Keeping Quiet Students in Mind When Flipping Class Time in BlendFlex

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Most instructors know the concept of the flipped classroom. It is an instructional strategy where students complete readings and watch lectures at home and do assignments and discussions in class. With the shift to BlendFlex teaching, instructors can still apply the flipped classroom concept. Instructors need to carefully plan the flipped class time acknowledging their role has shifted from a lecturer to a designer of learning activities. In addition, creating classes in which all students can learn and feel they belong is key. Here are some tips for creating an active learning environment with a focus on engaging students who might be more introverted and less inclined to want to participate in many of the active and collaborative activities that a flipped classroom promotes.   Reflection  The flipped classroom focuses on collaboration and interaction, which can favor the extrovert. Introverts oftentimes prefer working on creative tasks by themselves and therefore, valuable contributions and good ideas from introverts may be missed during the flipped class time. It is important to include opportunities for students to reflect and work on their own in the flipped classroom space. Reflection allows students to think, pause, rethink, make connections to course content and all students can benefit, not just the introverts. Honeycutt […]

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Virtual Power Publishing Day hosted by the Alvin Sherman Library

Virtual Power Publishing Flyer

On Thursday, January 28th, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. join the Alvin Sherman Library on Zoom to learn about academic publishing from publishers, editors, and NSU faculty and librarians. Learn such skills as how to become a multilingual scholar, using Web of Science  to determine where to publish, how to prepare a compelling business or science book proposal, publishing your research with IEEE and more.  To see session details and register, visit – Alvin Sherman Library to host 6th Annual Virtual Power Publishing Day – SharkBytes (nova.edu) 

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Zoom Update

Zoom News

In Zoom news, the most recent enhancement allows instructors to admit participants from the waiting room even while the instructor is in a Breakout Room. This is helpful if you use waiting rooms and your class is working in Breakout Rooms. If a student joins late or gets kicked offline and needs to be let in to the Zoom Meeting. No longer does the instructor have to return to the main room in order to check if students are there waiting to be let in, they can be admited while the instructor is in a Breakout Room.  Host can admit participants from the Waiting Room while within a Breakout Room  Host is notified of participants in the Waiting Room, even while currently in a Breakout Room. The host can admit each participant one at a time, or all at once. If pre-assignments for breakout rooms are active, participants will be asked to join their pre-assigned breakout rooms. Otherwise, the host can assign participants directly to the breakout room of their choosing.  The full details of all updates are available on the Zoom Website. As always, be sure to keep your Zoom software up to date.  To update your Zoom Application, check out these directions- https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362233-Where-Do-I-Download-The-Latest-Version 

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Plagiarism and Using Turnitin for your Online Course

Plagiarism Course

Facilitator: John Scigliano – Learning & Educational Center   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.  January 29th, 2021- 10:00am-11:00am  February 11th, 2021- 2:00pm-3:00pm  Location: Online Zoom To Register for this course visit – https://nova.traincaster.com/app/Login.pm?course_code=Plagiarism , select TrainCaster, log in, and then click on Classroom Schedule. 

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Leveraging the Flipped Classroom Paradigm for Effective and Efficient Outcomes

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Facilitator: Steven Kramer, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Decisions Sciences, Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship   The flipped classroom is a type of blended learning design where students prepare online by interacting with new material through recorded lectures, readings, videos, etc. prior to their face-to-face class session. The face-to-face class time is designed for discussion, idea sharing, and application of new knowledge and skills. In this session, participants will learn more about the flipped classroom paradigm including its advantages and disadvantages, how it can be used in various contexts, and what needs to be considered to adopt and execute this paradigm.  Learning Objectives:   Participants will be able to:   Define the flipped classroom paradigm   Identify advantages and disadvantages of the flipped classroom   Describe how to use the flipped classroom in a variety of context (e.g., undergraduate, graduate, on-campus, online, blended)   Discuss faculty and student considerations for adopting and executing this paradigm  Location:  Online Zoom   Date and Time:   Thursday, January 21st, 2021 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. EST  To Register for this course visit – https://nova.traincaster.com/app/Login.pm?course_code=LECGuestJan21 select Traincaster, log in, and then click on Classroom Schedule. 

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Shark Notes – Distracted Minds: The Role of Tempo in Good Teaching

Shark Notes

  Check out our second article recommendation along with the accompanying Shark Notes. We promise, there will not be a quiz! Distracted Minds: The Role of Tempo in Good Teaching https://www.chronicle.com/article/distracted-minds-the-role-of-tempo-in-good-teaching Summary: Wondering what you can do to keep your students attentive during class? This article presents strategies to “think like a conductor” so that you can “change the pace and the action” in your classroom. The three strategies listed in the article helps captivate your student’s attention in class. Highlights: Structure and signpost – Once you have outlined the structure of your class, identify ways you can captivate your students once they have become distracted. Inspiration from index cards – How can you arrange the activities to be more meaningful and more engaging? Pentecostal pedagogy – What are some of the attention-renewal strategies you use in your classroom and how does this relate to your classroom structure? Viewing the article may require Free registration to the Chronicle of Higher Education. Lang, H. (2016, November 16). Distracted Minds: The Role of Tempo in Good Teaching. Retrieved February 02, 2021, from https://www.chronicle.com/article/distracted-minds-the-role-of-tempo-in-good-teaching

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Canvas Corner: New Feature Updates

On October 17th, Canvas will release two feature updates: Global Navigation-Recent History & New Canvas Rich Text Editor.   Global Navigation– Recent History Highlights: Includes a Recent History link, which displays recently visited pages in Canvas.   Helps users remember what page they last viewed in one or multiple courses.    This History link displays the most recent pages viewed in Canvas up to the last three weeks.   Click to view the article.  New Canvas Rich Text Editor  Highlights: Provides a condensed, more intuitive toolbar that is grouped by common icons and interactions.  Allows teachers to manage the feature option from the course level.   The following Canvas features use the New Rich Content Editor: Announcements, Assignments, Discussions, Pages, Quizzes, Syllabus  To learn more about the New Rich Text Editor visit one of the links below:  New Rich Content Editor video  New Rich Content Editor lessons for instructors  New Rich Content Editor lessons for students 

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Strategies for Zoom Breakout Rooms

The use of Zoom to present content and collaborate with students in a synchronous environment has become very popular due to the problems faced with the outbreak of the pandemic. The challenge for instructors is to create quality student engagement in the online Zoom environment. One of the tools that can be used to stimulate engagement among students is the use of the breakout rooms.  Assigning Groups  Breakout rooms can be auto-assigned or pre-assigned by the host. Students can also self-assign and enter their selected room. Consider the purpose of the breakout groups as well as the needs of the students when forming these groups. The ability to self-assign is ideal when you want to allow students to move from group to group.  Explaining Breakout Rooms  The first time you use breakout rooms with your class, it’s helpful to give and overview of the features and model how to use them. Be sure to let them know what tools are available inside of their breakout rooms, including a shared white board, the ability to share their screen, chat and of course video and audio. Make sure they are familiar with the Ask for Help button, which will enable students to invite the […]

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Keeping Your Students Engaged While Teaching in the BlendFlex Model

Student engagement is critical to the academic success of students in all modalities of teaching. The BlendFlex Model combines Face-to-Face classroom with Online Synchronous and Asynchronous environments all at the same time.  After you have conquered the technology involved with this model, how do you create engagement with all your students? This article will discuss three different activities that are easy to setup and use that foster student engagement in the BlendFlex Model.   Assessing Students Experience on a Topic Each student has a treasure trove of experiences that they can bring to the discussion. However, you may find that sometimes your students are reluctant to initially express their experiences to the whole class.  When introducing topics you can activate this prior knowledge to begin to stimulate a discussion. Zoom has the perfect tool to get this conversation started; it is called polls. In advance of the session starting you can setup your poll questions. This will allow you to then select the right time in your class to deploy the poll to both online and face–to–face students. To effectively engage your face-to-face students, you can ask them to use a device like a phone, tablet or laptop to login to Zoom and participate along with your online synchronous students.    You can share the results of the poll as a stimulus for discussion. Polls can also be very helpful to understand how familiar the […]

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