Welcome to Scholar, a robust learning and collaboration system which offers tools for teaching and learning, research, collaboration, and assessment/accreditation projects. Scholar offers a number of enhancements and new features over other Learning Management Systems. For starters, Scholar provides three types of "sites" (Project, Course, and ePortfolio). Scholar Project and Course sites are designed to facilitate collaboration and communication. Users can effectively discuss ideas, exchange and share files, and present web content. Project site owners can invite anyone they wish, even beyond Virginia Tech, to join their sites and participate in the collaboration. As a course tool, online forums for discussion, tests, quizzes, and assignments, coupled with the aforementioned collaboration tools, make it a powerful tool for teaching and learning. ePortfolio sites can help manage large projects and provide opportunities for program or personal assessment and presentation. The focus of this workshop will be on providing participants with the resources and the knowledge to begin creating their own project or course sites.
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Location:	Torgersen Hall 3060
Price:	Free
Sponsor:	Faculty Development Institute
Contact:	Ed Schwartz Ed.Schwartz@vt.edu 231-4975
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