Give students a new way to read online by adding your personally developed eBook to your online course content. Interactive eBooks can be easily embedded in your Elentra or Canvas learning management system. With a digital page-flipping sound and page swiping features, students can flip through your eBook with the same ease as a traditional…
Gamification, or the use of learning design coupled with game mechanics and logic, has been shown to be an engaging and useful strategy in the classroom. An escape room is just one example of gamification, and has been utilized across health profession students to promote collaboration and problem-solving. Through virtual experiential learning and team collaboration…
Elentra can host a discussion board for faculty and students to create a forum for their courses. This session will review what the discussion board is, how to create one, and best practices for using one in a course. Learning Objectives: Locate the Discussion Boards Identify the steps to create a discussion board…
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning. It provides students with flexible learning opportunities and is designed to accommodate students’ individual learning differences while providing them with equal opportunities to learn and succeed. This informational training will provide participants with an overview of UDL and offer guidance on how to use UDL principals within a classroom setting. Session Objectives: Define…
The future is not a straight line from the past. As universities and colleges come to terms with some new realities – operational, financial, logistical, ethical – what does their future look like? What needs to change? What will change? The Challenge COVID-19 has been a game changer for governments, universities and colleges. They now…
The Learning Space Rating System (LSRS) measures the potential of formal learning spaces to support multiple modalities of learning. Along with a number of other enhancements, v3 now adds a section that addresses physiological, cognitive, and cultural inclusion. This Member QuickTalk will focus on these overlapping and interconnected perspectives of inclusion. Four LSRS advisory board…
Join this special CETL Session and learn how Zoom can be used as an alternative method for online course delivery. Session Learning Objectives: Recognize the Zoom Pro Account interface used at WesternU Create, schedule, join and start a Zoom meeting Learn how to operate Zoom’s web conferencing capabilities. CETL Mania is an all-day…
Join us for an introduction to Top Hat and learn how to use our platform in a remote teaching environment regardless of what teaching modality you use. This webinar will equip you with best practices for effectively structuring your online or hybrid course. We will focus on the organization of your course, how to track…
We will showcase projects that used 3D and XR technologies (virtual and augmented reality) and gamification methodologies to enhance students learning. And talk how we can make your project become reality.
Canvas Studio is a media tool that allows instructors and students to record, edit, upload, manage and share audio and video files. Studio also has additional interactive features that instructors can use for quizzing students and getting feedback. In this training session, participants will be introduced to the various features of Canvas Studio, including how to use the tool for assessment and…
