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4-week workshop for instructors and teaching assistants

Winter 2024: 1/8 – 2/2

Innovative Teaching Strategies (ITS) will provide you the opportunity to explore UD supported technologies and methods for teaching, specifically, instructor presence, student engagement, assessments, and multimedia. During this 4 week course, you will have an opportunity to collaborate with ATS instructional designers and your community of participants.

Weekly course modules

Week 1: Instructor Presence & Communication

Week 2: Student Motivation & Engagement

Week 3: Individual & Group Assessment

Week 4: Multimedia & Library Resources

 

Course format

This course is a hybrid format with asynchronous content available in Canvas and optional synchronous coffee hour sessions each Thursday at 1:30 PM. During the synchronous Zoom sessions, ATS instructional designers and class participants engage in a learning community-based virtual hour.  In addition, optional learning labs based on participant feedback will be offered.  

Educational technology tools

Poll Everywhere, FeedbackFruits, Perusall, UD Capture, advanced Canvas and Zoom features and more. Some of these tools will be modeled and briefly introduced with individual consultations available by request.

Participation

Participants are expected to complete the asynchronous content and may engage in a learning community-based virtual offerings to discuss and explore UD supported technologies and methods for teaching through the learning management system, Canvas.

Customized cohort sessions are available upon request

If interested, please complete the Custom Cohort Interest Form.