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Many graduate students start their studies without yet having all the skills they need to write successfully. To put it another way, graduate students learn to write by writing. So how can faculty members help graduate students to develop their writing skills? This workshop focuses on strategies that instructors can use to support writing development, including building in low-stakes “writing to learn” assignments, providing targeted feedback, and having regular conversations with students about the kind of work they are being asked to do in any given writing assignment. 

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The Teaching Online - Advanced Practice Short Course is designed to help faculty fine-tune their teaching strategies, student engagement, and Canvas skills. The course includes robust assessment strategies and active learning techniques such as multimedia, measuring individual and group learning outcomes, technology integrations that promote social and cognitive engagement, and advanced Canvas applications, visuals, and templates. Join us for a fun course that will take your teaching to a new level. The course starts Monday, July 26 and is self-paced through the month of August.

Objectives:

• Utilize academic technology such as Canvas to organize and enhance your online course
• Design meaningful online assessments and activities
• Identify methods for engaging and motivating online learners

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To register for this institute, please use this link to complete this custom registration survey (it is open!).

The purpose of this two-week Hybrid Course Design Institute (CDI), which runs August 2-13, is to support faculty in designing hybrid learning experiences that result in significant learning – that is, learning that has the potential to change students’ lives in lasting and important ways. While the primary focus of this institute will be on hybrid courses (in which a substantial portion of face-to-face instruction is replaced with online instruction), this institute will also be supportive to faculty members who are planning any course that includes both face-to-face and online elements (particularly those who are interested in using the flipped approach), or who are planning fully face-to-face courses in the coming academic year.   

We currently plan to offer this Institute in a hybrid format - that is, as a combination of online, aynchroous activities and in-person meeting opportunities. Faculty members who participate in this Hybrid Course Design Institute (in which they will design or redesign one of their own courses) will be better-prepared to:

- Articulate overall learning outcomes that can be used as a "north star" in designing/adapting their courses

- Identify assessments that will support them and/or their students in determining the extent to which they have achieved the desired learning outcomes

- Identify learning activities that make the most of the affordances of the face-to-face and online modalities to support students in in achieving the desired learning outcomes

- Cultivate a sense of community and connection among their students and between students and themselves

- Foster student motivation to learn and the self-directedness necessary for students to succeed in hybrid learning environments

In addition, though participating in this institute (given that this Institute will be delivered in a hybrid format!), participants will deepen their empathy for what it is like to be a student in a hybrid course so that they might draw upon this in their own teaching.

Note: We are still working out the exact timing and location of the in-person activities. We will share that information here - and email that information to everyone who has registered - by the end of June (if not before!). At that time, those who have already completed the registration survey will have the opportunity to confirm their registration. 

To register for this institute, please use this link to complete this custom registration survey (it is open!).

 

 

 

 

 

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Do you want to learn how to create or improve your instructional videos? Please attend this online workshop. We will discuss design and presentation strategies for effective asynchronous instructional videos. Topics of discussion will include:

• Engagement and focus
• Software options
• Webcam and audio equipment
• Presenting slides
• Duration of video clips
• Student video engagement analytics
• Closed captions

Please join us via ZOOM at: 

https://udenver.zoom.us/j/84442122244?pwd=MW92YzFBa1lHV2d0RG91MUlLNTFUdz09

 

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The Teaching with Canvas Short Course is a new first-time offering at the Office of Teaching and Learning designed by the Faculty Developer of Online Learning, Lexi Schlosser. The short course contains readings, assignments, and multimedia to help participants learn how to design and facilitate courses using Canvas effectively. The course takes place on Canvas, DU’s primary learning management system (LMS), so that participants can experience the structure of a course as a student. All classes, even if there is a face-to-face component, will require a robust online presence, and the resources and tools in this course will help with the creation of those components. This course requires a base-line knowledge of Canvas and will offer advanced skills and strategies for faculty interested in taking their teaching to the next level. If you are brand-new to using Canvas, we encourage you to sign up for a Canvas Coaching session or one-on-one consultation to consider if this course is the right fit for you. 

 

You should plan to dedicate about 3-5 hours per week to this online course. The amount of time necessary varies based on individual learning needs and comfort level with technology. You can go through the modules at your own pace throughout each week. The course will go through two weeks, beginning on August 16th and ending on August 27th. 

 

If you have any questions about the course, please email Lexi.Schlosser@du.edu. 

 

Feel free to register here, although a more in-depth registration form is coming soon!

OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)

Join us for a workshop focused on creating assignment descriptions for your high-impact assignment. In this interactive, task-based workshop, we will discuss how to ensure that your assignment fosters student engagement and create an assignment description that sets students (and yourself!) up for success. Participants will leave the workshop with an assignment description ready to go for the fall quarter. 

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This past year, we all worked hard to “make it work” when we pivoted to teaching in the online and hyflex environments. For many of us, that work involved the creation some great online materials, activities, and approaches that we would hate to throw out. The good news is that many of these can still be incorporated into our face-to-face courses! Join us for this two-day institute in which you’ll reflect on what you would like to carry forward from your experience of teaching online, learn about ways in which you might incorporate this into your face-to-face teaching, and create a plan for how you can use what you learned – and what you made, including all of those videos! – to create learning experiences for your students that bring together the best of the face-to-face and online modalities.   

This two-day institute, which takes place 8/19 through 8/20, will consist of a blend of online and face-to-face activities.  We are still determining the exact timing and location of the in-person activities, and will share that information here - as well as email it to everyone who has registered - as soon as we have it. At that time, anyone who has already registered will have the opportunity to confirm their registration.

OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)

Join us for a workshop focused on drafting a rubric to assess your high impact assignment. In this interactive, task-based workshop, we will explore what makes an effective assessment, review samples, and draft a rubric for your course. Participants will leave the workshop with a rubric ready to go for the fall quarter. 

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Are you a ZOOM newbie or pro? Great, this webinar will introduce some basics and advanced features to make you a ZOOM host rockstar. In the webinar, we will focus on:

• Getting started with ZOOM
• Teaching with ZOOM
• Using breakout rooms, poll questions, and chat using ZOOM
• Presentation tips with PowerPoint
• Creating lecture videos using ZOOM
• Student video assignments

https://udenver.zoom.us/j/81055283985?pwd=Y2tCMDZrKzc0OVYxNWlpbWY3WjZyZz09

Online

Do you want to learn how to create or improve your instructional videos? Please attend this online workshop. We will discuss design and presentation strategies for effective asynchronous instructional videos. Topics of discussion will include:

• Engagement and focus
• Software options
• Webcam and audio equipment
• Presenting slides
• Duration of video clips
• Student video engagement analytics
• Closed captions

Please join us via ZOOM at: 

https://udenver.zoom.us/j/84442122244?pwd=MW92YzFBa1lHV2d0RG91MUlLNTFUdz09

 

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To welcome new adjuncts to DU, we’re holding our first ever orientation and social next fall. Although most adjuncts learn important policies and expectations from their departments and colleges, this orientation offers a connection to resources at the campus level, as well as a chance to connect with faculty in similar roles. Adjuncts with experience are welcome to join for the social—which will be structured with question prompts that help us engage each other. Tentatively hy-flex.