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Are you a Facebook user?  If so, you can now receive notices of new Faculty Development programs and resources as well as connect with Faculty Development staff on Facebook. 
In September 2009 Facebook has grown to 300 million users across the world, in essence becoming the largest social network on [...]

NIU Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center has been offering online faculty development programs now for nearly a year.  Not only can faculty/staff or TAs from any institution participate in these free online workshops, but archives are made available for on-demand viewing online.
With the recent upgrade of the Wimba Classroom collaboration tool that powers these [...]

NIU Media Services will offer training on the use of the audiovisual equipment in Provost-sponsored smart classrooms. Both new and returning faculty and graduate teaching assistants should benefit from these brief seminars, which also will include information about any recent changes to the equipment in the rooms.
The training will be held from 8 a.m. [...]

This Friday, April 10, 2009 we will be facilitating an open online discussion about online teaching from Noon – 1pm CDT. At NIU we’ve offered face-to-face online teaching brown bag sessions in the past but this will be our first attempt at holding such informal discussions online. We’re not limiting the discussion to just NIU [...]

NIU faculty you can now use the Blackboard Faculty Tools (BFT) to combine one or more course sections into a master course in Blackboard. By combining enrollments of related or cross-listed courses, you will save time by managing only one course in Blackboard.
The new master course functionality, which had been previously available only by request, [...]