CLASS Live

CLASS Live! will bring you the latest innovations in teaching and learning with technology throughout the Spring 2018 semester. This new series of livestream webcasts for faculty will focus on a range of topics from the best new technology tools to pedagogical strategies for online, hybrid, or face-to-face courses. Each session will be hosted by an instructional designer from the CLASS Office of Educational Technology, and will include brief presentations, demonstrations, interviews and live Q&As that will bring you techniques you can use to enhance teaching and learning in your classroom. If you miss the livestream webcast, recordings will be available after the session

02.23 // Part I: Accessibility and the Implications in Course Design

Time: 10:00AM

Presenter: Dr. Sammy Hwang

For our first CLASS Live! presentation, Dr. Hwang will define and discuss accessibility and share his story of why this is a crucial topic. The purpose of this session is to increase the awareness of accessibility; and what it means in the context of educating all students.

Audience feedback, participation, and questions are encourage during the discussion.

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03.09 // Part II: Steps to Address Accessibility in Your Courses

Time: 10:00AM

Presenter: Dr. Sammy Hwang

Dr. Hwang will discuss several techniques faculty can use to address accessibility. He will discuss how the faculty and instructional designers can join forces to address accessibility.

Audience feedback, participation, and questions are encourage during the discussion.

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04.06 // Enhancing Online Feedback

Time: 10:00am-10:30am

Presenter: Thanh Tran, Instructional Designer

In this CLASS Live! session Thanh Tran will discuss how you can enhance your online feedback. The goals of this session are to identify best practices for giving feedback to students and to evaluate Blackboard tools that can support it.

Audience feedback, participation, and questions are encourage during the discussion.

Join CLASS Live! from your office, home, or from anywhere with an Internet connection.

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04.20 // Writing challenges are accepted!

Time: 10:00am-10:30am

Presenter: Fang Fang, Instructional Designer

Writing assignment can be designed in various types and levels. This presentation will discuss how to select a Blackboard tool, based on instructional objectives, to design a writing assignment that can help accomplish writing goals.

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04.27 // Effective Communication and the Grant Life Cycle

Time: 10:00am-10:30am

Presenter: Latricia Vaughns, Research Development Administrator

In this webinar, we explore the different phases of the grant life cycle and the most effective ways to communicate throughout.

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CLASS Live! will bring you the latest innovations in teaching and learning with technology throughout the Fall 2018 semester. This new series of livestream webcasts for faculty will focus on a range of topics from the best new technology tools to pedagogical strategies for online, hybrid, or face-to-face courses. Each session will be hosted by an instructional designer from the CLASS Office of Educational Technology, and will include brief presentations, demonstrations, interviews and live Q&As that will bring you techniques you can use to enhance teaching and learning in your classroom. If you miss the livestream webcast, recordings will be available after the session

09.07 // Navigating Funding Databases

Time: 10:00AM

Presenter: Latricia Vaughns, Research Development Administrator

In this webinar, we explore the different databases available for grant funding searches. We explain everything from profile set-ups to saving searches.

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09.21 // Integrating OET's Online Readiness Resources

Time: 10:00AM

Presenter: Thanh Tran, Instructional Designer

In this short CLASS Live! session Thanh Tran will discuss some strategies CLASS instructors use to introduce their online courses. She will also go through CLASS OET's Online Readiness resources one-by-one and show you how to integrate it in to your first week.