best practices and additional resources

Blended Learning Course Design Workshop Series Resources

Please login to MyPark (HERE) to access recordings, handouts, course templates, and links for Park's Blended Learning Course Design Workshop Series featuring:

• Foundational Concepts for Designing Your Blended Course (June 12, 2020)

• Maximizing the Potential of F2F and Online Learning in Your Blended Course (June 16, 2020)

• Curating and Creating Content for Your Blended Course Shell – Beginning Track (June 24, 2020)

• Curating and Creating Content for Your Blended Course Shell – Advanced Track (June 29, 2020)

• Assessment and Grading (July 10, 2020)

• Zoom – Beginning Track (August 4, 2020)

• Zoom – Advanced Track (August 6, 2020)

Online Course Design

Course Design Tips

• • Communicate, Evaluate, Prepare- 3 Quick Steps to Transition Online

  • Tec-Variety- 100 Plus Activities for Motivating and Retaining Learners Online

  • Five Tips for Writing Clear Directions

  • The Chunking Technique

  • Chunking: Learning Technique for Better Memory and Understanding

  • Creating Rubrics (from Carnegie Mellon University)

  • Authentic Assessment (from Indiana University Bloomington)

Course Design Resources

• • Digital Bloom's Taxonomy (from Common Sense Education)

  • How to Submit Maintenance

  • Rice University Course WorkLoad Estimator

  • WebAIM: Web Accessibility in Mind

Course Design Tools

• • Genil.ly

  • Canva

  • Google Suite

  • Nearpod

  • PowToon- Ultimate Guide to Remote Learning

(Material provided by the Digital Learning Team)

Technology Enabled Teaching

• How to Use Zoom's Virtual Background

• Plickers and GRASP

• ZipGrade 1

• ZipGrade 2

• Providing Canvas Feedback via Mobile Device

(Material presented by Eugene Matthews, 2019-2020 Faculty Fellow, special interest group topic: "There's an App for That!")

• How to Hold Virtual Office Hours

• Hosting a Dynamic Meeting with Zoom

(Material presented by Erica Jansen, FCI Adjunct Support Associate, and 2018-2019 Faculty Fellow, special interest group topic: "Active Learning with Pirate Patch")

• Zoom: Teach Online Class Sessions

• Online Learning Consortium's Teaching Lab Science Online

(Material provided by the Digital Learning Team)

• Online?...Just in Time!

(Material from Global Society for Online Literacy Education)

• Checklist - Create Effective Course Videos (guide)

(Material from TechSmith)

Articles/Blogs

• How to Create Community in Online Learning - University Business

• A Resource Guide for Transitioning Your Class Online: Special Report - Faculty Focus

• Going Online in a Hurry: What to Do and Where to Start - ChronicleVitae

• Free Resources: Ed Tech Companies Step Up During Coronavirus Outbreak -- THE Journal

• Resources & Tips for Remote Education During School Closures -- THE Journal

• Moving Online Now: How to Keep Teaching During Coronavirus

• In Defense of the ‘Impostor’ Learning Community

• Prepare to Move Online in a Hurry

• Spring Break Conundrum: Stay Home or Travel?

• Planning for Coronavirus With Fewer Resources

• Remote Teaching and Learning in Office 365

• Pandemic Prep Blog

• Flipgrid Foster Community From Afar

• 15 Strategies for Online Learning When School is Closed

• Emergencies and Switching to Online Learning

• Labster Blog: Moving a Science Class Online Fast (Good read, many ideas besides just Labster)

• How to Move a Traditional Science class Online

• Reddit Thread Regarding UMKC’s Provost Message to Faculty and ‘Rehearsal’ Online Sessions

• World Health Organization Declares on 3/11/2020 That COVID-19 is Officially Now a Worldwide Pandemic, is Concerned by ‘Alarming Levels of Inaction

• Southern Illinois University Systems is Extending Their Spring Break One Extra Week While They Move All Courses Online

• KU has Extended Their Spring Break through March 23 and is Asking Faculty to Prepare to Transition to Online between March 16-22

• Mizzou is Suspending Classes through March 15th and Faculty are Instructed to Plan to Deliver Courses Remotely, Beginning 16-20th. After Spring Break, In-Person Classes Will Resume March 30th.

• The Entire World is Now Considered a Level 3 Travel Warning by the CDC

• Public Statement of Library Copyright Specialists: Fair Use and Emergency Remote Teaching and Research

(Material provided by the Digital Learning Team)

Materials from Universities That Have Transitioned to Online Instruction

• University of Massachusetts - Amherst Projects by Dr. Torrey Trust

• Harvard University's Teach Remotely

• Harvard University's Are You Ready to Work Remotely

• Harvard University's Remote Work Checklist

• George Washington University's Campus Advisories and Plans

• Emory University's Keep Teaching with Canvas

• Loyola University's Keep Teaching Wherever You Are

• Yale University's Academic Continuity

• University of Central Florida's Keep Teaching

Support Communities

• H-Net Resources for Teaching Online

• Microsoft Teams Remote Learning Response Team/Community

• Facebook Group: Educator Temporary School Closure for Online Learning

• OLC- On Demand Instructional Continuity Webinar Series/Resources

• Kanopy Film Database (must sign into your Park account to access Kanopy database through library)

• Kahoot's Guide to Distance Learning

• National Institute for Online Learning Outcomes Assessment's Resource List

(Material provided by the Digital Learning Team)