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/.
Active Learning Initiative (ALI) Workshop
30 ten Hoor Hallhttps://teachinghub.as.ua.edu/news/registration-open-for-active-learning-initiative-ali-workshops/
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
Adobe Day
Details: https://oit.ua.edu/2021/08/24/adobe-day-sept-17/
Making Accessible Media
Facilitator: Kristin Juhrs Date: Thursday, September 23, 2021, 10:00-11:00am Location: Virtual (Zoom) Is your media accessible? Can students with disabilities access your course media? This session covers best practices for making and selecting accessible images, infographics, tables, charts, audio files, videos, Zoom sessions, and Panopto videos. You will also be introduced to accessibility resources on campus that