Highlights of this week’s Bulletin include:
- Brightspace Refresher: May 24-26
- Course Design Institute: June 6-23
- Course Design Resources
- CTL Student Resources Site
- Upcoming CTL Open Labs and Consultations
- Digital Learning Labs
- Teach Together Minnesota
- Open Education Conference Call for Proposals
- Minnesota State Spring Educational Development
- Other Opportunities:
- Minnesota State highlights: Designing Your Course for Student Learning (May 23) and NED Summer Courses
- Vendor highlight: QM Connect Conference registration open
Brightspace Refresher
May 24-26
Online via Zoom and Teams
This three half-day workshop is designed for all faculty. Whether you have been teaching online for the past several years or are relatively new to teaching online, this hands-on workshop is for you. Facilitators will focus on D2L tools and recent updates, student support, and academic technology that can be used to liven up your online courses and make them a more engaging space for you and your students.
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
- Describe the key elements of a well-designed online or hybrid course (consistency, logical organization, clarity of expectations, and accessibility).
- Utilize D2L tools and components effectively and appropriately to deliver online and hybrid courses.
- Integrate Zoom, Microsoft O365, and other academic technology into the design of their online courses.
This training will be conducted using Zoom, Teams, and the D2L Brightspace learning management system. Full schedule available at https://facultyresources.oneboldfuture.com/2022-brightspace-and-beyond-refresher.
Pre-register at https://ihcc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4MyHJam4xM8t05o.
Course Design Institute
June 6-23
Online
Plan ahead for the IHCC/DCTC Annual Course Design Institute. This is our third year of organizing this amazing learning opportunity for faculty at both colleges. Our first year focused on design principles for online courses, and was especially geared toward those faculty who were new to teaching online. Last year, we focused on Universal Design for Learning and designing courses that are accessible to all students. In our third year, we’ll shift gears yet again and open up the Institute to faculty sharing their own courses, talking about they have learned teaching online (synchronously, asynchronously, hybrid, and hyflex), and what online elements they will keep in place as they transition back to instruction on campus.
The Institute will be delivered in a flexible format again this year. Faculty can participate synchronously, asynchronously, or access a full archive of the Institute and materials after June 23.
Course Design Resources
The Faculty Resources site contains a collection of resources to assist faculty with the design of online courses. Our Course Design page has instructions for accessing the Course Design Template and archives of past Course Design Institutes. The 2021 Course Design Institute, for example, was focused on Universal Design for Learning and contains many helpful guides for faculty. You’ll also find a link to the checklist to use prior to starting a new semester.
CTL Student Resources Site
The CTL Student Resources Website (https://studentresources.oneboldfuture.com) provides tutorials and instructional information for students on the functions of their academic technology. Student can navigate through the menus at the top of the screen, or use the search bar to find pages and informational articles about using D2L, Zoom, Microsoft Products, and other academic tech. The “appointments” page also includes information about our Open Lab hours in our Digital Learning Lab, and links to booking one-on-one appointments with Maggie Laurel, the Learning Technology Support Specialist.
Please share this new resource with your students!
Upcoming CTL Open Labs and Consultations
We’re winding down CTL training sessions as we approach the end of the semester and turning our attention to our CTL Open Lab sessions and consultations to provide more just-in-time assistance to faculty. Participate in our Open Lab any Tuesday between 12:30 and 1:30 and schedule a consultation with CTL staff for a time that fits your schedule: https://facultyresources.oneboldfuture.com/faculty-resources/programs-services/consultations.
Digital Learning Labs
Did you know you can book time in the Digital Learning Lab? Reserve the Digital Learning Lab in Outlook by making a new meeting and inviting either Room2104@dctc.edu or fa250@inverhills.edu to that meeting. Add Jamie Lewis (IHCC), Chad Anderson (DCTC), or Martin Springborg (either college) to the meeting invitation if you would like a CTL staff member to assist you. CTL staff will receive the meeting invitation and accept the room reservation. Read more about Digital Learning Labs here.
Teach Together Minnesota Conference
May 17
Online
Teach Together Minnesota! connects educators from across Minnesota to have discussions with colleagues in their field of study grounded in cultural fluency and culturally relevant pedagogies. The conference will feature:
- A keynote speaker
- A student panel
- Partnering for Equity Panel
- Facilitated discipline discussions based on your field of study
- Virtual poster sessions from Minnesota State faculty presenting results from various projects
More information and registration.
Open Education Conference Call for Proposals
Are you using OER in your courses? The 2022 Open Education Conference is inviting proposals for live and pre-recorded virtual sessions to be held on October 17-20. Proposals are enthusiastically welcomed from everyone with an interest in sharing about open education, especially from students.
Submit proposals here https://openeducationconference.org/2022/call-for-proposals by May 27, 2022.
Teaching Social Action Summer ‘22 Institute
June 28-30
Online
The Bonner Foundation is pleased to announce that they are hosting a virtual Teaching Social Action Summer ‘22 Institute on June 28-30. This three-day institute will introduce faculty and staff to an approach for incorporating social action campaigns into either a semester-long course or co-curricular workshop series. In this transformative experiential learning model, students develop and launch a social action campaign of their choosing during the semester the course is taught. The student campaigns seek to change a rule, regulation, norm, or practice of an institution, whether on campus or in the community.
Minnesota State Spring Educational Development
The Network for Educational Development (NED) is pleased to offer a series of short courses and faculty learning communities on the NED events calendar for the spring 2022 term.
These opportunities are designed by Minnesota State faculty and staff for Minnesota State faculty and staff and help build awareness, develop knowledge, skills, and abilities, and provide space for reflecting and revising.
Review and register for spring 2022 opportunities to plan your educational development for spring. Registration for each course will close the Friday before the course start date. Space is limited!
More Events and Development Opportunities
From Minnesota State
See https://asanewsletter.org/events for a full list of upcoming webinars and other opportunities! Also see resources on the NED Resource Site focused on course design, assessment, and instructional strategies.
In addition, the Minnesota State Educational Innovations Office maintains a page of resources for students at www.asanewsletter.org/academic-continuity-students.
The Minnesota State Learning Technologies Team offers a variety of faculty resources (opens in new window) on their SharePoint site. Navigate to the IMS opens in new window SharePoint site (https://mnscu.sharepoint.com/sites/IMS), and use YourStarID@minnstate.edu as your username and your StarID password.
National and Vendor-Sponsored
VoiceThread Workshops
Access VoiceThread’s full workshop archive and schedule. These workshops are completely free. The sessions are led by our instructional designer and online educator George Haines. George will share his expertise to help you get the most from VoiceThread.
Respondus Instructor Training Series
Join Respondus trainers for a free webinar and learn how to use LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor to address the integrity of final exams. Or see how Respondus 4.0 and StudyMate Campus allow you to easily create online tests, flash cards, or learning games.
Register for individual sessions here: https://web.respondus.com/webinars/
Quality Matters
Elements of Quality Matters: Deliver on Your Online Promise — discover QM’s tools and resources in this one-hour, self-paced course
Online Learning Consortium
The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) is a collaborative community of higher education leaders and innovators, dedicated to advancing quality digital teaching and learning experiences designed to reach and engage the modern learner – anyone, anywhere, anytime. OLC inspires innovation and quality through an extensive set of resources, including best-practice publications, quality benchmarking, leading-edge instruction, community-driven conferences, practitioner-based and empirical research, and expert guidance. The growing OLC community includes faculty members, administrators, trainers, instructional designers, and other learning professionals, as well as educational institutions, professional societies, and corporate enterprises.
OLC resources are available to all Minnesota State faculty. Learn more here.
Turnitin
Whether you’re a new user or need a refresh, join our training sessions to learn how to get started with Feedback Studio and Originality Check Plus, or how to enable remote learning and assessment with Gradescope.
More information and registration at https://www.turnitin.com/resources/training-webinars.
The Faculty Resource Bulletin is one of many steps we’re taking to improve communication about local and statewide faculty professional development information and opportunities. Please visit our Faculty Resources sites (see links in the header of this blog) for more information and resources to support teaching and learning!