TOHCS The Manifesto for Teaching Online
OnlineFebruary 9, 2021 8:30am - 9:45am Pacific 11:30am - 12:45pm Eastern Online via Zoom with guest facilitator Dr. Jen Ross Distance is a positive principle, not a deficit. Online can be the privileged mode. With this provocative statement, the faculty and students of the Centre for Research in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh
Faculty Online Course Design Showcase
OnlineTuesday, February 9, 2021 10:00 - 11:15 am Pacific / 1:00 - 2:15 pm Eastern Online via Zoom During COVID-19, Middlebury faculty have worked hard to transition to new modalities and new pedagogies to enable online and hybrid learning. In this session, join Dr. Jason Mittell (FMMC), Dr. Louisa Burnham (History), Dr. Louisa Stein (FMMC),
Game Making as Deep Learning
OnlineThursday, February 11, 2021 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Pacific / 2:00 - 3:30 pm Eastern Online via Zoom Designing, making, testing, and teaching games engages students in a number of high level cognitive skills, running the gamut of Bloom’s taxonomy and beyond. Facts, concepts, and relations have to be rethought and reorganized, and new
Anchoring Course Content Using ThingLink
OnlineMonday, February 15, 2021 noon - 1:00 pm Pacific / 3:00 - 4:00 pm Eastern Online via Zoom ThingLink is a platform that empowers teachers and students to connect and embed rich media information in an image. Multimedia tagging using text, images, audio, and video can help develop contextual understanding and lead to engaging project-based
Zoom Against the Machine Cryptoparty, Wednesday, February 17, 2021
OnlineLove it or hate it, we all have to use Zoom right now. Why not learn how to make it better? DLINQ invites you to the Zoom Against the Machine cryptoparty. Participants can choose to attend two of three 20-minute sessions related to the following topics: Acquire Skills: Still not sure how Zoom works? Attend
Zoom Against the Machine Cryptoparty, Thursday, February 18, 2021
OnlineLove it or hate it, we all have to use Zoom right now. Why not learn how to make it better? DLINQ invites you to the Zoom Against the Machine cryptoparty. Participants can choose to attend two of three 20-minute sessions related to the following topics: Acquire Skills: Still not sure how Zoom works? Attend
Social Annotation with Hypothes.is
OnlineMonday, February 22, 2021 10:00 am-11:00 am Pacific / 1:00-2:00 pm Eastern Online via Zoom DLINQ successfully piloted Hypothes.is during the Fall 2020 academic term and has established an extension of our MOU for the Spring 2021 term. Led by Becky George from Hypothes.is, this workshop will include: discussion of how collaborative annotation with Hypothesis
Fostering Playfulness in Online Active Learning
OnlineFriday, March 26, 2021 9:00-10:15 am Pacific / Noon- 1:15 pm Eastern Online via Zoom Finding yourself in a rut with your online activities? Looking for some new ideas for engaging your students in active learning, while bringing a sense of fun and playfulness to your online class? During this session, you’ll experience a digital
Explore Mapping as a Learning Activity across Disciplines
OnlineTuesday, April 6, 2021 10:15-11:45 am Pacific / 1:15 - 2:45 pm Eastern Online via Zoom Join us for an exploration of mapping and map-making as activities for learning across disciplines. We’ll begin with an introduction to the power of mapping and the different skill sets it embodies; share some different tools that can be
Big Data: Canvassing Canvas Cryptoparty, Tuesday, April 13th,2021
OnlineEducause: “Learning analytics (LA)...collects and analyzes the ‘digital breadcrumbs’ that students leave as they interact with various computer systems to look for correlations between those activities and learning outcomes.” Join us to find out what “breadcrumbs” we are leaving in Canvas, and how they are being used. DLINQ invites you to the Big Data: Canvassing
Big Data: Canvassing Canvas Cryptoparty, Thursday, April 15th, 2021
OnlineEducause: “Learning analytics (LA)...collects and analyzes the ‘digital breadcrumbs’ that students leave as they interact with various computer systems to look for correlations between those activities and learning outcomes.” Join us to find out what “breadcrumbs” we are leaving in Canvas, and how they are being used. DLINQ invites you to the Big Data: Canvassing
Teaming Online: Seeking Student Input
OnlineFriday, April 16, 2021 11:00 am - noon Pacific / 2:00 - 3:00 pm Eastern Online via Zoom Calling all students! Have you experienced challenges with group work during remote learning? Had any terrific group work experiences? In this workshop, we’re asking for student input into what works for remote collaborative group work. This will
TOHCS: Productivity and Online Courses
OnlineFriday, April 30, 2021 10:00 - 11:15 am Pacific / 1:00 - 2:15 pm Eastern Online via Zoom In this session we’ll identify ways to work efficiently while adamantly rejecting the harried “cult of productivity” lifestyle that Meredith Farkas details here. We’ll start by examining some general productivity philosophies as a frame but will move
TOHCS: Reflecting on an Unprecedented Year
OnlineMonday, May 24, 2021 9:30-10:45 am Pacific / 12:30-1:45 pm Eastern Online via Zoom We’re dedicating this last TOHCS session of the 2020-2021 academic year to reflection and conversation around the past year of remote and hybrid teaching. What lessons will we take from this year into the future? Has this experience challenged you to
Creating Accessible Digital Materials
OnlineTuesday, June 15, 2021 10:00-10:45 am Pacific / 1:00-1:45 pm Eastern Online via Zoom When creating or using digital materials in your course, you will want to ensure that those digital materials are accessible to the broadest range of learners. There are small steps that you can take in creating digital materials that may have
Contingency Planning for a Quick Transition to Remote Teaching
OnlineTuesday, June 15, 2021 1:00-1:45 pm Pacific / 4:00-4:45 pm Eastern Online via Zoom This workshop will provide an opportunity for Language Schools faculty to explore scenarios that could disrupt in-person learning in the Language Schools this summer. Participants will be able to review scenarios that happened at Middlebury during the regular academic year and
Introduction to the Language Schools Canvas Template
OnlineWednesday, June 16, 2021 10:00-10:45 am Pacific / 1:00-1:45 pm Eastern Online via Zoom DLINQ has created a custom Canvas template for Language Schools faculty to use to kick start their Canvas course design. The template includes many of the practices outlined in the Middlebury Online Course Design Rubric. In this session, we'll cover: How
Effective Communication in Canvas
OnlineWednesday, June 16, 2021 11:00-11:45 am Pacific / 2:00-2:45 pm Eastern Online via Zoom Clear communication is an essential component of successful learning online. This session will introduce strategies for setting clear, respectful, and responsive communication practices for your online or hybrid course. In this session, we'll cover: Planning for consistency -- setting up regular
Asynchronous Community Building in Canvas
OnlineWednesday, June 16, 2021 12:00-12:45 pm Pacific / 3:00-3:45 pm Eastern Online via Zoom When we do not intentionally weave opportunities for social learning and community building into the design of our online learning spaces, participants may feel siloed and alone, making it difficult to engage with learning content or peers. While it can be
Giving Meaningful Feedback on Learning in Canvas
OnlineWednesday, June 16, 2021 1:00-1:45 pm Pacific / 4:00-4:45 pm Eastern Online via Zoom Meaningful feedback is especially important to learning, as it provides students with detailed information about their work that helps guide them toward enhanced understanding of a subject, as well as mastery of the skills required to deliver a longer-term assignment in
