Richards, R.A., Perry-Sizemore, E. (2020) Democratizing Undergraduate Research: Scaffolding for and Integrating Research Experiences that Elevate Equity & Inclusion Workshop presented at the 2020 Virtual CUR Biennial Conference Workshop Feedback Form
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Teaching in-person allows for us to not only share physical space with our students, but emotional space as well. Teaching an online course necessarily creates a separation that can have a profound impact on both the teacher and students which can negatively impact learning. The speaker in this You Tube video focuses on considerations and
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The author of this article, Christopher Pappas, Founder of eLearning Industry’s Network, offers 7 tips for successfully integrating synchronous and asynchronous elements into an eLearning strategy so that you can offer a improved course for your students. https://elearningindustry.com/7-tips-create-effective-blended-elearning-strategy
This resource is provided by Dr. Ranjini Thaver, Director of the First Year Seminar Experience. The contents of the attached file provide an overview of the three discussions held between May 7th and 8th, 2020. For faculty who regularly teach an FSEM or those who will do so for the first time, these slides will provide
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On Monday, June 22 from 2:00 – 3:00 PM, the first of three panel discussions hosted by the Brown Center took place on Blackboard Collaborate. The panelists shared their online teaching experiences focusing on the style of online course they teach (e.g., synchronous, asynchronous, hybrid/blended), strategies they employ or have employed to bolster student engagement, foster
Last Friday, the Brown Center for Faculty Innovation and Excellence and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion hosted a virtual panel discussion titled, “Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation as a Campus Community”, which you can find the recording to at the link above. The discussion was powerful and we are grateful to the panelists for
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This resource was provided by Dr. Heather Evans-Anderson, Dept. of Health Sciences. It describes strategies for employing a range of options (e.g., group work, discussions, note taking, etc) to enhance student engagement. https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/2020/06/active-learning-in-hybrid-and-socially-distanced-classrooms/
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This resource was provided by Dr. Bill Sause, Dept. of Business Systems and Analytics. It provides information on ‘hardening’ online exams/quizzes against cheating. Respondus is accessed via the ‘Course Management’ tool bar in Blackboard. Preparing an exam for use with Lockdown Browser and Respondus Monitor https://www.youtube.com/embed/7J1K8-R20ao?rel=0&autoplay=1 Instructor Quick Start Guide https://www.respondus.com/downloads/RLDB-QSG-Bb-Instructor-Ultra.pdf
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The Blended Learning Toolkit provides a comprehensive array of resources to help faculty create a blended/hybrid courses. The Toolkit was created as a result of a collaboration between The University of Central Florida and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) and twenty AASCU member institutions. The consortium was funded by the Next Generation
Stetson’s Office of Online Learning and Educational Technology (OOLET) provides Ensemble Video v5.4.0×2 as another powerful platform to create video-based content for courses. This post contains links to resources that demonstrate how to use Ensemble’s various functionalities. Three links are provided. One link was created by OOLET to serve as a guide of important functionalities.
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