On-Demand Workshop Videos

This  workshop addressed the unique challenges faced by large enrollment  courses including student participation and communication. We discussed  implementing practices to overcome these challenges in both online and  face-to-face courses. The sessions' handouts ("Engagement Strategies and Tools for Large Enrollment Courses" and "Large Class Scenario Worksheet") are available as PDFs.

In this  workshop, our medical illustrator joined us in leading a discussion on  the power, purpose, and clarity of images in lectures and other  classroom artifacts. Takeaways included the pedagogical rationale and  implications for incorporating images in your course materials; design  considerations, including being mindful of the accessibility principles  of Universal Design for Instruction (UDI); and pointers on finding image  sources whose permissions include appropriate exceptions to copyright  protection. The session's distributed documents are available as PDFs: Legal Concerns handout & Image (Open Access) Resources.

This session  reviewed the strengths and limitations of multiple choice (MC)  questions before discussing some general tips on writing MC questions,  including those that challenge higher-order thinking skills (HOTS).  Sample files used in the presentation can be downloaded from within the  recording or here: Revised MC Questions and Which One is Better. Additional tips and examples of HOTS MC questions can be found in this article from Learning Solutions Magazine

Mary  Fissell, PhD gives us her first-person experience as faculty on how  VoiceThread has enhanced the course experience, lessons learned in its  implementation, and when and where students most positively responded to  it. In addition, the following is touched on: key features and a review  VoiceThread basics; an explanation of how VoiceThread can be exported  and used as part of a lecture inside of CoursePlus; best practices and  options for integrating VoiceThread as a student activity.

Topics  included: the pedagogical rationale for including images; the selection  of images, sources, and related legal concerns (including a review of  how to find sources that meet copyright law); and an introduction to  best practices for incorporating images so that your materials are  universally accessible.