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  • A Deeper Look at Padlet for Education: Taking a Deep Dive into Digital Classroom Engagement

    Zoom

    Padlet is a virtual “bulletin” board that students and instructors can use to collaborate and add content to such as videos, pictures, and links to articles. This great EdTech tool allows for real-time sharing and collaboration which helps to increase student engagement. In this session, participants will learn how to use Padlet and will have the opportunity to look at some of the creative ways that Padlet…

  • Creating a Presence in the Online Classroom: Connecting with Your Students

    Zoom

    Description: Student engagement can be hard in a digital environment. Students can be nervous about learning online while others may be new to learning in a digital classroom. This session will cover the characteristics for successful student engagement and how to make the classroom a better learning experience for everyone.   Learning Objectives: List the…

  • The Prosthetic 3D Printing Revolution

    Zoom

    The e-NABLE Community is an amazing group of individuals from all over the world who come together and collaborate on ways to help improve the open-source 3D printable designs for hands and arms for those who were born missing fingers or who have lost them due to war, disease or natural disaster. As of November…

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    Let’s Toast to Toastmasters!

    Zoom

    Interested in enhancing your public speaking skills? Join Toastmasters! Toastmasters is an internationally recognized nonprofit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills to individuals worldwide. The organization's membership exceeds 300,000 in more than 15,800 clubs in 149 countries. WesternU once had a thriving Toastmasters Club; we would like to reignite that spark once…

  • The emerging science of citations: What authors should know

    Zoom

    Citations in peer-reviewed manuscripts have a legacy that conveys the writer gave proper attribution to owners of ideas or concepts.  Advances in technology has brought forth additional dimensions on the importance of citations.  Through this presentation, participants will learn about the emergence of citation errors and the impact citations errors have on authors and journals. …

  • Facilitator Development Series

    As competency-based education expands across the health professions the methods we use in the classroom also expand in order to promote active learning both inside and outside of the classroom. While we develop new learner skills through a competency-based approach we must also develop new faculty skills to meet the expanding needs for our students…

  • Addressing the Gap, Advancing the Knowledge: Guidance for the Abstract Reviewer

    Zoom

    Although guidance exists for writing abstracts, much less information is available on reviewing abstracts and what constitutes an appropriate review. This presentation provides an overview of the role of an abstract reviewer and information potential reviewers can use to improve the quality of their reviews

  • Creating Visual Content Designs Customized to Your Needs Using Canva

    Zoom

    “Canva is a graphic design platform, used to create social media graphics, presentations, posters, documents and other visual content.” The course will discuss how to use Canva and will show examples of visual content that can be created using the platform and in addition interactions and discussions on creating customs content.

  • Connecting Educational Concepts with Mind Mapping Techniques

    Mind mapping is a technique used to visually outline information. By using words, pictures and diagrams, mind mapping can help professors teach connections in course material, as well as help students study.   The main concept, or idea, is at the center of the mind map. From the nucleus-center, themes associated with the main concept…

  • Webinar – LinkedIn Profiles: Going Beyond the Basics and Enhancing the Utility of Your Profile | Educasuse

    Online

    n this QuickTalk, we’ll discuss insider tools, tips and tricks for the world's most popular professional network. You’ll learn how to develop the most important elements of a LinkedIn profile - particularly those that are often overlooked - to tell the story of your professional life and make yourself attractive to employers and recruiters.  …