How can you make your teaching more accessible to students whose first language isn’t English? How can you focus on the ideas when your students’ writing has grammatical errors? How can you prioritize issues, assess fairly, and respond supportively? Learn … Read more
In this session, instructors will learn more about techniques that can be used to create an engaging, inclusive learning environment in even the largest enrollment courses.
Our Course Design Institute (CDI) is a structured sequence of workshops, activities, and working sessions held over a 3-day period (12 hours overall) where a small cohort of instructors—generally between six and fourteen participants—are immersed in backward design approaches for … Read more
During this intensive institute focused on course design, we will center the needs of students marginalized because of various aspects of their identities, and re-envision our courses so that we are prepared to meet the learning needs of all our … Read more
How well do students understand course materials? Do they have any misconceptions of core concepts? Do all students get to participate? Poll Everywhere is an easy-to-implement tool that allows students to provide feedback to you or each other on their … Read more
There are several ways for instructors to assess student learning through Sakai tools. With Assignments, you can collect students' written work and provide private feedback to each student. You can also set up group submissions and peer reviews between students. … Read more
Small group work is an important tool for keeping students engaged and active in any classroom setting. Here, we focus on strategies for small-group activities in synchronous remote classes. Our discussion will include tips for forming groups, using roles, and … Read more
Do you hope to integrate videos into your course? Need ideas for video storytelling, or help with recording, editing, or delivery? This session will provide an overview of creating instructional videos and steps to include videos in your course. This will include a review of … Read more
Threaded discussion forums are one of the most commonly used tools for facilitating student interaction asynchronously. They can be used in both online and face-to-face courses. At a minimum, they support text-based questions and responses; some support media-enhanced posts as well. In … Read more
This session will explore how changes to course format and structure can facilitate student learning. Other topics will include ways to personalize the learning experience, leverage assessments to keep up with student progress, and promote interaction among students.
