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Lights, Camera, Introduction Videos! Producing High-Quality Introductory Videos, Shelby Huddleston Aug 2019

Lights, Camera, Introduction Videos! Producing High-Quality Introductory Videos, Shelby Huddleston

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This presentation is about how to create effective videos for teaching and learning in a higher education environment.


Get An Accessibility Rope! Build A Consistent & Accessible Syllabus For Blackboard Courses Usingsalsa & You Won't Even Need A Rope, Eddie Andreo, Shelby Huddleston Jul 2019

Get An Accessibility Rope! Build A Consistent & Accessible Syllabus For Blackboard Courses Usingsalsa & You Won't Even Need A Rope, Eddie Andreo, Shelby Huddleston

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This presentation is about versioning syllabi to be consistent and accessible on the Blackboard LMS using SALSA.


Let's Take A Look Inside Discussion Boards, Annie Hoekman Aug 2018

Let's Take A Look Inside Discussion Boards, Annie Hoekman

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This research examined the nature of the patterns of communication of discussion board users who were enrolled in undergraduate online courses. For purpose of analysis, this study used Norman Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) framework (1992). Data were collected from discussion board posts of eight undergraduate online courses. An examination of these data was further informed by Garrison, Anderson, & Archer (1999) Community of Inquiry model. Using Garrison et al.’s ideas, the researcher described the nature of the interactions between students and faculty with respect to social, cognitive, and teaching presence in online discussion boards. The findings of this research …


From Tele- To Online Courses: Transforming Hist 132, Torie Wynn Aug 2016

From Tele- To Online Courses: Transforming Hist 132, Torie Wynn

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Wichita State University’s History Department and Instructional Technology and Design (IDT) office teamed up to eliminate the HIST 132 telecourse and replace it with an online course. This presentation will discuss stages of the transformation, including: Inception and Barriers, Design & Development (using theories from Green Light Design and the LEARN Model and adopting an OpenStax OER textbook), Delivery, and Challenges and Changes. IDT will provide a brief tour of the course shell and suggest ways in which a model like this may work at your university.