The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning's very own instructional designer, Lisa Hammonds, presented at T-BUG (Texas Blackboard User Group) Conference this past week in Houston. T-BUG is an organization for those who use Blackboard products and the group facilitates sharing of best practices and solutions to problems.

Lisa's presentation, "Blackboard Three R's - Rewards, Retention and Rubrics," highlighted how to incorporate Blackboard's achievement, retention center and rubrics features to increase communication with students, engage students with course content and keep them on track for success.

On Nov. 7, The Center for Digital Education, in conjunction with the North Texas Community College Consortium and the National Convergence Technology Center, will host the 10th Annual Texas Community College Technology Forum. This event will provide an opportunity for Texas education technologists to convene and discuss trends, innovations and best practices in administrative, instructional and research computing technology. Lisa will be sharing flipped classroom strategies as she presents, "Have Students Flopped in Your Flipped Class?"

Lisa will be presenting both of these workshops in the CETL lab to all faculty and staff members who are interested, so be sure to register. If you can't make the allotted time or have other instructional design needs, please contact the CETL to set up an individual consultation with Lisa.