On-Demand Workshop Videos

This workshop presented the principles of digital accessibility as they relate to avoiding and removing unintentional hurdles in our classrooms and other pathways to learning. The session also supported accessibility’s greater positive impact, improving and enhancing the educational experience for everyone. Takeaways included a set of questions to guide participants in embracing accessibility and feasible, initial steps to increase access to classroom activities, communication, assignments, and more. 

This session, facilitated by a certified Poll Everywhere (PE) trainer, demonstrated some of the many possibilities afforded by this learner and audience engagement tool. Topics included:

• Basic activity (poll) creation, customization, and presentation.

• Faculty/presenter group collaboration for shared activities.

• "Always active" pinned activities that can be used for backchannel communication.

• Poll Everywhere's integration with PowerPoint slide presentations.

NOTE: PE is provided to faculty and staff at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, School of Nursing, School of Medicine, and Carey School of Business.

Keywords: Active learning, engagement, third-party technology tools

LiveTalk training is recommended for BSPH faculty and teaching assistants who are new to online teaching or would like a refresher on managing a synchronous Zoom meeting. It is appropriate for those teaching traditional online courses and those relying on a Zoom meeting in any course format. 

The session includes an overview of managing the Zoom class session as a host or co-host for a course. Special attention is given to the pre- and post-meeting facets of faculty self-run (i.e., self-managed) LiveTalks! Many of Zoom's features, including polls and whiteboards, plus security recommendations are discussed.

Note: A decision was made with this session that our LiveTalk training will be in an on-demand, asynchronous format moving forth. Please refer to the LiveTalk page on our Toolkit for further information about this learning activity.

This recorded Teaching Toolkit Workshop was designed for faculty and teaching assistants seeking to enhance a key element of grading and assessment: giving effective feedback. Attendees explored the impact of feedback on student learning, learned practical techniques for delivering feedback that is specific, timely, focused, and intentional, and participated in a hands-on activity using the Giving Students Effective Feedback Worksheet to apply these strategies in their own teaching practice.

Keywords: feedback, grading, assessment, communication

This 2025 Picnic PD workshop relied on adult neurodevelopment research to explore 5 tips for teaching and reaching the adult brain. According to research in brain-based learning, specifically for adults, the professional learning opportunities developed in the workshop included the promotion of memory activation, opportunities for self-regulation, and emotional and socio-emotional connection. These opportunities were optimally designed by prioritizing real-life applications and actively and intentionally organizing the material for adult learners. The session offered research-supported recommendations and provided practical strategies specifically for adult brains to inform small, discernible improvements to course activities. The practical suggestions and examples given demonstrated a variety of learning contexts, including synchronous, asynchronous, online, in-person, and open education courses.

Keywords:  andragogy, neurodevelopment, memory, self-regulation