Course BluePrint Site: Making it Your Own

Tuesday, April 21

2:00 - 3:00 pm

The purpose of this session is to introduce you to the Course Blueprint site.

Based on best practices, the Blueprint template offers a modular structure to help you get started with the efficient and effective design of your course, whether it be fully online, blended, or face-to-face.

You will see editable course tools that are set up with sample placeholder text that is completely customizable to meet the individual needs and requirements of your course and your style.  

Resources to help you with designing, editing, and incorporating new content
and tools are also provided in the Course Blueprint site. 

Please register for Zoom Link: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3547058

Library Resources for your Transition to Online Teaching

Wednesday, April 22

2:00 - 3:00 pm

As you transition to an online learning environment, the Library's resources and services can continue as an integral component of your course.  Join us as four of Lakehead's librarians bring you through some of the dynamic and fully customizable online resources for your teaching.  

Please register to receive Zoom link: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3547070

Best Practices in Developing Online Courses - Phase Two (Course Development) 

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

10:00 -11:00 am 

This workshop explores best practices for engaging content, effective online discussions, and authentic assignments/assessments. It also introduces some easy-to use tools for increasing engagement through embedded games, interactive videos, social annotation, simulations, virtual labs, etc.

Please to register to receive the Zoom Link: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3547069

Best Practices in Designing Online Courses - Phase One (Course Design)

Using the Backward Design model, this workshop provides a conceptual and structural outline for instructors who are constructing courses for online delivery.

Tuesday, April 21   

10:00 am - 11:00 am 

Please register to receive Zoom Link: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3547052

Teaching Commons Workshop:  Incorporating Universal Design for Learning

Learn how to use the various tools in mycourselink/D2L to simplify class management and enrich course experiences for students, whether in online or on-campus classes. 

This session will be delivered online through Zoom.  When you're ready to join the session, click the following link: https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/j/8073438216

Can’t attend our session? No worries! We’re available for individual consultations at your convenience.  Email us at mycourselink@lakeheadu.ca to book an appointment.  In Orillia, contact orlib@lakeheadu.ca

Get an early start on 2020: explore the use of peer-assessment to make the courses you teach even more valuable.

When our students leave our institutions they will enter a continually changing job market, and they will ultimately work in a number of different contexts before settling into a career. Yes, the courses we teach them will be valuable to them, but even more valuable are the transferable skills we help them develop; skills like critical and creative thought, and efficient two-way communication. How do we develop these skills well? And how do we know if our attempts to develop them are working?

In this webinar, Professor Steve Joordens, a 3M National Teaching Fellow from the University of Toronto, will highlight the challenge of equipping students with the skills needed for the work of tomorrow, and the potential of peerScholar powered peer-assessment to provide clear answers to these challenges. He will highlight a wide variety of approaches that combine with technology-enabled peer-assessment to deepen the pedagogical experience for students.

Date:  Friday, December 13, 2019
Time:  9  - 9:30 am EST (Toronto time) 

Sign up today!

Can't make it?  Sign up anyway and we'll share the webinar video-recording with you by email.

NOTE: An online session on setting up PeerScholar activities will be offered on December 16th at 10:00 am.  Refer to the December 16th event post or visit the Teaching Commons events page to learn more and register.

Faculty and teaching staff are invited to attend an online workshop to learn more about PeerScholar, an online peer- and self-assessment tool available through mycourselink (D2L/Brightspace) that allows students to provide anonymous peer feedback on each other's assignments.

Check out this short introductory video for an overview of PeerScholar. Additional videos and other resources including how to add a PeerScholar activity to an online site are available on the Teaching Commons website.

This session is delivered online through Zoom.  Click the following link to join the session: https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/j/8073438216

Can’t attend our session? No worries! We’re available for individual consultations/demos at your convenience.  Email us at mycourselink@lakeheadu.ca to book an appointment.

Join the LinkedIn Learning higher ed team for a live webinar to show Lakehead staff how they can best take advantage of their free LinkedIn Learning account for professional development.

The webinar will cover the following:

• what LinkedIn Learning is,
• demo features of the platform,
• how it can be used for professional and personal development.

Register here: http://bit.ly/StaffWeb2

To learn more about LinkedIn Learning at Lakehead visit our website.

This workshop will go through the basics of setting up Zoom meetings.  Check out our resources page for hosting synchronous lectures remotely. 

This session will be offered through Zoom.  If you prefer to join in-person, we'll be in LI 5041C (meeting room in the Teaching Commons).  Feel free to bring your device to follow along.

Click this link to join virtually: https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/j/729355501

Join our session - or we're always available for individual consultations in person, by zoom, by email, or over the phone.

Email the Teaching Commons to book a meeting or feel free to drop in.