• Partner Workshop: Educational Equity Through Digital Learning

    Virtual Faculty Workshop All students deserve a robust, equitable learning experience and faculty play a critical role in their educational success.  Become a more effective instructor through the Every Learner Everywhere professional learning opportunity Educational Equity Through Digital Learning: A Virtual Faculty Workshop. This 8-week virtual summer workshop directly addresses equity in digital learning through evidence-based teaching…

  • Universal Design for Learning (UDL) – A Framework for Good Teaching

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      Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning. It provides students with flexible learning opportunities and is designed to accommodate students’ individual learning differences while providing them with equal opportunities to learn and succeed.       This informational training will provide participants with an overview of UDL and offer guidance on how to use UDL principals within a classroom setting.      Session Objectives:  Define…

  • 3D Printing and Digital Simulation: Innovative Educational Tools to Support Ocular LASER Labs

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    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…

  • Webinar: Introduction to E-Learning Course Design

    Are you just getting started building courses and not sure where to begin? In this session, we’ll simplify the design process and work through the three main considerations of course design: content, look and feel, and interactivity. Presented by Articulate Software.

  • Webinar: Digital Learning as a Tool for Social Justice

    Research shows that student performance in gateway courses is a direct predictor of retention and student success. However, Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and other minoritized student groups have historically been underserved in these courses, resulting in higher DFWI rates and lower retention rates for these students. Digital learning can be a catalyst for improving course outcomes…

  • Webinar: Ten Features of the Future of Learning Beyond School: How Can We Build Back Better?

    The future is not a straight line from the past. As universities and colleges come to terms with some new realities – operational, financial, logistical, ethical – what does their future look like? What needs to change? What will change? The Challenge COVID-19 has been a game changer for governments, universities and colleges. They now…

  • Push Grades From Canvas to Banner

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      In this presentation, you will learn how to push your final grades from Canvas to Banner.  We will go over who is responsible for submitting final grades and the importance of having the correct grading scheme in your course and how to check it.

  • How Can I Adapt My Teaching So Students Thrive in a Polysynchronous Classroom?

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    For teachers in any modality that are required to synchronously teach students in-person and virtually, this 20-Minute Mentor details how polysynchronous instruction can provide concrete tools for adapting teaching to both modalities to maximize through learning.”   Learning Objectives: Discuss the flexibility required for a polysynchronous class Share and explain ideas for establishing student accountability…

  • Webinar: Member QuickTalk | LSRS v3: Promoting Inclusive Spaces

    The Learning Space Rating System (LSRS) measures the potential of formal learning spaces to support multiple modalities of learning. Along with a number of other enhancements, v3 now adds a section that addresses physiological, cognitive, and cultural inclusion. This Member QuickTalk will focus on these overlapping and interconnected perspectives of inclusion. Four LSRS advisory board…

  • InteresTED: 100 Days of Rejection

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    Jia Jiang adventures boldly into a territory so many of us fear: rejection. By seeking out rejection for 100 days -- from asking a stranger to borrow $100 to requesting a "burger refill" at a restaurant -- Jiang desensitized himself to the pain and shame that rejection often brings and, in the process, discovered that…