learning styles
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Gamify Your Syllabus in D2L
Leslie Van WolvelearIn reading the title & description on the schedule, I missed the fact that the session is specifically for D2L. I’m still hoping I can take something away from the session.Leslie spent the first bit of the session talking broadly about gamification, does it help students learn, and who the intended audience is. https://twitter.com/evinsmj/status/834071249819140098https://twitter.com/barrydahl/status/834071711599493120The
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Create-Your-Own Quality, Interactive Digital Curriculum to Engage Students Across All Subjects
David Evans, SoftchalkNormally I don’t attend sponsored sessions, but Softchalk is one of those tools that I haven’t had the opportunity to utilize since my new job over 2 years ago. The session is being done using Softchalk Cloud, which I haven’t seen before. Softchalk Cloud allows you to manage your own learning objects through the
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Can We Eliminate “Remediation?” Yes – with EdReady
The NROC ProjectI’m going to skip over the first 30 minutes of the morning keynote because it was an impromptu/unannounced business meeting for the Instructional Technology Council. Usually this is an announced meeting, but I think they made it a surprise to have a captive audience. Let’s just say, that didn’t work.Again, moving on…The biggest
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Preparing Faculty to Teach Online
Ana LopezThe eCert program at Pasco-Hernando State College is a 10-week, 30 contact hour program for faculty to be certified to teach online courses. The certification is good for 3 years, and there is a recertification program that is a smaller program. The recertification focuses on tools rather than pedagogy.Ana is willing to give the
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The Effects of a Virtual Community on Mature Learners’ Feelings of Isolation within Online Programs
Tamara DawsonFull disclosure, I wasn’t really interested in the sessions happening during this time block. This session is the only one that may be applicable to what I’m currently doing. My hope is that I’ll be able to take away something that can be used for our non-traditional students.Tamara started with a set of 5
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Making it Your Own: How to Add the U in a Course
Michelle Piper & Amy Clarkhttps://twitter.com/Rmac003Roger/status/833706691141189637The session got started with introducting everyone to Kahoot, a neat interactive tool to gauge audience knowledge on a particular topic. I was a little disappointed that the questions were surrounding higher education or K-12. Just because I’m not in those 2 areas doesn’t mean that I don’t teach.The presenters mention