The Making of a Snapshot Laura Gibbs-Univ. of Oklahoma Jane Moore-National-Louis Univ. Pam Scheibel-Univ. of Wisconsin

Learning Outcomes Explain what is a Snapshot. Explore the possible uses of a Snapshot. Describe the steps in creation of a Snapshot Create a Snapshot.

What is a Snapshot? Product of the Knowledge Media Lab Part of the Carnegie Foundation Called the “Keep Tool Kit”

Knowledge Media Lab Mission The Carnegie Foundation’s KML helps institutions and faculty take advantage of the growing power of emerging technologies and new media to transform the knowledge implicit in effective teaching into ideas, theories, and resources that can be used widely in a variety of situations and contexts.

Goal of a Snapshot Used to advance the Scholarship of Teaching by: - Make teaching practice visible and public - Solicit critical peer-review - Learn and build on each other’s work

How Enables non- technical (and busy!) faculty and students to examine, select and organize resources and artifacts and transform them into visually appealing and intellectually engaging knowledge representations with their reflections. Early CASTL Scholars’ Sapshots

Keep Tool Kit SoTL Project Snapshot Course Transformation Class Anatomy Early CASTL Scholars’ Snapshots Frameworks and prompts through “flexibly-designed” organizational templates

The MERLOT/Carnegie Project Shared value of need for faculty to have access to quality educational materials and share their experience and reflections to collectively advance their teaching and learning. Snapshots - reflective case studies Collection of CF e-portfolio materials in MERLOT

OVERVIEW: Snapshots in MERLOT Snapshot New Feature

OVERVIEW:Snapshots in MERLOT  Portal engages users in new ways  Provides context for teaching and learning

OVERVIEW: The MERLOT Author Template

How to Make a Snapshot Step 1 Go to Keep tool kit web page and register Step 2 Log in Step 3 This is the main page,called the dash board.

Next Steps Step 4 Click on New tab,click on Case Study Template tab, Click MERLOT, click Use Template link Supply a name into the field Click submit Step 5 You now have your blank template to use. Step 6 Begin to add content.

Next Steps Step 6 Make sure you save after each entry!

Editor

Next Steps Develop your own Snapshot(s) for Learning materials cataloged in MERLOT Post Snapshots to MERLOT site by sending your Snapshot URL to the MERLOT webmaster. (