This post was first published at brocansky.com and is being republished here to share with the broader teaching and learning community at CI. Back in 2014, I wrote about an online faculty development course titled “How to Humanize Your Online Class,” which I designed for faculty at CI. And in 2015, I wrote about how the class […]
Faculty Website workshop in the FIT studio today. with 10 Faculty took the first step to build their faculty websites on cikeys.com. *Facilitated by Michael McGarry. Agenda and Resources Objectives Create a domain on CI Keys Install WordPress on your domain Build pages, create a custom menu, and understand basics of customizing a theme Why? Digital identity […]
I have a not-so-hidden agenda that every class should be a reading class, that every class should focus students on how to access material in a particular discipline. While I have to admit that it is more stimulating to develop a good lecture or plan an engaging activity, these tasks often depend on a (generally […]
This month’s gathering of T&LI’s Online and Blended Faculty Community focused on the topic of Building Our Digital Identity. Some of the topics we covered were: What isDigital Identity? Is it something that is worth my time? How do I get started with developing my online presence? Should I create a personal website? Can social media be […]
We had a wonderful discussion today in the FIT studio about Digital Badges. Thank you to Jaime Hannans for sharing her experience starting a Digital Badge program in Nursing at CI. Jaime started this program last year with funding last year from the CSU Channel Islands Presidents Foundation Fund. Her goal was to investigate the potential […]
As a “young” researcher, I have been struggling for months with the concept of Digital Identity (DI). Digital Identity has been defined simply as “the permanent collection of data about us that is available online” by BinaryTattoo. Up to the mid 90’s, pre-Internet days, academics built their scholarly identities via publications, conference presentations, workshops, etc. […]
Installment 2: Welcome back! Yesterday, I compared two uses of Google Slides in support of UDL and the impact on Student Engagement and Critical Thinking. Now consider engaging students through the curation of a Collaborative Question and Answer slide presentation. Google Slide Use #2: Online Presentation with Student Contributions UDL Principles: Multiple Means of Representation, […]
Installment 1: Designing ‘Structure’ to Support ALL Learners: Universal Design For Learning (UDL) stems from architecture, in which buildings and infrastructure were designed to reflect the needs of all individuals from accessing curb, sidewalk, or building. Likewise, instructors must design content sensitive to the needs of all learners. The 3 Main Principles of […]
The following blog post is an executive summary of a larger research project that explored community building in online/blended classrooms. This study was supported by a Faculty Fellowship from CI’s Teaching & Learning Innovations Group, and was conducted by Kellie Prather (undergraduate student at CI), Brandon Burns (undergraduate student at CI), Maia Smidt (undergraduate student […]
When I walked into my first literature course at CSU Channel Islands in 2004, I remember being terrified. At the front of the classroom stood my professor, shuffling through the pages of our large Norton Anthology of Literature. I, like many of our students, was still trying to convince myself that I belonged in college. […]
