January 19, 2023 | Volume 9 | Issue 19
Five Things to Know about James Holman
James Holman
James and Coco (8 month old dachshund-chihuahua)
Hello everyone my name is James Holman and I’m currently serving as our school’s newest cloud technology instructor. While I am new to the Davidson-Davie family, I’m no stranger to technology. With this being the first year of our cloud technology program I’m really excited to showcase what we have to offer in making possible for both students and faculty to know more about the cloud, positions, and the newest technologies currently being used on the market.

  • Hometown: Greensboro, NC
  • Education: M.S. in Information Systems from Strayer University 2022 & B.S. in Graphic Communication Systems from NC Agricultural and Technical State University
  • Courses currently teaching: 
  • CTI-110 Web, Programming, and Database Foundation
  • CTI-120 Network and Security Foundation
  • CTI-140 Virtualization Concepts
  • CTI-141 Cloud & Storage Concepts
  • CTI-240 Virtualization Admin I
  • CTI-241 Virtualization Admin II
  • CTI-270 Data Center Design & Prob Res

  1. Hobbies: Marvel, videogames, photography, anime, architecture, nature, reading, skateboarding, music, computers
  2. Music: hip hop, jazz, gospel, rock
  3. Food: My all-time favorite dish is any form of Asian cuisine. More specifically hibachi chicken and dumplings
  4. Streaming TV show: My current favorite TV show is “The Flash”
  5. Joyful Experience: One of my most joyful experiences came from a vacation in California where I got to experience surfing for the very first time
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Upcoming Events
Corralling Quiz Bank Chaos!
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By Gretchen Benton

Has your Moodle quiz bank grown large, messy, and you wonder how long those questions have been there? This can happen to any of us - when you inherit a course from a previous instructor, change to a textbook with a new quiz bank, or if you continue to add questions but don’t clean out the old ones. Last semester and this semester, there are instructors who were unable to import course content to a new term because of quiz questions in an older (now unsupported) format from around 2011/2012. Don’t let these old questions stand in your way! Organizing and cleaning out your quiz bank will prevent this issue and it will save us some much needed storage space in Moodle. See details below on how to get started.

Center for Teaching & Learning Updates
By Gloria Johnson
Save the Date

This year’s Spring Symposium will be held the morning of March 7th.

The DDCC Spring Faculty Symposium provides Davidson-Davie Faculty a forum in which to learn from and share their expertise with their peers. This professional learning opportunity is by DDCC faculty for DDCC faculty. The program will be virtual.

Do you have something to share with other DDCC faculty? The CTL will be sending out a request for proposals very soon. Presenters could
  • Share the results of trying a new class activity
  • Discuss something learned at a recent conference
  • Demo a useful teaching tool
There are plenty of options and we’d like you to participate.
Funding Still Available

There are still some professional learning funds available for individual and small group activities. Funds can be used for a variety of professional learning opportunities such as books, webinars, and conferences. Fill out the application before time runs out!
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Share Your Thoughts!
Would you attend a workshop on inclusive course design if it’s offered at a convenient time?
Yes
No
What is the Community Saying?
By Phil Tietjen

Here are the results from the last “Share Your Thoughts” question, “Do you see ChatGPT as a promising educational technology?”

  • Yes: 10%
  • No: 30%
  • I'm not familiar with it: 60%

ChatGPT is a chatbot developed by OpenAI that uses Large Language Models (LLMs) to do a wide range of tasks such as writing a news article, essay, software code, etc. by simply entering a prompt (eg, Write an alternative opening scene to Lord of the Rings)

BTW: We’ll be hosting a faculty panel on ChatGPT on Friday, February 3 at 2pm. Details will be announced next week. Thanks to everyone who shared their thoughts!
From the Editors: Do You Have a Story to Share?
We want to promote faculty and staff stories! Here are some ideas:
  • Professional development experiences
  • Study away & study abroad trips
  • Receiving awards and honors
  • Student success stories
  • Active learning ideas
  • Upcoming events
  • Globalized courses
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Please contact one of the editors if you have ideas or referrals for stories.
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