Nov 05

Online Course Activities

The second session for the Fall ’14 Online Course Development Workshop Series covered online course activities. The workshop focuses on structuring activities to engage students with the content, with their classmates, and with the instructor in an online course. Discussions included best practices, types of online activities, and how to adapt face-to-face activities to an online format.

Session Presentation (PDF)

Tip Sheets for developing online activities:

Oct 15

Developing Successful and Engaging Online Courses

The second session for the Fall ’14 Online Course Development Workshop Series covered how to develop an engaging online course.  This workshop focuses on building course content suitable for online course delivery. Emphasis is placed on chunking and organizing content and the alignment of learning objectives with activities and assessments; and creating student to student; student to content and student to faculty interactions. Topics covered included:

  • Course Design
  • Measurable Learning Objectives
  • Activities & Assessment
  • Accessible Design

Session Presentation (PDF)

Nov 22

Hybrid Series: Rethinking Assessment Strategies for Hybrid Courses

Hybrid Series: Rethinking Assessment Strategies for Hybrid Courses
November 22, 2013
Event Description

This workshop focuses on assessment strategies for both online and face-to-face portions of a hybrid course. Authentic assessment strategies and low stakes quizzes will be discussed as well as best practices for implementing assessments. Self and peer assessment, the assignment tool and SafeAssign will be demonstrated.

This workshop is facilitated by Shayle Adrian. She can be reached at benay.adrian@shu.edu

 

Resources:

Session Presentation (pdf)

Session Recording

Nov 19

Hybrid Series: Activities for Hybrid Courses

Hybrid Series: Activities for Hybrid Courses
November 15, 2013

This workshop focuses on different activities to support online and face-to-face parts of a hybrid course. Implementation of these activities will be discussed along with best practices. Ideas for activities based on achieving the learning objectives will be shared.

This workshop is facilitated by Mary Zedeck. She can be reached at mary.zedeck@shu.edu.

Resources:

Session Presentation (pdf)

Session Recording

Nov 08

Hybrid Series: Using Open Educational Resources (OER) to Enhance Content

Hybrid Series: Using Open Educational Resources (OER) to Enhance Content
November 8, 2013

Open Educational Resources (OER) reside in the public domain and are free to use for teaching and learning. Within these repositories are a variety of multimedia, learning objects, tutorials etc. that offer quick ways to enhance any topic. Websites such as National Geographic, Merlot, and Kahn Academy provide tutorials, multimedia, simulations and even assignments that can be easily added to any hybrid course, creating a richer learning experience. Certain OER’s lend themselves to specific disciplines while others are inclusive to all disciplines. During this workshop we will explore several OER’s and how they can be used to enhance your hybrid course.

The workshop is facilitated by Riad Twal. He can be reached at Riad.Twal@shu.edu

 

Resources:

Session Presentation (pdf)

Session Recording

Nov 01

Hybrid Series: Communication and Feedback

Hybrid Series: Communication and Feedback
November 1, 2013

Communication and timely feedback is an essential part of successful courses. This workshop focuses on using different methods for communicating and providing feedback. Although there are many tools to provide feedback, the following tools will be demonstrated: Announcements, Bb Voice, Track changes/assignment tool, and Voki.

The workshop is facilitated by Heidi Trotta. She can be reached at Heidi.Trotta@shu.edu

 

Resources:

Session Presentation (pdf)

Session Recording

 

BB Voice Tools (pdf)

http://www.shu.edu/offices/technology/blackboard/blackboard-voice-tools.cfm

Oct 25

Hybrid Series: Organizing Content through Chunking

(Cancelled) Hybrid Series: Organizing Content through Chunking
October 25, 2013

Organizing course content into manageable chunks helps faculty to develop their hybrid courses. In addition to helping students with attaining course goals, chunking aids in student and faculty satisfaction. This workshop will demonstrate the importance of content chunking.

The workshop is facilitated by Renee M. Cicchino. She can be reached at renee.cicchino@shu.edu

 

Resources:

Session Presentation (pdf)

Session Recording

Oct 24

Hybrid Series: Hybrid Course Elements and Design

Hybrid Series: Hybrid Course Elements and Design
October 18, 2013

Planning course interactions and organizing content are two elements of developing a successful hybrid course. This session covers benefits and challenges of developing a hybrid course including determining how often to meet your class face-to-face based on learning outcomes and activities (ie, 3 days a week versus meeting 1 day a week).

The workshop is facilitated by Renee M. Cicchino. She can be reached at renee.cicchino@shu.edu

 

Resources:

Session Presentation (pdf)

Session Recording

Apr 09

Hybrid Course Design