Beginnings matter, whether you’re teaching students face-to-face or online. Find out how you can make the most of online course introductions. In this fast and focused session, you’ll discover how you can transform course introductions from ho-hum exercises in housekeeping into time-saving, inspirational new beginnings. This seminar will give you the tools you need when…
tNow that courses are taking place mostly on-line, it is even more important to know the theories and evidence about how brains process information from our presentations. The world of remote learning depends heavily on the use of multimedia. This presentation will review the 12 Principles of Multimedia Learning as theorized by Dr. Richard Mayer…
The talk is a brief walk through the history of haptics and VR as well as a look at where we stand with VR and haptics right now and where it is going. We will also have a demonstration of several use cases for VR and haptics in medical and other fields and VRgluv’s cutting…
With the ability to automate so much of an online course, along with the physical separation from your students, it can be challenging to find ways to let your personality, teaching style, and personal touches shine through in the online environment. Based on the article “Don’t Turn into a Bot Online: Three Easy Strategies…
This microlearning session is about the Gradebook feature in Elentra. This session will cover where to locate the Gradebook and how to navigate it and an overview of its features. Learning Objectives: Locate the Gradebook in Elentra Discuss the features of the Gradebook Explain how to add comments/feedback to Learners
The rules of higher ed are changing fast, and the time has come for colleges and universities to radically change the ways they engage, collaborate, and communicate with constituents. From campus tours to advising, libraries, and events, digital transformation is redefining the concept of physical presence. We are no longer offices with front desks and…
Higher Education and topics related to the future of teaching and learning have been forever changed post-2020. As the clouds begin to clear and a new dawn shines on 2021, let's reflect on the past and begin to look toward the future. Multiple outlets have published their projections for the new future of teaching and…
Flipgrid is a free video discussion tool from Microsoft that enables educators to communicate and interact with students through short video recordings. In this session, participants will learn how to use Flipgrid’s collaborative features for higher education and will be introduced to the various features that Flipgrid offers. Session Objectives: Discover the features offered in Flipgrid and how they can be used in higher education. Learn…
In the spring of 2020, 83% of the faculty surveyed said that they moved a face-to-face course to emergency remote teaching. By the fall of 2020, 68% of those were still teaching one or more courses fully online, with 30% more employing some sort of blended methodology. 64% say their current teaching is different or…
Emmy award winning Black Mirror: Bandersnatch was Netflix’s first interactive movie that allowed the viewer to choose the movie’s storyline. Like the popular Choose Your Own Adventure books from the 1970’s, Bandersnatch created multiple paths within the storyline based on the choices selected by the viewer. The question became, can we create an eLearning module…