eLearnX Event Agenda
May 17-19, 2021
9:00am - Noon with Asynchronous Afternoon Activity
*Enrollment cap of 30
The eLearnX event is cosponsored by the Office of Empowering Teaching Excellence (ETE) and by the Center for Innovative Design and Instruction (CIDI). This three-day virtual event provides a hands-on deep dive into the teaching tools and methodologies of online, broadcast, and blended instruction.
- Day 1: Sessions on digital pedagogy and instructor presence.
- Day 2: Breakout sessions on edtech teaching tools and practical applications of instructional approaches from USU instructors and instructional professionals.
- Day 3: Culminates in each participant designing an activity for their own course, and access to other useful resources than can be immediately implemented.
Dr. Tazin Daniels
Assistant Director, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan
Dr. Tazin Daniels is a Bangladeshi-American educational developer, consultant and coach. She has lived all across the country from New York to California, and is currently based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Tazin Daniels hold a Ph.D. in Medical Anthropology from Michigan State University where her dissertation work, funded by The Wenner Gren Foundation, explored at the use of Adderall as a performance enhancer among college students. As a result, she is intimately familiar with the pressures of academic life and has made it her mission to improve how we teach and learn in higher education. In her current role as an Assistant Director at the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching at the University of Michigan, Dr. Daniels provide professional development for instructors across STEM, Health Sciences, Social Sciences and the Humanities. She is also a “Equitable Digital Learning Expert” with the Every Learner Everywhere Network.
Daily Schedules
Day 1
| 9:00am | Welcome - John Louviere, Assistant Vice President | Zoom | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:10am | Roadmap | Introduction | Zoom | Travis Thurston |
| 9:30am | Keynote | Principles for inclusive online teaching | Zoom | Dr. Tazin Daniels |
| 10:00am | Break | |||
| 10:15am | Workshop | Strategies for equitable engagement in online classes | Zoom | Dr. Tazin Daniels |
| 11:45am | Afternoon Instructions | Zoom | Travis Thurston | |
| Afternoon | Asynchronous Afternoon Activities | |||
Day 2
| 9:00am | Roadmap | Plan for Day 2 | Zoom | Travis Thurston |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:15am |
Breakout Session Options |
Simple, Systsematic Course Changes to Improve User Experience | Zoom | Erin Wadsworth-Anderson |
| Getting Started with Atomic Assessments | Zoom | Elisa Taylor | ||
| Engagement Slacking? Use Slack to Bolster Student Participation & Learning in the Classroom | Zoom | Julia Gossard | ||
| 10:00am | Break | |||
| 10:15am |
Breakout Session Options |
Responding to Student Writing through Equity-Based Feedback | Zoom | Beth Buyserie |
| Let’s Chat: How to Facilitate More Meaningful and Thought-Provoking Online Discussions | Zoom | Jennifer Grewe; Rachel Robison; Meredith Wang; Rose Judd-Murray; Marlene Graf | ||
| Making Digital Media for your Online Courses. | Zoom | Jason Twede; Irina McLaughlin | ||
| 11:00am | Break | |||
| 11:15pm |
Breakout Session Options |
Empowering Equitable Learning Experiences with Open Educational Resources | Zoom | Nick Gittins |
| Retrieval Practice as a Learning Strategy | Zoom | Neal Legler | ||
| Librarians are here to help: Identifying Opportunities for Integrating Online Library Instruction | Zoom | Katie Strand; Niki Fullmer | ||
| Building Trust and Helping Students Persist with Online Tools | Zoom | Marlene Graf | ||
| Noon | Break | |||
| 12:15pm | Afternoon Instructions | Zoom | Travis Thurston | |
| Afternoon | Asynchronous Afternoon Activities | |||
Day 3
| 9:00am | Roadmap | Plan for day 3 | Zoom | Travis Thurston |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:15am | Group Check-in & Planning | Zoom | ||
| 10:00am | Activity Design & Creation | |||
| Noon | Final Reflections & ETE10 Badge | |||
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Tazin Daniels
Who Should Attend
- Instructors who want to improve the quality and efficiency of their course.
- Instructors looking for new and innovative approaches to eLearning.
- Instructors who want to become E-Learning leaders in their field.
- Instructors on the Digital-Age Teaching track in ETE10.
eLearnX Contact
Travis Thurston
travis.thurston@usu.edu
(435) 797-4950
I learned so many practical things and got a chance to think about some of the big issues as well. It is really encouraging that the university clearly values this kind of teaching by its regular faculty; I feel it signals an important way in which USU is different from a lot of higher-ed institutions in its commitment to giving faculty the tools they need and the opportunities they want to progress in their careers as teachers (even when they are research-primary in their appointments).
Just bending my head around the demands of a non-traditional classroom was the biggest thing I got out of the workshop, especially what to import from the face-to-face version of my class, and more important, what not to. What I learned was that online and distance students need my time and attention the same way students in a traditional classroom do...but having experts sitting next to me, listening to my goals and struggles, and showing me how to surmount obstacles helped enormously.