{"id":60670,"date":"2018-02-07T10:30:59","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T16:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/?p=60670"},"modified":"2018-02-07T08:10:56","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T14:10:56","slug":"institute-for-online-blended-teaching-alumni-spark-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/2018\/02\/07\/institute-for-online-blended-teaching-alumni-spark-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Institute for Online\/Blended Teaching Alumni Spark Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twice a year, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Learning Technology Center (LTC) offers an Institute for Online\/Blended Teaching<\/a>. One area of interest for many instructors that complete the Institute for Online\/Blended Teaching has been continuing a community of practice around online and blended teaching, that extends beyond the end of the Institute.<\/p>\n

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Recently, UW-Whitewater began using Cisco Spark<\/a>, as a tool for communication and collaboration. Spark allows users to share files, hold discussions, and place video calls (among other features). Spark can be accessed through a web browser<\/a>, or downloaded onto a computer<\/a> or mobile device<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The LTC has created a Spark team for alumni of the Institute for Online\/Blended Teaching, as a way to extend the community of practice for instructors in a virtual space outside and beyond the conclusion of the formal Institute. Instructors teaching online and\/or blended courses are invited to join the team so that they can discuss challenges, ask questions, share “best practices,” and contribute any and all other ideas within this Spark team.<\/p>\n

If you have completed the LTC’s Institute for Online\/Blended Teaching, and would like to be added to this Spark team, please contact Andrew Cole at ltc@uww.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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