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

"There are three ingredients to the good life: learning, earning, and yearning."
--Christopher Morley
 

October 2 Issue: Table of Contents

• Online Learning offered through Organizational Learning
• At-your-desk learning: "Create great-looking signatures for your email"
• Active learning in the classroom: "Active Learning Techniques"
• Preview Oct. 2-7 training events and learnshops
• Preview Oct. 9-14 training events and learnshops

 Online Learning offered through Organizational Learning

The Organizational Learning Division now makes available to all CNM employees the opportunity to develop professionally, learn a variety of skills, and meet certain employment requirements online and for free.  This online training is offered through OnlineExpert.com and designed to be "delivered over the Internet where students can learn in a visual, compelling environment."

Fifteen online workshops are currently available in such areas as Leadership, Successful Management, Communication, End-user Applications, MS Office 2003, Productivity, Project Management, and Team Development.

To find out more and register for this online training, click on the link below:

http://cnm.onlineexpert.com/elearning/

 At-your-desk learning:  "Create great-looking signatures for your email" 

"Give your e-mail messages professional polish or personal style by learning how to create and manage e-mail signatures using Microsoft Outlook."  This Microsoft online tutorial takes 30-35 minutes to complete and explains how you can create simple or fancy signatures that can be appended to your email messages automatically. After completing this course you will be able to:

• Create your own signatures
• Assign a signature to a message
• Switch to a different signature while writing a message
• Use different signatures for different e-mail account

To learn more and to take this tutorial, click on this link:
http://office.microsoft.com/training/Training.aspx?AssetID=RC011891991033&CTT=6&Origin=RC011891991033

 Active learning in the classroom:  "Active Learning Techniques"
This web resource consists of a list of 36 in-class activities and 24 activities that "can include an out-of-class component."  The page, located on the Center for Teaching Excellence website at Virginia Commonwealth University, includes several linked references to other active learning sites as well.

http://www.vcu.edu/cte/activelearningtechniques.html

Preview October 2-7 training events and learnshops
The following events are scheduled for the week of October 2-7. View complete details and register for these events on this webpage: http://planet.cnm.edu/orglearn/Institute/2006Fall/calendar_registration.htm

 Friday, Oct. 6

• Access Intermediate (JMMC)
• Curriculum Design (Main)
• E-packs and WebCT (Main)
• AQIP Intro (JMMC)
• Advanced Teaching Strategies (JMMC, 9-week course)

Preview Oct. 9-14 training events and learnshops
The following events are scheduled for the week of October 9-14. View complete details and register for these events on this webpage: http://planet.cnm.edu/orglearn/Institute/2006Fall/calendar_registration.htm

 Monday, Oct. 9

• FrontPage Basics (Online 6-week course)
• Visio Basics (Online 6-week course)

 Tuesday, Oct. 10

• Sexual Harassment Awareness (Main)
• Photoshop Intro (Main)

 Wednesday, Oct. 11

• Who Moved My Cheese? (Main)
• Podcasting Intro (Main)

 Friday, Oct. 13

• Passport for Faculty (Main)
• Excel Intro (Main)
• AQIP Intro (Westside)
• Respondus (Main)

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.