The Summer Teaching Institute will take place online via Zoom June 7th - 9th, 2022. This year's theme is “The First Year Experience,” with a focus on key impactful practices that aid students as they transition into university - a transition that is ever more critical given the learning experience in high schools during the pandemic AND in recognition that our second- and third-year students may have never been on campus. The staff of the Teaching Commons hope you will enjoy this year's offerings.

Registrants will gain access to:
- Digital Resources
- Slide Decks from Sessions
- And more

You will have full access to the mycourselink/D2L accompanying site on Friday, June 3rd.

For more information visit our website: https://www.lakeheadu.ca/teaching-commons/events-and-activities/annual-a...

** Please register with your institutional email so we can add you to the accompanying D2L page.

Many instructors have mastered Zoom’s basic features. Now it’s time to up the engagement factor in your live classes by learning Zoom’s newest, most engaging tools.

If you’re stuck in a Zoom rut and you’re tired of limiting your classes to basic video, screen sharing and polls, Beyond the Basics, free, live training is made for you.

In this training session led by Contact North | Contact Nord’s e-Learning Training Facilitator, you will learn how to increase engagement and accessibility for all types of learners:

- How to use PowerPoint as a virtual background
- How to us breakout rooms
- How to create exit surveys
- How to create advanced polls and quizzes
- How to use persistent whiteboards

Understand how to use these five advanced skills to teaching your class effectively online.

Contact North is a non-profit organization funded by the Government of Ontario to support Ontario's education and training providers.

Learn the fundamentals of how to use Zoom during a demonstration webinar by Contact North | Contact Nord e-Learning Training Facilitator.

A hands-on demonstration of:

- How to use basic communication tools
- How to set up a Zoom meeting
- How to use common classroom tools
- How to grant participant permissions
- How to secure your session
- Getting Started Checklist

Understand how to use these six basic skills to get ready to start teaching your class online.

Contact North is a non-profit organization funded by the Government of Ontario to support Ontario's education and training providers.

Many instructors have mastered Zoom’s basic features. Now it’s time to up the engagement factor in your live classes by learning Zoom’s newest, most engaging tools.

If you’re stuck in a Zoom rut and you’re tired of limiting your classes to basic video, screen sharing and polls, Beyond the Basics, free, live training is made for you.

In this training session led by Contact North | Contact Nord’s e-Learning Training Facilitator, you will learn how to increase engagement and accessibility for all types of learners:

- How to use PowerPoint as a virtual background
- How to us breakout rooms
- How to create exit surveys
- How to create advanced polls and quizzes
- How to use persistent whiteboards

Understand how to use these five advanced skills to teaching your class effectively online.

Contact North is a non-profit organization funded by the Government of Ontario to support Ontario's education and training providers.

Learn the fundamentals of how to use Zoom during a demonstration webinar by Contact North | Contact Nord e-Learning Training Facilitator.

A hands-on demonstration of:

- How to use basic communication tools
- How to set up a Zoom meeting
- How to use common classroom tools
- How to grant participant permissions
- How to secure your session
- Getting Started Checklist

Understand how to use these six basic skills to get ready to start teaching your class online.

Contact North is a non-profit organization funded by the Government of Ontario to support Ontario's education and training providers.

Many instructors have mastered Zoom’s basic features. Now it’s time to up the engagement factor in your live classes by learning Zoom’s newest, most engaging tools.

If you’re stuck in a Zoom rut and you’re tired of limiting your classes to basic video, screen sharing and polls, Beyond the Basics, free, live training is made for you.

In this training session led by Contact North | Contact Nord’s e-Learning Training Facilitator, you will learn how to increase engagement and accessibility for all types of learners:

- How to use PowerPoint as a virtual background
- How to us breakout rooms
- How to create exit surveys
- How to create advanced polls and quizzes
- How to use persistent whiteboards

Understand how to use these five advanced skills to teaching your class effectively online.

Contact North is a non-profit organization funded by the Government of Ontario to support Ontario's education and training providers.

Many instructors have mastered Zoom’s basic features. Now it’s time to up the engagement factor in your live classes by learning Zoom’s newest, most engaging tools.

If you’re stuck in a Zoom rut and you’re tired of limiting your classes to basic video, screen sharing and polls, Beyond the Basics, free, live training is made for you.

In this training session led by Contact North | Contact Nord’s e-Learning Training Facilitator, you will learn how to increase engagement and accessibility for all types of learners:

- How to use PowerPoint as a virtual background
- How to us breakout rooms
- How to create exit surveys
- How to create advanced polls and quizzes
- How to use persistent whiteboards

Understand how to use these five advanced skills to teaching your class effectively online.

Contact North is a non-profit organization funded by the Government of Ontario to support Ontario's education and training providers.

Learn the fundamentals of how to use Zoom during a demonstration webinar by Contact North | Contact Nord e-Learning Training Facilitator.

A hands-on demonstration of:

- How to use basic communication tools
- How to set up a Zoom meeting
- How to use common classroom tools
- How to grant participant permissions
- How to secure your session
- Getting Started Checklist

Understand how to use these six basic skills to get ready to start teaching your class online.

Contact North is a non-profit organization funded by the Government of Ontario to support Ontario's education and training providers.

Learn the fundamentals of how to use Zoom during a demonstration webinar by Contact North | Contact Nord e-Learning Training Facilitator.

A hands-on demonstration of:

- How to use basic communication tools
- How to set up a Zoom meeting
- How to use common classroom tools
- How to grant participant permissions
- How to secure your session
- Getting Started Checklist

Understand how to use these six basic skills to get ready to start teaching your class online.

Contact North is a non-profit organization funded by the Government of Ontario to support Ontario's education and training providers.

“That’s not how I do it in my face-to-face classes”: Persuasive Strategies for Introducing Distance Education Pedagogies and Best Practices to Instructors

 Even in the wake of the covid pandemic, many post-secondary instructors remain hesitant to try out the distance and online teaching strategies that professionals in these fields most recommend. What steps can we take to help create instructor buy-in for high impact practices in distance and online education?

In this presentation, Waterloo will share two new open educational resources geared toward helping online instructors identify and implement new practices for creating high quality online courses and humanizing their approach to online education. Drawing from the extensive needs analysis that informed the design of these resources, we emphasize the importance of presenting instructors with concrete examples and tangible take-aways when providing training and consultation. To showcase the new OERs and provide a starting point for implementing them, or creating something similar, we will take participants on a tour of what we have created highlighting the strategies we have used throughout to encourage instructor buy-in and respond to the needs of today’s online and distance educators.

Speakers:

• Daniel Opperwall - Online Learning Consultant, University of Waterloo

• Kristin Wilson - Online Learning Consultant, University of Waterloo

• Pia Zeni - Lead Online Learning Consultant, Strategic Projects, University of Waterloo