Jim Luke [teaching]

I helped organize and present at the LCC Professional Development Day, 2012.My short presentation on the LCC Strategic Challenges Project led into a 3 -hour discussion among all full-time faculty, academic leadership, and the entire Executive Leadership Team.  Feedback indicates it was very successful.

At LCC Professional Development days for all full-time faculty on Jan 12-13, I will be introducing the new PQIP, the Program Quality Improvement Process.  PQIP is the successor to PRESS, Program Review and Evaluation Self Study.  The new PQIP process is still a work-under-development, but it’s ready for expanded faculty input.  PQIP and the new LCC360 Data Dashboard will be the primary focus of the day and a half PD days.  I’ll post the link to the presentations soon.

To download my presentations in Powerpoint format, click here. All three presentations are in one file, separated by blank slides.

I presented a peek at my Principles of Econ online courses at the CTE workshop “Online Course Demos” on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, along with Jean Lynch-Brandon. The session was well attended with approx. 25 other faculty and administrators in attendance.

I presented on “Blogs: A Professor’s Best Friend” to LCC faculty as part of LCC’s Professional Development Days. A copy of the powerpoint is here. I have an .mp3 file of the audio here. Both are unedited. I’m planning to edit and combine them into a flash presentation that I’ll post to my new blog at eproph.wordpress.com.

The description was:

Blogs are a professor’s best friend. Free and easy to use, blogs can save you time while you keep course materials current, distribute your workload, and freshen-up your teaching portfolio or vitae. Come to this session to learn how to use and create your own blogs!

I presented on “Beyond Angel: The Future of LMS’s” to LCC faculty as part of LCC’s Professional Development Days. A copy of the powerpoint is here. I have an .mp3 file of the audio here. Both are unedited. I’m planning to edit and combine them into a flash presentation that I’ll post to my new blog at eproph.wordpress.com.

The description was:

Web 2.0 technologies and open source software are changing the world of learning management systems. Schools are moving beyond ANGEL/Blackboard and using Moodle, Sakai, Blogs, Wiki’s, Second Life and more. Learn about what’s possible today and discuss what tomorrow might bring.

I made a presentation to LS Division faculty at Fall 2009 Kick-off meeting about online books.  I shared our experience in Econ with the Taylor book and looked at different publishers’ strategies, as well as student concerns. Presentation here.

I am presenting at:

Does the West Still Know Best? How Will the Global Economic
Crisis of 2008-09 Affect International Aid and Development
Programs?
TLC 127 5:30pm-7pm
Western developed nations, led by the U.S., have pushed a globalized free-market economic model on developing nations. The IMF and World Bank have often  conditioned financial aid packages on implementation of “free-market reforms”. But in 2008, the developed nations themselves experienced an unprecedented economic crisis in banking and other markets. In this presentation, Jim Luke will discuss the implications of the 2008-09 global economic crisis and the need for bank bail-outs on future aid to developing nations.
Jim Luke, Social Science, LCC

Copies of the presentation and podcast available at http://econproph.com/presentationspodcasts

gave a talk to Jill Pennington’s writing class 9 am at LCC on the economy, “cliff-diving and bailouts”. A copy is available at econprop

I presented a 40 minute talk on Web 2.0 and the Future of Teaching to the Lansing Community College Liberal Studies Division faculty on Jan. 5, 2009.  The presentation is here.

I hosted a faculty roundtable presentation/discussion on the current economic crisis and the credit crunch at the LCC Faculty Professional Development day, January 9, 2009.