Hello USM Faculty! Spring semester is almost upon us and I’m here to help you get those shiny, new Blackboard course shells ready for your throngs of knowledge-hungry students! The checklist below will save you the time of searching for that one email from last year that tells you what to click on, or wracking Read More…
Category: CTEL
Honing Your Course’s Learning Outcomes: Part 1
Learning Outcomes are the core of any course. They describe specifically what a student should be able to “do” as a result of completing a learning experience. While this is the essence of what a learning outcome is, it doesn’t tell you how to leverage outcomes as tools to guide the design of your course, Read More…
Upcoming April 2016 Workshops
Hello USM Faculty, We have some great upcoming CTEL workshops planned for you in April (read below). We hope you can attend! Open Educational Resources (OER) Workshop An astonishing array of Open Educational Resources (OER) becomes available for teaching, learning, and research everyday. OER are largely electronic resources and can include textbooks, course readings, simulations, Read More…
Tech Tip: Scheduling Google Hangouts Using Google Calendar
This month’s Tech Tip explains how to use Google Calendar to schedule a Google Hangout. This is a great feature for faculty who wish to schedule virtual meetings with their students. (click here if video player doesn’t load)
Quality Matters Materials
Thanks again to everyone who was able to attend last week’s workshop on the Quality Matters program. If you missed the session, or would like electronic versions of the rubric and program overview, please contact a member of the design team here at CTEL. We would like to encourage everyone to take advantage of our Read More…
Upcoming CTEL Workshops
Hello USM Faculty, We have some great upcoming CTEL workshops planned for you over the next two months (read below). We hope you can attend! Effective Collaboration in Virtual Teams Workshop Collaboration is considered an essential skill for success in the 21st century. Online courses provide a unique opportunity for learners to achieve learning outcomes Read More…
Spring ’16 Mid-Term Evaluation Is Here
If you’re teaching an online or blended course at USM this spring, CTEL has good news for you. It is time to ask your students for mid-term feedback! CTEL has created an anonymous mid-term survey exclusively for students in online and blended courses. The survey draws heavily upon some of the criteria of the ‘Quality Read More…
7 Habits of Highly Effective People
There’s a book by Stephen Covey called the The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. It’s been selling for over 25 years in a variety of different editions. There are probably hundreds of book reviews and songs out there about this book but one video review in particular became a very popular thread on LinkedIn Read More…
Upcoming: CTEL Workshops
Blackboard’s Grade Center Workshop The Blackboard Grade Center is a useful tool for tracking student grades and helping students understand their progress throughout the semester, but it can also efficiently calculate final grades. In this hands-on workshop, we will discuss how to calculate final grades, including how to use the weighted total feature, share best Read More…
Re-conceptualizing Student Services for the Non-Traditional Learner
In the early days of online learning, institutions that embraced online education enjoyed limited competition and strong student demand, driven in large part by the convenience and access that new online programs offered. The focus was on scaling to meet student demand and building quality online programs. Targeted student services to personalize learning and help Read More…