Course design

Jonas Lamb will present on how to use Curriculum Builder, a new Blackboard tool that enables you to create reading lists that link directly to articles and ebooks from Egan Library within your course site. With this tool, you can also provide links to web resources, as well as add notes for students about required reading in their assigned textbooks or other printed materials.

By using the Curriculum Builder reading list tool, students will connect to texts directly through Egan Library's databases, giving them access to additional accessibility tools (like the ability to increase font sizes and use screen readers) that are not available when reading photocopied or scanned documents. By using resources directly from the library's databases, you can also be sure you are in compliance with copyright regulations for use of the articles and ebooks on your reading list.

This program will take place in person on the Juneau campus in the CELT classroom (Egan Library 103), and will also be available via Blackboard Collaborate at http://bit.ly/celtcollab.

Join Emily Wall, Allison Neeland, and English faculty for a round-table discussion and brainstorming session around embedding writing tutors into writing-intensive courses. Come prepared to share ideas, questions, and experiences you've had with tutors in the past. Participants can also join remotely by:

• Conference call: Dial 796-6600 (or just 6600 from a campus phone), enter meeting number 006515 followed by #, and enter attendee access code 2358 (CELT) followed by #.

• Google Hangout: Go to https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/alaska.edu/celt-writing, or go to http://hangouts.google.com, click on Video Call, click "Start or join a Hangout," and enter celt-writing as the Hangout name.

Session materials can be accessed via the links below:

• Best practices handout
• Notes

Materials from this workshop:

• Teaching with Wikipedia Resources (compiled by Jonas)
• Information for Instructors (WikiEdu): general information about incorporating Wikipedia into classroom instruction
• Teach with Wikipedia (WikiEdu): process of setting up a WikiEdu course site/assignment for your class
• Questions (WikiEdu): a discussion forum with numerous questions/answers re: using WikiEdu

Have you ever told your students that Wikipedia is not a reliable source for their research? After all, anyone edit a Wikipedia article! Regardless of our caution, students around the world turn to the site for information every day. With over 5 million articles in English, 30 million registered English language users, and 800 new article written and edited by 30,000 active English language editors per day, the online encyclopedia represents a major breakthrough in the open sharing of knowledge at the heart of education.

Why not flip the script and have your students contribute to Wikipedia themselves? Wikipedia's education branch now provides support for university instructors interested in having their students contribute their critical thinking, writing and research skills to the project. From WikiEdu:

Help students make a real-world impact through their work. In Wiki Education’s Classroom Program, university instructors assign students to write Wikipedia articles, empowering them to share knowledge with the world. Students research course-related topics that are missing or underrepresented, synthesize the available literature, and use our free tools and trainings to add the information to Wikipedia.

Want to know more? Grab your lunch and join library faculty Megan Watson and Jonas Lamb for an informal conversation on Friday, April 13 from 11:30am-12:30pm in CELT (Egan Library 103). We'll share our recent experiences editing Wikipedia in a class setting, brainstorm ideas, consider use cases, look at sample assignments, and discuss whatever else comes up. Participants can also join remotely by: 

• Google Hangout: Go to https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/alaska.edu/celt-wikipedia, or go to http://hangouts.google.com, click on Video Call, click "Start or join a Hangout," and enter celt-wikipedia as the Hangout name.
• Conference call: Dial 796-6600 (or just 6600 from a campus phone), enter meeting number 006515 followed by #, and enter attendee access code 2358 (CELT) followed by #.

On Thursday, September 27th from 12:00-12:30pm, join Jill Dumesnil in the CELT office (Egan 103) or on Blackboard Collaborate to hear about the 34th Annual Wisconsin Distance Teaching and Learning Conference. Jill will share what she found surprising and useful, including information on Generation Z students (born 1995-2012) and on making engaging educational content (videos or presentations). She will also talk about what she is doing differently in her classes as a result of attending the conference.

Join us for a pizza lunch and receive an introduction to accessibility, universal design, and how you can support all students. Jenny Malecha will present an overview of accessibility, explain why it is important, and share examples of issues that students with disabilities face. Dr. Ye Chen will share a checklist faculty can use to check for accessibility basics, and Maureen O'Halloran will present tools and resources for making accessible course materials, like PDF files, Word documents, and closed captioned videos. Be prepared to ask questions and let us know what further information and support you need to make your class accessible. CELT will offer more in depth tutorials on specific accessibility tools and resources throughout the remainder of the the semester.

This meeting will be available through Blackboard Collaborate at http://bit.ly/celtcollab, and via Conference Now.

Handouts: http://bit.ly/celtaccess5oct18 

Join us Thursday, November 8th from 1-3pm for this workshop. The session will introduce the openly licensed, free teaching and learning tools known as open educational resources (OER). While student savings and access are the most commonly mentioned benefits of OER use in higher education, more than a dozen published studies (Fischer, Hilton et. al, 2015; Hilton, 2016) have found a correlation between OER and as-good-or-better student outcomes, including increased course completion, higher grades and increased credit load. The 2018 Educause Horizon Report lists OER as one of the key trends accelerating technology adoption in higher education for the next three to five years.

Jonas Lamb from the UAS Egan Library will present an overview of OER in the higher ed and UAS contexts, facilitate discussion, and share best practices and success stories for using OER or low-cost course materials. So what can I do? What are UAS faculty doing already? What support services are available to help me reboot my courses using OER? What resources are available to help me think more broadly about open educational practices? What if I want to create my own OER? Anyone seeking answers to these questions are invited to attend. Participants will begin exploring OER in their teaching areas.

This session will take place in person at the UAS Sitka campus in room 230. The session will also be broadcast from the CELT classroom in Juneau (Egan Library 103), or you can join from your desk with one of the following options:

Join Hangouts Meet | meet.google.com/bhg-ggei-kqq
Join by phone | ‪+1 385-352-0486‬ PIN: ‪584 663 461‬#

Join Emily Wall, Allison Neeland, and faculty who have implemented embedded tutoring this semester to learn about embedded tutoring and brainstorm ideas to move the program forward for next semester.

This program will be available via Blackboard Collaborate at http://bit.ly/celtcollab.

Emily Williams from the School of Education will present strategies you can use to engage your students both in person and online. Learn techniques to encourage in-class discussion, differentiate your teaching to reach more students, and manage distractions in oline classes, among others. This presentation will be activity-focused with time for discussion. Bring your questions and share what works in your classroom (or doesn't).

This program will be available through Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/9042172335, and via Conference Now.

On Friday, February 8th from 12:30-2:30pm, Cheryl Siemers, Assistant Director for Academic Affairs, Clair Kochis, Math faculty, and Scott Downing, English faculty at KPC, will present their experiences regarding Dual Enrollment.The presentation will be live streamed to the Ketchikan and Sitka campuses For those on the Juneau campus, pizza will be provided, and the presentation will take place in the Glacier View Room.

Please note the new day and time - moved from Wed. March 6th to Fri. March 8th, 9-10am.

Heather Batchelder will present on creating accessibility for all students through Universal Design for Learning. This program will take place on the Juneau Campus in the CELT classroom (Egan Library room 103). It will also be broadcast via Blackboard Collaborate at http://bit.ly/celtcollab and through Conference Now.