Past and Present
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RNR 1002 (1) Issues in Natural Resources.
Students explore natural resource issues through readings,
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RNR 2001 (3) Dendrology. Identification, distribution, ecology, phenology of common trees, shrubs, and vines
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FOR 3061
(3) Forest Ecosystem Ecology. I believe an
understanding of ecological processes and functions is the building block from
which
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RNR 4061
(var. cr.)
Special Problems in Forestry.
Each semester, I help interested students select
projects and develop undergraduate
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RNR 4061 (1)
Forest Insects and Disease.
Students are exposed to forest insects and diseases
through exploration of the literature and by their
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RNR 7001(3) Research
Metho
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RNR
7004 (4) Forest Ecophysiology.
Class includes
lectures, discussion of current literature, field trips to special field
installations,
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Student
Technology Fee.
“Enhancement of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries Education Through
Technology.” (Jim Chambers, Tom
Dean, Quang
Cao,
Suresh Guddanti and Richard
Vlosky). Funding Source: LSU
Student Technology Fee
Purpose: To equip classrooms and teaching laboratory
with multimedia
equipment and computer aided access to university backbone and
the Internet; connect GIS/Multimedia lab to LSU computer backbone; provide
streaming video
for student access; and to provide workstation capabilities for
creation of multimedia for teaching enhancement.
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Teaching Ecophysiology, at North American
Forest
Biology
Workshop in
Baton Rouge, LA
June 13-16, 1994
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LSU Incentive Grant for Innovations in Teaching at
LSU
college of Agriculture
Fall Teaching Colloquium, August 24, 1995, in Baton Rouge, LA. |
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Integrating Web-Based Instructional Tools into Forestry Courses.
Q.V. Cao and J.L. Chambers. 2000. Third Annual Teaching in
Higher
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Online Courseware Experience from Two Perspectives.
J.L. Chambers and Q.V. Cao. 2000. Third Annual Teaching in Higher Education
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Teaching
in the Electronic Age II: -- Pushing Blackboard to the Limit. |
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“Innovative Programmatic Assessment Tools Developed
at the LSU School of Renewable Natural Resources.”
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"THE
CHALLENGE OF MAKING TEACHING AND LEARNING VISIBLE: SEEING IS DOING AND DOING
IS SEEING" |
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Individual
Differences: Identifying and Accommodating Adverse Learners,
Center for Faculty Development Seminar/Workshop.(1995).
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Motivating
Students,
Center for Faculty Development Seminar/Workshop.(1995).
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Teaching
Portfolios,
Center for Faculty Development Seminar/Workshop.(1995).
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Educational
Technology,
Participated in Southern Regional Faculty and Instructional Development
Consortium.
17th Annual Sharing Conference, “Exploring Technology and Its
Diverse Uses in Organizational, Instructional, and
Faculty Development”
February 4-6, 1996, Baton Rouge, LA
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Southern
Regional Faculty and Instructional Development Consortium. 17th Annual Sharing Conference,
“Exploring
Technology and Its Diverse Uses in Organizational, Instructional, and Faculty
Development” February 4-6, 1996, Baton Rouge, LA
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Participated
in Society of American Foresters Silviculture working group sponsored Silviculture
Instructors Field Tour.:
Gained practical knowledge of forest ecosystems of
the Southwest. Took slides and
video of southwestern forest
ecosystems to use
in classroom presentations and for web site to be constructed
for course use.
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Forestry
Short Course on Forest Tree Seed, Mississippi State University, to Improve background and knowledge for
teaching
Forest Ecology and Forest Ecophysiology .
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Bottomland
Hardwood Management Workshop, Baton Rouge, LA. to improve knowledge of silviculture and mangage of
hardwoods
for teaching of related principles in Forest Ecology
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Duke
University, Intensive Management Course, Hardwood Management. Improve background in Silviculture for
Teaching the
Advanced Silviculture Course.
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Attendance
at Society of American Foresters, Silvicultural Instructors’ Field Trips
in
Colorado, Kentucky/Indiana, Mississippi,
New York, Pennsylvania, Alaska,
Minnesota, Arizona to learn more about forest ecosystems and silvicultural
practices, and to take
slides for use in teaching Forest Ecology and Advanced
Silviculture.
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Workshop
on Problem-Based Learning.
April 7, 1998. Himes Hall, LSU, Sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development.
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“Their
Impact on Student Learning and Assessment Lecture”
by Dr. Abby Parrill as part of the LSU Teaching
Series on September 10, 1998. Himes Hall, LSU
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Workshop
on “Placing Your Course Materials on The WWW” November 9, 1999
Division of Instructional Support
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THE.
Teaching in Higher Education Forum 1999. Louisiana State University.
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Used
Web-based courseware in For 3061 and For 7001 (Learning Space and Lotus Notes)
· Learning Space Courseware
Workshop, Summer 1999.
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Semester Book Courseware Workshop
Fall 1999
· School
Representative: University Education In Natural Resources Conference. March
25-28, 2000. Columbia Missouri.
· Center For Faculty Development Workshop
“How to be an OSCAR Winning Teacher
Wed., Jan. 26, 2000 in Himes Hall, LSU campus.
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Center For Faculty Development Workshop
“Student Learning “ Feb. 16,
2000”
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Dean's Conference on teaching
Fall 2000- Transforming Teaching and Learning for
the 21st Century.
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Teaching in Higher Education Forum presentations.
2000,
2001, 2002, 2004, 2007.. Louisiana State University.
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