Training Opportunities

Dec

Location

Online

Date & Time

December 13, 2021, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Description

As online learning practitioners, we spend time trying to figure out how to develop active learning within our courses -- to have students do more than just click and submit. In this live session,...

View Event Details for Free Webinar: How to Develop Interactive Content

Dec

Location

Online

Date & Time

December 2, 2021, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

Description

The Online Learning Consortium will host college and university leaders in conversations on best practices in equity in higher education. In the keynote, Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, UMBC's President,...

View Event Details for The Equity Challenge: Putting Equity into Practice in HED

Nov

Location

Online

Date & Time

November 18, 2021, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Description

Instructors typically use question pools to create a database of questions they can reuse in multiple tests. The process for creating and deploying tests in an Ultra course is different than what...

View Event Details for Designing Flexible Ultra Tests Using Question Pools

Nov

Location

Online

Date & Time

November 17, 2021, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

It's the end of the semester and you want to make sure that your gradebook is working properly! This interactive session invites faculty to drop-in and ask questions regarding your Ultra gradebook...

View Event Details for Grading with the Ultra Gradebook: Office Hours

Nov

Location

Online

Date & Time

November 16, 2021, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Description

The "digital divide" was a term coined in 2012 to describe the disparity amongst those students who did have internet access and those who did not (Van Dijk, 2012). Research indicates teacher...

View Event Details for Free Webinar: Design, Equity, and Access in Online Education

Nov

Location

Online

Date & Time

November 12, 2021, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

View the event recording. In early November, UMBC celebrates National Distance Learning Week (NDLW) with a series of lunchtime conversations. Our theme, Life in a Hybrid World - Learning How to...

View Event Details for NDLW 2021: The Future of e-Learning at UMBC

Nov

Location

Online

Date & Time

November 10, 2021, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Description

The goal of any course is to engage learners and to help them succeed. One way to enhance a course is through its design elements. Learn how the Quality Matters Bridge to Quality Guide will help...

View Event Details for Principles & Practices for Using Visuals in Course Design

Nov

Location

Online

Date & Time

November 10, 2021, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

In early November, UMBC celebrates National Distance Learning Week (NDLW) with a series of lunchtime conversations. Our theme, Life in a Hybrid World - Learning How to Flex, celebrates all the...

View Event Details for Student Services: Library, Career Center, Advising, and A/V

Nov

Location

Online

Date & Time

November 9, 2021, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Description

This workshop is provided by VoiceThread. In this workshop, participants will learn how to create VoiceThreads and then add them to a Blackboard course as lessons, discussions, or assessments....

View Event Details for Using VoiceThread in Blackboard

Nov

Location

Online

Date & Time

November 8, 2021, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

In early November, UMBC celebrates National Distance Learning Week (NDLW) with a series of lunchtime conversations. Our theme, Life in a Hybrid World - Learning How to Flex, celebrates all the...

View Event Details for Lessons Learned: Online Teaching & Course Design

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Training Opportunities

Free Webinar: How to Develop Interactive Content

More than click & submit: Foster student-content interaction

The Equity Challenge: Putting Equity into Practice in HED

A Virtual Foundry Day from the Online Learning Consortium

Designing Flexible Ultra Tests Using Question Pools

Focus: Ultra Blackboard Course Only

Grading with the Ultra Gradebook: Office Hours

Ask Questions from the Experts on your Ultra Gradebook!

Free Webinar: Design, Equity, and Access in Online Education

Create more inclusive learning experiences for students

NDLW 2021: The Future of e-Learning at UMBC

National Distance Learning Week 2021 Lunchtime Series

Principles & Practices for Using Visuals in Course Design

A joint webinar from CourseArc and Quality Matters

Student Services: Library, Career Center, Advising, and A/V

National Distance Learning Week 2021 Lunchtime Series

Using VoiceThread in Blackboard

Enhance your VoiceThread skills with this free webinar

Lessons Learned: Online Teaching & Course Design

National Distance Learning Week 2021 Lunchtime Series

More than click & submit: Foster student-content interaction

A Virtual Foundry Day from the Online Learning Consortium

Focus: Ultra Blackboard Course Only

Ask Questions from the Experts on your Ultra Gradebook!

Create more inclusive learning experiences for students

National Distance Learning Week 2021 Lunchtime Series

A joint webinar from CourseArc and Quality Matters

National Distance Learning Week 2021 Lunchtime Series

Enhance your VoiceThread skills with this free webinar

National Distance Learning Week 2021 Lunchtime Series

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