What do grades really measure? Is there a more accurate indicator of our students’ skills and abilities? The traditional grading system used in higher education in the U.S. is often more a measure of privilege or personality than of learning. It also creates a competitive, chilly course
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Student-created videos are an essential element of the online learning experience that invites students to tell their stories, build community, and deepen connections with each other. Digital storytelling is an equity-minded, asset-based, humanizing practice centers student voices. The presenters, Maritez and Denise, will introduce you to asynchronous
Read more →Video is a powerful way to humanize your online course and provide content in multiple formats which creates a more equitable experience for students. Screencast-o-matic is a simple-to-use video recording/editing tool. Studio is a Canvas integration that turns passive viewing into active engagement. Pair the two together
Read more →What cues does your online course send to your students? Join Michelle Pacansky-Brock for a fireside chat with Maritez Apigo and Jennifer Ortiz about why cultivating trust in an online course is foundational to supporting our racially and culturally diverse students, especially in times of trauma. Do
Read more →Presenter: Fabiola Torres, Glendale College Do you think humanizing an online course takes a lot of work? Well, it does. But it takes radical love to break down instructor-student hierarchies. Fabiola will share examples of brief, imperfect, captioned videos that help students sense there is a caring
Read more →The weeks and days leading up to the start of a new term are filled with anxiety and nerves for many students. This term, your students will have even more questions about what to expect and how to get started. An equity-minded strategy to improve these barriers
Read more →To navigate through these unknown and traumatic times, educators must be knowledgeable about how learning happens (and why it often does not). Recognizing the affective and cognitive dimensions of learning illuminates the need to understand our students as humans with rich, complicated stories and foster positive instructor-student
Read more →Apr 5 – May 2, 2021 3.0 credits Description Are you looking for the secret sauce for building community and fostering meaningful student-student interactions? Well, you’ve found it. Research shows that online students are more invested in a class when they have an instructor who cares about
Read more →Mar 29 – Apr 25, 2021 3.0 credits Description Are you looking for the secret sauce for building community and fostering meaningful student-student interactions? Well, you’ve found it. Research shows that online students are more invested in a class when they have an instructor who cares about
Read more →Feb 1 – Feb 28, 2021 3.0 credits Description Are you looking for the secret sauce for building community and fostering meaningful student-student interactions? Well, you’ve found it. Research shows that online students are more invested in a class when they have an instructor who cares about
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