This Week in the LEC

Education is a caring practice. As such, it is important to consider the effectiveness of the technologies we use for promoting productivity, supporting student engagement, and facilitating a student’s acquisition of disciplinary knowledge, skills, and attitudes. 

Kaltura’s KAMP session will not only teach you tips and tricks for getting the most out of your Kaltura products but will also give you some of the latest pedagogical theories for how to use video as part of your courses for more effective learning. Sessions are held every second Thursday of the month during the main calendar year. All Kaltura end-users from higher education are welcome to attend.

Are you looking to hone your online teaching skills? The LEC is excited to announce its Fall lineup of faculty professional development including its new Wednesday Workshop Series, which focuses on the Foundations of Teaching Online. Whether you’re new to teaching online or are looking for new ideas to implement in your online and blended classes, our Wednesday Workshop Series will introduce you to the basics of teaching and learning in online and blended learning environments. While the workshops focus on strategies for teaching online, most can be applied to any modality. Below is a listing of the future workshops with links to their descriptions and registration information.  Workshops will be held via Zoom on the following Wednesdays from 12:00-1:00 p.m. Each workshop in the series is independent, feel free to attend one or all of the workshops. Workshop 1: Wednesday, September 15 – Foundation of Online Teaching and Learning Workshop 2: Wednesday, October 6 – Humanizing Approaches to Teaching with Technology  Workshop 3: Wednesday, October 20 – Online Learning Theories, Models, and Frameworks  Workshop 4: Wednesday, November 10 – Foundations of Instructional Design  Workshop 5: Wednesday, November 17 – Accessible and Inclusive Instructional Design Workshop 6: Wednesday, December 1 – Foundations of Canvas   

Are you looking to hone your online teaching skills? The LEC is excited to announce its Fall lineup of faculty professional development including its new Wednesday Workshop Series, which focuses on the Foundations of Teaching Online. Whether you’re new to teaching online or are looking for new ideas to implement in your online and blended classes, our Wednesday Workshop Series will introduce you to the basics of teaching and learning in online and blended learning environments.

Technology has transformed the classroom and it now allows you to engage students even when you are face-to-face. The use of technology provides a more tailored experience that can empower your students. There are several classroom hardware and software tools such as, the classroom cameras, microphones, Poll Everywhere, and the Canvas LMS that provide a way to interact with your students with activities designed for you to interact with your students, ask questions, drive participation in group activities, and encourage students to share thoughts and insights from their phones or computers to stimulate engagement. This workshop aims to enhance your delivery of instruction using classroom technology. We will emphasize the practical pedagogical approaches to effectively teach with technology to meet the needs of our digital learners.

Digital technology continues to transform today’s classrooms. Blended learning is a popular delivery format because it leverages technology to offer both the benefits of traditional face-to-face instruction and online learning. In this workshop, we will discuss how to design an engaging blended learning experience using various examples. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in group discussions to analyze and evaluate some of the active learning examples.

Universal Design builds on the notion that what is essential for some is often good for everybody. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) applies this notion to learning, providing a framework to support diverse students in a way that is beneficial for everyone. In this session, Dr. Orellana will introduce the UDL framework and principles, and present resources and examples to get started with UDL. 

If you have writing assignments in your course, then you already know that plagiarism can be a problem. This workshop will present the tool, Turnitin, which helps identify instances of potential plagiarism. 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, as well as grammatical errors. 

In this session, Dr. Finley will discuss her involvement with Quality Matters as a Master Reviewer and Master Facilitator since it was founded in 2003. She will also discuss how her involvement with QM has influenced her approach to teaching.