Learning Center
Faculty: Please take this short survey to help us evaluate and improve the academic software in our Learning Center.
LRC UPDATE for SPRING 2013
NEW! It Takes a College to Raise a Skill via Etudes
(click here to request info or email zaiensme@lamission.edu)
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8 Essential Skills - videos & materials
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View the Student Pre-Survey for 8 Essential Skills
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Faculty feedback: Please tell us what you think
REFER Your Students TODAY: Step by Step Procedures
LRC UPDATE for FALL 2012
NEW! It Takes a College to Raise a Skill
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8 Essential Skills - videos & materials
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View the Student Pre-Survey for 8 Essential Skills
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Faculty feedback: Please tell us what you think
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What is the Habits of Mind Community of Practice? - Module 1 online course begins 9/2/2012 or 9/30/2012
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Instructors and Counselors are invited to join -- register for one or more 6 week online modules
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For institutions granting Flex Credit for completion of the Habits of Mind modules – 3CSN will verify completion 18 hours of professional development for each module upon request.
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Reading Plus for Faculty
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Reading Plus Virtual Tour (UN & PW = faculty)
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Login Procedures
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Our Reading Plus Pilot
ESL FACULTY
Handouts to use with your students:
Videos to use with your students:
To use with your students: HOW TO PRINT OUT REPORTS from the Learning Lab's LONGMAN ENGLISH INTERACTIVE
Request Forms Online
In the Learning Center
Add TLC information to your paper syllabi or online syllabi.
Introduction to The Learning Center for Faculty
Access our Flex Day "Joining with Faculty to Provide Keys to Learning" presentation.
Computer/Instructional Labs (LRC 205 & LRC 234)
Academic Software Installation Request Form
If you need your students to use academic software that is not currently installed in our Lab, you can request the software be installed. Make your reservation with Sheila Money, Learning Center Secretary, at least 3 weeks prior to your scheduled use date and submit an Academic Software Installation Request Form along with a copy of the software, documentation, and software license.
Audio and Video Reserve Request
Audio / Visual Reserve Request Form
Your copies of video and audiotapes may be placed on reserve for students to use in the Learning Resources Center. Fill out a Tape Reserve Request form at the circular information counter in the Computer Commons.
Workshop, Group Review, and Collaboration Request
You can request one of our workshops or one tailored to your students' needs. Group Review Sessions can be created to help your students prepare for papers or tests. Collaborate with us to provide exercises, software, and writing workshops that will augment your in-class activities. Fill out a Faculty Request for TLC form at the information counter in the Computer Commons or online.
Workshop Survey for Fiction & Poetry Classes
Please fill out the survey.
Learning Center Work / Tech Support Request
Learning Center Work Request Form
You can request technical assistance for classes held in the 1st Floor of LRC (Computer Commons), report problems with software and hardware, or ask for other IT help in our Labs by filling out the Learning Center Work Request form.
Instructional Software
Plato
- PLATO Course Descriptions: includes skill levels, total hours of learning, number of learning objectives
A basic introduction to using Plato is now online. To schedule a Plato: Creating Learning Paths for Students class for yourself or a group of faculty members, fill out a Faculty Request for TLC Form at the information counter or online. As a faculty member, you can request Group Coordinator access to PLATO by filling out the Plato Access Request Form at the Information Counter or online.
Longman Series Orientations
- Understanding and Using English Grammar Interactive
- Longman English Interactive
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Longman Interactive software provides an integrated skills approach to learning grammar in context. Each level incorporates video and interactive exercises. Listening, speaking, pronunciation, and reading skills are covered.
Learning Center PowerPoints and Handouts
Teaching Writing with the Emphasis Principle: PowerPoint presentation.