July Online Learning Training Sessions
The MSUM Office of Online Learning has put together a list of trainings in July for faculty to explore. More offerings will be posted online in August. To receive Outlook invites for all training sessions and professional development opportunities, please fill out this form.
Tuesday, July 7
11-Noon
Kaltura MediaSpace Webinar: Using video to support learning strategies like retrieval practice and elaboration
Video is often used as a method of delivering content in order to “get information into students’ heads.” There is no doubt that this form of instruction is critical to supporting student learning, but delivering content is not learning. To see student learning, we need to provide opportunities to “get information out of students’ heads.”
In this webinar, the facilitator will provide participants with examples of how the Kaltura Video Quiz tool, a service available to all Minnesota State employees, can be used to support evidenced-based learning strategies like retrieval practice and elaboration. Retrieval practice and elaboration mixed in with spacing, interleaving, and feedback are strategies that have strong evidence supporting greater student learning compared to strategies like rereading, highlighting, or summarizing (Dunlosky, Rawson, Marsh, Nathan, & Willingham, 2013).
The facilitator will show participants how to turn instructional videos hosted on Kaltura MediaSpace into video quizzes that students can use for retrieval practice or elaboration. The facilitator will walk participants, step by step, on how these video quizzes can be added as learning activities within a D2L Brightspace course. For those not interested in using video quizzes, the facilitator will also provide examples of how students can create videos as a way to demonstrate learning via elaboration or how instructors can provide videos as form of feedback to students.
Dunlosky, J., Rawson, K. A., Marsh, E. J., Nathan, M. J., & Willingham, D. T. (2013). Improving Students’ Learning With Effective Learning Techniques: Promising Directions From Cognitive and Educational Psychology. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 14(1), 4–58.
11-Noon
Writing Good Questions for Assessments
Writing good assessment questions more accurately capture what students know. In this webinar, you’ll learn about principles of writing effective questions to create more reliable and valid tests.
Thursday, July 9
10-11 a.m.
Microsoft 365: The Essentials
Learn some basics with cloud productivity tools in Microsoft 365, formerly Office 365.
- OneDrive – Creating & sharing a document.
- A glimpse into productivity tools/apps Microsoft Teams, Word, Outlook, Excel, & more!
Monday, July 13
1-2 p.m.
Zoom Basics
Learn basic tips for getting started using Zoom. Great for beginners!
- How to login.
- Conduct ad-hoc and scheduled meetings
- How to facilitate an online meeting.
Wednesday, July 15
10-11 a.m.
Class Discussions in Zoom
Explore ideas for engaging your students during synchronous (real-time) virtual meetings. We’ll discuss topics such as:
- Building connections with your students.
- Using Gagne’s 9 Events of Instruction to inform the structure of your meetings.
- Interactive tools within Zoom.
Thursday, July 16
2-2:50 p.m.
Culturally Responsive Practices and Trauma Responsive Practices
Both Culturally Responsive Practices (CRP) and Trauma Responsive Practices (TRP) can offer us insight and support as we shift to bring students quality and compassionate education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Both CRP and TRP understand that when we are marginalized or overwhelmed, our learning capacity is severely compromised. Further, both advocate that we intentionally and explicitly build safety, trustworthiness, choice, collaboration, and empowerment into our relationships with students in order to ensure their success.
In this webinar, we’ll have the opportunity to examine the overlaps between CRP and TRP and collectively explore how we might bring our current practices more closely into alignment with the best practices they advocate. Know too that this work will help sustain us as we find our own way through the pandemic. Indeed, if we take it on, we (our students, our institutions, and ourselves) will emerge stronger on the other side.
Friday, July 17
11-Noon
Microsoft Teams
Learn some basics about this chat-based collaboration tool that provides teams with the ability to work together and share information via a common space like document collaboration, one-on-one chat, team chat, and more.
Tuesday, July 21
9-10 a.m.
Assessment Basics in D2L Brightspace
Learn the basics of setting up online assessments in D2L Brightspace. We will demonstrate:
- How to collect students’ written work via the Assignments tool.
- How to create an online Quiz/Exams.
- How to set up the Gradebook.
Noon-1 p.m.
Conversations with Colleagues – July
When colleagues readied themselves for emergency remote teaching this spring, we all received a powerful reminder in the value of social learning. Colleagues from across the system who had been separated from one another through physical distance came together online to share ideas and learn from one another. We would like to sustain this social learning through Conversations with Colleagues, a program for those who are interested in connecting with one another.
Meet new faculty, gather with long-time friends from across Minnesota State, and bring questions and ideas (along with your lunch) to these monthly gatherings that will include conversation starters and an opportunity for both large and small group conversations. Additionally, you’ll be able to add your name to a searchable list of faculty and staff who are willing to share their expertise and areas of interest with others.
Wednesday, July 22
10-11 a.m.
Integrating Opendora into your Online Course
Opendora (https://opendora.minnstate.edu/) is a publicly available digital archive for open educational resources (OER) that serves as a central repository for Minnesota State faculty and librarians to leverage licensed OER with the ability to access, load, and share material. In this webinar learn about what this definition looks like in action and why you might upload/use materials, including linking in a course or sharing supplemental materials with students. Hear first-hand from faculty who are using it and their examples of implementation and integration with D2L.
Monday, July 27
9:30-10:30 a.m.
Hybrid Models
A hybrid course incorporates both online/remote delivery and in-person delivery. There are different ways to think about how to use hybrid design to set up your course, depending on the specific learning outcomes for your course. You must start by identifying what parts of your course can be accomplished online and what must be accomplished in a face to face setting. This session is designed to help you think through what that means for your courses and to direct you to the resources necessary to design & deliver the course in a way that will best meet your students’ needs.
12:30-1:30 p.m.
Assessment Design: Advanced
Learn about advanced settings in the D2L Quizzes tool to make your quizzes & exams more secure. We’ll also talk about strategies for rethinking your assessment options (i.e. not using a quiz).
Wednesday, July 29
10-11 a.m.
Multimedia Student Projects
Assigning multimedia projects to students can provide an opportunity to enhance communication skills, encourage digital media literacy, add variety to student coursework and deepen learning. During this session we will discuss various ideas for multimedia projects, tools to enable your students and resources to support faculty in the process.