Electronic Resource Website
The teaching and learning technologies team at UWRF launched an electronic resource website for faculty, students, and staff interested in using technology to support teaching and learning. Supported by research articles, the website provides information on how particular technology can be used to meet particular pedagogical needs. Technical information accompanies each tool in the form of step-by-step quick start guides and screencast videos.
Ongoing Technology Integration Workshops
Each Wednesday and Thursday from 12:00 to 1:30pm, the teaching and learning technologies team will offer a workshop with a particular focus. These hands-on workshops are free and open to all faculty, staff, and students. Each workshop focuses on one of three areas including technology tools that support teaching and learning, best practices using Desire2Learn, and managing your workflow.
Online Teaching Institute
Supported by the office of the provost, the teaching and learning technologies staff will begin an online teaching institute with a cohort of fifteen faulty members. The cohort meets partly face-to-face and partly online. The workshop provides faculty members the opportunity to examine learning theory and approaches to teaching in online and hybrid learning environments. A portion of the workshop will be devoted to developing learning activities with appropriate technology tools to help students meet intended learning outcomes. By the end the eight-week workshop, faculty members will have developed a peer reviewed online or hybrid course.
Submitted by Scott Wojtanowski, UW-River Falls