7:30am - 9:00am   Coffee & Registration

8:30am-9:00am   Networking
-We start sharply at nine but would enjoy the opportunity to network with you before we start.

9:00am - 9:30am   Differentiated Icebreakers: How Do They Align to Online Learning
Speakers:  
Therese Ajtum-Roberts, Director, Office of Teaching, Learning & Technology, Becker College
Ana Maria Young, Assistant Director, Office of Teaching Learning & Technology, Becker College

- Why use an icebreaker?
- How to make it meaningful?
- Examples will be shared.

9:30am - 10:30am   Example of Discussion Activities and Formats 
Speakers: 
Therese Ajtum-Roberts, Becker College
Jennifer  Wojcik, Becker College, Boston University, Northeastern University, Post University, University of Bridgeport

- How do you plan for great conversation?
- Real tested discussion board questions examples with samples of student work.
- How can you adapt these examples to the content you are designing and teaching?

10:30am - 10:45am   Break

10:45am - 11:15am   Volleying Classroom Discussion: Criteria & Assessment 
Speaker:  Therese Ajtum-Roberts, Director, Office of Teaching, Learning & Technology, Becker College

- What are your discussion board expectations for the learner?
- How do you structure your Criteria & Assessment?
- Discussion board rubric and Syllabus criteria will be shared.

11:15am - 11:30am   Facilitating Discussion: What Does the Research Tell?

11:30am - 12:00pm   Benefits of Using Flipgrid in Discussions and Assignments
Speakers:  
Paul  Brydges, Instructional Technology Specialist, Becker College
Ana Maria Young, Assistant Director, Office of Teaching, Learning & Technology, Becker College

- When and Why might you use a non-text-based discussion tool?
- What is Flip grid and how can you use it?

12:00pm - 1:00pm   Lunch

1:00pm - 3:00pm   Beyond the Discussion Boards: Improving Student Engagement with Readings,  Resources, and Each Other 
Speaker:  Jennifer Wojcik, Becker College, Boston University, Northeastern University, Post University, University of Bridgeport

- What tools in and outside your LMS that you can you use to engage your students and create a community of practice? For example: Blogging, Vlogging, Wiki
- Examples of Creative ways to use the quiz function.
- Collaboration tools such as Collaborate, Zoom, Google Hangout, Microsoft Teams.

3:00pm - 3:30pm   Take-Aways & Wrap

3:30pm   End