CLASS Live! will bring you the latest innovations in teaching and learning with technology throughout the Spring 2018 semester. This new series of livestream webcasts for faculty will focus on a range of topics from the best new technology tools to pedagogical strategies for online, hybrid, or face-to-face courses. Each session will be hosted by an instructional designer from the CLASS Office of Educational Technology, and will include brief presentations, demonstrations, interviews and live Q&As that will bring you techniques you can use to enhance teaching and learning in your classroom. If you miss the livestream webcast, recordings will be available after the session
02.23 // Part I: Accessibility and the Implications in Course Design
Time: 10:00AM
Presenter: Dr. Sammy Hwang
For our first CLASS Live! presentation, Dr. Hwang will define and discuss accessibility and share his story of why this is a crucial topic. The purpose of this session is to increase the awareness of accessibility; and what it means in the context of educating all students.
Audience feedback, participation, and questions are encourage during the discussion.
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03.09 // Part II: Steps to Address Accessibility in Your Courses
Time: 10:00AM
Presenter: Dr. Sammy Hwang
Dr. Hwang will discuss several techniques faculty can use to address accessibility. He will discuss how the faculty and instructional designers can join forces to address accessibility.
Audience feedback, participation, and questions are encourage during the discussion.
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04.06 // Enhancing Online Feedback
Time: 10:00am-10:30am
Presenter: Thanh Tran, Instructional Designer
In this CLASS Live! session Thanh Tran will discuss how you can enhance your online feedback. The goals of this session are to identify best practices for giving feedback to students and to evaluate Blackboard tools that can support it.
Audience feedback, participation, and questions are encourage during the discussion.
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04.20 // Writing challenges are accepted!
Time: 10:00am-10:30am
Presenter: Fang Fang, Instructional Designer
Writing assignment can be designed in various types and levels. This presentation will discuss how to select a Blackboard tool, based on instructional objectives, to design a writing assignment that can help accomplish writing goals.
04.27 // Effective Communication and the Grant Life Cycle
Time: 10:00am-10:30am
Presenter: Latricia Vaughns, Research Development Administrator
In this webinar, we explore the different phases of the grant life cycle and the most effective ways to communicate throughout.
CLASS Live! will bring you the latest innovations in teaching and learning with technology throughout the Fall 2018 semester. This new series of
09.07 // Navigating Funding Databases
Time: 10:00AM
Presenter:
09.21 // Integrating OET's Online Readiness Resources
Time: 10:00AM
Presenter: Thanh Tran, Instructional Designer
In this short CLASS Live! session Thanh Tran will discuss some strategies CLASS instructors use to introduce their online courses. She will also go through CLASS OET's Online Readiness resources one-by-one and show you how to integrate itJoin from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android
10.05 // Interpreting Federal Funding Opportunity Announcements
Time: 10:00am
Presenter:
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Watch Video10.19 // Strategies for Enhancing Instructor Presence in Online Courses
Time: 10:00am
Presenter: Jingyuan
Establishing instructor presence and creating an engaging learning experience in online courses require specific instructional strategies. In this webinar, we will discuss some effective strategies and we will show you how to use current technologies to enhance instructor presence and develop an online student community.
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11.02 // TurnItIn, More than a Plagiarism Checker
Time: 10:00am
Presenter: Fang Fang, Instructional Designer
More than a plagiarism checker: An in-depth look at the Turnitin application
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11.16 // Common Proposal Mistakes
Time: 10:00am
Presenter:
The purpose of this webinar is to explore the common mistakes made by applicants that cause their proposals to be declined along with learning best practices for strengthening your approach to proposal preparation.
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