New research sometimes requires new tools. Sometimes the designs are very simple, sometimes complex. Take a look at some of the instruments and tools developed at WesternU over the last few years that have helped make research projects a reality. Discover the process and the ways CETL can help. By the end of…
Zoom’s breakout rooms provide a unique opportunity to learn to create active and engaging learning experiences for students. Join Contact North | Contact Nord’s Research Associate, Dr. Ron Owston, who describes how educators can: • Move beyond holding ineffective, unstructured breakout room discussions • Create distinctive breakout room roles for students to promote active participation…
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…
Gamification, or the use of learning design coupled with game mechanics and logic, has been shown to be an engaging and useful strategy in the classroom. An escape room is just one example of gamification, and has been utilized across health profession students to promote collaboration and problem-solving. Through virtual experiential learning and team collaboration…
For more than a decade, Educause has issued the annual Horizon report that “profiles key trends and emerging technologies shaping the future of higher education”. This year, Educause has partnered with Microsoft to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed higher ed over the past year, key technologies & practices, and implications for what post-pandemic…
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…
As plans ramp up for students and faculty to gradually return to campus this fall and winter, educators will face a new normal. Some pre-pandemic, face-to-face classes will still be taught fully online. Some will offer students a mix of face-to-face and online study, while others will be largely face-to-face with an online component. Zoom…
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.