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Teaching workshop to be held
The Center for Teaching and Learning Resources and Cora P. Maloney College will co-host the "Third Annual Teaching Workshop: A Commitment to Excellence in College Teaching" from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Aug. 24 in the Jeannette Martin Room, 567 Capen Hall, North Campus. The luncheon presentation will be free.
The presentation will be given by Stewart M. Brower, information management education coordinator for the Health Sciences Library.
Bower will examine the teaching methods that work best in reaching the latest generation of college students, dubbed the "millennials" by historians and social scientists.
This generation includes all students born after 1980—the students currently walking the halls of many colleges and universities. Millennials are the most numerous, affluent, and ethnically diverse generation in American history and can be a demanding group to instruct, especially in information skills, where there is an underlying assumption that they excel.
To register for the session, contact Letitia Thomas at 645-2234 or at lthomas@buffalo.edu.
SkillSoft orientation set
Orientation sessions for the SkillSoft Web site, which offers UB employees free access to more than 800 e-learning courses addressing such topics as communication, personal development and operating systems and server technologies solutions, will be held from noon to 1 p.m. today and tomorrow in 142 Crofts Hall, North Campus.
Jamie Lynn Buono, classification and salary administration associate in Human Resource Services, will introduce employees to the SkillSoft Web site, the types of courses now available and the ease of navigation of the site. A question-and-answer session will follow the demonstration, and participants can register for courses during the session.
Space is limited, and those interested in attending should register early online at http://ubbusiness.buffalo.edu/ubb/cfm/courses/.
For more information, contact Buono at jbuono@business.buffalo.edu, Bernadette Ball at bball@business.buffalo.edu or Jerry L. Linder at jlinder@business.buffalo.edu.