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TEACHING, LEARNING, AND TECHNOLOGY

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WORKSHOPS

FALL 2019

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Teaching, Learning, and Technology Professional Development Workshops Fall 2019

Workshop Participant Guide:

Guide Recommended Participants Description

Open Sessions for Students and Staff Okanagan College staff and students are invited to attend these workshops.

Emerging Faculty and Instructors Introductory level workshops aimed at those beginning their teaching career at Okanagan College.

Evolving Faculty and Instructors Intermediate workshops aimed at those with foundational experience or understanding of teaching and learning at Okanagan College.

Experienced Faculty and Instructors Advanced workshops aimed at those wishing for extension and challenge, assumes prior knowledge or experience of teaching and learning.

Workshop Registration: Please register in advance on our events page, or by emailing [email protected]. Walk-ins are also welcome; however, presentation of all workshops is dependent on sufficient registration.

Teaching, Learning, and Technology Professional Development: Additional workshop offerings and individualized teaching and learning support are available upon request. Please contact [email protected] for more information.

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L100 Open House Open Workshop

Date: Friday, September 06, 2019 Time: 12:00pm Duration: 1 hour Location: L100 (Kelowna Campus)

Visit Teaching, Learning and Technology in L100 for an Open House and meet our Teaching, Learning, and Technology team. Participants will have the opportunity to interact with several new technological teaching tools that could expand digitally enhanced learning capabilities while ideally inspiring new applications.

Learning Outcomes: Identify teaching tools and resources available in L100. Describe how these tools might be incorporated into

teaching and learning strategies. Explore Teaching, Learning and Technology resources.

Moodle Gradebook Teaching Tuesday | Evolving

Date: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 Time: 8:30am Duration: 1 hour Location: L100 (Kelowna Campus)

Are you interested in learning about using the Grade Book in Moodle and how it supports student learning? This interactive workshop will provide an overview of the Grade Book functions and introduce effective ways to set it up and use it, while supporting student success.

Learning Outcomes: Examine sample gradebooks and discuss their

functionality. Define grading categories and weights in Moodle that

align with your course outlines. Design a gradebook while learning key considerations

for effective functionality. Integrate embedded assignments and assessments into

gradebooks.

Moodle Shell Basics Emerging

Date: Thursday, September 12, 2019 Time: 12:00pm Duration: 1 hour Location: PC123 (Penticton Campus)

Are you new to Moodle and wondering how you can use it effectively? Save yourself time by learning and managing the basic shell functions of your courses in Moodle. Come discover how to set up your course and use Moodle to simplify instruction and help students’ access learning materials and class resources.

Learning Outcomes: Examine five strategies to set up and structure your

Moodle shell strategically that will support students in accessing learning materials and class resources.


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Introduction to OneNote Open Workshop

Date: Monday, September 16, 2019 Time: 9:00am Duration: 1 hour Location: PC129 (Penticton Campus)

Make your notes paperless and easily searchable by setting up your own virtual notebook in OneNote. This workshop will provide a brief overview on how OneNote can be used to organize and manage your notes for instruction, assignments, course preparation, lesson plans, assignments, meetings, and personal files. Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops and share some of their own strategies used with the group.

Learning Outcomes: Set up a file structure in OneNote and explore its

applications for teaching and file management. Use the search features of OneNote to retrieve

information quickly. Share your OneNote notebooks and documents with a

group. Examine OneNote’s capabilities for face-to-face and

synchronous on-line teaching and learning.

Student Evaluation Teaching Tuesday | Evolving

Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 Time: 3:30pm Duration: 1 hour Location: B130 (Kelowna Campus)

Are you looking for ways for your student assessment to further inform your practice and support the course learning outcomes? This session will examine a variety of classroom assessment techniques that support formative and summative assessments reflective of learning outcomes that support learner success.

Learning Outcomes: Examine and critique up to ten classroom assessment

techniques. Discuss the role of how student assessment informs

teaching and learning practices. Explain the differences between formative and

summative assessment. Outline how classroom assessment techniques align

with learning outcomes.

Student Behaviours and Engagement Teaching Tuesday | Evolving

Date: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 Time: 3:30pm Duration: 1 hour Location: B130 (Kelowna Campus)

Participants will explore strategies to manage a diverse group of students comprised of different learning styles, motivators, backgrounds and personalities. Examine strategies to adapt your teaching to accommodate different learning styles and motivators, manage classroom engagement, and maintain an effective learning environment.

Learning Outcomes: Discuss strategies that may be used to diversify

instruction and assessment to support student diversity.

Examine student barriers within classrooms that may impact student learning.

Identify success strategies used for student engagement.

Discuss inclusive strategies and classroom management techniques.





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Video Capture Cart Ed Tech Sandbox | Open Workshop

Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 Time: 12:00pm Duration: 1 hour Location: L100 (Kelowna Campus)

Check out the new Video Capture Cart in Education Technology. In this workshop, participants will receive a demonstration of the Video Capture Cart and explore its applications in teaching and learning for distance and in-class learning.

Learning Outcomes: Identify classroom use cases for video capture

technologies. Interact with the technology. Describe examples of how the cart’s applications apply

to teaching, learning, and course learning outcomes.

Assessment Options in Moodle Evolving

Date: Thursday, September 26, 2019 Time: 12:00pm Duration: 1 hour Location: L100 (Kelowna Campus)

Learn about some of the different options for student assessments available in Moodle. Participants will examine sample assessment tools from a student perspective, and then create an assessment strategy to apply to their own learning outcomes.

Create an assessment in Moodle to gauge students’ knowledge of learning outcomes.

Create a quiz and an assignment in Moodle. Examine several assessment options for Moodle and

examine their application to teaching and learning.

Maximizing the Lesson Application in Moodle Experienced

Date: Friday, September 27, 2019 Time: 12:00pm Duration: 1 hour Location: L100 (Kelowna Campus)

Date: Thursday, October 03, 2019 Time: 9:00am Duration: 1 hour Location: E213 (Vernon Campus)

This session examines the types of interactive lessons that may be offered through Moodle that is intended to support learners’ in expanding their level of various concepts presented in-class. This session is best suited to participants who have considerable familiarity with Moodle. Please bring your laptop.

Learning Outcomes: Examine an on-line course structured in the lesson

format. Map out an interactive lesson that is supported with the

Moodle technology. Create a lesson in Moodle that follows effective

teaching, learning and technology principles.





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Accommodations for Learning Teaching Tuesday | Emerging

Date: Tuesday, October 01, 2019 Time: 9:00am Duration: 1 hour Location: L100 (Kelowna Campus)

Explore the accommodation policies at Okanagan College and how to adapt the presentation of your course material to support learners with accommodations that will assist them in meeting course learning outcomes. Participants will explore alternate course formats and methods of communicating with students, the use of technical and adaptive technologies, and how the accommodated exam process and environment is used.

Learning Outcomes: Discuss the accommodation process and policies at OC. Examine the various types of accommodations. Identify resources and strategies to support learners.

Introduction to Screen Casting

Open Workshop

Date: Wednesday, October 02, 2019 Time: 12:00pm Duration: 1 hour Location: L100 (Kelowna Campus)

Learn about the possibilities for screen casting and videorecording software that can help you create interactive and engaging presentations. Record anything you see on your screen, add effects to emphasize key points, and easily share your videos with others. Participants will be guided through a demonstration of the software and its features.

Learning Outcomes: Interact with video-recording software and discover its

features. Examine video recording software’s applications for

teaching and learning. Create a short screen capture.





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Teaching, Learning, and Technology Open House Open Workshop

Date: Fri. October 04, 2019 Duration: 1 hour Time: 10:00am Location: SA141 (Salmon Arm Campus) Time: 2:00pm Location: D221 (Vernon Campus)

*rescheduled from Sept 19/20th*

Meet OC’s Teaching, Learning, and Technology team at your campus. Participants will have the opportunity to interact with several new technological teaching tools that could expand digitally enhanced learning capabilities while ideally inspiring new applications.

Learning Outcomes: Identify teaching tools and resources available. Describe how these tools might be incorporated into

teaching and learning strategies. Explore Teaching, Learning and Technology resources.

Lesson Planning for On-line Delivery Teaching Tuesday | Evolving

Date: Tuesday, October 08, 2019 Time: 8:30am Duration: 1 hour Location: B130 (Kelowna Campus)

Explore strategies to adapt your lesson plans for on-line delivery. Structure your lessons, course activities, and assignments to support learners studying in an on-line environment in engaging with the course material. Examine the types of lesson components that may be added to each course module that will support students in building the necessary skills and knowledge to succeed in your course and program.

Learning Outcomes: Identify key components for effective lesson planning

for on-line delivery. Examine how to align learning outcomes with on-line

teaching strategies and assessment processes. Discuss the types of teaching and learning experiences

that support student engagement while addressing learning outcomes through on-line delivery.





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Introduction to Blackboard Collaborate Evolving

Date: Wednesday, October 09, 2019 Time: 10:00am Duration: 1 hour Location: B130 (Kelowna Campus)

Participants in this workshop will be introduced to delivering live, interactive, and collaborative sessions on-line with participants at a distance. The key characteristics of the Collaborate platform will be presented including the differences between facilitator and participant roles. Common strategies of how to effectively manage communication tools, use the audio indicators, managing session and participant interaction, the display the whiteboard and PowerPoint content, and record sessions for later playback will be presented.

Learning Outcomes: Discuss the Blackboard Collaborate User Interface. Identify communication methods capabilities of the

Collaborate functions. Examine how to use the content sharing options and

recording features in the Collaborate platform. Discuss tips and tricks for effective use of Collaborate

for course delivery.

Introduction to Universal Design Learning (UDL) Teaching Tuesday | Experienced

Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 Time: 3:30pm Duration: 1 hour Location: L100 (Kelowna Campus)

Universal design learning (UDL) involves structuring the learning environment, instructional strategies and assessment methods to be accessible to the widest possible range of users. Explore ways to incorporate UDL into your course design using multiple means to represent information, alternate expressions of knowledge, and diverse delivery of course content.

Learning Outcomes: Define UDL and evaluate how these approaches can

support learners. Identify strategies for content delivery, expressions of

learning and assessment that reflect the principles of UDL.

Examine how to apply UDL principles to course lesson content, delivery and assessment strategies.





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Collaboration Tools in Moodle Evolving


There are different options for learner collaboration in Moodle. Come explore how you may want to integrate forums, group work, and discussions to support learner engagement and achieving defined learning outcomes into Moodle. Explore how these tools can support teaching, learning and learner success.

Identify strategies that may be used to integrate collaboration tools in your teaching environment that will support learners in achieving course learning outcomes.

Examine ways in which a Moodle forum or discussion may be integrated into your teaching and learning strategies.

Examine different options of the Moodle collaboration tools available.

The Green Screen Ed Tech Sandbox | Open Workshop

Duration: 1 hour Time: 12:00pm Date: Thursday, October 17, 2019 Location: L100, Kelowna Campus

Date: Thursday, October 31, 2019 Location: PC248, Penticton Campus

Do you teach courses across multiple campuses? Are you an aspiring weatherperson? View a demonstration of the Green Screen, try the technology and explore its application for learning and teaching in a variety of classroom environments.

Learning Outcomes: Evaluate potential applications of the technology as a

learning and teaching strategy across campuses. Examine how the Green Screen may be applied to

specific course content. Discuss its potential applications across disciplines.

Introduction to Sway Open Workshop

Date: Mon. Oct. 21, 2019 Time: 12:00pm Duration: 1 hour Location: L100 (Kelowna Campus)

Are your audiences feeling less than inspired by your latest PowerPoint presentation? Introducing Microsoft Sway, a cloud-based software that can be used to share reports and presentations in a professional, easy-to-use platform. Participants will be invited to explore some of the features and functions of this program and its capabilities as an alternate presentation format for learning and student presentations.

Learning Outcomes: Create and work from a Storyline. Generate potential applications for Sway in lesson

delivery and student presentations. Create a short presentation that uses Microsoft Sway

software.





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Formative Assessment Tools Teaching Tuesday | Evolving

Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 Time: 9:00am Duration: 1 hour Location: L100 (Kelowna Campus)

Have you ever have found yourself at the beginning of class asking if students had any questions from the day before, only t0 discover that the bulk of the class did not understand the material? Formative assessment strategies can help mitigate this through quick activities and approaches that inform your teaching throughout a lesson or unit of study to best assess learner progress in relation to intended learning outcomes.

Learning Outcomes: Define what is meant by formative assessment. Identify formative assessment strategies and discuss

how to apply these methods to varied lessons, disciplines and delivery models.

Teaching in Trades – WeVu and You Evolving

Date: Friday, October 25, 2019 Time: 1:30pm Duration: 1 hour Location: Trades Boardroom (Kelowna Campus)

What is WeVu and how can you use it to support the assessment of hands-on skills learning and development? This workshop introduces how the WeVu application may be used as a teaching and learning tool amongst students and instructors. Come examine how students may use this tool to record and submit a video of their skills practice. Instructors can then review the video contents and provide real-time feedback at specific points during the recording. For this interactive session you will need a laptop or handheld device connected to Wi-Fi or data.

Learning Outcomes: Evaluate WeVu’s applications to a Trades program,

including its strengths, potential challenges or limitations.

Discuss examples of its use within current OC programs.

Create and upload a video using WeVu.





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Summative Assessment Teaching Tuesday | Evolving

Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 Time: 1:00pm Duration: 1 hour Location: L100 (Kelowna Campus)

Tests, essays and projects are common forms of assessment used in post-secondary that provide learners, instructors / faculty, and the program with valuable information on learner progress and achievements of learning outcomes. This session will introduce the benefits of summative assessment as well as its limitations. A variety of examples, applicable across disciplines, will be presented.

Learning Outcomes: Define summative assessment. Discuss its benefits and limitations. Evaluate how summative assessment can inform your

teaching practices, course content and overall program success.

Examine examples of summative assessments.

Embedding Assessments into Moodle Experienced


Moodle can be a time saving tool for instructors/ faculty, while at the same time providing immediate feedback to learners on their progress. This session provides an overview of how to embed tests, quizzes, lessons and assignments into the platform. Please bring your laptop to this session.

Learning Outcomes: Examine the types, characteristics, benefits, and

limitations of the assessment strategies within Moodle. Identify how a particular assessment strategy could be

applied to one of your courses.

Metacognition Teaching Tuesday | Evolving

Date: Tuesday, November 05, 2019 Time: 9:00am Duration: 1 hour Location: L100 (Kelowna Campus)

Understand your own thought processes and explore how they impact your teaching style and learners. Consider what questions you might ask to determine how your learners are perceiving the information that you or peers are presenting in class.

Learning Outcomes: Define metacognition. Identify strategies to integrate metacognition into your

classes. Discuss the benefits of metacognition and its

relationship to teaching and learning.





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What’s New in Moodle 3.5?

Open Workshop

Date: Thurs., November 7, 2019 (In-person, L100 (Kelowna Campus) Date: November 21, 2019 (Collaborate Session) Time: 12:00pm Duration: 1 hour

Join the Education Technology team for an overview of the new features and layout in Moodle 3.5. Participants are recommended to bring their own laptop to interact with a course formatted using Moodle 3.5. Additional workshops for specific departments or program areas on the new features are available upon request.

Learning Outcomes: Examine some of the new tools and features available

in Moodle. Discuss where the most commonly used features are

located in Moodle 3.5. Interact with Moodle 3.5.

Podcast and Video Instructional Possibilities Experienced

Date: Friday, November 08, 2019 Time: 12:00pm Duration: 1 hour Location: D343 (Vernon Campus) Date: Wed. November 27, 2019 Time: 9:00am Duration: 1 hour Location: L100 (Kelowna Campus)

Do you listen to podcasts on your way to work? Would you like to create one or have your learners create one, but are unsure of where to start? This session will introduce you to podcasting and give you the opportunity to try it for yourself. Please bring your laptop or mobile phone to this session.

Learning Outcomes: Identify examples of podcasts for instruction, extension

and demonstrations of learning. Discuss how podcasts could enhance learning and

teaching in your courses. Record and upload a podcast to Moodle.

Roundtable Discussion Teaching Tuesday | Emerging

Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 Time: 12:30pm Duration: 1 hour Location: E202 (Kelowna Campus)

Communities of practice gather professionals together to share their expertise on particular subjects. This facilitated session has been designed for new faculty and instructors to come and share their successes, questions and challenges within a supportive environment to learn from and inspire one another.

Learning Outcomes: Discuss successes and challenges in teaching and

learning. Share resources and connect with other educators. Identify if and how a community of practice network

could support your teaching and learning.





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Interactive Quizzes and Polls Ed Tech Sandbox | Open Workshop

Duration: 1 hour

Date: Thursday, November 14, 2019 Time: 12:00pm Location: L100 (Kelowna Campus)

Date: Thursday, November 28, 2019

Location: SA-143 (Salmon Arm Campus) Time: 10:00am

Location: D235 (Vernon Campus) Time: 2:00pm

Have you ever used interactive polls and quizzes to assess learners’ knowledge and comprehension of particular learning outcomes? Participants will explore a few interactive options that can be easily implemented in the classroom and used to engage students.

Learning Outcomes: Examine interactive quizzes and polls within and

outside of Moodle. Interact with a number of these tools. Discuss the potential application of interactive quizzes

and polls in your courses.

Differentiating Instruction Teaching Tuesday | Experienced

Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Time: 9:00am Duration: 1 hour Location: L100 (Kelowna Campus)

Explore ways to tailor your teaching to meet the individual needs of learners. Examine how to use assessments to gauge student’s knowledge, and adapt your presentation of course content, instructional process, and environment to meet learning outcomes.

Learning Outcomes: Discuss several approaches to respond to learner

needs. Examine instructional methods to vary content

delivery, student engagement and expressions of learning.

Apply differentiated instruction principles to a case study.





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Using Assessment to Inform Practice Teaching Tuesday | Experienced

Date: Tuesday, November 26, 2019 Time: 2:00pm Duration: 1 hour Location: L100 (Kelowna Campus)

The semester is rapidly coming to a close and students are completing their final assignments. What information can be gathered at this time, and throughout the term, to guide your practice? This session will address how to track student progress to inform the evolution of your course delivery and content to support student progress throughout the course. Participants are invited to bring their own assessment to evaluate.

Learning Outcomes: Evaluate forms of assessment and how they could be

applied to your area. Examine the ways that assessment can guide student

support, future planning and course revisions. Discuss forms of assessment and their role in informing

teaching and learning. Evaluate the validity of one of your assessments in

relation to course learning outcomes.

Designing and Evaluating Summative Assessments Teaching Tuesday | Evolving

Date: Tuesday, December 03, 2019 Time: 1:00pm Duration: 1 hour Location: TBC (Vernon Campus)

Tests, essays and projects are common forms of assessment used in post-secondary that provide students, instructors / faculty, and program with valuable information on student progress. This session will evaluate the benefits or summative assessment as well as its limitations. A variety of examples, applicable across disciplines, will be presented. Please bring along your successes to share with the group.

Learning Outcomes: Define summative assessments. Examine examples of summative assessments and

discuss their benefits and limitations. Design a summative assessment for a particular

application in one of your classes.

Best Practices in On-line Course Design Evolving

Date: Thursday, December 05, 2019 Time: 10:00am Duration: 1 hour Location: L100 (Kelowna Campus)

Participants will be guided through several best practices used for on-line course design including effective course navigation strategies and structure. Examination of how to encourage collaboration amongst learners in your on-line classroom and how to meet learning outcomes will be explored.

Learning Outcomes: Examine several best practices and interactive teaching

strategies to consider for on-line course design. Outline strategies to structure your content to support

learning outcomes and learner success.





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Design Thinking Open Workshop

Date: December 06, 2019 Time: 1:00pm Duration:3 hours (2 hours (presentation), 1 hour (interactive workshop)) Location: L100 (Kelowna Campus)

This well received session from our 2019 Learning Week is returning once again. Come explore what is meant by design thinking and how it can take your lessons to the next level by exploring a structured framework for identifying challenges, gathering information, generating potential solutions, refining ideas and testing solutions.

Learning Outcomes: Define design thinking. Examine models of design thinking across disciplines. Apply design thinking principles to your context.

Learning Analytics Teaching Tuesday | Open Workshop

Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2019 Time: 10:00am Duration: 1 hour Location: L100 (Kelowna Campus)

This session will introduce you to several use cases for learning analytics. Participants will also review some of the functions of Moodle analytics, and learn how this data can be used to inform their teaching and learning processes.

Learning Outcomes: Examine up to three use cases for learning analytics. Discuss how Moodle analytics may be set up and used. Examine how data may be gathered and represented. Discuss the potential applications for this data to

inform practice.

Tech Tools to Support Learning Ed Tech Sandbox | Open Workshop

Duration: 1 hour Time: 12:00pm Date: Thursday, December 12, 2019 Location: L100 (Kelowna Campus)

Technology is increasingly supporting our diverse community of learners. Okanagan College has a host of resources for both instructors / faculty and learners. Come and explore these tools and see if any of them can assist you in supporting and enhancing the learning experiences in and out of your classroom environment.

Learning Outcomes: Identify and discuss technological tools and their

applications in relation to your courses, teaching strategies, and learning outcomes.

Interact with various forms of educational technology.



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