eLearning Engaging the Digital Student Initiative (EDSI) Summer Institute

June 12-15, 2017

BSC Ursa Major and Bldg 80 Marriott Learning Center at the Collins College

Teaching Students How to Learn in a Technology-Enhanced Course

Tentative Schedule

Day 1: Monday, June 12

Saundra’s Quote of the Day:

“What you believe and what students believe both have a significant impact on their motivation and performance.”

Time / Topic/Activity
8:30 – 9:00 / Welcome, Registration, and Breakfast
Quick Welcome: Pauline Muljana
Keynote Introduction: Victoria Bhavsar
9:00 – 12:00 / Get Students to Focus on Learning Instead of Grades: Metacognition is the Key!
Keynote: Saundra McGuire
12:00 – 1:00 / LUNCH
1:00 – 2:00 / Universal Design for Learning as a Pedagogical Framework to Promote Metacognition
Emiliano Ayala and Catherine Schmitt-Whitaker
2:00 – 2:15 / BREAK
2:15 – 3:00 / Flipped Learning: Enhancing Student Preparation Through Active Learning Strategies
Paul Nissenson
3:00 – 3:45 / Engaging Students, Increasing Learning Skills
Cat Haras, Cal State LA
3:45 – 4:00 / Reflect, Assess, and Plan
Pauline Muljana and Victoria Bhavsar

Day 2: Tuesday, June 13

Saundra’s Quote of the Day:

“Remember that unprepared students are not lost causes. But they do need clear, specific guidance and direction.”

Time / Topic/Activity
8:30 – 9:00 / Preview, Goal Setting, and Photograph
Pauline Muljana and Victoria Bhavsar
Photographers: April Dawn, Erick Zelaya, and Richard Feldman
9:00 – 10:00 / Quality Matters: Designing Student Supports
[Alignment, Engagement, Navigation, Technical Features]
Amanda Marsh, April Dawn, and Thomas Gaston
10:00 – 10:30 / Designing Effective Online Course for High Demand Courses
Jill Hargis and Mario Guerrero
10:30 – 10:45 / BREAK & RELAX
10:45 – 12:00 / Worktime - Course Design: Clarify Learning Objectives, Clarify Instructions, Incorporate Study Cycle
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12:00 – 1:00 / LUNCH
1:00 – 1:45 / Engaging Students with Content: Reusing Existing Materials vs. Creating New Materials
  • Reusing Existing Materials (20 minutes)
    Juintow Lin (possible via Adobe Connect Meeting), George Proctor (not confirmed)

  • Creating New Materials: Available Technologies (25 minutes)
    (Brief Introduction Intro to Camtasia, Presenter, Sway and Spark: 10min; Storyboarding: 15min)
    Richard Feldman and Pauline Muljana

1:45 – 2:00 / BREAK & RELAX
2:00 – 3:45 / Building Course in Blackboard
Eric Davis and Pauline Muljana / (30 min) Creating Engaging Materials with Sway and Spark
Richard Feldman / (75 min) Presenting Engaging Content with Presenter
Thomas Gaston and Bo Choi
(75 min) Creating Engaging Materials with Camtasia
April Dawn and Erick Zelaya / (30 min) Creating Engaging Content with Sway and Spark
Richard
3:45 – 4:00 / Reflect, Assess, and Plan
Pauline Muljana and Victoria Bhavsar

Day 3: Wednesday, June 14

Saundra’s Quote of the Day:

“Cultivating a growth mindset and developing healthy self-talk go hand in hand.”

Time / Topic/Activity
8:30 – 9:00 / Preview, Goal Setting, and Photograph
Pauline Muljana and Victoria Bhavsar
Photographers: April Dawn, Erick Zelaya, and Richard Feldman
9:00 – 10:00 / Designing Assignments to Encourage Knowledge Transfer Through Calibrated Peer Review
Laurie Starkey, Devon Hackelton, and Leonard Vandegrift
10:00 – 10:10 / BREAK & RELAX
10:10 – 11:00 / Writing Assignment Instructions: Transferring Knowledge to New Domain (Hands-on)
Laurie Starkey, Devon Hackelton, and Leonard Vandegrift
11:00 – 12:00 / Promoting Students-Content Interaction: Exploring Multimedia
  • Implementing Multimedia Learning Object - 20 minutes
    Yam Lee
  • What Makes Good Multimedia Learning Objects - 40 minutes
    Erick Zelaya and Richard Feldman

12:00 – 1:00 / LUNCH
1:00 – 2:00 / Effective Online Teaching Practices
Kimberley Miller
2:00 – 2:10 / BREAK & RELAX
2:10 – 3:00 / Grading in Blackboard
Eric Davis & Pauline Muljana / Worktime: Planning Your Own Engaging Course (Lower Level, Room 12)
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3:00 – 3:50 / Wall of COOL: Bringing the Real World into the Classroom to Amplify Deep Learning
Amanda Marsh, Chantal Stieber, Joanne Van Boxtel, Jae Min Jung, and Bo Choi
3:50 – 4:00 / Reflect, Assess, and Plan
Pauline Muljana and Victoria Bhavsar

Day 4: Thursday, June 15

Saundra’s Quote of the Day:

“If a strategy does not work for one student or class, that doesn't necessarily mean it will not work for another.”

“We.... must let go of the belief that some students are smart and some students are slow if we want to effectively teach strategies that will inspire all students to excel, no matter what their past performance has been.”

Time / Topic/Activity
8:30 – 9:00 / Preview, Goal Setting, and Photograph
Pauline Muljana and Victoria Bhavsar
Photographers: April Dawn, Erick Zelaya, and Richard Feldman
9:00 – 10:00 / Classroom Assessments and Motivation Interventions
Paul Beardsley
10:00 – 10:15 / BREAK
10:15 – 10:45 / Making Student Thinking Visible and Fostering Rich Discussion with Clicker Questions
Berit Givens
10:45 – 12:00 / Writing Effective Rubrics and Using Rubrics in Blackboard
  • Designing and Developing Effective Rubrics (45 min)
    Teshia Roby
  • Using Rubrics in Blackboard (30 min)
    Eric Davis, and Pauline Muljana

12:00 – 1:00 / LUNCH & RELAX
1:00 – 2:15
Break as needed / Creating Assessment Tools in Blackboard
Eric Davis & Pauline Muljana / Worktime: Planning Your Own Aligned Assessments (Lower Level, Room 12)
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2:15 – 3:00 / Going from "What" to "How"
Victoria Bhavsar
3:00 – 3:45 / Call for Action: After All Of These, What’s Next?
Don St. Hilaire
3:45 – 4:00 / Reflect, Assess, and Plan
Pauline Muljana and Victoria Bhavsar