• Microlearning: Creating and Posting Exams in Elentra

    Zoom

    The learning management system, Elentra, offers a rich exam creation tool that allows faculty and staff to create questions with the exam feature or even import them. This CETL session will cover how to get started with creating questions and posting them to your online courses. Attendees will receive a handout that will break down…

  • Leveraging Podcasts for Learning

    Zoom

    Podcast Insights report that there are over 2,000,000 podcasts, with over 116,000,000 listeners alone in the last month. With the podcasting trend on a steady rise, how can we use this medium for learning and connecting with our students?   In this session we will: Discuss use-case scenarios for using podcasts in the classroom Describe…

  • Magic links™: Locating and using permanent links

    Zoom

    You don’t have to be a graduate of Ilvermorny or Hogwarts to use this magic. In this workshop, attendees will be shown which library resources have permalinks or persistent links, called “magic links” by some faculty. They will also be shown how to copy these links or use a special generator to “fix” the URLs.…

  • Ask an ID

    Zoom

    This hour is reserved for YOU and your questions. Any topics related to teaching and learning and/or teaching with technology, we’re here to support and assist you.   During this session, the Instructional Design Team will host informal Office Hours. The Zoom session will have 3 breakout rooms, and you can come and go throughout…

  • Tips for Engaging Students — In person, Online and on Zoom

    Zoom

    Teaching during these past few years has required a combination of flexibility, innovation, and tenacity. With these trying times, teachers have been tasked with providing engaging active learning opportunities as the delivery of these sessions has fluctuated from in-person to online, to blended and hyflex methods. While challenging, providing students with engaging and well-designed lessons…

  • CETL & WSC Present: Promoting Wellness and Reducing Tension with LinkedIn Learning.

    Zoom

    Presented in partnership with the WesternU Staff Council Professional Development Committee   Scattered thinking? Under pressure? Distracted? Stressed? This session combines LinkedIn Learning (LIL) with desk yoga breathing techniques. Here we will show you how you can use the LIL platform to not only learn something new but to also improve your wellness in the…

  • Webinar | Before, During and After the Pandemic Leveraging QM in Support of MSCHE Accreditation

    Online

    The presenters will highlight examples of how their institutions have leveraged policies, practices, and plans developed in a way that aligns Quality Matters with their re-accreditation self-study (Middle States).   Presented by: Dr. Bernice Purcell, Holy Family University                       Richard Smith, Harford Community College  …

  • Recording and Managing Your Video Content with Mediasite Mosaic and My Mediasite

    Zoom

    Mediasite Mosaic allows users to create with just one click. With Macs or PCs and built-in or external microphones and cameras, you can capture video communications, lectures, assignments, trainings, and more. Learn how to record and manage curricular video material with the application Mediasite Mosaic and the personal user management area, My Mediasite.

  • Virtual Lab Simulations

    Zoom

    The idea behind virtual lab simulations is that inside the 3D environment of an immersive simulation, students can master curriculum-aligned theory, interact with advanced equipment, learn techniques and perform experiments, anytime, anywhere. In this session we will share innovative tools and practices for delivering engaging online lab experiences to remote learners.  

  • Point of Care Beatdown: UpToDate vs. DynaMed

    Zoom

    You’re seeing a patient and are ready to look up information on their condition, but indecision strikes: which point of care resource do you use, UpToDate or DynaMed?   By the end of this workshop, you will be able to: Compare and contrast UpToDate and DynaMed’s features Navigate through UpToDate and DynaMed Download the mobile…