Each term, Educational Technology Support hosts a 3-hour orientation for new and experienced instructors and TAs. This session is supported and highly recommended by the Dean’s office.
In January 2015, the ETS team facilitated two “Orientation to Learning Technology” workshops. We had a diverse group of attendees from every department in the faculty, all united by their interest in finding out more about learning technologies and how they could use them to enhance their students’ educational experiences.
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The workshop covered a wide range of topics. Natasha Boskic and Sharon Hu discussed the many pedagogical aspects and delivery models of online, blended, and flipped classroom environments. Ian Linkletter described the variety of services available through Connect, including communication tools, content organization and Library Online Course Reserves. Bill Pickard went over the contact information for various types of support and the wide suite of learning technologies available to instructors and students, such as Kaltura, Collaborate, WordPress, Camtasia, and CLAS. Instructors had the chance to explore these applications, ask questions, and exchange ideas about how they could use them in their classrooms.
Lots of information was passed around during the two “Orientation to Learning Technology” sessions, but the energy in the room remained high throughout both sessions. By the end of the 3 hours, attendees came away feeling confident and better equipped to take control of technology in their teaching.