Faculty Resources

Professional Development

ITAL - Institute for Technology Assisted Learning

ITAL is a short, nine-day institute over a period of three weeks that provides NMSU faculty with training and tools needed to integrate distributed learning technologies into traditional and distance education courses.

For more information, visit ITAL.

Upcoming Distance Education Workshops for Faculty

To register for any of the following workshops, visit The Teaching Academy website.

Centra Basics

Centra is an online web-conferencing tool that provides an interactive virtual classroom environment. In this workshop, you will experience an orientation to Centra basics and discuss how Centra could enhance your courses.

March 18, 2008 (T) 10:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m.

Podcasting 101: The Basics

Podcasting is an innovative way for instructors to provide education for students on the go. In this workshop you will learn educational uses of podcasts and you will create a podcast from start to finish. This workshop also prepares you for the other workshops in the podcasting series taught by ICT Training Services.

March 12, 2008 (W) 4 p.m.—6 p.m.
April 14, 2008 (M) 10 a.m.—12 p.m.
May 6, 2008 (T) 1 p.m.—3 p.m.

RETA Webinars

The RETA Webinar series has been created to deliver innovative, one-hour sessions for educators. Topics include:

Educational Uses of Podcasting
National Educational Technology Standards
Blogging for Educators
Collaboration Using Wikis
Google for Educators
Online teaching and learning with Moodle
Tech Enhancing Strategies for Engaging Learners
Assisted Learning Technologies

For more information, visit RETA Webinars.

The Faculty Resources section of the Distance Education website is currently under redevelopment in order to better serve our current and future Distance Education faculty.

New and updated content is being added so check back regularly for updates.

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NMSU College of Extended Learning: Distance Education
(575) 646-4692 or (800) 821-1574 | Fax: (575) 646-2044
Milton Hall 185
MSC 3WEC / P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001