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    Webinar | Member QuickTalk | The Digital Learning Design Framework and Toolkit: Transforming Course Design

    Online

    New approaches to course design, whether face-to-face, hybrid, or online, are challenging colleges and universities to change, think, and do things differently. Teesside University in collaboration with Jisc UK have developed a Digital Learning Design Framework and Toolkit. The toolkit has three ambitions to nurture excellence and creativity and strengthen resilience in learning design principles…

  • 7 Things You Should Know About Mental Health and Higher Education

    Zoom

    "Mental health has become the subject of open, honest discussion in higher education and beyond. Fallout from the pandemic thrust mental health into an even broader, brighter spotlight, exposing long-standing sources of stress, anxiety, and depression and creating new ones. Mental health is integral to one’s ability to succeed academically, and colleges and universities must…

  • IAMSE Webinar -Breaking Barriers for Racial/Ethnic Groups Underrepresented in the Health Professions

    Online

      Underrepresentation of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) in the health professions limits the U.S. health care system’s ability to meet the needs of people in these racial/ethnic groups. A growing body of research shows that patient-physician concordance of race, language, and social characteristics strengthen the patient-physician relationship through higher levels of trust…

  • Rubric Writing for Inline Grading in Elentra

    Zoom

    Writing rubrics doesn’t need to be a daunting task. The initial investment in time pays off when it cuts the time for grading of each individual assignment, as well as provides students the feedback they need to improve their learning. With Elentra, rubrics can be created that speed up the workflow for grading for the…

  • Concur Training: Travel Cash Advances

    Zoom

    Enhance your experience with Concur through knowledge and efficiency. With many travel restrictions lifted, faculty and staff are eager to expand their horizons with university-paid travel plans. Concur allows all University employees to submit reimbursements in one online location, with no out of pocket expense. In this session you will learn how to submit a…

  • An Untapped Faculty Resource: Customized learning modules to enhance student learning

    Zoom

    The CETL Instructional Design Team as has created learning projects that have been presented at large conferences on a national and international stage, described in published articles, analyzed for research, and furthered the scholarship of teaching and learning for many WesternU faculty. Some designs are more complex than others, but all with the goal of…

  • Webinar | How to Engage Silent Learners

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    Many of us learn best in silence and need time to reflect before saying or writing our thoughts. In synchronous online meetings (and in physical meetings) we often mistake visual and vocal activity for engagement and learning, while silence is interpreted as a lack of interest or even laziness. Because synchronous meetings tend to be…

  • Creating the professional biosketch that gets you noticed!

    Zoom

    The needs for a healthcare professional to have a current biosketch are many. Conference planners review biosketches when selecting speakers.  Moderators use biosketches when introducing speakers. Colleagues use biosketches when referring professionals.  Many appointment considerations begin with a biosketch. Writing a biosketch that gets a person noticed is both an art and science.  Through this…

  • 20MM: What Did We Learn from Pandemic Teaching and What Are We Keeping as We Move On? (Facilitated Discussion)

    Zoom

    Educating during the pandemic forced everyone to leverage technology and make major changes to their teaching strategies. David Betancourt, DMA, shares his experiences of teaching during the pandemic and poses questions to reflect on, such as: What did we learn about our teaching during this change in instructional learning? What could we take from the…