For guidance from a number of international experts, attend UD's 2007 Summer Faculty Institute. This year's institute focuses on matching multimedia tools to teaching and learning goals and resources for getting started using these tools.
Keynote presenter
Keynote presenter, Richard E. Mayer, professor of psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will present “Multimedia Learning” from 10 a.m.-noon, Tuesday, June 19, in 127 Memorial Hall. Continental breakfast will be served at 9:30 a.m.
A multimedia instructional message is a presentation containing words and pictures that is intended to foster learning. Examples include narrated animations, annotated illustrations, interactive simulations and educational games.
Mayer will summarize 10 research-based principles for the design of multimedia instructional messages. For each principle, he will provide examples, summarize the research evidence and relate the principle to a cognitive science model of learning.
Mayer's current research involves the intersection of cognition, instruction and technology with a special focus on multimedia learning and problem solving. He is the author of Multimedia Learning (2001), e-Learning and the Science of Instruction (with R. Clark, 2003), The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning (2005) and Learning and Instruction: Second Edition (2008).
Featured speakers
Todd Nickle, Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta, will present “Calibrated Peer Review” from 10 a.m.-noon, Wednesday, June 20, in 127 Memorial Hall.
David Goodrum, director of Teaching and Learning Technologies Centers, Indiana University, will explore the opportunities and challenges to faculty of open-source portfolios and course management systems from 10 a.m.-noon, Thursday, June 21, in 127 Memorial Hall.
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Registration
Registration is free but required for all sessions. Space is limited, so early registration is advised. Register online at [www.udel.edu/present/summer]. All members of the campus community are invited to attend the keynote and general sessions.
The institute seeks to further the University goals of assessment and general education and to create awareness of the connection between multimedia and learning. For more information, visit [www.udel.edu/present/summer/index.html].
The institute is cosponsored by IT-User Services, Center for Teaching Effectiveness, Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education, Office of Educational Assessment and the University Library.
