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

"Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one."
--Malcolm Forbes
 

April 16 Issue: Table of Contents

• End-of-term ideas:  "A Strong Ending to the Semester"
• Are you considering "Making the Move to Hybrid Courses"?  Here's a new course to help you...
• At your-desk learning: A plethora of PowerPoint tutorials
• Productivity primer: Getting Things Done Primer
• Coming soon:  Organizational Learning's summer schedule of training events and learnshops
• This week's joke

Here's the link to that page:  http://www.wku.edu/teaching/booklets/endsem.html

4 Are  you considering "Making the Move to Hybrid Courses"? Here's a new course to help you... 

If you've been thinking about hybrid delivery--partly in the classroom, partly online--for the courses you teach, you can take a new course, "Making the Move to Hybrid Courses," offered this summer through Organizational Learning. Participants in this new course will "experience 'hybrid' learning and explore new opportunities in both blended and distance education," according to Bill Meador, the course's co-designer and co-facilitator along with Kevin Brady, Donna Harrington, and Jean Luther.

Two sections--one on the Main Campus and one at JMMC--will be offered. Each section is limited to 20 participants.  Part-time instructors who register will be paid for attending the five on-campus class meetings.

To learn more about this course, view this brochure (Word file) or this informative webpage on the Organizational Learning site.

Register for either section of this course on this webpage: http://planet.cnm.edu/orglearn/Institute/2007Spring/calendar_registration.htm  

4At-your-desk learning:  A plethora of PowerPoint tutorials

Click the link below to find a long list of topics related to creating effective PowerPoint presentations, from design considerations to video explanations of how to use the software itself. The tutorials reside on the Information Technology & Telecommunications Services website at Fayetteville State University.

http://www.uncfsu.edu/itts/training/training-videos/powerpoint_tutorials/powerpoint_tutorials.html

The tutorials, incidentally, were created in PowerPoint and made into videos with Camtasia Studio--and CNM employees who are interested in creating similar web-based presentation and tutorials have free access to both of these tools on their computers.  Or if you don't have Camtasia Studio, you can call CNM's Information Technology Services (ITS) Help Desk at 224-HELP and request that it be installed.

4Productivity Primer:  "Getting Things Done Primer"
"David Allen opens his bestselling book Getting Things Done® with a bold statement:

It’s possible for a person to have an overwhelming number of things
to do and still function productively with a clear head and a positive
sense of relaxed control.

This online "Getting Things Done (GTD) Primer" outlines the main ideas from the book in a series of 10 chapters:
http://www.blackbeltproductivity.net/blog/gtd-primer/

4Coming soon:  Organizational Learning's summer schedule of training events and learnshops  
Stay tuned to learn about training events and learnshops offered through CNM Organizational Learning during the summer term.  Organizational Learning offers free professional development opportunities for CNM staff and faculty throughout the year.  Learn more about Organizational Learning on its website:
http://planet.cnm.edu/orglearn

4Joke of the week
A man is driving down the road when a cop pulls him over. The cop says, "Sir, did you know your wife fell out of the car a few blocks back?"

The man says, "Thank goodness! I thought I'd gone deaf."

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.