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Volume XI, Number 1

September 2005
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Faculty Book Discussions

Join Pitt colleagues for a discussion of the book How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School, The first of a series of informal conversations about teaching based on common reading.

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Faculty facilitators will lead discussions in Room 815, Alumni Hall , at the following times:

  • Monday, Oct. 24, 3:30 to 5 p.m., Paul Kameen, English
  • Tuesday, Oct. 25, 3:30 to 5 p.m., Joe Grabowski, Chemistry
  • Wednesday, Nov. 2, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Ellen Cohn, SHRS

Copies of How People Learn will be provided free of charge to all faculty who participate in the discussions.

For more information or to sign up to participate, contact Dr. Joanne Nicoll, Center for Instructional Development & Distance Education (CIDDE), phone 412-624-7372 or e-mail nicoll@pitt.edu.

Dear Colleagues:

I just completed the two-hour update training for the new Blackboard 6.3 and I am writing to recommend it to you. There are useful new upgrades, including the ability to do some branching and manage how students progress through your course. I found the training to be well-designed and well-delivered. You can register for training at our website (select Blackboard Training under Quick Links) or by calling Sandra Shearer at 624-7208.

Sincerely,
Diane Davis
CIDDE Director

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