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September 10th |
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Best Practices in Distance Learning
Date: Friday, September 10, 2010 1:00 p.m. EDT
Length: 90 minutes
Description: Distance Learning provides a viable alternative to face-to-face instruction. Increase student involvement, retention, and success by engaging them online with proven tips and strategies of teaching in a distance learning environment.
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October 8th |
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Innovative STEM Resources
Date: Friday, October 8, 2010 1:00 p.m. EDT
Length: 90 minutes
Description: The National Science Digital Library (NSDL) is a national network dedicated to advancing STEM teaching and learning, in both formal and informal settings. Much more than a repository of materials, NSDL has innovative methods of using social media, and other web-based tools to engage faculty and students.
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12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Eastern Time
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November 12th |
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Electronics Education Today
Date: Friday, November 12, 2010 12:00 p.m. EST
Length: 90 minutes
Description: There is strong evidence that current courses and curricula in electronics technology programs are dated and clinging to past content that is no longer relevant in the modern world. Discuss the future of education in electronic systems technology with industry and education experts.
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December 10th |
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Emerging Technologies
Date: Friday, December 10, 2010 12:00 p.m. EST
Length: 90 minutes
Description: The future of technology will be unimaginably good. Journey with a noted futurist as he describes his vision of how the anticipated fusion of virtuality and reality will influence technological education and our world.
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February 11th |
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Minority Males — The Invisible Men
Date: Friday, February 11, 2011 12:00 p.m. EST
Length: 90 minutes
Description: National research indicates that Minority Males are not attending or graduating from college at the same rate as their female counterparts. Examine initiatives designed to improve retention and degree completion rates for this underrepresented group.
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March 11th |
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Energy Utilization
Date: Friday, March 11, 2011 12:00 p.m. EST
Length: 90 minutes
Description: As technology advances, the distribution and utilization of energy and electricity will become an increasingly important focus of the STEM workforce. Learn about the technologies that will be used to optimize electrical energy utilization and help ensure that education programs and materials are aligned with SMART initiatives.
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1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Eastern Time
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April 8th |
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IndustryRobotics Now
Date: Friday, April 8, 2011 1:00 p.m. EDT
Length: 90 minutes
Description: The confluence of several advanced technologies is bringing the age of robotics ever nearer – smaller, cheaper, more practical and cost-effective. Enhancements such as integrated vision and touch will dramatically change how robots will be utilized in many different environments. Stay abreast with the latest developments in robotics education.
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May 13th |
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Sustaining Technical Programs
Date: Friday, May 13, 2011 1:00 p.m. EDT
Length: 90 minutes
Description: Technology education programs as we know them are at risk of being replaced by new models for workforce and economic development. Explore the significant challenges and solutions in supporting technology programs at our nation’s community colleges.
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June 9th |
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Grant Opportunities and Success Strategies
Date: Thursday, June 9, 2011 1:00 p.m. EDT
Length: 90 minutes
Description: External resources such as those from federally funded grant programs can help a college or district continue to grow and innovate. Understanding the various opportunities, risks, time commitments, and rewards is crucial. Join a National Science Foundation program officer and an experienced grant developer as they share strategies, helpful hints, and fatal flaws.
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Converging Technologies Career Exploration
Date: Friday, April 9, 2010
Re-scheduled for Fall 2010
Length: 90 minutes
Description: Emerging and converging technologies are advancing at such a rapid pace, that instructors are teaching for jobs that did not exist a few years ago. Invite your students to explore cross-disciplinary career opportunities in current and future high tech fields.
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Technical Program Series 2: Demonstrating the Value of Your Program
Date: Friday, April 24, 2009 10:00 a.m. MST Postponed
Length: 90 minutes
Presenters: Michael Lesiecki, Executive Director, MATEC and Invited Panel
Description: In order to continue their support of technology education programs, a college administration must have evidence of program and student impact. Programs can track enrollment but today this is not enough.
Retention data tells the year on year enrollment story as students progress. Persistence, however, is more closely related to a student's goal achievement. How do we go beyond enrollment, persistence and retention as evidence? This seminar will address effective measures for demonstrating student goal achievement.
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