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Below is a collection of resources to help you engage students in circumstances that require social distancing, virtual participants, or a combination of both. Each resource is categorized by the instruction modes it can help with to make it easy to find what works for you.
Webinars and Recordings: Hands-on Zoom sessions and workshops, either live or recorded.
Learn at Your Own Pace: Guided modules and curated lists of content, arranged based on topics.
Technology Training: Workshops and tutorials focused on the technology available for teaching the different modes.
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Description
- Commonwealth Connections: Instructor Day, Fall 2022 Posted in: Canvas, Classroom Preparation, Learning Assessment, Student Engagement, Trauma-Informed Pedagogy, Upcoming Events, Webinars and Recordings - Date: Wednesday, August 10th & Thursday, August 11th, 2022
Time: TBD
Where: Zoom
On August 10th and 11th, join colleagues from the Penn State Commonwealth Campuses to energize for the upcoming semester The event will explore topics related to engaging and supporting students; assessment; and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Hear from your faculty colleagues as they share strategies and tools for success. Be sure to bring your questions and any stories of success you care to share. - Instructor Panel (Instructor Day, Spring 2022) Posted in: Canvas, Classroom Preparation, Format, Learning Assessment, Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - Instructors will share their perspectives, experiences, and tips for starting the semester in a way that fosters a sense of community, motivation, and inclusivity in their classrooms.
- Commonwealth Connections: Instructor Day, Spring 2022 Posted in: Canvas, Classroom Preparation, Learning Assessment, Student Engagement, Trauma-Informed Pedagogy, Webinars and Recordings -
- Continuing Innovation with Technology in the Classroom Posted in: Classroom Preparation, Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - Now that Penn State has returned to the classroom, instructors are wondering how they can continue to use some of the technologies they learned over the past 18 months, and even continue to innovate around the use of technology in residential classes. Date & Time: October 18, 2021 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
- Helping Students Succeed with Embedded Tutors and Learning Assistants Posted in: Classroom Preparation, Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Time: 1:00 PM
We have been using an Embedded Tutor/Learning Assistant enabled classroom. These programs have increased student understanding by enabling them to personally engage with the tutors and Learning Assistants. This engagement promotes a higher level of interaction between students and tutors/LAs and increased the use of the tutoring centers. - Reflective Teaching and Learning Techniques Posted in: Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - Date: Thursday, August 12, 2021
Time: 11:00 AM
Reflective teaching involves using reflection techniques to convey, analyze, and deliver information, in the goal of generating feedback. In this session, you will hear how reflective teaching is used to increase student engagement with each other, with learning content, and with the instructor. In addition, Drs. Holt and Black-Reed will present a hands-on experience of using Packback, a class-discussion software that each used successfully in introductory and upper-level classes during the pandemic. Please review the full details to prepare for this part in advance. - Foe’s Eye View: Engaging Students Through Perspective-Taking Activities Posted in: Learning Assessment, Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Time: 3:00 PM
Students think they know how they feel about something and love to debate their position, but what happens when we put them in their opponents' shoes? How might students respond when learning new information from their adversaries' perspectives? - Active Learning Through Gameplay Posted in: Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - Date: Thursday, August 12, 2021
Time: 9:00 AM
Capturing and securing student attention can be a struggle for even the most seasoned instructors. As educators strive to create meaningful learning experiences for students, we will share two game-based activities to enhance student engagement. - Happy Little Successes: Activities to Increase Engagement and Build Community in Remote Classes Posted in: Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - Date: Thursday, August 12, 2021
Time: 10:00 AM
Promoting engagement and a sense of community among students in remote courses continues to be a challenge for instructors. During this session, two unique engagement strategies will be introduced and the increased interaction that resulted, along with a heightened sense of community felt by students as a result of the implementation of the strategies, will be discussed. - Creating Community in Your Courses Posted in: Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Time: 3:00 PM
Getting students to engage in class can be difficult but establishing a positive classroom community can go a long way to help with that. In this session, you'll hear about a few strategies that have proven to be successful. Through a variety of classroom activities and practices, students have been able to make strong connections to their peers and their instructors. - Make Discussions Great Again: We Actually Mean It Posted in: Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Time: 2:00 PM
Nurturing professional outcomes in asynchronous online discussions. - Faculty Reflect on Teaching During COVID—What They’ll Keep For the Fall Posted in: Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - Date: Thursday, August 12, 2021
Time: 9:00 AM
Faculty share innovative ways they have engaged students, facilitated team-based learning, improved student interaction and other best practices they learned while teaching remotely. They will also discuss how they plan on adopting these best practices for their in-person classes. - Creative Course Design: Examples of Transformative and Experiential Learning in the Classroom Posted in: Classroom Preparation, Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - Date: Thursday, August 12, 2021
Time: 10:00 AM
This session explores three distinct ways faculty infused experiential learning into their classrooms. We will explore topics such as telecollaboration, enthusiastic engagement, getting students to participate beyond their comfort zones, and real-world based projects. - Allow Students to Author Their Own Learning Path Posted in: Learning Assessment, Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Time: 3:00 PM
Giving students a voice in how their learning is structured can make their learning journey more relevant, meaningful and enjoyable. During this session, you'll hear how student-designed lessons and assessments were successfully implemented in two very different disciplines. - Facilitating Effective Group Work Posted in: Learning Assessment, Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Time: 3:00 PM
Group projects are very useful assignments but are hated equally by both students and instructors when things don't go as expected. This session will provide strategies for effectively setting up and facilitating group work that you can apply to your own courses. - Designing Projects to Enhance Understanding and Engagement Posted in: Learning Assessment, Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - Date: Thursday, August 12, 2021
Time: 11:00 AM
Designing student projects to increase student engagement and understanding. We will discuss two types of student projects, 1) utilizing case studies to review theories and incorporating an incremental final project where students prepare their own case studies to demonstrate their research and knowledge; 2) increasing students’ communication skills and digital fluency through a compelling infographic storytelling project where students highlight a local entrepreneur’s journey, from start-up through growth. - Methods & Modes of Engaging and Enhancing Learning in STEM Courses Posted in: Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Time: 1:00 PM
Faculty will share diverse methods of engaging students in their learning through a variety of teaching methods, strategies and instruction in STEM courses which can be easily adapted to other disciplines. - Commonwealth Connections: Instructor Days, Fall 2021 Posted in: Canvas, Classroom Preparation, Learning Assessment, Student Engagement, Trauma-Informed Pedagogy, Webinars and Recordings, Zoom - On August 11th and 12th, join colleagues from the Penn State Commonwealth Campuses to energize for the upcoming semester. The event will explore topics related to invigorating your teaching practice, strategies to preserve from Pandemic teaching, and practices for supporting students. Hear from your faculty colleagues as they share strategies and tools for success. Be […]
- Students Speak Series: Strategies for Student Engagement Posted in: Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings, Zoom - Date: Friday, March 26, 2021Time:12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Are you curious about which pedagogical strategies are helping your students to succeed and which are causing them to struggle? Are you interested in learning more from students about which course experiences from the last year they hope will remain beyond teaching and learning during the pandemic? […]
- Students Speak Series: Strategies for Communication and Academic Support Posted in: Student Engagement, Technology Training, Webinars and Recordings, Zoom - Date: Friday, March 19, 2021Time: 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Are you curious about which pedagogical strategies are helping your students to succeed and which are causing them to struggle? Are you interested in learning more from students about which course experiences from the last year they hope will remain beyond teaching and learning during the […]
- Students Speak Series: Effective Technology Practices Posted in: Student Engagement, Technology Training, Webinars and Recordings, Zoom - Are you curious about which pedagogical strategies are helping your students to succeed and which are causing them to struggle? Are you interested in learning more from students about which course experiences from the last year they hope will remain beyond teaching and learning during the pandemic?
- Wellness through Zoom Games and Improv Posted in: Student Engagement, Trauma-Informed Pedagogy, Webinars and Recordings - Join us to play games and try out improv activities that can be used in class to check in, warm up, and get students prepared to participate. We’ll also explore how practicing empathy, staying positive in the moment, and moving things forward can contribute to occupational, emotional, and social wellness. The improvisational mindset helps build stronger relationships between faculty and students, IDs and faculty, students doing group work, co-workers, or other collaborators.
- Wellness through Zoom Games and Improv Posted in: Student Engagement, Trauma-Informed Pedagogy, Webinars and Recordings, Zoom - Join us to play games and try out improv activities that can be used in class to check in, warm up, and get students prepared to participate. We’ll also explore how practicing empathy, staying positive in the moment, and moving things forward can contribute to occupational, emotional, and social wellness. The improvisational mindset helps build stronger relationships between faculty and students, IDs and faculty, students doing group work, co-workers, or other collaborators.
- Wellness through Zoom Games and Improv Posted in: Student Engagement, Trauma-Informed Pedagogy, Webinars and Recordings, Zoom - Join us to play games and try out improv activities that can be used in class to check in, warm up, and get students prepared to participate. We’ll also explore how practicing empathy, staying positive in the moment, and moving things forward can contribute to occupational, emotional, and social wellness. The improvisational mindset helps build stronger relationships between faculty and students, IDs and faculty, students doing group work, co-workers, or other collaborators.
- Increasing Student Engagement with Top Hat Posted in: Classroom Preparation, Learning Assessment, Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - The University has a new tool to enhance student participation in your courses. Top Hat is a cloud-based audience participation solution with presentations, questions, and assignments built-in. In this session, faculty and learning designers will share the ways that Top Hat is being used in the classroom.
- Workshop: Using Microsoft Teams for Class Community and Collaboration Posted in: Canvas, Classroom Preparation, Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - PSU Scranton Science faculty member Theresa Black has used Teams in conjunction with Canvas and other online tools to meet with her students over the summer and fall. Join us to discuss her experiences – the good and the bad – and learn how you can use Teams to create community and collaboration online.
- Perusall: A Collaborative/Social Annotation Tool Posted in: Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - Faculty will discuss their use of Perusall for building community in their courses and increasing content engagement with journal articles, popular news articles, podcasts, and videos. Panelists will discuss lessons learned, give examples of student discussions, and answer questions.
- Lessons Learned from Small Teaching Posted in: Classroom Preparation, Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - In his book Small Teaching, James Lang explains how minor modifications to our teaching can have a major impact on student learning. In this session, faculty discuss the ways they have incorporated the lessons from Small Teaching into their courses and the benefits they have seen with student learning and engagement.
- Fostering Engagement in Asynchronous Courses Posted in: Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - Ensuring supportive and productive student-faculty engagement can be challenging in any learning environment, but particularly in the asynchronous online setting. In this session, faculty share some of the strategies they have used in their asynchronous courses to foster student engagement and create opportunities for student-faculty connection.
- Giving Students a Reason to Turn on Their Cameras Posted in: Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - In this session, faculty share the strategies they have used to encourage students to turn on their webcams and to enhance student learning, foster community, and promote engagement.
- Teaching in Mixed-Mode: Lessons Learned Posted in: Canvas, Classroom Preparation, Learning Assessment, Student Engagement, Trauma-Informed Pedagogy, Webinars and Recordings, Zoom - Faculty from across the University share their experiences in teaching mixed-mode courses in the Fall semester. Find out what went well, what didn’t go well, and what tips you might want to incorporate into your Spring courses.
- Addressing Ethnocentrism and Racism in the Classroom Posted in: Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - This panel discussion addresses the topics related to addressing racism in the Higher Education classroom. Key topics discussed include: the distinction between debate and dialogue, ground rules for classroom dialogues about ethnocentrism and racism, constructive confrontation, and how to recognize and respond to different dispositions about racism.
- Who Are You Not Reaching? Designing Your Course to Gain Maximum Engagement from All Students Posted in: Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - Reaching students can be a significant challenge for any course. Research suggests that we gain a broader response when attending to principles of inclusive teaching and best practices in inclusive course design. In this interactive session, attendees will review a series of best practices for inclusive teaching and course design which are designed to be […]
- Student Engagement in Microsoft Teams Posted in: Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - Using Teams to solve the problem of facilitating collaborative work in various instructional modes. This will not be an extensive session on all functions of Teams, nor are we trying to replace Canvas, but we will look for easy-to-implement solutions to group work in socially distanced classrooms and remote students using Zoom.
- Planning for Student Engagement Posted in: Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - Do you need to revise a fall 2020 course to a blended or online format but aren’t sure where to start? This session covers how to plan your course content to maximize student engagement. Topics include adapting course objectives to include the online environment, choosing which aspects of the course to offer synchronously vs. asynchronously, and creating or adjusting your communication plan to help students be successful in your online or blended course.
- Looking Through the Faculty Lens: Video Posted in: Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - How do you engage students in a blended classroom? Join faculty Mary Dean Coleman as she shares how she used instructor videos, created through BlendLT to demonstrate concepts and skills for her students.
- Looking Through the Faculty Lens: Nearpod Posted in: Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - How do you engage students in the classroom when some students are physically present and some are online? This session will focus on using Nearpod to enhance engagement.
- Looking Through the Faculty Lens: Beam Robot, Doceri, & More Posted in: Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - How do you engage students in the classroom when some students are physically present and some are online? Join Shared Programs faculty Penelope Morrison and Kristal Tucker as they share how they used Beam Robots, Doceri, and more to enhance engagement while teaching students simultaneously across campuses.
- Faculty Forum: Designing Online Discussions to Promote Engagement Posted in: Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - In this Faculty Forum hosted by the Center for Teaching and eLearning Initiatives at Penn State Behrend, faculty will share their experiences in designing and facilitating engaging discussions in both synchronous and asynchronous online environments. Take this opportunity to find out what has been working well for faculty in the online classroom. This session will […]
- Engaging Students Through Multimedia Assignments Posted in: Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - Multimedia assignments teach students digital skills in addition to the content they learn in your course and can be taught both in residential and online/remote courses.
- Engaging Students Asynchronously Posted in: Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - Topics include how to help students engage with the content, you, and their fellow students, as well as how to structure asynchronous discussions, group work, lecture content, and more to benefit student learning in the asynchronous online environment.
- Creating, Finding, and Assessing Instructional Video to Engage Students Posted in: Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - Instructional video allows for visually explaining information, assists in bringing contextually relevant examples to class, and, if instructor-created, can allow for an increase in instructor presence in a variety of course modalities.
- Creating Community Online Posted in: Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - How can you replicate the engagement level of in-person courses in an online space? This session covers how to take your online students and turn them into a community of engaged learners.
- Classroom Technology Posted in: Classroom Preparation, Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - Panelists will review the classroom technology available to support socially distanced classrooms and mixed-mode delivery and procedures to request additional technology.
- Active Learning Strategies for the Socially Distanced Classroom Posted in: Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - This session covers active learning strategies appropriate for in-person, mixed-mode, and remote synchronous courses. The strategies focus on designing activities that encourage student creativity and social learning while maintaining physical distance and masking requirements.
- A Practical Guide to Finding and Using Open and Affordable Educational Resources in Any Modality Posted in: Classroom Preparation, Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - This session will provide you with some strategies and tips for locating, selecting, and incorporating alternative course materials, including open educational resources and library e-resources.
- Too Much or Not Enough: Quantifying the Time Students Spend in Engaging Courses Posted in: Classroom Preparation, Learning Assessment, Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - Instructors thoughtfully create high-quality, engaging course design experiences, but is time dedicated to assessing the rigor that’s placed on students? This session will first focus on the benefits of and strategies for reviewing the time spent on instructional activities. Participants will use various tools and resources to review the instructional activity/student rigor each week of […]
- Kaltura Editing and Quizzing Posted in: Learning Assessment, Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - Would you like to edit your Zoom class recordings? Create quizzes with video? Join us to learn how to use our Kaltura media management system for video editing and quiz creation.
- Introducing Top Hat at Penn State Posted in: Learning Assessment, Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - The University has a new tool for student participation in your courses. Top Hat is a cloud-based audience participation solution with presentations, questions and assignments built-in. Join us for this introduction to Top Hat.
- Considerations in Teaching Offshore International Students Posted in: Classroom Preparation, Learning Assessment, Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - Due to the pandemic, travel ban, and delayed visas, a large number of our international students are currently studying remotely from their home countries. This training module addresses the prevailing issues facing faculty in teaching students who are physically outside of the United States. In addition to covering topics on differences in academic culture, learning […]
- Faculty Seminar on Teaching with Technology Posted in: Canvas, Classroom Preparation, Learning Assessment, Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings - This Faculty Webinar on Teaching with Technology for Fall 2020 features Berks faculty sharing innovative pedagogical strategies and uses of instructional technology. These strategies include the use of Packback in Canvas, an online scavenger hunt, tips for keeping students organized and on-task, and an award-winning way to combine quizzes and reflective journal assignments.
- Strategies for Remote Synchronous Instruction Posted in: Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings, Zoom - A 30-minute presentation followed by a 30-minute Q&A. Designing your remote synchronous course to foster student engagement, support group projects, and include flexibility while teaching in Zoom.
- Resources for Remote Synchronous Posted in: Canvas, Classroom Preparation, Learning Assessment, Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings, Zoom - This session covers how to engage, assess, and support students in a remote-synchronous course.
- Resources for Mixed Mode Posted in: Canvas, Classroom Preparation, Learning Assessment, Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings, Zoom - This session covers ways to implement a mixed-mode course, how your plan for the course can be communicated to your students, and some of the resources available to you to help in this process.
- Integrating Penn State Tools in Canvas for Better Teaching and Learning Posted in: Canvas, Classroom Preparation, Learning Assessment, Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings, Zoom - This session will cover the use of a variety of technology tools in your course design, answering the following questions: How can we use Zoom technology to a) make individual assignments more engaging and b) foster more meaningful learning? How can we use Zoom technology to ensure academic integrity for individual assignments? How can Zoom […]
- Faculty Modeling Remote Synchronous Instruction Posted in: Canvas, Classroom Preparation, Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings, Zoom - This session will showcase Penn State faculty using three instructional strategies during remote synchronous instruction: whiteboard, lecturing, and engaging students in activities/discussions.
- Faculty Modeling Mixed-Mode Instruction Posted in: Canvas, Classroom Preparation, Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings, Zoom - This session will showcase Penn State faculty using three instructional strategies during mixed-mode instruction: whiteboard, lecturing, and engaging students in activities/discussions.
- Countdown to Classes Webinar: Essential Teaching Tools, Guidance and Resources for Fall 2020 Posted in: Canvas, Classroom Preparation, Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings, Zoom - In the 2-hour interactive webinar, we will provide you with the essential tools you need to be successful in the upcoming semester. During the first hour, we focus on preparing for your first day as we review the flexible instructional modes and their implementation. Then, we explore how to prepare your course syllabi with the current learning environment in mind including […]
- College Students’ Use and Acceptance of Emergency Online Learning Due to COVID-19 Posted in: Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings, Zoom - The COVID-19 pandemic has forced higher education institutions around the world to offer education through the Internet. This new modality is called “emergency online learning.” Understanding the factors that affected students’ use and acceptance of this new modality is essential for its success and the achievement of its maximum benefits. Dr. Patricia Aguilera, Assistant Teaching […]
- Engaging Students Synchronously Posted in: Student Engagement, Webinars and Recordings, Zoom - Topics include how to help students engage with the content, you, and their fellow students, as well as how to best adapt in-class activities to the synchronous online environment.
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Description
- Adopting a Metacognitive Approach to Teaching Posted in: Classroom Preparation, Learn at Your Own Pace, Learning Assessment, Student Engagement - Learn about the benefits of metacognitive teaching for students and how to implement these strategies into your courses.
- Student Success Canvas Module Posted in: Canvas, Classroom Preparation, Learn at Your Own Pace, Student Engagement - Import this module into your Canvas course spaces to help students become aware of research-based strategies that can improve their chances of success in college.
- I Can’t Teach That via Zoom! Posted in: Learn at Your Own Pace, Student Engagement - Struggling with how to take your subject area online? Join this conversation to see how martial arts, Spanish, chemistry, choir, and more can be taught online. No perfect answer, but plenty of possible solutions. We’ll focus our conversation through the lenses of equity and flexibility.
- Engaged Storytelling Resources Posted in: Learn at Your Own Pace, Student Engagement - A collection of resources for incorporating engaged storytelling into your course, including tutorials and tips to get you thinking about your story and your selected medium.
- Creativity Assignments & Activities Posted in: Learn at Your Own Pace, Student Engagement - A collection of information and resources about fostering creativity and building creative assignments and activities.
- BlendLT Learning Path Posted in: Learn at Your Own Pace, Student Engagement - This series of modules includes an introduction to blended learning, a guide to course revision, best practices and examples of successful blended courses, and ways to assess the effectiveness of your revised course.
- Actively Engaging Students in Asynchronous Online Classes Posted in: Learn at Your Own Pace, Student Engagement - This paper goes over three main approaches that help to create engaging meaningful action and reflection in an online asynchronous class. The approaches include the creation of an architecture of engagement in the online classroom, the use of web-based tools in addition to the learning management system, and a re-imagining of discussion boards as interactive […]
- A Quick Guide for Remote Asynchronous Teaching Posted in: Canvas, Classroom Preparation, Learn at Your Own Pace, Learning Assessment, Student Engagement - This resource gives a quick overview of things to consider for remote asynchronous teaching, from class planning and organization to the ways you can engage students asynchronously.
- The Engaging Students Series Posted in: Canvas, Classroom Preparation, Learn at Your Own Pace, Learning Assessment, Student Engagement, Zoom - A collection of past webinars and related resources that were shared during sessions in the Engaging Students Series.
- Teaching Demonstrations: Remote Synchronous Lecture Posted in: Classroom Preparation, Learn at Your Own Pace, Student Engagement, Zoom - This video showcases examples of Penn State faculty engaging online students during a remote synchronous lecture.
- Teaching Demonstrations: Mixed Mode Whiteboard Posted in: Classroom Preparation, Learn at Your Own Pace, Student Engagement, Zoom - This video showcases examples of Penn State faculty using physical and digital whiteboards to engage online and in-class students.
- Teaching Demonstrations: Mixed Mode Lectures Posted in: Classroom Preparation, Learn at Your Own Pace, Student Engagement, Zoom - This video showcases examples of Penn State faculty engaging online and in-class students in a mixed-mode lecture.
- Teaching Demonstrations: Mixed Mode Class Activities Posted in: Classroom Preparation, Learn at Your Own Pace, Student Engagement, Zoom - This video showcases examples of Penn State faculty facilitating discussions and group work with online and in-class students.
- Flexible Instruction Teaching Guide Posted in: Canvas, Classroom Preparation, Learn at Your Own Pace, Learning Assessment, Student Engagement, Zoom - A curated collection of resources to help support you and to give students the best learning experience possible. This guide is helpful for all instruction modes and covers a wide variety of topics.
- A Quick Guide for Remote Synchronous Teaching Posted in: Canvas, Classroom Preparation, Learn at Your Own Pace, Learning Assessment, Student Engagement, Zoom - This resource gives a quick overview of things to consider for remote synchronous teaching, from class planning and organization to the ways you can engage students remotely.
- A Quick Guide for Mixed Mode Teaching Posted in: Canvas, Classroom Preparation, Learn at Your Own Pace, Learning Assessment, Student Engagement, Zoom - This resource gives a quick overview of things to consider for mixed-mode teaching, from class planning and organization to the technology available to you.
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Description
- Students Speak Series: Strategies for Communication and Academic Support Posted in: Student Engagement, Technology Training, Webinars and Recordings, Zoom - Date: Friday, March 19, 2021Time: 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Are you curious about which pedagogical strategies are helping your students to succeed and which are causing them to struggle? Are you interested in learning more from students about which course experiences from the last year they hope will remain beyond teaching and learning during the […]
- Students Speak Series: Effective Technology Practices Posted in: Student Engagement, Technology Training, Webinars and Recordings, Zoom - Are you curious about which pedagogical strategies are helping your students to succeed and which are causing them to struggle? Are you interested in learning more from students about which course experiences from the last year they hope will remain beyond teaching and learning during the pandemic?
- Zoom: Promoting Online Collaboration with Breakout Rooms (ITLD) Posted in: Student Engagement, Technology Training - Learn to use breakout rooms and other interactive tools to increase collaboration and engagement in Zoom.
- Microsoft Teams: Getting Started with Online Collaboration (ITLD) Posted in: Student Engagement, Technology Training - Learn how to create and organize a virtual collaboration space with Microsoft Teams.
- Gathering and Responding to Student Feedback Posted in: Student Engagement, Technology Training - Learn how to create learning opportunities, challenge users to think critically, and help streamline administrative tasks by using Google Suite for Education.
- Access a Zoom Meeting in Your Canvas Course Posted in: Canvas, Classroom Preparation, Student Engagement, Technology Training, Zoom - A step-by-step guide to help you access Zoom meetings and recordings within Canvas.
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