Technology-Enhanced Learning 102

Friday, January 27, 2017 Room EW205

Faculty Professional Development Workshop

Facilitated by Dr. Gavan Watson, Associate Director, eLearning, Western University

Back by popular demand! This workshop is broken into three one-hour topics – you may attend one, two, or all three. All sessions will be hands on and interactive.

1-2 p.m.

Getting better use of Moodle in the face-to-face classroom

By the end of this session, faculty will be able to:

• describe the kinds of teaching and learning activities that are suited for the online or face-to-face learning environment;
• describe what tools are available to them within the Moodle LMS; and
• use these tools to help students achieve specific outcomes.

 2-3 p.m.

Engaging students: low tech to high tech

By the end of this session, faculty will be able to:

• describe what student engagement in higher education is;
• consider a series of tools and techniques that can be used to help build student engagement; and
• select a tool best suited for their instructional goals.

3-4 p.m.

Flipping & blending: course & class design for student learning

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• recognize key characteristics of flipped and blended course design;
• outline techniques that can help prepare students for success;
• consider how a course concept you currently instruct could be redesigned using a blended or flipped model; and
• provide feedback to colleagues about proposed changes to their course design.