Are you new to Elentra? Or in need of a refresher? In this Elentra Basics session, we will go over a high-level view of the Elentra learning management system. We will get acquainted with the Elentra interface and discuss how to create a Learning Event. Learning Objectives: - Describe how to navigate the Elentra…
Give students a new way to read online by adding your personally developed eBook to your online course content. Interactive eBooks can be easily embedded in your Elentra or Canvas learning management system. With a digital page-flipping sound and page swiping features, students can flip through your eBook with the same ease as a traditional…
When we consider how to transform universities with distance education, we are really pondering the future of formal learning itself. How can we leverage the opportunities of emerging technology and new approaches to learning and skills to make higher education more affordable and relevant? What have we learned in the past decade about scale, inclusion…
Elentra can host a discussion board for faculty and students to create a forum for their courses. This session will review what the discussion board is, how to create one, and best practices for using one in a course. Learning Objectives: Locate the Discussion Boards Identify the steps to create a discussion board…
Identify current evidence supporting platform architecture for high-value strategies customized to institutional needs and defined clinical and educational outcomes. Learning Objectives: Review value-based hardware/software solutions for simultaneous virtual care delivery and remote-teaching/learning. Understand the challenges to procurement and implementation of these tools at the point of care.
In collaboration with WesternU’s CETL 3D printing and digital simulation team, we developed two unique projects to support educational gaps in the ophthalmic LASER procedures lab within the Surgical Eye Care course. These experiences may serve as an example to other departments in exploring how these on-campus services can help in their didactic/lab needs. Learning…
Join this special CETL Session and learn how Zoom can be used as an alternative method for online course delivery. Session Learning Objectives: Recognize the Zoom Pro Account interface used at WesternU Create, schedule, join and start a Zoom meeting Learn how to operate Zoom’s web conferencing capabilities. CETL Mania is an all-day…
Join us for an introduction to Top Hat and learn how to use our platform in a remote teaching environment regardless of what teaching modality you use. This webinar will equip you with best practices for effectively structuring your online or hybrid course. We will focus on the organization of your course, how to track…
Learn how your department can automatically import cloud recordings from Zoom into the central storage and management area for much of the University’s curriculum and departmental content- Mediasite.
This webinar is part of our OLC Innovate 2021 Best-in-Track (Leadership and Advocacy) summer webinar series! For some instructors, the pandemic events of 2020 and 2021 brought new challenges to teaching and learning, alongside an imbalance in routines, priorities, and self-care habits. Many Instructors found themselves buried under grading and content creation, all while managing…