Mentor Commons & Magna Commons
On-demand Professional Development Sessions
Free To Baker College Employees
Magna Commons offers 40 to 90 minute seminars that address critical issues facing faculty and administrators today. These programs feature leading educators and consultants who deliver thought provoking, content-rich presentations. They're lively discussions that give viewers practical and actionable results.
Each 20 Minute Mentor Commons and Magna Commons session includes:
- PowerPoint Handouts
- Transcript
- Supplemental Materials
- Discussion Guide
How It Works
STEP ONE: Activate your group subscription access.
1. Go to www.magnapubs.com/sitelicense/registration.html?v=baker215
2. Enter information in each of the required fields. In the Authorization Code box, enter the group Authorization Code BAKER7tDH2 and click Submit.
STEP TWO: Access the group subscription.
1. Go to www.magnapubs.com/profile. Enter your email address & password and click Submit. If you do not know or remember your account password, use “Forgot your password?” to reset it.
2. On the left side of the screen, under My Account, My Online Access, select Subscriptions. The online content you have access to will be listed to the right. Click the appropriate link to view the content.
Our Top Picks For Fall 2015
Learner-Centered Technology: Aligning Tools with Learning Goals
Today's teachers need a thorough understanding of how the available wide variety of technological tools can enhance learning. Knowing about the tools is the first step, but the most successful teachers become adept at creating courses that capitalize on the pedagogical benefits that technology can bring.
http://www.magnapubs.com/magna-commons/?video=3047
Ten Ways to Engage Your Students on the First Day of Class
If you want to create a first-class learning environment start with the first day of class. From the very first day-from the moment students walk in the door-you set the tone for the entire semester. You can establish expectations, clarify responsibilities, energize and engage your students, and create a strong framework for success. We provide you with practical, proven tips for starting your classes off right.
http://www.magnapubs.com/magna-commons/?video=3025
Mentor Commons
How Can Google Docs Foster Productive Collaboration?
This presentation will show you how Google Docs can be one of the most effective teaching tools around. With Google Docs, you will be able to increase your student-to-student and student-to-faculty communication, deepen your students' connection to course content, and help them start learning the important skill of collaboration.
http://www.magnapubs.com/mentor-commons/?video=13262
How Do I Create Engaging Threaded Discussion Questions?
A properly crafted question can engage students’ interest, foster ideas and contributions from other students, and in little time at all help transform what may have been an uninspired or “flat” classroom into a hotbed of learning in which the ideas and comments of one student are quickly built on by another.