On-Demand Workshop Videos

Implementing and maintaining grading consistency can be challenging for faculty and teaching assistants. This workshop recording first explores the benefits and process of grade norming and how it supports fair grading practices. Next, it showcases the grade norming experiences of two BSPH teaching teams, who shared how they incorporated grade norming into their courses, followed by a discussion on how to grade norm assessments and some considerations when working with teaching teams.

Keywords: assessment and grading, grade norming, teaching assistantship, teaching team

This was a 2024 Picnic PD (Professional Development) with BSPH CTL summer series workshop. Critical reflection is the process of making meaning by connecting academic content with personal experience and context. This workshop recording will equip you to help your learners create meaning in their academic work. Our session will delve into the advantages of critical reflection and explore practical techniques for integrating this valuable practice into online and in-person courses. 

Keywords: critical reflection 

NOTE: This is a recurring workshop. 

The workshop identified several ways digital accessibility directly impacts pathways to learning. Participants were introduced to the principles of accessibility and given a set of questions to guide them in embracing and understanding the practice. Strategies were provided to make some feasible, initial steps to increase access to their communication, assignments, and other activities to include all learners.

During the session, an empathy exercise was shared. The personas and scenarios exercise aimed to stretch our perspectives in understanding how embracing minor changes in practice, aligned with accessibility, actually benefit everyone.

Participants were asked to remediate a sample PowerPoint and Word presentation on their own. The files and accompanying solution videos are available to all members of the JHU community by request.

This workshop identified several ways digital accessibility directly impacts pathways to learning. Participants were introduced to the principles of accessibility and given a set of questions to guide them in embracing and understanding the practice. Strategies were provided to make some feasible, initial steps to increase access to their communication, assignments, and other activities so as to include all learners. 

During the session, an empathy exercise was shared. The personas and scenarios exercise aimed to stretch our perspectives in understanding how embracing small changes in practice, aligned with accessibility, actually benefit everyone. 

Participants were asked to remediate a sample PowerPoint and Word presentation on their own. The files and accompanying solution videos are available to all members of the JHU community by request.

This was a 2024 Picnic PD (Professional Development) with BSPH CTL summer series workshop. Human beings crave a sense of belonging and a desire to feel like an accepted member of a group. Fostering this type of welcoming learning environment is important as it allows students to feel emotionally connected and highly motivated to engage on a deeper level with course content. However, creating this type of environment can be especially difficult when teaching an online class. This workshop recording goes over teaching strategies for online courses that build a feeling of community which allows students to engage with course material in a meaningful way. You’ll walk away from this workshop recording with tangible artifacts to transform the learning environment of online classes from disengagement to a place of social belonging.

Keywords:  belonging, community, connection