technologies that can be used to improve learning, disseminating current and future trends in pedagogical practices, assessing technology training needs and providing hands on instruction and assistance.

The TLC provides individualized support of faculty and staff members. We provide assistance through email, phone and in person.

“We have a handout for that!” The TLC staff have developed, and continue to develop, many “how-to handouts” to solve specific problems, special needs or questions arising regarding v our software programs. In addition, the staff looks for technology tips that can be helpful to faculty and staff. These are sent out via email as “TLC Tips.”

Links:

• Current Workshop Calendar
• Working with Blackboard 9.0 (wiki)
• To view “TLC Tips” click here.
• To view SIS Faculty instructions, click here.
• Find tips on CATs.
• Cougar Academy for Faculty Excellence includes information on Learning Styles and Utilizing a Variey of Teaching Strategies based on Learning Styles.
• We have posted our Web 2.0 series materials at this Google site. We update this wiki as we learn of new information which you can use.
• For more information on how to use the various features of Google, click this link.
• We have put Blackboard tutorials and are working on putting our other workshops on the SMCC TLC wiki.
• We will be hosting training on the Early Alert Student Tracking System throughout the 2009 fall semester. To access the training site, click here.

We would appreciate yoiur feedback on workshops and training. Rate your workshop.

We look forward to working with you.

Amy     602-305-5714

Karen    602-243-8077