OLN TeachU Free Webinars schedule

The Ohio Learning Network (OLN) has announced its 07-08 schedule for free online webinars for faculty, starting next week with a session on online labs:

OLN’s TeachU webinars are hour-long interactive web seminars on uses of emerging technologies and pedagogies within the contexts of teaching, assessment, and student success. They’re also free!

This month TeachU presents:
Online Labs

Date and Time: September 6^th at 10:00 am
Presented by: Shan Huang from Sinclair Community College and Ron Krempasky from At Home Science
About the Event: Shan Huang will present: Breaking new grounds - an attempt to put an existing classroom astronomy lab with many hands-on activities online. What are the successes and where did we trip? How did students learn and what did they say about their learning? Ron Krempasky will discuss existing science laboratory options in distance learning, including hybrid labs, computer simulations and virtual labs, "kitchen" labs, remote access labs, plus instructor-generated and commercial lab kits.

To register go to: http://wiki.teachuohio.org/page/Register

Additional Webinars in the 2007-2008 TeachU Series Include:

October 4th @ 2:00 pm: The Web 2.0 Classroom: What's Available, Where to Begin, and Innovative Integrations
Presented by Garrick Ducat, Mercy College and Terence Armentano, Bowling Green State University

November 8th @ 3:00 pm: Stretching Into the Future
Presented by Kay Strong, Bowling Green State University

December: Happy Holidays

January 17th @ 11:00 am: Creating a Course and Open Source Portfolio for First Year Students
Presented by Jason Tetzloff, Owens Community College

January 24th @ 2:00 pm: Mobile Learning
Presented by Sheri Stover, Bryan Beverly, Frank Carone, Terri Klaus and Chris Roberts, Wright State University

February 14th @ 1:00 pm: Reverse Benefits: How Teaching Online Improves Face to Face Teaching
Presented by Paul Pennington, Dean of Distance Education and Institutional Research, Cincinnati Christian University

March 20th @ 2:00 pm: Making CENTSS of Web-based Student Services
Presented by Melody Clark, University of Cincinnati and George Steele, The Ohio Learning Network

April 24th @ 11:00 am: Blogs and Wikis in an Integrated Curriculum
Presented by Lisa Meloncon, University of Cincinnati

May 29th @ 11:00 am: Creating Hybrid Courses
Presented by Antoinette Perkins, Judith Anderson, Ingrid Emch, and Sharon Barnewell, Columbus State Community College