Eastern Regional Center
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NC-NET’s Eastern Regional Center, led by Martin Community College in Williamston, is responsible for the development of discipline-specific resources. The Center hosts numerous workshops throughout the year on both discipline-specific and instructional technology topics. |
TEACHING: Interaction and Engagement
A Workshop for Faculty
Dr. Rita-Marie Conrad of Florida State University will present two workshops on interaction and engagement:
Tuesday, April 1
North Carolina Community College System Office
Gregory Poole Meeting Room, 5th Floor, Caswell Building
200 West Jones Street in Raleigh
9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Friday, April 25
Martin Community College
1161 Kehukee Park Road in Williamston
9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Workshop topics will include:
• Overview of the concepts of student interaction and engagement
• Developing student outcomes
• Applying the phases of engagement to any type of learning environment
• Types of activities that engage learners
• Learners developing and leading activities
• Developing an engagement plan
• Evaluating engaged learning
The workshop will address engaging learners in the classroom as well as in Internet, hybrid, and web-enhanced learning environments.
To register: E-mail pbroughton@martincc.edu or call (252) 792-1521.
Self-paced online modules developed by the Eastern Center include:
- Developing Interactive Activities for Online Labs and Classes
- Early Childhood Education: Evaluating Student Fieldwork
- Early Childhood Education: No Child Left Behind
- Guerrilla Marketing Automotive Technology
- Interactive Activities for Online Teaching in Industrial Technology
- NATEF Certification and Re-Certification Requirements
- Online Resources for Industrial Technologies
All self-paced modules can be accessed through the NC-NET Blackboard server. Log in with the user name faculty and the password nc-net. Once connected, you can view the courses by topic or alphabetically by title.
The Eastern Regional Center also offers an Excellence in Teaching Resource Room to provide North Carolina community college faculty with books, magazines, videos, and technology resources related to promoting excellence on the personal level and college level to better students and the community college system.
Another resource provided by the Eastern Center is the Online Teaching Resource Center, developed by noted researcher Dr. Susan Colaric of East Carolina University.
For more information about the Eastern Regional Center, contact:
Phyllis Broughton
Dean, Academics & Student Services
Director, NC-NET Eastern Regional Center
Martin Community College
1161 Kehukee Park Road
Williamston, NC 27892
(252) 792-1521 x246
E-mail: pbroughton@martincc.edu