eLearning at the CTL

This workshop will assist faculty to identify when and how Microsoft Teams can be used to teach. It will be particularly useful for instructors who are facilitating teamwork or groupwork projects where students are required to collaborate throughout the semester, chat virtually, and share/develop resources.

Offered on the following dates and time below:

• Monday, July 12: 1:30pm-2:30pm EDT
• Wednesday, August 18: 2:00pm-3:00pm EDT

If you still have questions after reviewing the videos on Online Course Design, join us at our weekly Drop-in Q&As for instructors.  

At each Q&A, an eLearning Specialist from the Centre for Teaching and Learning and an eLearning Technology Specialist from Western Technology Services join together to field your questions. Instructors and staff can register for the Q&As at the links below any time leading up to or during the sessions.

Learn more and register: Consultations and Drop-In Q&As

Invite us to your Departmental meetings or include us in your Professional Development schedule! The CTL eLearning Team offers 30-minute sessions for department and group bookings. Each session offers practical ways to create better online learning experiences for students. Departments wishing to address questions related to the session are welcome to add on an additional 15-30 minute Q&A.

Learn more about Pop Up Pedagogy and its avaiable sessions here.

Online Course Design:

The Online Course Design section provides a series of resources that moves beyond using OWL tools to focus on key considerations, techniques, and approaches for online teaching and learning.

Six pathways for online course design are covered, including:

• How Online Learners Learn
• Designing to Meet Course Learning Outcomes
• Organizing Course Content
• Facilitating Online Learning
• Designing for Accessibility in Online Learning
• Choosing and Providing Access to Course Readings

Open Instructional Skills Workshop Online:

Due to popular demand we have launched a compressed, self-guided version of our Instructional Skills Workshop Online called Open ISW-O.

Join the site and complete the lessons at your own pace. Lessons include Building Community, Building Lessons, and Putting Theory into Practice.

• Log into OWL using the course link: Open ISW-O-Joinable
• After login, click "Yes, please add me" to join the site

ABC Online Course Design Workshop:

The ABC Online Course Design Workshop will help you with rapid online course development. This workshop is suitable for instructors looking to shift an in-person course to online. Leave the workshop with a course storyboard and plans for next steps.

There are two parts: Part 1: Pre-workshop Activities and Part 2: Independent Story Boarding

The CTL's new Academic Integrity Tutorial is now available for students. Faculty are invited to direct students to complete the 90-minute tutorial in OWL.

The tutorial is designed to increase students' understanding of the key principles of academic integrity and provide strategies to help students avoid academic offences in common scenarios. We suggest it be used in combination with discipline-specific academic integrity learning opportunities. Students who successfully complete this tutorial will earn a certificate.

To include the Academic Integrity Tutorial in your course, share this link to the Academic Integrity Tutorial OWL site with your students.

TA eLearning Series

The Asynchronous TA Training Modules were designed by the CTL specifically to equip participants with strategies for being effective teaching assistants in blended and online classrooms. All registered participants will gain access to 7 asynchronous modules, which cover a range of topics from grading to building community. Each module will take one hour to complete. Registrants will have one month to access and complete the modules that interest them.

Registering for the Asynchronous TA Training Modules gives participants access to the following modules:

• Humanizing Your Virtual Classroom
• Grading Using OWL
• Facilitating Discussions Online
• Explaining Difficult Concepts in Science
• Fostering Respectful and Inclusive Online Environments
• Digital Classroom Management Strategies (New)
• Preparing Students for Online Learning (New)

Learn more about the TA eLearning Series and how to regsiter during the academic year (Sept.-Apr.) here.

• OWL Video Tutorials
• Rapidly Moving a Course Online Sessions

• Virtual and online consultations with Instructional Teaching Resource Centre and Centre for Teaching and Learning staff are available for help moving a course online.
• The Helpdesk will answer specific questions about a feature or function in an institutionally-supported tool. Helpdesk hours have been extended.
• Western Libraries will continue to support online courses in OWL in a number of ways. More information is available in their March 16, 2020 Post

1. Student Experience has a developed a set of resources to help students transition to remote learning. Please visit their website.