Oakland University e-Learning and Instructional Support

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e-LIS is hiring a Graduate Assistant to start this Fall. If you know anyone please pass on this info.

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It's Friday. Are you feeling "TGIF" or "Fri-yay" as we wrap up the week?

Nathan Schneck said getting through school wasn’t easy. He lost his sight 20 years ago in a car accident. In order to get through his classes, he often had to get his textbooks converted into different formats, he had to explain to different departments what he needed to participate in class and he even paid people to help him with reading and navigating material. During COVID-19, as he was attempting to get through his counseling practicum, and he met Oakland University School of Education and Human Services' Julie Chapie.

“This was the first time Julie and I ever met or talked. I wish I would have known more about the Educational Resources Lab and Julie earlier in my time at OU,” said Schneck.

Find out why Chapie made such a difference in his education in our blog post, https://www.oakland.edu/online/blog/unseen-navigating-online-learning-without-sight

There are just three workshops left this semester! Are you signed up? It's not too late. Visit https://www2.oakland.edu/secure/workshops/enroll/index.cfm?depts=2 to sign up.

e-LIS Workshop: Best Practices - How does a Quality Course Review work?
Tuesday, Oct. 18, 3-4 p.m.
This workshop will review the e-LIS quality course review process. Using the industry standard OSCQR-SUNY rubric, we will talk about its different sections and design elements to look for in your course. We'll also review the quality course review process that we use for online programs, but is also available to all faculty using Moodle.

e-LIS Workshop: Teaching Presence - Online Teaching Observation Process
Thursday, Oct. 20, 3-4 p.m.
Many academic departments have been asking e-LIS and CETL for materials to guide online teaching observations, similar to what instructors do in a F2F classroom. An Ed.D. student collaborated with e-LIS to pilot an online teaching observation guide and process. This workshop will demonstrate this process, as well as where anyone can find and share observation guides for both synchronous and asynchronous online instructors.

e-LIS Workshop: Best Practices - Backwards Course Design
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
In this workshop, we will cover Backward Course Design, a model in which instructors identify their course's learning goals first, then build their content and activities around those goals. It can be tempting to share every interesting resource on a topic with your students, but information overload can hinder their learning. Instead, Backward Course Design aligns your learning outcomes and course material, and this intentional method of course design increases student engagement and understanding. After this workshop, you will understand why Backward Course Design is important, how it can help your students, and how you can get started using it to plan and structure your courses more effectively.

Oakland University has enhanced the student classroom and brought all the best educational tools to you as part of the GrizzFlex classrooms. Learn more:

GrizzFlex technology takes classroom and remote learning to next level Originally a byproduct of finding solutions to address new learning environments needed during the worldwide pandemic, Oakland University’s Classroom Support and Instructional Technical Services (CSITS) team has rolled out a new classroom technology program called GrizzFlex that will serve as the ...