Events
Campuses across the commonwealth offer periodic training, development, and educational seminars focused on teaching and learning. See what events are being offered locally and remotely.
// Upcoming Events
Designing Your Syllabus to Support Learner Success
Designing Your Syllabus to Support Learner Success
Did you know that the majority of disabled learners in your classroom have invisible disabilities that you can not see? The recommended strategies to reach these disabled learners actually benefit ALL learners in your classroom. This hands-on workshop will focus on st...
// Past Events
Too Much or Not Enough: Quantifying the Time Students Spend in Engaging Courses
Too Much or Not Enough: Quantifying the Time Students Spend in Engaging Courses
Instructors thoughtfully create high-quality, engaging course design experiences, but is time dedicated to assessing the rigor that’s placed on students? This session will first focus on the benefits of and strategies for reviewing the time spent on instructional acti...
Planning for Student Engagement
Planning for Student Engagement
Presentations and workshops, both live and archived, designed to help deliver online coursework that gets students involved.
Who Are You Not Reaching? Designing Your Course to Gain Maximum Engagement from All Students
Who Are You Not Reaching? Designing Your Course to Gain Maximum Engagement from All Students
Reaching students can be a significant challenge for any course. Research suggests that we gain a broader response when attending to principles of inclusive teaching and best practices in inclusive course design. In this interactive session, attendees will review a seri...
Engaging Students Asynchronously
Engaging Students Asynchronously
Topics include how to help students engage with the content, you, and their fellow students, as well as how to structure asynchronous discussions, group work, lecture content, and more to benefit student learning in the asynchronous online environment.
Engaging Students Through Assessment (SITE Version)
Engaging Students Through Assessment (SITE Version)
Are you looking for ways to revise and improve your online assessments? This session covers using online assessments (both formative and summative) to engage students. Topics include making changes to assessments to take advantage of the online environment, making sure ...
College Students’ Use and Acceptance of Emergency Online Learning Due to COVID-19
College Students’ Use and Acceptance of Emergency Online Learning Due to COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced higher education institutions around the world to offer education through the Internet. This new modality is called “emergency online learning.” Understanding the factors that affected students’ use and acceptance of this new modal...