Integrating Best Practices for Online/Hybrid Course Development into Your Own Courses
10:00am-10:20am Welcome and Introductions
Dr. Carey McDougall, Director of Academic Affairs, Penn State Beaver
Dr. David Stone, Director of Collaborative Programs
Technology Showcase Session 1
10:20am-10:30am The Evolution of a Multimedia Project
Debra Majetic, Instructor in Radiological Sciences, Penn State New Kensington
Learn how an instructor who participated in the Mobile Media Pilot continued working on a project in her classes.
10:30am-11:00am What Can Media Commons Offer You?
Nick Smerker, PSU Media Commons
Are you thinking of creating instructional video materials for an online or hybrid course – or even assigning your students a multimedia project at a distance? Media Commons is here to help! Learn about resources specifically available to faculty developing course content and discover a new way of editing video collaboratively online with western campuses consultant, Nick Smerker.
11:00am-11:10am Break
Technology Showcase Session 2
11:10am-11:30am Soft Chalk Pilot
Cheryl Tkacs, Instructional Designer, Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus
Soft Chalk is a content authoring software that allows faculty to create interactive e-learning content for delivery in any learning management system. Cheryl will talk about the pilot and show an example of a course that was created using Soft Chalk.
11:30am-12:00pm Does My Course Provide Learning Opportunities for Everyone?
Ryan Klinger, Instructional Designer Penn State Harrisburg/World Campus
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a set of principles for curriculum development that give all individuals equal opportunities to learn. This session will focus on applying UDL to curriculum design to ensure learning goals, methods, materials, and assessments create learning opportunities for everyone. Ryan will also focus on applying UDL to ensure access and participation of all students using brain research to foster engagement, enhance representation, and encourage action & expression for all students in blended and hybrid courses.
12:00pm -12:45pm Lunch/COIL/Commonwealth Collaborative Programs
12:00-12:15
Dr. Larry Ragan, Co-Director for the Center for Online Innovation in Learning
The Center for Online Innovation in Learning (COIL) engages the University’s extensive research enterprise to improve online learning at and beyond Penn State. The core mission of COIL is to guide the transformation of teaching and learning processes by supporting researchers who invent, investigate, and implement the effects of technologically enhanced learning environments.
12:15-12:45
Dr. David Stone, Director of Collaborative Programs
Collaborative programs have the potential to provide new opportunities for students, faculty and campuses. Some of the current collaborative program initiatives will be discussed, along with lessons learned. This will include an identification of some of the key features and new opportunities as well as some of the challenges.
12:45am -1:15pm Accessibility
Elizabeth Pyatt, Instructional Designer, Teaching and Learning with Technology
Making online content accessible.
1:15pm -1:45pm Moving from the Classroom to Online
Robert Loeb, Associate Professor of Biology and Forestry, Penn State Dubois
The faculty experience in developing and teaching three online courses.
1:45pm-1:55pm Break
1:55pm-2:45pm Blended Redesign the Cohort Approach
Deborah Sillman, Senior Instructor, Biology, Penn State New Kensington
Marcia Curler, Instructor, Radiological Sciences, Penn State New Kensington
Debra Majetic, Program Director and Instructor, Radiological Sciences, Penn State New Kensington
Abhinav Aima, Instructor, Communications, Penn State New Kensington
Learn about how one campus approached redesigning traditional face to face courses for blended delivery. The cohort will share their process, best practices, assessment ideas and strategies and tools, as well as the advantages of the cohort approach.
2:45pm-3:00 pm Wrap Up
Wrap up, questions, how can we help you?
Dr. David Stone- Director of Collaborative Programs
Dr. Carey McDougall- Director of Academic Affairs Penn State Beaver
Jackie Ritzko- Instructional Designer Campus Collaborative Programs
Julie Lang-Instructional Designer Campus Collaborative Programs