February 17, 2022 | Issue 6 |
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Pet Pandemic Hero of the Week: Bonnie |
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Victoria Raczenski's dog Bonnie
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"Bonnie is a dog, although from certain angles and at certain moments we've said she's also a bear, a wolf, and a human, and she thinks too many cats have been featured as the pet heroes so far. During the pandemic, Bonnie joined me for walks at Rich Fork Preserve - a sort of sanctuary because it's one of the few places that felt unaffected by the virus. She helped my husband and I get married last summer by bringing our rings down the aisle. And on work from home days, she keeps a faithful eye on my emails when I get up to switch the clothes to the dryer. In short, she's the best."
- Victoria Raczenski -
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Need to import an old course into a new one? See the steps below.
1. Course Administration
2. Import
3. Select desired course to import (or use the “Search” box to find it) and click “Continue”
4. Select the desired of the two options: choose “Jump to final step” to import the entire course or choose “Next” to import selected portions (e.g., certain resources, quiz questions)
5. Click “Perform Import”
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Zoom Meetings in Moodle: Problems? |
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Are you encountering problems or error messages when creating Zoom meetings in your Moodle course site? A good step to avoid this problem is to first make sure that you have created your Davidson-Davie Zoom account by logging into the Davidson-Davie Zoom account page . Doing this helps signal to the system that you are connected to the Davidson-Davie Zoom account. |
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Center for Teaching and Learning |
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Hello, Davidson-Davie Colleagues! Here are this week's announcements from the CTL.
The DDCC Faculty Symposium Needs You!
Would you like to share some of the secrets of your success with other DDCC faculty? Submit a proposal (Google form) to present at the 2022 DDCC Faculty Symposium. The symposium will be held on March 8th from 9AM to 11AM and will have four tracks: Active Learning, Culturally Responsive Curriculum, Educational & Classroom Technology, and Potpourri. Choose Potpourri if your proposal doesn’t fit well in the other three categories. If you are a recent recipient of professional learning funds, the Faculty Symposium would be a great way to share the results of your professional learning activity.
Professional Learning Funds Available
The CTL is once again accepting applications for individual or small group (2 to 5) professional learning funds. These funds may be used for (but are not limited to) professional learning opportunities such as conferences, seminars, books, and journal subscriptions.
Update: Limited travel is now permitted within North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. This may now include a hotel stay and mileage. All other events must be virtual.
Here are some extra details you need to know.
- While the professional learning does not have to occur during Spring 2022, it does need to happen before July 2022.
- The application deadline is Thursday, March 3rd.
- Make sure you know the cost of your professional learning activity when you fill out the application form.
- You will be asked to support your funding request by explaining how your professional learning relates to the Guiding Teaching Principles.
- All recipients of professional learning funds must have a plan for sharing their learning with DDCC faculty. Sharing must occur within 60 days of activity completion. Applicants who fail to share their professional learning by the deadline will be ineligible for funding for the next two academic years.
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Literary Partners: Toni Morrison |
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Literacy Partners, an adult literacy program, is hosting a virtual reading of Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye on Feb 23 & 24 at 7 p.m. featuring Angela Davis, Edwidge Danticat, Glory Edim, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Jacqueline Woodson, Jesmyn Ward, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Leila Mottley, Mahogany L. Browne, Nikole Hannah-Jones, and Tayari Jones.
The event is offered free of charge, with the option to make a donation to Literacy Partners.
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2021 - 2022 CTL Advisory Board
At Large: Michael Liu (michael_liu@davidsondavie.edu) (FT), Arts, Science, Business, and Technology: Grant Jolliff (grant_jolliff@davidsondavie.edu) (FT), and Aaron Prillaman (aaron_prillaman@davidsondavie.edu) (PT), Davie: Dee Edwards (dee_edwards@davidsondavie.edu) (FT), and Katrena Wells (katrena_wells@davidsondavie.edu) (PT), Health Sciences: Datra Delk-Patrick (datra_delkpatrick@davidsondavie.edu) (FT), Teaching, Learning, and Global Engagement: Nathanael Gough (nathanael_gough@davidsondavie.edu) (FT), Faculty Chair: Gloria Johnson ( gloria_johnson@davidsondavie.edu) (FT)
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Do you use Google Jamboard in your online classes?
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Building Interactivity with H5P Workshop - Thursday, 2/17 3pm Join the fun via this Zoom link
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Using Video to Enhance Your Teaching Micro-Course - this is a self-paced, micro-course offered by Learning Design. To register, email learning_design@davidsondavie.edu
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Visual Design for your Moodle Micro-Course - this is a self-paced, micro-course offered by Learning Design. To register, email learning_design@davidsondavie.edu
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Free VLC Webinar TDS STAT!Ref Webinar for Nursing Educators - On 2/23, Shannon Glandt from TDS Health will present on the various collections they make available through openNCCC such as Board Vitals, Primal Pictures and other popular collections. More details can be found on the VLC registration page
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First Friday Lunch ‘n Learn with the NC3ADL - The North Carolina Community College Association of Distance Learning (NC3ADL) is offering free Lunch ‘n Learn sessions on the first Friday of every month. The next one is March 4. To participate, go to the NC3ADL registration page.
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H5P Interactivity in Online Courses
As more and more classes have moved online it can be difficult to find ways of keeping learners engaged with the course content. There can be a danger of creating courses where students merely listen to lectures, read lessons, and take assessments.
The addition of interactive elements into courses is one way to help mitigate this tendency. Interactive elements can help increase student focus and engagement not only by adding diversity to the types of actions the learner is required to take in the course, but by requiring them to be more active throughout the lesson in general.
A helpful tool for enabling this sort of interactivity and engagement is H5P. H5P allows for the creation of interactive elements such as interspersing questions within videos (even those hosted by sites such as YouTube), creating activities such as drag-and-drop questions and hotspots on pictures, creating interactive timelines for learners to explore, and many other features. And best of all, once you’ve created your learning object you can save it for use in any course!
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From the Editors: Do You Have a Story to Share? |
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We are looking for faculty stories! We want to keep the focus of your newsletter on you, the faculty. Would you please help us find those stories? Here are the kinds of things we are looking for:
- Faculty who have globalized their courses.
- Faculty who are doing something creative in class
- Faculty who have received awards
- Faculty reporting out on what they got from their professional development (could be written, video, podcast, etc.)
- Faculty who have received a new degree
- Faculty who are retiring
- Faculty Division Chair / Program Director Bios
- Faculty sharing their experiences of teaching in an active learning classroom
- Faculty Senate initiatives
- Faculty who have led overseas trips with students
Please contact one of the editors if you have ideas or referrals for stories.
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New and Improved TLG Website |
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We are excited to share with you our new and improved TLG website! We hope that you will bookmark our site which includes great resources to support teaching and learning.
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Visit our subpages to learn more about the program areas represented within our TLG team and how they can support you!
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Looking for a previously published article in The Storm Report? Access the archives to find an earlier Issue. Enjoy! |
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Teaching, Learning & Global Engagement
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