On-Demand Workshop Videos
While many opportunities for training and professional development are synchronous, the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) offers this collection of videos for those who cannot attend our workshops or want an on-demand overview. Additionally, our collection of brief video tutorials can be found on the Toolkit Shelf. And the CTL Blog also offers some videos in its Quick Look series.
Workshop videos listed below are arranged chronologically. Use the drop-down menu to navigate to videos for a specific academic year. Optionally, you can search our entire collection by title and/or key words.
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The BSPH Learner: Student data and trends and what this means for the Bloomberg School of Public Health (7 min) | Transcript
May 2025
Amy Pinkerton
This video introduces the Bloomberg School of Public Health Learner, focusing on student data and trends. It uses data from the JHU Graduate Student Composition (Fall 2024) report, the JHU institutional profile in the National Center for Education Statistics, and insights from the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) 2024 Forum Conference to identify our students and what they expect from their graduate learning experience. It also explores what these data and trends mean for learner-centered teaching and learning at BSPH. While the focus of the data analysis is on BSPH, schools across the university can benefit from watching.
The Curious Learner: The Intersection of Curiosity and Adult Learning (36 mins) | Slides | Transcript (.txt)
June 2025
Amy Pinkerton
This 2025 Picnic PD workshop showcased an interactive exploration into curiosity and adult learning. Questions discussed included: What role does curiosity play in adult learning? How can curiosity be sparked in adult learners? And how can we foster curiosity in both virtual and face-to-face classrooms? Watch to discover how to create a learning environment that encourages inquisitiveness and lifelong learning.
Keywords: curiosity, adult learning, motivation
The Developing Learner: Using Formative Assessment to Facilitate Learning and Connection (53 mins) | Slides | Transcript (.txt)
July 2025
Emily Haagenson, Lauren Dana
This Picnic PD 2025 workshop emphasized the value of formative assessments, specifically knowledge checks, to enrich the overall learning experience in your course. Knowledge checks help both the students and you to know that learning is on track. Best of all, CoursePlus and other learning platforms provide sophisticated formative quiz tools that automate this process and provide you with the data to execute it well. This recorded workshop will help you create knowledge checks to start using in your course today.
Keywords: formative assessment, knowledge checks, feedback, CoursePlus tools
The Empowered Learner: Busting Myths, Building Mastery (45 mins) | Slides | Automated Transcript (.txt)
June 2025
Lu Chi
This was a 2025 Picnic PD workshop. Ever wonder why some teaching methods fall flat—or worse, hinder student growth? By watching this recorded workshop, you’ll become a myth-buster, dismantling misconceptions about learning and replacing them with strategies that transform your class into a hub of curiosity, resilience, and lasting mastery.
Keywords: learning myths, learning styles, discovery, engagement, rote memorization, digital literacy
June 2025
Renee Dutton-O'Hara, Brian Klaas, Mia Lamm
This Picnic PD 2025 workshop focused on the importance of engaging learners when presenting, both in terms of what you say and how you say it. We discussed techniques to develop a compelling speaking style and a narrative framework. Focusing on engagement ensures that learners not only focus on the content but also develop a deeper understanding and lasting connection to the material. Through practical, real-world examples, watching this workshop recording will change the way you approach the creation and design of your presentations.
Keywords: edutainment, lectures, storytelling, presentation techniques
All Academic Years (AY)
The Motivated Learner: Providing Assessment Choice to Activate Student Motivation (57 mins) | Slides | Transcript (.txt)
July 2025
Lauren Dana; Keri McAvoy; Featuring BSPH Faculty: Dave Love, PhD, MSPH
This 2025 Picnic PD workshop examined educational research on how assessment choice enhances both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in adult learners. Watch this recording to explore various ways to incorporate choice into assessments and gain concrete examples—including those from current BSPH courses—that you can adapt to your teaching. The workshop showcased BSPH faculty member Dave Love, who shared his innovative approach to integrating student assessment choice into his online course.
Keywords: assessment choice, learner motivation
The Large Enrollment Course Learner: How to Create a Clear, Consistent Student Experience in Complex Large Enrollment Courses (51 mins) | Slides | Transcript (.txt)
July 2025
Boris Buia
This Picnic PD 2025 workshop identified specific challenges posed by large-enrollment courses and practical strategies to address these challenges. These proven practices will help eliminate the inconsistencies, confusion, and disorganization that can arise in large-enrollment courses to empower students to focus on learning and mastery of course concepts.
Keywords: large enrollment courses, communication, teaching team coordination, assessments
The Developing Learner: Using Formative Assessment to Facilitate Learning and Connection (53 mins) | Slides | Transcript (.txt)
July 2025
Emily Haagenson, Lauren Dana
This Picnic PD 2025 workshop emphasized the value of formative assessments, specifically knowledge checks, to enrich the overall learning experience in your course. Knowledge checks help both the students and you to know that learning is on track. Best of all, CoursePlus and other learning platforms provide sophisticated formative quiz tools that automate this process and provide you with the data to execute it well. This recorded workshop will help you create knowledge checks to start using in your course today.
Keywords: formative assessment, knowledge checks, feedback, CoursePlus tools
June 2025
Renee Dutton-O'Hara, Brian Klaas, Mia Lamm
This Picnic PD 2025 workshop focused on the importance of engaging learners when presenting, both in terms of what you say and how you say it. We discussed techniques to develop a compelling speaking style and a narrative framework. Focusing on engagement ensures that learners not only focus on the content but also develop a deeper understanding and lasting connection to the material. Through practical, real-world examples, watching this workshop recording will change the way you approach the creation and design of your presentations.
Keywords: edutainment, lectures, storytelling, presentation techniques
The Empowered Learner: Busting Myths, Building Mastery (45 mins) | Slides | Automated Transcript (.txt)
June 2025
Lu Chi
This was a 2025 Picnic PD workshop. Ever wonder why some teaching methods fall flat—or worse, hinder student growth? By watching this recorded workshop, you’ll become a myth-buster, dismantling misconceptions about learning and replacing them with strategies that transform your class into a hub of curiosity, resilience, and lasting mastery.
Keywords: learning myths, learning styles, discovery, engagement, rote memorization, digital literacy
AY25-26
August 2025
Celine Greene
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.
July 2025
Lauren Dana, Emily Haagenson, Renee Dutton-O'Hara
This 2025 Picnic PD workshop emphasized the value of the international public health perspective for all learners. We utilized the LITE Framework (Learner, Instruction, Technology, and Environment) to provide practical strategies for supporting international students, enrich all students by prioritizing a global perspective, and celebrate international, expert voices of faculty and guest speakers. Watch this recording to gain actionable insights in creating a more globally inclusive learning environment that benefits both international and domestic students alike.
Keywords: international students, guest lectures, global perspective
The Motivated Learner: Providing Assessment Choice to Activate Student Motivation (57 mins) | Slides | Transcript (.txt)
July 2025
Lauren Dana; Keri McAvoy; Featuring BSPH Faculty: Dave Love, PhD, MSPH
This 2025 Picnic PD workshop examined educational research on how assessment choice enhances both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in adult learners. Watch this recording to explore various ways to incorporate choice into assessments and gain concrete examples—including those from current BSPH courses—that you can adapt to your teaching. The workshop showcased BSPH faculty member Dave Love, who shared his innovative approach to integrating student assessment choice into his online course.
Keywords: assessment choice, learner motivation