Eastern Regional Center

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 topics and instructional strategies.

2011 Faculty Workshops

All faculty workshops are free, but online registration is required.

Improving Comprehension through Active Reading Strategies
Led by Dr. Pat Akers, P.A. Training Solutions

In this 4-hour workshop faculty will learn to use the B.A.S.E. model which reflects concepts to improve reading comprehension. B.A.S.E. will introduce brain-friendly concepts, active reading strategies, self-monitoring strategies, and evaluation tools to aid in improving reading comprehension. Faculty will leave with a plan to utilize intentional reading comprehension approaches to motivate students to want to read and to comprehend what they read.

Workshop Dates for 2011:

Student Learning Outcomes, Active Learning Strategies and Authentic Assessment: Weaving It All Together
Led by Dr. Pat Akers, P.A. Training Solutions

Effective teaching requires more than simple transmission of information. It requires writing effective student learning outcomes, designing and using engaging teaching strategies, and evaluating the use of various assessment techniques. Participants in this 4-hour interactive workshop will be introduced to a model for weaving together those concepts using tools and processes. This model will provide for “closing the loop” in curriculum to foster accountability and to provide for improvements in teaching and learning.

Workshop Dates for 2011

Designing Student Assessment to Encourage Critical Thinking
Led by Dr. Pat Akers, P.A. Training Solutions

This 3-hour workshop will help instructors create tests and assessment activities that encourage students to think critically. Tools will be introduced to assist faculty in designing quizzes, tests, extra credit problems and homework assignments with the improvement of student thinking in mind. The elements of critical thinking will be used as a guide to create tests and authentic assessments that will encourage students to summarize key concepts, interpret facts, make assumptions, predict results, draw inferences, form opinions, and explain consequences and implications through analysis of arguments. Participants will leave with a plan to improve assessment by encouraging students to think critically.

Workshop Dates for 2011

Self-paced online modules developed by the Eastern Center include:

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