Wednesday, 02 Mar 2016
Seminar: How to integrate flipped classroom? Potential challenges and opportunities
This session will introduce strategies for implementing flipped classroom approach and methods to enhance student engagement. Faculty panel speakers will share detailed implementation examples that include content preparation for both face-to-face and online environments, assessments/evaluations development that aligned with course learning objectives/outcomes.
Thursday, 10 Mar 2016
CELT Discussion: Accessibility - Designing and Teaching Courses for All Learners
The Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) will be hosting three discussions for participants of the online course Accessibility: Designing and Teaching Courses for All Learners. This course and our discussions will help University community members to develop the knowledge and skills needed to design learning experiences that promote inclusive learning environments.
Wednesday, 23 Mar 2016
Seminar: Alternatives to Teaching with Textbooks - Open Educational Resources
Are you interested in expanding your teaching materials? Dissatisfied with the current information/quality of the textbook you've been using in your classroom? Are you concerned about the cost/usability of your textbook for your students? Librarians Emma Molls and Kelly Thompson introduce Open Educational Resources in this seminar that will help you build an online alternate to traditional textbooks for your classroom.
Seminar: Flipped classroom design
For this session, participants will come prepared with an idea in mind of how they will flip an activity in their course. A summarized overview will be presented to review the challenges and opportunities discussed from session 2. After this discussion, the session will take on a workshop format. Participants will be given time to work on and discuss their own ideas.
Thursday, 24 Mar 2016
CELT Discussion: Accessibility - Designing and Teaching Courses for All Learners
The Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) will be hosting three discussions for participants of the online course Accessibility: Designing and Teaching Courses for All Learners. This course and our discussions will help University community members to develop the knowledge and skills needed to design learning experiences that promote inclusive learning environments.
Friday, 25 Mar 2016
Seminar: Writing in ThinkSpace, a web-based tool for learning
We will be showcasing best practices that are being employed by faculty from different disciplines on our campus to foster good writing in their academic area and the tools in ThinkSpace that facilitate them, such as: Carry Forward, Peer review, Comment and Markup and Comments Library.
Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016
Seminar: Strategies for Incorporating Game-Based Learning into the Scholarship of Teaching
In this session, Dr. Matthew Schmidt will share his experience of using GBL in his courses and research. And how he uses his teaching experience as a research opportunity. The presentation will focus on challenges and highlights of research on teaching with GBL. Potential strategies for finding appropriate outlets for publication and collaboration plan will also be discussed.