As part of OIA’s mission to build capacity for excellent teaching on our campus, we offer a wide variety of workshops, webinars and facilitated online mini-courses to individuals who teach for the UA.
All of our professional development offerings incorporate Universal Design principles. Registration for these offerings includes space for participants to request any disability-related accommodations that will facilitate their full participation, such as ASL interpreting, captioned videos, Braille or electronic text. Please use the Contact Us link to ask any other questions about the accessibility of our offerings.
Credentials for Completion of Professional-Development Offerings
Webinars
Teach with D2L Webinars
- Thursday, February 28, 2:00-2:45 pm: Keeping Students Up to Date on their Progress
- Thursday, May 2, 10:00-10:45 am: Giving Final Grades and Feedback
Workshops
Designing Writing Assignments & Effective Rubrics (January 24 & 31, 9:30-11:00 am)
Connecting Reading & Writing (February 6 & 13, 12:00-1:30 pm)
Mini-Courses
You can expect to spend about an hour a day on the content for these online mini-courses. Where indicated below, some include synchronous meetings, but most of the work for these will be at your own pace.
2019 Mini-Courses
| Dates | Mini-Courses |
|---|---|
| February 11-15, 2019 |
Facilitating Collaborative Learning |
| February 18-22, 2019 |
Building Communities in Online Courses |
| March 4-17, 2019 | Introduction to Teaching Online In this 14-day online mini-course, participants will experience taking an online course while learning about methods, tools, and best practices for teaching hybrid and fully online courses. Register |
| April 1-5, 2019 | Fine-Tuning Your Course as a Road Map for Learning
This 5-day, fully online mini-course allows instructors to refine an existing course plan and syllabus. Using the methodology of backward design and the principle of alignment, participants will revise and peer-review the learning outcomes, assessment plan, and other aspects of their courses to create an effective “road map” for learning via the course syllabus. Register |
| April 15-19, 2019 | Reimagining Slides This five day online mini-course will invite participants to dust off those text heavy, bullet point laden lecture slides and reimagine the power and purpose of what is projected on a screen. Register |
| May 13-24, 2019 |
Introduction to Teaching Online |
| June 10-21, 2019 |
Facilitating Collaborative Learning |
| July 8-12, 2019 |
Reimagining Online Lectures |
| July 22-August 5, 2019 | Course Development
This 14-day online mini-course introduces tools and best practices for effective course design, applicable both to creating new courses and revising existing ones, be it from in-person to online formats, or from a 16-week schedule to an accelerated one. |
| August 5-9, 2019 | Reimagining Slides This five day online mini-course will invite participants to dust off those text heavy, bullet point laden lecture slides and reimagine the power and purpose of what is projected on a screen. |
| August 19-23, 2019 |
Course-Level Assessment |
| August 19-23, 2019 |
Effective Online Discussions |
| August 19-23, 2019 |
Teaching a Large Online Course |
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September 9-13, 2019 |
Designing Effective Writing Assignments and Rubrics |
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September 16-20, 2019 |
Collaborative Learning by Design |
| September 23-27, 2019 |
Building Communities in Online Courses |
| October 7-18, 2019 |
Introduction to Teaching Online |
| December 16-20, 2019 |
Fine-Tuning Your Course as a Road Map for Learning |
2020 Mini-Courses
| Dates | Mini-Courses |
|---|---|
| January, 2020 (before the start of spring semester) |
Course-Level Assessment |
| January, 2020 (before the start of spring semester) |
Effective Online Discussions |
Self Paced Tutorials
The OIA offers several online, self paced tutorials that are available through D2L. A list of available tutorials and descriptions, along with enrollment instructions, are available at this Tutorials page.
Catalog of Workshops
Provided here is a list of workshops that OIA has facilitated in the past. This list provides examples of the range of workshops we offer, but is by no means an exhaustive list. To request that OIA offer one of these workshops again, or to request a workshop on a topic not listed here use the Contact form.
Assessment
- Classroom Assessment Techniques
- Creating Effective Multiple Choice Questions
- How Can I Grade Assignments and Give Useful Feedback?
- How Can I Use Rubrics Effectively?
- How Do I Know What My Students Are Learning?
- Building Program Assessment Plans
Classroom Management
- How Can I get My Class off to a Good Start?
- Cooperative Learning
- Discussions in Large Classroom Settings
- Classroom Management Strategies for Large Classrooms
- Inclusive Classrooms
Writing
- Feedback to Students on Writing Assignments
- Incorporating Informal Writing Opportunities
- Providing Constructive Feedback on Student Writing
D2L
- D2L: What’s New
- D2L Integrations: Additional Items for the Tool Kits
- D2L Tools and Functions
- The Library Tab in D2L
- How Can I Build a Useful Syllabus in D2L?
- How Can I Manage Content to Help Students Stay Organized?
- How Can I Use D2L to Get My Class Off to a Good Start?
- How Can I Use D2L to Make my Course More Inclusive?
- How Can I Use D2L Page Templates?
- How Can I Use the D2L Gradebook Effectively?
- What Do TAs Need to Know About D2L?
- How Can I Use D2L to Manage Large Classes?
Instructional Technologies
- Clickers: Real Time Interactive Classroom Feedback
- How Can I Use Clickers Effectively?
- Zoom
- Panopto: How Can I Use Panopto Effectively?
- VoiceThread
- Effective Use of Multimedia Instruction
- Emerging Technologies
- Tweetchat: What is it and How to Use it For Teaching
Teaching Online
- Learner Centered Education and Online Classes
- Teaching Online vs Face-to-Face