For more than a decade, Educause has issued the annual Horizon report that “profiles key trends and emerging technologies shaping the future of higher education”. This year, Educause has partnered with Microsoft to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed higher ed over the past year, key technologies & practices, and implications for what post-pandemic…
When we consider how to transform universities with distance education, we are really pondering the future of formal learning itself. How can we leverage the opportunities of emerging technology and new approaches to learning and skills to make higher education more affordable and relevant? What have we learned in the past decade about scale, inclusion…
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…
As plans ramp up for students and faculty to gradually return to campus this fall and winter, educators will face a new normal. Some pre-pandemic, face-to-face classes will still be taught fully online. Some will offer students a mix of face-to-face and online study, while others will be largely face-to-face with an online component. Zoom…
Identify current evidence supporting platform architecture for high-value strategies customized to institutional needs and defined clinical and educational outcomes. Learning Objectives: Review value-based hardware/software solutions for simultaneous virtual care delivery and remote-teaching/learning. Understand the challenges to procurement and implementation of these tools at the point of care.
Virtual Faculty Workshop All students deserve a robust, equitable learning experience and faculty play a critical role in their educational success. Become a more effective instructor through the Every Learner Everywhere professional learning opportunity Educational Equity Through Digital Learning: A Virtual Faculty Workshop. This 8-week virtual summer workshop directly addresses equity in digital learning through evidence-based teaching…
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…
In collaboration with WesternU’s CETL 3D printing and digital simulation team, we developed two unique projects to support educational gaps in the ophthalmic LASER procedures lab within the Surgical Eye Care course. These experiences may serve as an example to other departments in exploring how these on-campus services can help in their didactic/lab needs. Learning…
Are you just getting started building courses and not sure where to begin? In this session, we’ll simplify the design process and work through the three main considerations of course design: content, look and feel, and interactivity. Presented by Articulate Software.
Research shows that student performance in gateway courses is a direct predictor of retention and student success. However, Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and other minoritized student groups have historically been underserved in these courses, resulting in higher DFWI rates and lower retention rates for these students. Digital learning can be a catalyst for improving course outcomes…
