Have you ever wished you could attend a CTL seminar or brown bag but had a conflict? Audio-only podcast are available of all our seminars and brown bags. Check them out to see what you may have missed!

http://mymedia.msstate.edu/outputset.php?id=2474

Reminder that President Keenum will be the featured presenter at the March 25, 2009 Brown Bag in Griffis Hall room 401 at noon. This is your chance to ask Dr. Keenum about teaching and learning at MSU. A light lunch will be served beginning at 11:30 while it lasts. We hope to see you there.

Have an idea for a Fall 2009 CTL event? Please share it with us. We love to hear your ideas and offer programs that interest you. Email your suggestion to us at help@ctl.msstate.edu

Turnitin is sponsoring a free webinar this Friday, April 24. Part of the Turnitin Webinar series, this session is entitled: Plagiarism in the Digital Age: Voices from the Front Lines. The webinar is 75 minutes long and starts at 8:45 PDT (10:45 Central!)

According to the webinar description "...You'll hear from a panel of leading experts who will share their experiences from the front lines of the digital plagiarism issue. You'll also have an opportunity to submit questions to the panel, as well as have access to a range of "best practice" online resources you can use immediately."

For more information about the webinar and to register (required but free) for the session, please visit the online registration site.

The next Educause Live! online seminar is scheduled for May 5. The online seminar series is free but registration for each session is required. The May 5 session is entitled "Building Digital Discourse---Telling Academic Stories" and focuses on Tulane University's Digital Narrative pilot program. To find out more about the next online seminar and to register, visit the seminar website.

Educause is sponsoring a free Webinar, entitled "Where is the Open Education Movement Going?" Scheduled for May 19 at 12:00 p.m. (CDT), this session will address the issue of open education. What does the concept of "open education" mean in today's educational and technological environment? What innovations have occurred and what can we expect in the future? These are just some of the questions that will be explored by the next Educause Live! webinar. Brian Lamb will lead the session and speakers will include the co-organizers of the 2009 Open Education Conference. Educause Live! webinars are free but prior registration is required and virtual seating is limited. To register, visit the webinar website.

Just a reminder---we have the Advising for New Faculty workshop today at 2:00 p.m. in the IMC Presentation Room (located on the first floor of the Mitchell Memorial Library). If you're a new faculty member (or just a new advisor!), feel free to join us!

The Center for Teaching and Learning is pleased to offer a Brown Bag session on October 21, 2009. The topic for our October session is "Master Advisors: Specific Suggestions for Making Your Advising as Good as Your Teaching." The seminar will use a panel format: our guest speakers are: Ms Karyn Brown (Instructor of Communications), Ms. Chris Emplaincourt (Instructor of Mechanical Engineering) and Dr. Steve Grado (Professor of Forestry).

All Brown Bag sessions are held in McCain Hall, Room 150 (King Seminar Room). The sessins are scheduled from noon to 1:00, with networking beginning at 11:30 a.m. Lunch will be provided, while it lasts.

Registration is encouraged but not required. To register and to find out about all our workshops, seminars, and brown bag sessions, please visit the Center for Teaching and Learning's web page at http://ctl.msstate.edu.