Upcoming Drop-in Sessions
CTLR Byte-size workshops: Online Learning from Design to Delivery
Based on interactions with VCC departments and faculty, the CTLR team has identified common challenges in the practice of online or blended teaching. We have designed this workshop series to support the VCC teaching community in its continuing efforts to provide quality education that meets the needs and competencies of our programs and students.
This series of workshops shares current practices for online teaching, from design to delivery. The focus is on both the pedagogy of online learning and the technology to support that learning.
These sessions will be practical, informative, and interactive, providing participants with skills to apply in their online teaching practice.
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Kaltura Captions & Transcription workshop
Find out how to add accessibility features like captions and transcripts to your Kaltura videos in Moodle.
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Supporting Multilingual Students Online
Post-secondary classrooms and other adult learning environments are more linguistically and culturally diverse than ever before. Join us for an interactive workshop where we will explore the benefits and challenges of teaching multilingual students and the practical strategies to support multilingual students in your online classes.
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Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Inclusive Teaching
Designing a course with Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles in mind helps to create learning environments in which all students can thrive. Join us for an interactive session where we’ll learn about UDL and the practical UDL tools you can use now in both your face-to-face and online courses.
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Facilitating Online Learning
Join us for an interactive session where we will provide strategies to help you engage, motivate, include, and direct your learners through effective facilitation of both synchronous and asynchronous online activities.
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Engaging and Motivating Students Online
During the past 9 months, we have mostly transitioned our teaching and learning activities to an online format. In this workshop we will discover how to keep our students excited, engaged and motivated, through both synchronous and asynchronous delivery methods. Bring your ideas and have an open mind to what is possible.
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- Zoom Session Week of Feb 8th
Building Community Online
Student Engagement has a direct impact on motivation and quality of learning. In this workshop session, we will engage with the “Community of Inquiry” framework. Integrating this framework into your online design will enhance the quality of learning through development of cognitive, teacher, and social presence in the online environment. Engage your students in their learning environment and you will see greater results in your teaching.
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- Zoom Session Week of Feb 15th
Using Video Effectively
Get tips and learn best practices for using online video in your Moodle courses, as well as practical information on how to make a video available in your course.
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- Zoom Session Week of Feb 15th
Moodle Gradebook
Join us for some practical tips on using Moodle’s built-in gradebook tool to collect and aggregate students’ grades. Learn how to make your Moodle gradebook align with your syllabus.
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- Zoom Session Week of Feb 22nd