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Organizational Learning's News YOU Can Use, September 18, 2006

A weekly e-newsletter from CNM's Organizational Learning Division with training and development ideas and opportunities for all employees

 

September 18* Issue: Table of Contents

  • Life Skills Workshop helps Student Services staff and instructors teach students how to manage their time and money

  • At-your-desk learning: Microsoft Publisher tutorial:  "Get started designing your own professional publications" 

  • Active learning in the classroom: "How about a quick one?"

  • Last chance to take Tools for Teaching this term

  • Preview Sept. 18-23 training events and learnshops

  • Preview Sept. 25-30 training events and learnshops

 

 Life Skills Workshop helps Student Services staff and instructors teach students how to manage their time and money
Organizational Learning is bringing the USA Funds Life Skills® workshop to CNM from 8:30am-2:30pm, Wednesday, October 4, in Room 139, Workforce Training Center (WTC). This workshop is a flexible educational program for Student Services personnel and instructors designed to equip them to teach their students to manage their time and money wisely while they are on campus and after graduation.

The workshop covers these five independent yet interrelated modules:

*                               Module 1: Get a Grip on Your Finances — Smart Spending for Students.

*                               Module 2: Seek out Financial Aid — Funding Resources and Financial Obligations.

*                               Module 3: Work Hard but Smart — How to Be Successful in School and Graduate on Time.

*                               Module 4: Take Control of Your Future — Finishing School and Repaying Your Loans.

*                               Module 5: Now That You Are About to Graduate — Taking Control of Your Life.

 

To learn more about this workshop, view this webpage:
 http://planet.cnm.edu/orglearn/Institute/TransformLearn/life_skills.htm
To register, select the Life Skills Workshop under Special Events near the top of the calendar webpage:
 http://planet.cnm.edu/orglearn/Institute/2006Fall/calendar_registration.htm

 

 At-your-desk learning:  Microsoft Publisher tutorial:  "Get started designing your own professional publications"

The Microsoft website offers some great tutorials to help users learn how to use various Microsoft applications.  This MS Publisher tutorial shows how you can make professional-looking flyers, brochures, calendars, business cards, and other documents quickly and easily using a variety of pre-designed publication templates.  The tutorial includes...

  • Three self-paced lessons and three practice sessions for hands-on experience.
  • A short test at the end of each lesson; tests are not scored.
  • A Quick Reference Card you can take away from the course.

Although the tutorial takes 40-50 minutes to complete, it's self-paced, so you can work on it when you the time. If you have speakers or a headset, you can hear the audio portion as well. Here's the link:
http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RC010362681033 

 Active learning in the classroom:  "How about a quick one?"
"Of all instructional methods, lecturing is the most common, the easiest, and the least effective. Unless the instructor is a real spellbinder, most students cannot stay focused throughout a lecture: after about 10 minutes their attention begins to drift, first for brief moments and then for longer intervals; they find it increasingly hard to catch up on what they missed while their minds were wandering; and eventually they switch the lecture off altogether like a bad TV show."  So says Richard M. Felder, chemical engineering professor at North Caroline State University, and he add, "There are better ways. Actively involving students in learning instead of simply lecturing to them leads to improved attendance, deeper questioning, higher grades, and greater lasting interest in the subject."  But aren't the other methods too time-consuming?  After all, all instructors have a lot of content to cover.  Click on the link below to read about two instructional methods that, Felder says, don't take a lot of time but still get students engaged and actively learning:
http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/Columns/Quickone.html

 Last chance to take Tools for Teaching this term
If you've been considering signing up for the Tools for Teaching course, now's the time.  Seats are still available in the section scheduled to begin on Friday, September 22, at the Montoya Campus.  This blended course meets for seven sessions in the classroom and for five sessions online in WebCT, but you need no prior knowledge of WebCT because the first three classroom sessions will include a WebCT orientation and practice on the WebCT program.  One former Tools for Teaching participant explained the value of the course like this:  "It's one of the best learning experiences I've ever had."

To register for this course--for which part-time instructors will be paid to attend the classroom sessions--call Jean Montaño at 224-4400 or email her at jmontano@cnm.edu.

 Preview Sept.18-23 training events and learnshops
The following events are scheduled for the week of Sept. 18-23. View complete details and register for these events on this webpage: http://planet.cnm.edu/orglearn/Institute/2006Fall/calendar_registration.htm

 Thursday, Sept. 21

  • Student Employee Supervisory Training

  • MS Publisher Basics (5 Thursday sessions from Sept. 21 through Oct. 19)

 Friday, Sept. 22

  • New Employee Orientation, Phase III (2-part learnshop: Fri., Sept. 22 & 29)

  • Access Intro

  • Brain-based Learning (2-part learnshop: Fri., Sept. 22 & Oct. 6)

  • Hazard Communication

  • Tools for Teaching (Montoya Campus)

 Saturday, Sept. 23

  • FrontPage Basics (5 Saturday sessions from Sept. 23 through Oct. 21)

Preview Sept. 25-30 training events and learnshops
The following events are scheduled for the week of Sept. 25-30. View complete details and register for these events on this webpage: http://planet.cnm.edu/orglearn/Institute/2006Fall/calendar_registration.htm

 Tuesday, Sept. 26

  • Ergonomic Training

  • Effective Time Management

  • MS Publisher Basics (5 Thursday sessions from Sept. 26 through Oct. 24)

 Friday, Sept. 29

  • Supervisory Training

  • Outlook, Part 2

  • Luminis Web Content Management System

If you need help to register or find out more about Organizational Learning events, contact Jean Montaño at 224-4400 or by email: jmontano@cnm.edu.

* This email is being sent out on September 20 instead of the 18th with my apologies for its tardiness. N.King