SUNY Online Celebrates #NDLW2020
National Distance Learning Week – November 9-13, 2020
SUNY Online is pleased to host and showcase the following presentations in celebration of National Distance Learning Week (NDLW) 2020. Webinar slides and recordings are listed below each session.
Monday, November 9, 2020
Time: 10:00-10:45AM EST
Title: Sharing Your Screen and Your Face Too!
Presenter: Jennifer Shloming, Fashion Institute of Technology
Description: Having your face show up when you do a screen share helps keep the audience engaged and feel connected. Whenever I am sharing a spreadsheet or document during a meeting or when creating asynchronous videos, I use Loom to also have my face showing in a circle (adjustable size) off to a corner. Loom is a free desktop app and or Chrome extension.
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Time: 10:00-10:45AM EST
Title: Creating a Student Orientation to Online Learning in Blackboard
Presenter: Kate Bohan, SUNY New Paltz
Description: If students are unfamiliar with how to approach and plan for taking an online course, and/or how to use the Learning Management System and other available instructional technology tools, then they are unlikely to be successful in taking an online course. This session will show how we created an online course in Blackboard that introduces students to the concept of online learning, while also demonstrating the tools they might use to accomplish different tasks in an online environment. Getting context and practice in a non-credit-bearing orientation may increase student engagement in online learning and reduce the stress and anxiety of taking classes in a different type of educational environment. Included in the session will be our goals for the roll out of this material, as well as an explanation of how we folded in an “achievement” process in Blackboard for students to be able to show faculty that they are familiar with the basic foundational skills.
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Time: 11:00-11:45AM EST
Title: Preparing Faculty for Remote Teaching
Presenter: Danielle Plass, Westchester Community College
Description: This presentation will discuss how the Online Education office at Westchester Community College implemented a Remote Teaching Certification course that was required for all faculty teaching in the Fall 2020. The presentation will include how it worked, a hands-on demonstration of the course and a discussion of challenges and successes.
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Time: 1:00-1:45PM EST
Title: Creating Social and Emotional Presence in Online Classes
Presenter: Marguerite Goulet, SUNY Delhi
Description: This session will present various strategies that establish a consistent instructor presence throughout an online class.
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Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Time: 10:00-10:45AM EST
Title: Using the Best Practices of Asynchronous Online Learning to Synchronous Online Learning
Presenter: Jeff Dugan, Finger Lakes Community College
Description: In response to the pandemic instructors were asked to engage in online learning that may have only taught face to face before. From the perspective of an instructional designer, who primarily works with “traditional” asynchronous online course work, the faculty relied on best practices from those online courses to create their synchronous online course. The best practices that we will be discussing will be universal design for learning and backwards design, as they both came to the forefront in designing the synchronous course work.
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Time: 3:00-3:45PM EST
Title: COIL during COVID
Presenter: Amy McHugh, SUNY Oswego and Mary Meinecke, Universidad de Monterrey
Description: COIL, or collaborative online international learning, is a “teaching and learning methodology…which fosters faculty and student interaction with peers abroad through co-taught multicultural online and blended learning environments emphasizing experiential student collaboration.” This presentation will discuss the way our collaboration (with students in Oswego, New York and Monterrey, Mexico) was conceived, created, and facilitated in the time of COVID.
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Thursday, November 12, 2020
Time: 10:00-10:45AM EST
Title: Exploring Emerging Technologies for Lifelong Learning and Success (#EmTechMOOC)
Presenter: Roberta (Robin) Sullivan, university at Buffalo and Cherie van Putten, Binghamton University
Description: The State University of New York (SUNY) has launched “Exploring Emerging Technologies for Lifelong Learning and Success” (#EmTechMOOC) is an online learning opportunity to enhance 21st-century skills, including communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity. Participants in this free online learning opportunity explore established and emerging technology tools for career and personal advancement. Attend this session to learn how this voluntary learning opportunity has impacted learners from across the globe. Since January 2018, nearly 25,000 learners from across 150+ countries have participated to learn about the value and implications of using emerging technologies. Come to this session to learn about what’s new in #EmTechMOOC.
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Time: 11:00-11:45AM EST
Title: SUNY Mental Health Initiative
Presenter: Leah Wentworth, SUNY System Administration
Description: As part a new plan to help address the uptick in mental health and wellness needs among college students due to the impact of COVID-19, SUNY has partnered with Thriving Campus to provide every student from SUNY’s colleges and universities with access to a network of more than 6,000 licensed mental health service providers. The mobile-friendly app, already utilized at two SUNY campuses, breaks down a number of crucial, often overlooked barriers that students frequently encounter in the process of reaching out for help. By streamlining and simplifying what can be a stressful and overwhelming process, and building synergy with local mental health providers, more students will be seamlessly connected with the specific help they need, when they need it.
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Time: 12:00-12:45PM EST
Title: Online Blackboard Community
Presenter: Sara Lafountain-Bagrow, University at Albany
Description: Research shows online students seek a sense of connectedness to their institution as well as clear, easily accessible program resources. To meet these needs the SPH Online Community in Blackboard was created to provide fully online students at the University at Albany School of Public Health with relevant information to assist in navigating their programs as well as serving as a mechanism for connecting with classmates and staff. Categories such as “Meet the Staff”, “Student Services” and “New Student Orientation” allow our largely non-traditional students 24/7 access to relevant materials in one convenient location.
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Time: 1:00-1:45PM EST
Title: Integration of Human Intelligence Badging into Online General Education courses
Presenters: Tony Contento, SUNY Oswego and Jennifer Naimark, Colorado State University Global
Description: This webinar will review the Doctoral work of Jennifer Naimark, who worked with Tony Contento on integrating and measuring soft skills awareness and student success at Colorado State University Global.
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Time: 2:00-2:45PM EST
Title: Coursera for Campus
Presenters: SUNY Online staff
Description: Coursera for Campus provides SUNY students with access to a library of world-class learning experiences aligned with the needs of today’s leading companies. Additionally, professional development courses and course authoring tools are available for SUNY faculty and staff. This session will review what is available and the details of the Coursera & SUNY partnership.
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Friday, November 13, 2020
Time: 11:00-11:45AM EST
Title: Distance Learning Leaders’ Response to COVID-19
Presenters: John Locke (SUNY Plattsburgh), Pam Youngs-Maher (Upstate Medical University), Elissa Baker (Hudson Valley Community College), Irene Scruton (SUNY Oswego)
Description: Panelists will share their experiences with providing just-in-time training for faculty new to online and remote teaching and learning, creating customized checklists and Online SWAT teams to support faculty, engaging the voices of our learners, and more.
SUNY Plattsburgh’s E-Learning Best Practices Handbook
Time: 12:00-12:45PM EST
Title: Program Design at Scale
Presenters: University at Albany, Monroe Community College, Alfred State College, SUNY Canton, Empire State College
Description: SUNY Online Degrees at Scale campuses will talk about their experience in the program pilot relative to the following areas:
- design for large enrollment classes
- template course model
- accelerated courses and multiple entry terms
- collaborative course model
- use of TAs for large enrollment courses
Follow the NDLW hashtag on Twitter for other terrific learning engagements from institutions and organizations around the globe, such as events hosted by USDLA.
We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity to learn from each other and support your peers!
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