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Online instruction, academic malpractice, and COVID: Acclimating to the new normal

Zoom

This presentation will guide participants through lessons learned from the literature about surviving teaching during a pandemic. What challenges did universities face and how did they overcome those challenges? How did WesternU compare with the same challenges and solutions? Where universities able to maintain academic integrity? What about teaching clinical skills during a pandemic? Are…

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…

Webinar – How to Effectively Use Assessment in Online And Blended Learning to Help Your Students Succeed

Online

There are new opportunities to rethink and reimagine how assessment for learning and assessments of learning takes place in an online and blended learning environment. Assessment is the key to retention and completion, and effective feedback critical to student success. During this interactive webinar, five principles for assessment are explored: Authentic Assessment – enabling the…