eLearnX Event Agenda
May 15-17, 2022
9:00am - 4:00pm
*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 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.
Daily Schedules
Day 1
| 9:00-9:15am | Welcome & Roadmap | Neal Legler | ||
| 9:15-9:45 | Quality Assurance Card Game | Travis Thurston | ||
| 9:45-10:35 | Course Planning | Neal Legler | ||
| 10:35-10:45 | Break |
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| 10:45-11:20 | Pedagogy Primer: | The Cognitive Science of Learning | ||
| Social Learning Strategies | ||||
| 11:20-11:30 | Break (Move Outside to the Quad) |
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| 11:30-12:00pm | Teaching Approaches Teaching Environments | Travis Thurston | Quad | |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch | |||
| 1:00-1:45 | Canvas Breakouts: | Canvas Grading | ||
| Canvas Building | ||||
| Canvas Student Management | ||||
| 1:45-2:15 | Group Recap | |||
| 2:15-2:30 | Break |
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| 2:30-3:30 | Ideas for Creating Final Projects | |||
| 3:30-4:00 | Roadmap Refection | Neal Legler | ||
Day 2
| 9:00-9:15am | Roadmap & Expectations | Travis Thurston | |
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| 9:15-9:45 | Getting to know USU Online Students & Resources | Daniel Allred | |
| 9:45-10:15 | Teaching Interventions | Melanie Chambers | |
| 10:15-10:30 | Break | ||
| 10:30-11:05 |
Breakout Session A: | Let's Chat: How to Facilitate More Meaningful and Thought-Provoking Online Discussions | Jennifer Grewe; Rachel Robison; Rose Judd-Murray; Marlene Graf |
| Making Digital Media for your Online Courses | Trent Hunsaker | ||
| (N)etiquette | |||
| 11:15-11:50 |
Breakout Session B: | Badging in Canvas | |
| Interactive Quizzing with Atomic Assessments | |||
| Quizzing in Canvas | |||
| 12:00-12:30pm | Group Recap Reports | ||
| 12:30-1:00 | Lunch | ||
| 1:30-2:05 |
Breakout Session C: |
Accessibility | Christopher Phillips |
| Classroom Management | |||
| 2:25-3:00 | Group Recap Reporting | ||
| 3:00-3:30 | Project Brainstorming | ||
| 3:30-4:00 | Takeaways & Roadmap | Travis Thurston | |
Day 3
| 9:00-9:15am | Roadmap & Goals | Travis Thurston | ||
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| 9:15-10:00 | Group Feedback | |||
| 10:00-12:00pm | Project Creation & Design Consultations | Neal Legler | ||
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch | |||
| 1:00-2:00 | Explore & Award | Melanie Chambers | ||
| 2:00-2:30 | Wrap-up & ETE10 Badging | Shelley Arnold | ||
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.