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Melissa Gomez, Ed.D.
Associate Professor
Health and Human Performance
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“I am always looking for small ways to incorporate technology into my classes that contribute to student learning and engagement. One tool I have discovered recently is Mentimeter – which is a polling application that students access via their smart phones. I am able to pose a question and students can respond anonymously to the question, using their phones. It can be a multiple choice question, open ended, ranking, etc.
In incorporating this sort of polling option in my classes, I am able to see where students are in their learning and they are able to provide feedback in a non-threatening avenue due to the anonymity. I can even save responses to an excel file and over the course of several semesters, I anticipate I will have some rich data from which to mold my courses in the future.
A colleague and I also recently submitted an accepted presentation where we will share our research regarding incorporating social media into our classes. For example, I incorporated some twitter assignments into my classes to generate discussion regarding trends in our field.”
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SPRING
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP!
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Distance Education is excited to announce that we are now taking a new approach to Faculty Development this semester! We will now be hosting a monthly faculty development session that includes a combination of faculty panels and workshops. Our first panel was held on February 28th and the topic was Alternative Assessments. We had a great turnout and look forward to seeing familiar and new faces at our events in the future! In case you missed it, view the recording below! Please email online@apsu.edu with any questions or comments!
Quality Matters
, a national organization that has been recognized for ensuring quality and excellence in online course design, will be the focus of our March workshop. We will provide a general overview of the Quality Matters rubric and then discuss the importance of QM Standard 2 with focus on Objectives & Alignment.
This workshop is applicable to all types of courses including face-to-face, online, and hybrid.
APSU Faculty Workshop: QM Objectives & Alignment
March 14th, 2017
2:30-3:30 PM
UC307
View our Faculty Panel on Alternative Assessments below!
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INTRODUCING INTERACTIVE
TRANSCRIPTS
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Distance Education is excited to announce we are now using interactive transcripts! When you upload an instructor generated video into My Media in D2L, the new interactive transcript can be displayed for students to view! This new feature utilizes "in-video" search, transcript highlighting, and downloading and printing of transcripts!
Watch the video to learn more and see how you can incorporate interactive transcripts into your courses!
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On Tuesday, April 25, 2017 in the UC, Distance Education and the Office of Information Technology are hosting an event where faculty, students, and staff can come explore and engage with emerging technology we have already implemented on our campus, as well as potential new technology we may implement in the future! We plan to host different learning management systems, as well as other educational technology vendors. We hope to see you there! There will be give-a-ways from vendors as well!
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Are you interested in online professional development? Distance Education has subscriptions to training courses and/or webcasts offered by:
A wide range of topics are covered such as online/blended learning, student engagement and retention, assessment and compliance, and using technology effectively in your course. Please email online@apsu.edu along with a brief explanation and link to what training you are interested in to get registration information.
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MY MEDIA WEB AND SCREEN RECORDING UPDATE
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We are excited to announce CaptureSpace Lite is now available in the My Media widget in D2L! CaptureSpace Lite is an easy way for faculty to create screen, webcam, and audio recordings all using D2L. Easy edits such as chopping, trimming, and titles/credits can be added using this new tool. As of January 30, 2017, the Screen Recording and Webcam Recording option in My Media will no longer be available, as it is being replaced with CaptureSpace Lite. Videos that were previously created using Screen Recording and Webcam Recording option will still be available in your My Media.
For more information on Capture Space Lite, please contact online@apsu.edu
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As a reminder, Distance Education now offers department-wide training sessions! We can come to you, or you can come to us. We offer training in many different subjects including accessible syllabus, D2L, ePortfolio, and more. Request a department-wide training by emailing online@apsu.edu.
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To encourage the exploration of distance, online, blended, or hybrid education and instructional strategies at APSU, travel stipends are available through Distance Education (DE).
Travel stipends up to $500 can be requested
by faculty wh
o present research at national or international conferences related to innovative teaching practices and technologies for improving online/hybrid learning environments. Please visit the
Distance Education Travel Stipend
site, to read the requirements and apply!
*Funds are limited and stipends will not be awarded once they are exhausted for the fiscal year.
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DISTANCE EDUCATION SERVICES
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We are here to help you and your department! Please check out many of our services below. We are happy to help you enhance your courses! You can visit the APSU Distance Education website for more information!
- Course development
- Closed captioning services
- D2L technical support
- Faculty development training
- Innovative approaches to content delivery
- Multimedia resources
- One-on-one D2L help sessions
- Online student assistance
- Online proctoring services
- Technology integration into online courses
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STAY CONNECTED WITH APSU DISTANCE EDUCATION!
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