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MSUglobal's Business Communication Program was recently featured in article by the National Basketball Development League.  Read Coach Nick Nurse's inspiring story at www.nba.com/dleague/news/nurse_090526.html or download the story here:

MSU Faculty had the opportunity to learn more about Competence 2.0 during a presentation by Don Norris of Strategic Initiatives on May 20 on the campus of Michigan State University.  Don along with MSU panel members Geoffrey Habron and Sharif Shakrani shared insights surronding competence and how the explosion of social networking tools now more than ever impacts learning design and delivery.

Links to the materials from Dr. Norris' presentation can be found below:

PowerPoint Presentation

Resliance in the Face of Recession (Handout)

 A Guide to Plannig for Change (Handout)

My Horse University and MSUglobal have submitted a grant for the creation of a National Online Equine Business Support Center. This grant is funded through USDA Rural Business Opportunities.

Last week Chris and I attended the OpenCourseWare Consortium's Global Conference in Monterrey, Mexico. There we had the opportunity to see, hear, and talk to people from all over the world who are working on open courseware. 

We presented at a session called "An Industry and Competency Driven Approach to OER" where we talked about the Food Safety Knowledge Network and its unique approach to open educational resources. The slides from the presenatation can be seen below:

Chris also presented with Joel Thierstein from Rice University's Connexion on "New Forms of Assessment and Accreditation." Overall we had a wonderful time filled with great dialogue, new connections, and wonderful hospitality.

My Horse University and eXtension Horse Quest’s “Free Equine Webcast Series” has been selected by the National University Telecommunications Network to receive the 2009 Shirley Davis Award for Excellence in Synchronous Distance Learning. This award recognizes individuals and institutions that provide distance learning opportunities via web or video-conferencing of a superior nature in the areas of innovation, interactivity, production quality and administrative issues.

The award will be presented on June 23, 2009 at this year’s NUTN Annual Event in Saratoga Springs, NY. The conference, “Quality in Motion,” will focus on the challenges to distance learning and technology in a troubled economy. Participants at the NUTN conference represent over 60 higher education institutions across the country that focus on distance education and the technologies that support education. For more information, visit NUTN 2009.

MSU's Office of Faculty and Organizational Development (FOD) conducted the final Workshop for Faculty Leaders event of the academic year on April 9, 2009 entitled "Integrating Entrepreneurship into Your Academic Career".

Gerald Rhead from MSUglobal along with Ross Emmett (James Madison College), Jeff Grabill (WIDE), and Hamish Gow(CANR) presented.  Rhead's remarks focused on the recently modifed Academic Entrepreneurship Planning Manual that guides academic units as they create entrepreneurial credit and non-credit programming.  Additionally, Rhead also discussed the MSU Non-credit Registration System (NCRS).

MSUglobal is in the process of learning how to maximize our travel experience while minimizing the travel expenses. As dedicated travel arrangers, we are discovering the advantages that Passageways Travel and Tower provide to us with their services. We will be scheduling a webcast with Tower to help train our employees on the new MSU Travel Portal that will be available in the near future. This portal will eliminate the need to use online searching tools such as Expedia, Orbitz, Travelocity, etc. It will automatically check these sites on our behalf, always searching for the lowest cost per transaction. Our goal as travel arrangers here at MSUglobal is to create more efficient travel procedures for tomorrow than we have today.

• For reservation requests with MSUglobal: Call Julie Orler at 517.432.8265 | e-mail: global@msu.edu CC: orlerj@msu.edu
• For reservations with Tower: Call: 866.658.4228 or 630.954.3010 | Fax: 630.954.3040
• For reservations with Passageways Travel: http://www.resx.com  | Call: 517.353.9898 

MSUglobal is proud to announce the new Michigan State University Non-credit Registration System (NCRS). The non-credit registration system allows users to register for non-credit related learning opportunities such as online or face-to-face courses, training sessions, seminars, and Web presentations. NCRS is an ecommerce system that allows an individual to register and pay for a non-credit course, in a one stop shopping environment. If you are an MSU student or employee, you simply enter your NetID and password. If you’re not affiliated with MSU, you can still take advantage of course offerings by creating an MSU Community ID.

Since its September 17th debut, NCRS has offered 76 non-credit courses and serviced over 1000 registrants. We have received great feedback from both MSU departments utilizing the system and registrants alike. Our friendly Client Service and Technical Service departments are always ready and willing to help with any questions you might have. Take a moment and check out the registration site.

My Horse University (MHU) along with experts from eXtension HorseQuest offer free monthly webcasts from September through May in order to reach out to the equine industry and create a learning community. The live webcast topics include areas such as farm management, horse health, nutrition and environmental issues. All of the webcasts are recorded and made freely available on the MHU web site for viewing after the live event. In addition, the archived webcasts are used within non-credit and credit online courses to add depth to the learning experiences. Since January of 2007, MHU and eXtension have offered 17 free webcasts with approximately 600 people in attendance.

The objectives of the free monthly webcast series are to:

• Educate horse enthusiasts through offering science-based information.
• Provide an avenue of communication allowing for better agricultural practices.
• Offer educational opportunities for youth programs.
• Provide educational resources that promote better horse care, environmental stewardship and recreation.
• Repurpose content for online courses.

For more information click here.