Past events, past research and other archived documents relating to the Advanced Learning Center can be found here.

Archived Events
Throughout the year, the Advanced Learning Center sponsors teaching and learning seminars.

Assessment Strategies at the Course Level Workshop, April 14, 2009

Interested in learning more about improving assessment strategies at the course level?

Facilitated by Dr. Kay Persichitte, Dean, College of Education, Health and Human Sciences and Professor, University of Wyoming

Session PowerPoint | Agenda | Audio of session


Collaboration in a Web (2.0) World, November 18, 2008: Click for the streamed video session

Featuring: Dr. Clif Mims, Assistant Professor, Instructional Design & Technology and Dr. Trey Martindale, Associate Professor of Instructional Design & Technology

Additional links for reference

http://clifmims.wetpaint.com/page/ALC

http://teachable.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Presentations/Collaboration


How Do Your Students Learn?, October 15, 2008: Click for the streamed video
Video presentation produced by the Advanced Learning Center featuring UofM students


Web 2.0 technologies in the learning environment, February 12, 2008: Click for the podcast

Featuring: Brian Janz, Professor, Management Information Systems and Trey Martindale, Associate Professor, Instructional Design & Technology


Effective Course Design, October 23, 2007: Click for the podcast

Featuring: Eric Brey, Assistant Professor, Hospitality & Resort Management; Santosh Kumar, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Brian Janz, Professor, Management Information Systems

Archived Research

The Advanced Learning Center is involved with research in areas including learning practices, copyright law, gaming theory, and distributive learning. Research is performed to support the mission of the center and includes collaborative partnerships with faculty/staff from campus and peer institutions, industry, and non-profit organizations.

• Look, Listen, Learn: Collaboration in the 21st Century. Case Study with inSORS Multimedia Conferencing & Collaboration Software (by Corey Ray, Joanne Gikas, Roy Bowery and Ramsan Varghese)
• Synopsis of Campus Support of Macintosh Computers at UofM and Peer Institutions (by Mary Marjorie Weber)
• The Advanced Learning Center has conducted research on personal response systems, also known as clickers, and their use at the University of Memphis.  The purpose of the research was to determine if standards need to be implemented regarding the use of personal response system technology at the University of Memphis.  Some questions concerning standardization have arisen with the growing popularity of this technology. Both students and instructors have voiced concerns regarding different systems being used in classrooms across campus.  This in turn could possibly force students to purchase multiple response units for different courses.  Read the PRS Findings Report (by Kristy Conger)
• Gikas, J., Penrod, J., Robertson, J. Schaeffer, S. (2005) Final Report: NLII Community of Practice Project University of Memphis: Technology Fellows Teaching and Learning Collaboration (April 22, 2004-January 14, 2005)