2020 August Faculty Workshops Session Descriptions Archive
Session Dates
Wednesday, August 12
9:30 AM – 10:45 AM – Session One
101: Leveraging Surveys with Qualtrics for Teaching, Research, and Learning
This session introduces the basics of survey design and distribution via Qualtrics. We will then consider ways that Qualtrics and survey research, more broadly, can be used to enhance your teaching and research.
Watch the recording of Session 101.
102: First Day of Class: Engagement and Inclusivity in Online Classes
How do we set the tone for engagement and inclusivity on the first day of class when students will be online? How can we get to know our students and respect privacy?
No recording available.
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM – Session Two
201: Intro to Zoom
This course is designed as an introductory course for Zoom users.
Watch the recording of Session 201.
202: Seeing Diversity-Equity-Inclusion in a New Light
When integrated mindfully, technology can effectively boost one’s cognitive skills providing greater access to course material and its relation to it. We invite you to embrace assistive technology and constantly seek what works to ensure our learners are able to participate and complete our courses with success.
Watch the recording of Session 202.
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM – Lunch
Award Winners Presentation: The Ann Ferren Curriculum Design Award and The Milton and Sonia Greenberg Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Award
2:00 PM – 3:15 PM – Session Three
301: Teaching the First-Year Writer as Witness Book: Eli Saslow’s Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist
Join a discussion on the book our incoming first-year students are reading this summer. Hear how faculty have used the book in their courses and brainstorm ways to use it in your own.
Watch the recording of Session 301.
302: Strategies for Community and Metacognition in Complex Problems
Metacognition-awareness of one’s own thinking processes-is crucial to learning, especially in online environments where students report too much “busy work” and not enough connection. This interactive session will offer advice for building community and encouraging metacognition in inquiry-based learning classes like Complex Problems seminars.
No recording is available.
3:30 PM – 4:45 PM – Session Four
401: Online Information Literacy Materials for WRTG 100 and Beyond: Using Credo Instruct in Your Blackboard or Canvas Space
Credo Instruct is a set of short videos, tutorials, and quizzes that can be integrated into Blackboard or Canvas. Attend this session to get ideas for incorporating Credo instruct into writing studies learning goals and student learning assessment.
Watch the recording of Session 401.
402: Accessibility and Accommodations in the Online Classroom
This session will give some tips on creating accessible online learning environments to enhance all student’s learning. The session will also provide guidance about how to implement approved disability-related accommodations.
Thursday, August 13
9:30 AM – 10:45 AM – Session One
501: Antiracist Pedagogy, Gaining Inspiration from How to be an Antiracist, by I. Kendi
Participants will work as a learning community to identify strategies for implementing antiracist pedagogies across multiple academic disciplines.
Watch the recording of Session 501.
502: Teaching with Canvas
This workshop is designed to introduce Canvas to faculty who have never used it before. It will explore common techniques, tools, and features in Canvas.
Watch the recording of Session 502.
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM – Session Two
601: From Soloists to Colleagues: Collaborative Assignments and Assessment
This session explores ideas for building a collaborative mindset into a course, designing projects and assessments that involve dialogue across differences, and assessing group work.
Watch the recording of Session 601.
602: Open-Source Statistical Options for Teaching and Research
In this workshop, we will discuss alternative open-source statistical programs that can be accessed by anyone at any time for no cost.
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM – Lunch
What is the Universal Design for Learning?: Implementing UDL for a more inclusive classroom
In this talk, we will explore two different modalities of teaching-synchronous and asynchronous-and uncover opportunities for inclusive teaching within each.
Watch the recording of the August 13 Luncheon.
2:00 PM – 3:15 PM – Session Three
701: Curiosity, Equity, and Education
Addressing issues of racism, mental health, and student protest, and drawing on interdisciplinary scholarship, this session explores pedagogical techniques that support curiosity as a practice of liberation.
Watch the recording of Session 701.
702: Scholarly Communication, Power, and Pedagogy: An Introduction to Critical Information Literacy
This workshop will introduce American University faculty to the concept of Critical Information Literacy (CIL) and invite a discussion of the ways power and privilege present themselves within scholarly communication.
3:30 PM – 4:45 PM – Session Four
801: Teaching with Canvas
This workshop is designed to introduce Canvas to faculty who have never used it before. It will explore common techniques, tools, and features in Canvas.
Watch the recording of Session 801.
802: Active Learning Techniques for the Habits of Mind Online Classroom
In this session, a panel of faculty will demonstrate a variety of active learning techniques and tools that they have successfully implemented in their classrooms, such as Zoom polling, breakout rooms, Kahoot, and Google tools among others.
No recording available.
Wednesday, August 19
9:30 AM – 10:45 AM – Session One
901: Student Team Projects (virtually now) – AHHHHH!!!!!
In this workshop, we will explore 3 – 4 techniques that have been used both successfully and failed miserably in the design and implementation of team projects and (hopefully) provide a pathway to more effective team projects.
902: Intro to Zoom
This course is designed as an introductory course for Zoom users.
Watch the recording of Session 902.
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM – Session Two
1001: Community Based Learning (CBL) During Covid-19: Successes and Learned Lessons from Virtual Service-Learning
Learn about the pros and cons of remote/virtual service learning at AU. We’ll be discussing Spring ’20 faculty members’ experiences, reviewing community partner feedback, and showcasing students’ dedication to their coursework and service sites.
1002: Teaching with Canvas
This workshop is designed to introduce Canvas to faculty who have never used it before. It will explore common techniques, tools, and features in Canvas.
Watch the recording of Session 1002.
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM – Lunch
Facilitating Difficult Dialogues in the College Classroom: Responding to Racism and Racial Violence
No recording available.
2:00 PM – 3:15 PM – Session Three
1101: What do you mean that textbook’s not online?: eTextbooks, Open Educational Resources, and Equity during COVID-19
Panelists will explain and discuss the roadblocks for making print and electronic resources, including textbooks, available for classes in the COVID-19 era as well as available resources for fall and beyond.
No recording available.
1102: Self-Created Videos: Enhancing the Learning Experience with Kaltura
This session introduces you to the video creation and streaming software Kaltura and Kaltura Capture, and will prepare you to record mini-lectures, video feedback, weekly summaries, presentations, and more.
No recording available.
3:30 PM – 4:45 PM – Session Four
1201: Student Engagement in Synchronous Class Sessions
This workshop will discuss and implement instructional strategies that you can use to keep your students engaged in a synchronous session.
1202: Eagle Online Excellence Initiative: Establishing the American University Standard to Online Course Design
This presentation provides an overview of resources to design your online course, as well as information on the formal review process for online excellence in collaboration with an Instructional Designer.
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