February 3, 2020

On demand at http://9nl.pw/MUMentors

Brian Udermann, PhD, Director, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

About 60-70% of faculty believe that teaching online courses is more work intensive than teaching face-to-face courses. Factors include course preparation before teaching, managing sometimes unwieldy online discussions, and even fielding student questions around the clock. While teaching online can be time demanding, faculty can use a variety of strategies, including simple, quick tasks to do before the course starts, to better manage their workload while instructing their online course. Most importantly, when instructors can keep their workload to a manageable level when teaching online, they will reduce stress, which translates to a better overall experience for both instructors and students.

February 3 - February 14, 2020

The Transforming the Teaching & Learning Environment virtual conference is presented by Northeastern State University.  Now in its 11th year, the conference offers the opportunity to engage with experts from around the world. The conference begins on Monday, February 3rd and concludes on Friday, February 14th.  Each weekday there will be six one-hour sessions using Zoom as the platform. Each session will be captioned. Sessions will also be recorded and made available within about an hour after the conclusion of each day’s sessions.   For a complete program, check out: https://academics.nsuok.edu/online/Conference/Schedule

Keston Lyman, Instructional Technologist, Technical Support Services

 Come see a demonstration of this game changer classroom response software, Acadly.   Acadly lets you take polls, pop-up quizzes, and take students attendance, all in the palm of your hand. Please bring your own device (BYOD) so you can participate in the demo! Did we mention it is free for both our students and faculty?!

Julianne Browne, Office of Learning Services

Learn how Kurzweil 3000 helps students who can benefit from assistive technology. Kurzweil is an excellent tool for students with learning disabilities or attention issues. It also helps students who are ELL, athletes, veterans and non-traditional students. Kurzweil reads aloud text and web pages, supports note taking and creating study tools from text, and provides speech-to-text and organizers for writing support.

February 10, 2020

On demand at http://9nl.pw/MUMentors

John Orlando, PhD, Associate Director, Northcentral University

This program explores the ways virtual reality is being used in education today, where teachers can find educational virtual reality content, and how students and teachers can make and view virtual reality videos with their cell phones.

Elizabeth Swantek, Title IX Coordinator

During this session we will discuss your obligations under the newly revised sexual misconduct policy as well as work through what a compassionate and effective Title IX disclosure response looks like.

February 17, 2020

On demand at http://9nl.pw/MUMentors

Evie Oregon, Assistant Professor, Intercollegiate Athletic Administration Online Graduate and Certificate Program Coordinator

This program explores how applying Media Richness Theory (MRT) and Social Presence Theory to online course design and instruction can aid overall program retention and student satisfaction.

Join the Middle States leadership team to hear updates about the upcoming site visit.

February 24, 2020

On demand at http://9nl.pw/MUMentors

Robyne Elder, Assistant Professor, Lindenwood University

This program provides a step-by-step guide to creating a podcast from beginning to end, including a discussion of the technology and other tools needed to produce a podcast. This program demonstrates that building a podcast is an easy process and an effective way to transparently communicate with students.

Dr. Jason Petula, Faculty Coordinator of Internationalization and Olivia Cordero, Assistant Director for Education Abroad, International Programs and Services

Interested in taking students abroad! Learn about ways to design and lead a successful short-term study abroad experience. You will have the opportunity to discuss the process and gain insight into program leader responsibilities, choosing a location, risk assessment, and budget and administrative matters.    

This day-long conference was borne from a county-wide partnership involving all of the institutions of higher education in Lancaster. This year’s keynote speaker is Stephen Chew, Professor of Psychology at Samford University. Attendees can also choose from over 24 peer-reviewed sessions focused on teaching and learning.  To register, visit:  www.lancasterlearns.com