Courses & Webinars

Real World Writing in Online Learning

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Yesterday, as a part of our celebration of National Distance Learning Week (#NDLW), Chris Manion and his team from Writing Across the Curriculum presented a webinar on incorporating real world writing in online learning.  In case you were unable to attend, here is a link to the recorded session: http://carmenconnect.osu.edu/p4e3dxhvgxl/.   Please feel free to post any questions you have about the webinar discussion here.

Have an idea for a future webinar topic?  Let us know by clicking on the Webinars tab at the top of this blog site!

Ready, Set, Engage! Interactive OER for Student Engagement Webinar

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When?  THIS FRIDAY, 11/4 from 12-1pm (EDT).""

Where?  Link: https://carmenconnect.osu.edu/oida 

Who?  Presented by Lynn Lease, PhD

Topic Overview

Wish your students would be more engaged? Come explore the world of interactive Open Educational Resources! In this webinar, we will explore and discuss repositories filled with interactive OERs, often linked directly to educational standards, shifting the paradigm from passive text-based instructional materials to interactive and engaging content. Participants will receive a checklist with specific strategies for locating, selecting, implementing, and evaluating interactive OERs.

Presenter Bio

Lynn Lease, PhD is the founding Director of the Center for Educational Excellence providing support for on-campus faculty in curriculum development, instructional design, student assessment, and teaching and learning strategies. She earned her PhD in Education with a specialization in Instructional Design for Online Learning. Beyond her position at UNOH, Lynn serves as a Master Reviewer for Quality Matters and is a member of the Ohio Instructional Designers Association.

Access Link: https://carmenconnect.osu.edu/oida

(Feel free to forward the meeting link to others who might want to join.)

Sponsored by:  Ohio Instructional Designers Association

The Ohio Instructional Designers Association is open to all of those who are passionate about education. The group is not limited to those who have the position title of “Instructional Designer.” Instructional Design can occur throughout the world of education. The group contains educators fulfilling various roles around the state of Ohio.

Follow them on Twitter! @ohioida 

Join their group on LinkedIn! https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7484981

Improving Student Online Learning through Writing, October 4, 2016

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Writing is well-understood to be a powerful tool for learning, but it can seem daunting to include writing in an online course.  DELTA recently partnered with experts from OSU’s Writing Across the Curriculum program to present an hour-long webinar that describes how to incorporate writing in your online classes most effectively and without over-burdening yourself. For those who were not able to attend in real-time — or who might want to review the excellent discussion — we are hosting a recording of the webinar in CarmenConnect.

In this recording, you can learn how to design engaging, effective assignments that won’t overload your ability to grade them. Learn ways to pitch the complexity of writing assignments to your learning goals, ranging from brief informal writing through longer complex projects. Presented by Dr. Chris Manion, Nora McCook, and Genevieve Ritchie-Ewing of the OSU Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing and hosted by the OSU Distance Education Learning and Teaching Academy.

screen clip from writing online webinar

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Using CarmenConnect for Virtual Office Hours

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""Earlier this month, Jacob Bane, Sr. Instructional Designer with ODEE, presented a webinar on how to use CarmenConnect to provide virtual office hours to remote students.  As more courses and programs move to online formats, faculty and advisers find themselves rethinking how they connect with their students in meaningful ways.  Although this topic begs for more than one webinar of discussion, Jacob led participants through a few scenarios of how CarmenConnect (OSU’s branded version of AdobeConnect) might be used to help instructors and advisers connect individually as well as in small groups with their students and advisees.  In case you missed it, here is a link to the recording of the 1/2 hour webinar: http://carmenconnect.osu.edu/p72v4dskw3d/.

For those of you looking to learn more of the “ins and outs” of the CarmenConnect tool, you can access a list of workshops hosted by ODEE by clicking here: http://resourcecenter.odee.osu.edu/workshops.  Workshops are updated regularly.  If you do not see a training on a specific tool, consider attending any of the eLearning Support Office Hours or Virtual Office Hours to receive 1:1 assistance.  Remember that you are welcome to request webinars on topics of interest by clicking the Webinars tab at the top of the DELTA blog site (u.osu.edu/delta).

Webinar: Getting Started Teaching Online

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Building your course is the first step to enter the online teaching environment, however how do you create the instructor presence?  How do you to create student engagement by engaging in the course yourself? Join us on March 24 at 12:00pm for our webinar discussing these questions when we will be joined by Dr. David Stein, Ph.D. from the College of Education and Human Ecology.  We will address some best practices for teaching in the online environment, build upon our shared experiences of teaching online, and develop a plan for engaging with your online students. Click the following link to learn more and register for the webinar:  https://carmen-services.it.ohio-state.edu/Events/Event/Details/769

March Online Creation Studio

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A Makerspace For Your Online Course where you can explore, learn, create, and share.Hi everyone!  I just wanted to drop a quick note letting you know that there will be a Creation Studio for those of you developing and/or teaching online courses held this month.  We will host this event on Wednesday, March 9 from 10:00am-12:00pm in the Enarson Digital Union (in the basement).  Feel free to come in anytime and leave once you have received the help you needed.  This time is for you to get your questions answered and to try things out in your course building with the assistance of ODEE instructional designers and Digital Union staff.  You can also log in to Lynda.com while in the Digital Union if you have been wanting to learn how to use certain applications.

Click here to learn more and register for the Creation Studio.  We hope to see you there!

Creating Culturally Inclusive Online Classrooms

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For those of you who attended the webinar on creating culturally inclusive online classrooms and even if you weren’t able to make it, below are links to the recorded session along with the presentation slide deck.  Thanks for joining us!  Be sure to catch us for our next webinar on best practices for teaching online.  Stay tuned for registration information at delta.osu.edu.

 

Webinar: Creating a Culturally Inclusive Online Classroom

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OSU students from different racial backgroundsFostering a culturally inclusive online classroom environment enriches and empowers each of your students, builds on the overall learning experience in the online environment, and promotes a true community online. Have you ever wondered the extent to which your students comfortably engage, celebrate, and capitalize on the diversity in your online classroom?  During our next DELTA webinar, we will address some best practices in the online environment, build upon our shared experiences of diversity in the classroom, and develop some intercultural knowledge and skills.  Click here to register and learn more about the webinar.

Creation Studio!

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A Makerspace For Your Online Course where you can explore, learn, create, and share.Hi everyone!  I just wanted to drop a quick note letting you know that there will be a Creation Studio for those of you developing and/or teaching online courses held this month.  We will host this event on Tuesday, February 9 from 2:00-4:00pm in the Enarson Digital Union (in the basement).  Feel free to come in anytime and leave once you have received the help you needed.  This time is for you to get your questions answered and to try things out in your course building with the assistance of ODEE instructional designers and Digital Union staff.  You can also log in to Lynda.com while in the Digital Union if you have been wanting to learn how to use certain applications.

Click here to learn more and register for the Creation Studio.  We hope to see you there!