Date: Jan. 27, 2009
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Place: 212 Ross Hall
Topic: In this workshop ISUComm will report the range of communication portfolios now practiced in the program and lead a discussion of portfolio learning outcomes and ways of achieving them.
Amy Slagell, Associate Professor, English, and ISUComm Consultant, will speak on ways to design effective, professional presentations by focusing on the needs and knowledge of the audience.Date: March 5, 2009
4:10 p.m.
Place: 210 Bessey Hall
Speaker: Deb Satterfield, Associate Professor, Art and Design, and ISUComm Consultant
Topic: Deb Satterfield will demonstrate the application of visual design principles relevant to the creation of posters and slides for professional scientific presentations.
Date: March 25, 2009
Time: 12:10–1:30 p.m.
Location: Sun Room, Memorial Union
Facilitator: Don Payne
Topic: Faculty from various disciplines will discuss collaborative curriculum projects designed to improve communication learning for upper-level undergraduates.
On Feb. 29, 2008, at the new Kirkwood Center for Community Education (pictured below), Kirkwood Community College, Don Payne, ISUComm Director, and Donna Niday, ISUComm Assessment Coordinator, spoke to the Statewide Roundtable for Iowa Community College Teachers of English about "Multimodal Communication: Reshaping the Curriculum." Materials distributed with the presentation are available for download in PDF format.