**NEW - ONLINE** Technology Driven Formative Assessment
Thursday, November 21, 2024 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Formative assessment is a planned, ongoing process used to gather evidence of student understanding and progress. Its primary goal is to inform instruction and improve student learning outcomes by identifying areas where students struggle and adjusting teaching strategies accordingly. In this session, we will explore how digital tools from Blackboard, Kaltura, Adobe, and Microsoft can help you gauge student understanding in real-time. Join us to explore innovative ways to check student comprehension, foster engagement, and tailor your instruction to meet diverse learning needs. Advance registration required.
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New to Navigate [Faculty]: **ONLINE** NAVIGATE: Enhance Your Student Engagement Outside of the Classroom with Navigate Staff
Thursday, November 21, 2024 from 10:15 AM to 11:00 AM
Are you looking to connect more effectively with students from your classes? The Navigate Staff platform offers powerful tools to help you achieve just that. Here’s how:
- Messaging (text and email)
Connect with students to instill a sense of care and belonging. Participants will have hands-on experience with sending a text and an email to the facilitator through Navigate.
- Alerts & Referrals
Identify students in need of additional support and connect them with their care team. Participants will create a plan for when to issue ad hoc alerts for students and plan when to issue the alerts for their classes based on their syllabi.
- Student Searches
Identify students for potential academic recruitment outreach, scholarship promotion, research fellows, etc. Participants will be able to (1) Conduct a student search in Navigate to identify students assigned to them who meet specific criteria and (2) Create a saved search to be used as a template to build additional searches.
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Journey to Teach Scientific Argumentation: Lessons for Creating Mutually Beneficial Partnerships
Thursday, November 21, 2024 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
For well over a decade, Presidential Engagement and Partnerships Professor Pi-Sui Hsu has been partnering with middle school teachers and after-school educators in the U.S. and Taiwan. Her goal has been to test and improve methods for teaching scientific argumentation to middle-school students, with a focus on educational technology. In this talk as part of the Division of Outreach, Engagement, and Regional Development Community Engagement Brown Bag Lecture Series, Professor Hsu will share the story of her collaborative research journey. She’ll share insights into how faculty can use field work to build authentic, mutually beneficial partnerships. And she’ll answer faculty questions about their own potential collaborations. Register Now!
**NEW - ONLINE** Creating Inclusive Classrooms: Strategies for Equitable Learning Environments
Friday, November 22, 2024 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
When we create inclusive learning environments, all of our students can be more successful. This includes examining our policies and classroom management strategies to accommodate diverse learning needs. In this interactive workshop, we will use case studies and group activities to implement practices that ensure all students feel valued and supported. Advance registration required.
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**NEW - ONLINE** Teaching Multilingual Learners: Lowering Barriers to Success
Tuesday, November 26, 2024 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
In a globalized higher education system, institutions must support multilingual learners by addressing language barriers and unfamiliar academic norms. This workshop aims to help educators support multilingual learners by addressing cultural nuances and language barriers. It will cover strategies for success, including instructional techniques and the use of digital literacy and AI for inclusion. Additionally, the workshop will discuss ethical considerations and challenges of using AI and technology to democratize English for multilingual learners. Advance registration required.
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