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Articles, Dear FaCETs / CTLs, & New at the Center Reviews

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Articles (alphbetical listing)
0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

0-9
46%=F in Retention- Jacqueline Addington

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A.
A CTL Staff Change

Advise for New Faculty on Dealing with Difficult Student Behavior
--
Barb Kacer and Karl Laves
Alternative Classroom Techniques for Testing and Reviewing
-Tips Sheet 34
An Introduction to Case-based Learning - Barbara Crafton
Assessment Ideas
Attention Part Time Faculty

Attention Part Time Instructors!
Critical Incidents - a videotape about the case method you may borrow from the CTL

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B.
Basic Distance Education:
Teleconference:Tips Sheet No. 19 
Become a Mentor

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C.
Canadian Studies Virtual Program begin fall 2001
CC:Mail Tips

Changes in Teaching at Western 1980-2000 and Beyond
by Martha C. Jenkins, CFS
Changing Names Changing Places
Challenging the Mind as well as the Spirit  by Joseph Bilotta
Concern, Consideration, and Care - Dawn Langkamp Bolton, Business and Computer Studies

Congratulations to 2003 University Teaching Award Winners
Congratulations 1998-99 Teaching Award Recipients
Congratulations 1996-97 Teaching Award Winners
Correspondence Study
-Beth Laves
Courses at WKU pertaining to Computer Technology

Continuing Education -- Put us on Your Map  - Sharon Woodward
CTL Reading Roundtable

CTL Staff Change

CTL Workshops September 2003

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D.
Dialog on the Evaluation of Teaching 
Distance Learning: a report from the front lines - Sally Kuhlenschmidt

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E.
Education in South Africa - Kay Payne
Experiencing the Dead Sea Scrolls - Joseph L. Trafton

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F.
FaCET Resources
(February '04 Issue)
FaCET Workshops for Spring 2004

Faculty Scholarship -Elmer Gray
Faculty Award Nomination Package Booklet

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
Freshman Seminar: a chance to make a difference
- Cindy Jones

Freshman Seminar: Impacting Student Success
From the Office of Admissions
- Andy Wagoner

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G.
Group Dynamics of Classes: Tips Sheet No. 18;
Good Teaching is Good Teaching is Good Teaching
- Janice Ferguson
GTA Perspectives: Lessons in Teaching - Lihn Tran, Math

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H.
Helping Students to Become Better Students
How to Identify & Refer a Distressed Student - Richard Greer
How to Improve Your Technology Skills - Jeff Jones

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I.
In Celebration of Teaching Activities
Instructional Technology Classroom Units

Interview with Irene Erskine, FaCET Building Donor - Nancy Givens, FaCET Instructional Coordinator

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K.
KCTCS:How it affects you
KY Museum as an Instructional Tool - Nancy Givens, FaCET Instructional Coordinator
KYVU posts record enrollment--again

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L.
Learning Websites collected by Sally Kuhlenschmidt

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M.
Map Insert (February '04 Issue)
Mentoring Call
--Share your wisdom with someone new
My Favorite Quote about Technology -Ed Counts
My Favorite Quote about Technology - Barbara Erdman
My Personal Philosophy of Education- Kathleen Matthew
My reflections on the teaching experience-Jennie Brown
My Teaching Experience in the Dismal Science - Catherine Carey

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O.
Office of Sponsored Program-featured faculty resource
On Becoming a Teacher - Karen Westbrooks
On Teaching - Robert Hoyt 
On Teaching--by Dan Roenker
On Teaching-by Carlton Jackson
On Teaching - Yvone Petkus, Art

On Quality in the Classroom - Aaron W. Hughey, Counseling and Student Affairs

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P.
Professional Opportunities (April 2004)

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R.
Reflections on the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Roundtable Conference - Barbara Erdman, Lee Emanuel, and Paula Quinn
Reflections Why I am What I am - Gary E. Dillard
Resources / Equipment (April 2004)
Retention of Students at WKU - How Important are They  by Luther Hughes, Jr.

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S.
Satellite Teleconferencing at WKU
Setting Up E-Mail Message Filters by Cristina Abrell
Some Suggestions for Getting Control of Your Life
Social Trends for Instruction
by David Coffey

Some Thoughts on Citation of Electronic Information  by Sally Kuhlenschmidt
Special Thanks to Darleen Pigford!

Stress Out? a suggestion to help
Suggestions for Creating  a Clasroom Environment that is Conductive to Discussion & Self-Exploration Catherine Schuster
Summary of Survey of Faculty--by Sally Kuhlenschmidt

Summer 1996 Workshops
Summer Mini-Conference (April 2004)
Supporting FaCET

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T.
Teacher Education: Is it a concern of yours?

by Rudolph Prins, John Wassom, Robyn Swanson, & Sam Evans

Teaching poem by Jim Wayne Miller

Teaching Legacy by Karen Schneider

Teachers' Notes on Technology Database now available online
Teaching Philosophy--by Lou Turley

Teaching Philosophy-Les Pesterfield

Teaching Resource Faculty Funds Available
Teaching Writing in our own Disciplines: Tips Sheet No. 20

Ten Changing Demands on College Teachers in the Future by Nancy Zimpher
The Way We Do the Things We Do - Allan Heaps

Thanks for all our helpers this year (99-00)
Thanks to all our helpers this year ('98-'99)
Thanks to all our helpers this year!
Thanks to all our helpers
this year (96-97)!
Thanks to all our helpers this year (97-98)!
Thanks to all our helpers this year (2000-2001)!

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U.
Using Human Research Subjects as part of your Teaching?

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V.
Video Tapes -- available for checkout at CTL

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W.
Welcome Dr. Carol Graham to the CTL!

Welcome, Susan Payne, new Office Associate
Welcome to Our New Faculty Associate, Ken Kuehn
What's happening around campus
What Are Typical Testing Habits of WKU Faculty - Sally Kuhlenschmidt and Steve Wininger
WKU Faculty Share Ideas at Teaching Scholars Institute - Nancy Givens
WKU Faculty Webpages

WKU Teaching - Some Reflections
What should the purpose of a University be? Three Reflections
- Arvin Vos, Robert Haynes, & John Stofer
Why Attend Graduation?
Why I Attend Graduation - some responses from faculty
Writing Center offers Writers Good Readers
Writing Center (WKU's English Dept.)

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Dear CTL Articles

by Sally Kuhlenschmidt, Director of CTL

Topic: What it is like in a business training facility
Topics: Instructor Beliefs

Topics:Electronic Tutorials for Learning Technology

Topics: Newsgroups in the classroom, software vs. textbooks in classroom)

Topics: End of year comments (1995-96)

Topics: E-Mail Accounts for Students in class, ideas on how to get students to meet deadline for research papers)

Topics: Welcome Back; Lost River Cave as a teaching resource
Topics: Internet instruction
Topics: How to put pizazz into your classes
Topics: Tutorials available on the Internet
Topics: Some reflections on teaching a course on-line

 
New at the Center
New at the CTL . . (list of books, equipment, videotapes)

Review of Books:
Creating Culturally Responsive Classrooms - Kimberly Erwin
Educating Citizens - June Rose Garrett
The Art of Writing for Publication (Henson, 1995) - Carlton Jackson
Generation X Goes to College: An Eye-Opening Account of Teaching in Postmodern America (Chicago: Open Court, 1996) - Ted Hovet
Improving Testing and Grading (Ory & Ryan, 1993) - John White
Making Large Classes Interactive - video 
Digital Camera 
Small Group Teaching: A Trouble-Shooting Guide (Tiberius, 1990)
- Judith Hoover
Teaching & Assessing Writing (White, 1994)
- Retta Poe
Tools for Teaching (Gross, 1993) - Sally J. Ray
Virtual Learning Environments: Implications for Distance Education in the 21st Century by Carol Wilson
 

Reviews:

Review of Freelance Graphics (Software)
- Kay Payne
147 Practical Tips for Teaching Online Groups : a review