Join Us to Unlock the Power of Online Learning!
Are you an educator looking to modernize your course content and adapt to the digital era? Look no further!
If you are working on designing an online course experience for next year and want to get a head start on creating your Canvas course and plan how you will deliver it online, then join us this June for a 4-week asynchronous institute. In this institute, we will explore best practices and pedagogical approaches to transform/adapt your course to an online platform. After completing this institute you will have a better understanding of teaching online, have elements of your Canvas course already constructed, and you will receive a letter of recognition noting your accomplishments.
This institute is geared towards those creating a fully online experience, but individuals looking to create a hybrid course or flipped classroom can also greatly benefit and are more than welcome to join us as well!
Institute participants will have the opportunity to:
- Develop their skills and knowledge of online course technologies
- Learn how to enhance their students' learning experience with innovative teaching methods
- Learn about online design elements and begin building their Canvas course
- Network with like-minded educators and exchange best practices
- Receive a letter of recognition upon completion and
- Receive ongoing support and feedback from CTL experts as they continue to build out their online courses
📆 Date: June 3rd-28th
📍 Format: Asynchronous Online via a Canvas course
with optional synchronous meetings once a week
(Time will be determined with a poll at the start of the institute)
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Institute Highlights:
This institute will run for 4 weeks and be presented as an asynchronous experience with an optional synchronous 1 hour meeting every Friday (The time for the meeting will be determined by a participant poll). In those 4 weeks participants will work through 4 modules of content, each covering a different aspect of online learning. Each weekly module will provide opportunities for participants to design and build out their online content while receiving feedback from peers and CTL experts. At the end of the institute, participants should leave well on their way to having a completed online course.
Each of the four weeks will focus on a different aspect of designing and teaching your course online including the structural and organizational elements, creating assessments and activities, digital content, and other areas of importance such as communication and accessibility. Below is a quick look at the things we will be covering.
Week 1: Building Your Online Course Blueprint
- Learn basic design frameworks such as backwards design
- Explore best practices related to online course design, organization, and alignment
- Learn about modules and how they can be used to create a path through your course
- Learn about some of the key differences in students needs for online learning
- Begin to build out the structure of your Canvas course and incorporate some of the basics such as a syllabus
Week 2: Creating Engaging Assessments & Interactive Learning Activities
- Gain insight into creating effective and clear online assessments
- Learn about Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and how to leverage those concepts for digital assessments
- Explore the power of online discussion and how to create thriving discussion communities among your students through online platforms
- Learn strategies for designing captivating learning activities and explore tools to do so
- Discover how to use interactive elements to boost student engagement
Week 3: Creating Digital Content
- Examine the best practices around digital course content
- Discuss the usage of AIs such as ChatGPT to help generate course content
- Explore different digital content tools including those for synchronous and asynchronous content delivery
- Learn the best practices for creating dynamic course multimedia such as videos
Week 4: Planning for Success
- Create a communication plan and other course policies needed for your online course
- Discuss instructor aspects unique to your digital format such as virtual office hours, announcements, collaborative pages, digital groups, and other areas of social presence
- Learn about accessibility tools such as Blackboard Ally to ensure your course is accessible to your students
- Examine methods for tracking student progress and performance