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For information about workshops: outreach@osu.edu
Professional Development
Workshop Resources
Digital Tools for Outreach and Engagement
Presenters: Eva Bradshaw: Chief Information Officer, Office of Technology and Enhanced Learning, College of Education and Human Ecology, e-mail; Liv Gjestvang: Coordinator, Digital Union, e-mail; Rob Griffiths, eLearning Consultant, Technology Enhanced Learning & Research
Websites
Examples
- Wikis and Blogs for Outreach and Engagement
- Podcast: Connecting Rural Ohio
- Be A Vet
- Youth Video OUTreach
Upcoming Workshops
Digital Tools for Outreach & Engagement Expo: The Digital Union is offering follow-up workshops specifically targeted at individuals who have attended the February 7 workshop. Details and registration
Digital Storytelling Workshops: The Digital Storytelling program offers a number of workshops and events and is taking applications for a summer workshop. More information can be found on their website.
Regularly scheduled Digital Union workshops can be found on their website.
Additional Resources
- Communities of Practice: TELR sponsors and coordinates three communities of practice to bring together faculty, staff, and students interested in sharing ideas, experiences, and practices. http://telr.osu.edu/community/practice.htm
- TELR grants for eLearning: http://telr.osu.edu/grants/
- Second Life: Over the last year, TELR has been exploring Second Life—a multiuser virtual environment that has many educators excited about its interactive learning possibilities—through workshops and campus conversations sponsored by the Digital Union. http://telr.osu.edu/secondlife/
- Lynda.com: the Digital Union subscribes to this provider of interactive online tutorials on a diverse array of programs including Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Office, digital photography, Web design, digital video, and many others. http://digitalunion.osu.edu/newsandevents/articles/20070705_Lynda.html
- Technology Showcase: Sharing Our Stories of Engagement through the Disciplines. The following were developed for the 2006 Outreach Scholarship Conference. Read descriptions of these files: PDF (124KB)
Upcoming Events
- International Day for Telling Life Stories, May 16, 2008
Fall Workshop Series: Preparing for Partnership
Links related to Understanding Partnerships and Finding the Right Match
- Workshop video (wmv file, requires Windows Media Player, Real Player, or similar software)
- Workshop PowerPoint presentation (290KB)
- Evaluating Collaboratives: Reaching the Potential. University of Wisconsin-Extension, 1998. See chart on page 5. http://learningstore.uwex.edu/pdf/G3658-8.pdf
- Principles of Good Community-Campus Partnerships. Adopted by the Community-Campus Partnerships for Health board of directors, October 1998. http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/principles.html#principles
- Outreach Sufficiency: Model Partnership Self-Assessment. P-12 Project, 2007
Links related to Evaluating the Impact of Your Partnership
- Effective Program Planning and Evaluation (Powerpoint presentation, 318KB)
- SAMMIE (Successful Assessment Methods and Measurement In Evaluation), http://sammie.osu.edu/
- Dimensions of Effective Evaluation and Planning (Word doc)
- If, Then, and IRB (Word doc)
- Matching Programs and Evaluation Techniques (Word doc)
- Retrospective Pretest Posttest: Points for Consideration (Word doc)
- Web-Based Surveys: Points for Consideration (Word doc)
- Web and Print Evaluation Resources (Word doc)
Links related to Funding Your Partnership Project
- RFPs for Outreach and Engagement Grants: http://outreachgrants.osu.edu/
- Excellence in Engagement Grants 7-minute video (wmv file, requires Windows Media Player, Real Player, or similar software)
- Service-Learning Initiative course grants 6-minute video (wmv file, requires Windows Media Player, Real Player, or similar software)
- Continuing Education Course Development Grants 2-minute video (wmv file, requires Windows Media Player, Real Player, or similar software)
- OSU CARES/OSU Extension Grants 6-minute video (wmv file, requires Windows Media Player, Real Player, or similar software)
- Excellence in Engagement Grants. The Three Cs of Grant Writing: Contemplate, Communicate, Concisely Describe Your Plan! (PDF, 143 KB)
- Tips for Successful Service-Learning Proposals (PDF, 176KB)
- Office of Continuing Education Course Development Grants Tipsheet (PDF, 167KB)
- OSU CARES/OSU Extension Grants. Tips for Seed Grants and Faculty Support Grants (PDF, 132 KB)
