This Week in the LEC

Lights, Camera, Action! Would you like to create an interactive video? Sharkmedia has been enhanced with an exciting feature from Kaltura called Interactive Video Paths. Interactive Videos enable you to create a more personalized, “choose your own adventure” learning experience by adding choice-based learning paths to your videos. Interactive videos are well known for their ability to increase viewer’s participation, reduce cognitive overload, maximize retention, and provide real world learning experiences. This workshop will explore pedagogical tips and technology tools for assembling an engaging interactive video path through a step-by-step process that will help you to make your own interactive video learning experience for students.

Formative assessments benefit both students and instructors during the learning process. They give students opportunities to process content and practice important skills while giving both students and their instructors feedback on how students are doing in a course. They also inform faculty about the effectiveness of instruction and what course material may need reinforcement. This workshop will highlight the benefits of formative assessment, the qualities of effective formative assessments, the characteristics of quality feedback, and the benefits of having low-stakes assessments. It will also guide faculty with the development of formative assessments, share examples, and identify available tools for assessment.

Generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Bard are rapidly shaping higher education. As discussions revolve around cheating, instructional adjustments, and ethical implications, students often find themselves excluded. To bridge this gap, effective communication is vital. This workshop offers guidance on discussing generative AI with students, establishing a policy, teaching citation skills, exploring ethics, and fostering critical evaluation of AI-generated results.

Join our interactive workshop to explore the world of gamification. Gain a deep understanding of its purpose and key elements. Uncover misconceptions and apply gamification in your Canvas course, designing a badge system for engaging learning experiences. Discover six best practices for implementing gamification strategies to boost student engagement, motivation, and learning outcomes. Leave equipped with the knowledge and tools to create a gamified learning environment that meets your student’s needs. Register now for this transformative workshop!

Looking to learn from the best and brightest in academia? Join us for a second exciting panel discussion featuring faculty who were recognized during this year’s Thank-a-Professor program. During this session, you’ll have the opportunity to hear from additional faculty members who have been acknowledged by students for their incredible teaching and dedication to student success. Our panelists will share their tips, tricks, and strategies for engaging students, creating an inclusive classroom environment, and fostering meaningful learning experiences. Whether you’re a new NSU educator looking to improve your teaching skills or a seasoned instructor who is looking for some new ideas, this session is for you.

Even if you can’t make it to Part 1 of Engaging Today’s Learners, where we will focus on the characteristics, challenges, and motivations as well as strategies for creating positive and productive learning environments, join us for Part 2. In the Part 2 session we will focus on how to implement those strategies to maximize learning.

If you have writing assignments in your course, you already know that plagiarism can be a problem. This workshop will present the tool, Turnitin, which helps identify instances of potential plagiarism along with the newly added function of AI writing detection. During the workshop, you will learn about the various ways in which Turnitin can be used in your Canvas course so that you can begin screening writing assignments for plagiarism, grammatical errors, and detecting AI-written essays.

Join us for an exciting workshop ‘All About Canvas Rubrics’! In this 55-minute session, you will discover how to use Canvas Rubrics to provide clear and consistent feedback to students, save time grading, and improve the quality of student work. You will learn about different types of rubrics, including holistic, analytic, single-point, and customized rubrics, and discover how to create and use them effectively in your course. Whether you’re a seasoned Canvas user or new to the platform, this workshop will provide you with practical tips and insights to help you maximize your use of rubrics in Canvas. Don’t miss this opportunity to improve your teaching and student learning outcomes – register now!

Learning begins with engaged students. In this session, our focus will be on our students. Who are they? What do they value? What are their learning preferences? What are their challenges and motivations? How has the pandemic affected their preparedness and disposition? Having a better understanding of our learner audience will help us, as educators, design, facilitate, and manage learning experiences that promote engagement and motivation.

Engaging students at a distance and in the classroom can present challenges. Poll Everywhere provides a way to interact with your students with activities designed to ask questions, drive participation in group activities, and encourage students to share thoughts and insights from their phones or computers.