Summer session 1 is history. Summer session 2 is in full swing. The beginning of the fall 2011 semester will be here in just over one month. We are energetically making plans to deliver the best Faculty Development Fall 2011 Blastoff ever. Many of you will be very interested in hearing from some of the past ACES Fellows about their experiences implementing active learning methods into their core courses. There will be two of the nine sessions total devoted to sharing best practices. We will be sending out an email selection survey towards the end of July so check your inbox. If you are doing research in the area of literacy, the Journal of Literacy Research is looking for you. To discover what types of articles they are looking for and how to submit, visit their website. We have added a number of books to the faculty development resource shelves on the 6th floor of MJGL (Mary and John Gray Library). The bookshelves are located in the corridor of the CT+LE suite of offices where you can browse and grab a free cup of coffee as well. Stop by anytime between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. Have you incorporated the use of Wikipedia into your course yet? Many faculty apparently have done so and are asking their students to create entries for the online encyclopedia. Wikipedia recently sponsored an academic conference that allowed presenters to showcase their work. Laurence Miners and Kathryn Nantz have an interesting article that is recommended reading for anyone planning to transition from a sage-on-the-stage to a guide-on-the-side type of classroom instruction model. Here is a teaser, "We realized that if we wanted learning outcomes to change, we had to change as well. We used Fink’s taxonomy to identify goals for our courses and put them front and center on our syllabi. More important, we went over these goals with the students and, throughout the semester, made an effort to link class activities and assignments back to these goals." Finally, we are excited to announce that Linda Nilson, Director of the Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation at Clemson University, has agreed to visit LU. Dr. Nilson will present several faculty development workshops on September 27 and 28. We will have more detailed information here and on the CT+LE website as soon as the agenda is finalized.