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.
OR
Note: For any recording for which there is no accompanying transcript, one can be furnished upon request. Contact CTL Help and specify the event for which you would like a transcript.
Search Results
April 2017
-
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
VoiceThread: A Tale of Success (61 min) | presentation slides
November 2016
-
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.
All Academic Years (AY)
VoiceThread: A Tale of Success (61 min) | presentation slides
November 2016
-
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.
October 2016
-
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.
AY20-21
Providing Multiple Means of Engagement with CoursePlus Tools for Self-Regulation (35 min) | transcript | presentation slides
March 2021
Celine Greene, Brian Klaas
In this Teaching Toolkit workshop, CTL highlighted some CoursePlus options for students' self-regulation as applied to the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework's principle of providing multiple means of engagement. Our newest CoursePlus feature, In-Lecture Quizzes, was highlighted as one of the things that may be purposefully incorporated into a course as a means for students to internalize what they've learned and to understand how they, as individuals, learn best.
February 2021
-
The pandemic has driven both students and faculty from the classroom and forced all of us to turn our homes into remote teaching spaces. Now that we have some experience under our belts --and we have survived a few academic terms-- how can we expand our thinking to engage learners, and find ways to re-envision storytelling? In this workshop, Instructional Designers and Video Producers from the Center for Teaching and Learning showcased evidence-based innovations that engage learners through unique storytelling.
Dean's Office Faculty Workshops: Student Engagement in the Virtual Classroom (53 min) | transcript | presentation slides
Keywords: BSPH virtual classroom, pandemic
February 2021
Ryan David Kennedy, PhD and Jamie Young, PhD
Ryan David Kennedy, PhD and Jamie Young, PhD were the special guests in this Dean’s Office workshop, continuing along the theme of Strategies for Moving to a Virtual Classroom. They shared their experiences and successful techniques in ensuring student engagement and interaction with their courses, other students, and the faculty teams. A brief overview of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) kicked off the session so participants could really take to heart an understanding of exactly why engagement matters.