2East eNewsletter

Welcome to the monthly eNewsletter from one of Northwestern's experts in the resource, instruction and research issues that impact faculty.

Designing Effective Asynchronous Online Discussion
Many faculty are integrating asynchronous online discussions, a structured online dialogue that allows individuals to "post" and reply to messages at different times, into their teaching in order to extend opportunities for students to discuss course content. Although instructors generally design most in-class discussions almost unconsciously, careful and thoughtful design of online discussion is required to achieve dialogue-like interactions.

NU Library Instructional Workshops
The Library's Reference Department offers a series of instructional workshops designed to introduce library users to the growing collection of electronic resources. From basic overviews of online search concepts to more complex discussions of specialized bibliographic databases these brief, one-hour sessions are designed to fit within the busy schedules of NU students, faculty, and staff.

ATLAS: Citations and Full-Text Database
ATLAS is the American Theological Library Association’s Serials citations and full-text database in religion. It is comprised of publications in theology, philosophy, history and related topics that were identified by scholars in their fields as the most important.

The 2East: New Technology Series
Please join us for the Winter/Spring Quarters 2East: New Technology Series Seminars for Faculty. This is a special series of seminars for NU faculty interested in learning about and experiencing cutting edge research and instructional technology in an easy-to-use format. Each seminar is free and lasts for one hour unless otherwise indicated. Refreshments will be provided.