2020

This post contains content authored by Kevin Kelly, PhD, a specialist in online teaching and learning, and technology. His article appears on the “Phil on EdTech” website May 7, 2020, and provides a comprehensive overview of the process of designing and implementing a Hybrid course. Be forewarned, this article is lengthy, BUT WELL WORTH READING! […]

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

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

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

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/

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

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