Webinars

Engaging Students in Online Math-related Courses (May 16, 2024)

Join a panel of SUNY Online Teaching Ambassadors as they share strategies and experiences teaching online math-related courses. Panelists will share how they engage students in their courses and participants will be invited to share as well.

Presenters: Jennifer Shloming, FIT and Trevor Johnson-Speigelman, FLCC

AI and Assessment (May 14, 2024)

This session will help participants understand the role of AI in academic assessment, explore current applications, and discuss potential benefits and challenges in their classes. The session will highlight the transformative role of AI in reshaping teaching and learning, especially in student-centered discussion boards, entry and exit tickets, and research development, while emphasizing the importance of exploring AI's impact on academic assessment. Best practices will be shared for leveraging AI to enhance teaching and seamlessly integrating AI into teaching practices.

CCCCool Tools: The 4 C’s to fire up online learner engagement (Part 2 - Apr 24, 2024)

In Part 2 of this two-part webinar series, you will learn to: Cultivate Connection by facilitating metacognitive reflection and making learning personally relevant. Cool Tools will be demonstrated and shared to help you Cultivate Connection by writing clear course objectives, adapting course management suggestions that support learner engagement, and designing online activities that promote active learning.
Communicate Care by inquiring, listening, being flexible, and providing options. By adopting course design and online teaching approaches that humanize your online instruction, you support online learner success. Cool Tools will be demonstrated and shared to help you Communicate Care by specifically targeting care and online learner success.

CCCCool Tools: The 4 C’s to fire up online learner engagement (Part 1)

In Part 1 of this two-part webinar series, you will learn to:
- Cut Content to increase online learner engagement and active learning. As an online instructor it may feel counterintuitive to reduce the amount of content to increase engagement and active learning, but content does not equal learning. And, adding more content does not equal more learning. Cool tools and suggested approaches will demonstrate how you can shift the responsibility for content creation to the learner.
- Create Community by building trust and encouraging online learners to express/explore their social and teaching presences. Cool Tools will be demonstrated and shared to help you Create Community with a focus on interaction and engagement.

Effective Online Discussion

This webinar will provide an overview of how to communicate and enhance interaction and engagement in the Brightspace platform. Participants will gain an understanding of online best practices in building online class communities, and view demonstrations of various communication tools in Brightspace to enhance online learner engagement and community. This session will provide all the information necessary to ensure that your online communications and interactions are optimized for the Brightspace environment. With a basic understanding of the features and functionality in the Brightspace platform to support communication and interaction, participants will have all the basic information needed to enhance online engagement and build and support a sense of online class community in their online course Brightspace environment.

Online Communication, Interaction & Engagement for Building Class Community

This webinar will provide an overview of how to communicate and enhance interaction and engagement in the Brightspace platform. Participants will gain an understanding of online best practices in building online class communities, and view demonstrations of various communication tools in Brightspace to enhance online learner engagement and community. This session will provide all the information necessary to ensure that your online communications and interactions are optimized for the Brightspace environment. With a basic understanding of the features and functionality in the Brightspace platform to support communication and interaction, participants will have all the basic information needed to enhance online engagement and build and support a sense of online class community in their online course Brightspace environment.

Introduction to OSCQR (Self-Assessment)

Webinar 1: Introduction to OSCQR (Self-Assessment)
Date: October 29, 2024 Time: 12:00-1:30PM EST
Audience: All audiences
This workshop will provide an overview and introduction to the OLC OSCQR rubric and process.
Participants will gain a basic understanding of how to access/use the OSCQR self-assessment rubric, and related tools & resources appropriately.

Become an OSCQR Online Course Reviewer

Webinar 2: Become an OSCQR Online Course Reviewer
Date: November 14, 2024 Time: 12:00-1:30PM EST
Audience: Faculty & Instructional Designers
This workshop will provide an overview and introduction to the SUNY/OLC OSCQR rubric and process, including the features and functionality of the self-assessment rubric, and the online interactive OSCQR rubric and dashboard. Participants will gain a basic understanding of how to access and use the OSCQR rubric, and related for the purposes of conducting online course reviews.

Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) Deep Dive: Understanding, Planning, Documenting, and Ensuring RSI Compliance with OSCQR

Webinar 3: Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) Deep Dive: Understanding, Planning, Documenting, and Ensuring RSI Compliance with OSCQR
Date: December 3, 2024 Time: 12:00-1:30PM EST
Audience: Distance Learning Leaders, Online Directors, Online Managers, Instructional Designers, Experienced Online Faculty
This workshop will 1) Provide an overview of the US DoE regulation requiring Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) in distance education courses, and address implications for accountability at the campus, course design, and instructional levels. 2) Illustrate how OSCQR can be leveraged to build awareness about the RSI at institutional, instructional designer, and faculty levels. 3) Provide planning and documentation templates to support workshop participants in creating a plan of action for their future RSI work.

Designing an OSCQR Implementation Plan

Webinar 4: Designing an OSCQR Implementation Plan
Date: December 12, 2024 Time: 12:00-1:30PM EST
Audience: Distance Learning Leaders, Online Directors, Online Managers, DL Advisory Teams
In this workshop participants will be guided to create an implementation plan for their larger scale online course quality initiative to systematically review and refresh the instructional design and accessibility of online courses and programs.