OLIS: Database Deep Dive

The Online Learning Innovation Showcase (OLIS) has a new format! Starting Friday, November 6, OLIS will offer monthly webinars and workshops focused on innovation in online learning. Presenters and participants will share experiences and best practices surrounding online learning and teaching technologies in order to improve student outcomes. Database Deep Dive: Films on Demand, Kanopy,

Online Learning Lab: Creative Alternatives to Traditional Exams

Are you looking for ways to mix up your assessment strategies and use techniques that can more accurately reflect what your students have learned? Bring your ideas and challenges to this facilitated virtual conversation with your colleagues. Be prepared to share your own assessment strategies and brainstorm with other attendees. Register Now

OLC Ideate: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Digital Learning Environments

December 7-11, 2020 OLC Ideate starts today, and it’s not too late to register! The Online Learning Consortium is offering this free event for educators to discuss and operationalize critical support initiatives for equity within digital learning environments. OLC Ideate uses a salon format, which consists of casual inclusive spaces with discussions organized and facilitated by

ZOOMing Toward Student Engagement (OLIS)

  Friday, January 15, 2021, 10 am Presenter: Dr. Amanda Ingram, Director, New College Life Track The pandemic forced many faculty to adjust their course delivery format in order to continue live instruction remotely. Zoom became commonplace last spring when the University abruptly shifted to remote learning. Moving forward, Zoom continues to provide the opportunity

Online Learning Lab: Building Community in Your Online Course

Thursday, January 21, 2021, at 10 am When connections are mediated by technology, it can be hard to achieve or even recognize community in your online course. Given the potential for your online learners to feel isolated, it is particularly important to find ways for them to work together and support each other. Join us

Defeating the Cheating: Preventing Academic Dishonesty with Proctored Testing (OLIS)

Join the Bama By Distance Testing Services team to learn how proctored testing can be your first line of defense against academic dishonesty. Team members will share an overview of services they offer, walk faculty through the request process, show you how to set up exams for proctored testing, and demonstrate the student proctored testing

Online Learners’ Perceptions of Student Engagement (OLIS)

Friday, April 2, 2021, 10-11:30 am Presenter: Jennifer F. Humber, Ed.D, Adjunct Online Instructor/Director of Student Services for the College of Human Environmental Sciences, The University of Alabama To understand how student engagement applies in online education, it is important to gain additional insight as to how online students actually define student engagement on an

Blackboard Learn Upgrade

Blackboard Learn will be unavailable August 5–13 for a database migration and upgrade. For more information, visit https://cit.ua.edu/blackboard-learn-saas/.

Beyond the Academic Essay: Using Microsoft Sway to Create Multimedia Assessments

This hands-on workshop will introduce participants to Microsoft Sway, an interactive storytelling application that can be used to create and share multimedia essays, presentations, and reports. Participants will learn how to use this tool in order to engage multiple teaching and learning modalities. Further, participants will gain an understanding of how to incorporate the app