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Building Community Online Series - Session 3: Instructor-Generated Videos for Increasing Social Presence and Instructional Design in the COVID Pandemic and Beyond - Microlearning Burst
Where: Webinar/Virtual
When: Thursday, February 18, 2021
10:15am - 11:00am
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Workshop Organizers: Christine Boyland of Bryn Mawr College and Heather Richards of Nichols College
Registration Fee:
NERCOMP Member: Free
Non-Member: $25
Event Overview
This 45-minute session is part of a 3-session workshop detailing various ways of increasing instructors’ social presence for increased student engagement in the online and HyFlex learning environments. Framed under the Community of Inquiry (CoI), participants will be introduced to the description, value, and design process of Instructor-generated videos (IGV). Effective practices, various tools, tips, and a Canvas Studio Feature walkthrough will be detailed. Two Short HapYak and Doodly videos will be run for examples of taking engagement in your videos to the next level. This will be preceded by a brain trust/whiteboard activity where participants focus on areas for use as well as possible challenges and the opportunities IGVs present. Intended audiences- Faculty, Instructional Designers, Library
Learning Objectives
Participants in this session will:
- Describe the instructor-generated videos as a means for increasing both faculty and student engagement and connectedness
- Develop a structure for a course design and teaching practice that utilizes instructor-generated videos.
- Identify and determine the ideal practices for implementing and disseminating videos in your courses and/or promoting these practices for your faculty.
Registration Cancellation Policy:
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Heather Richards
Heather Richards is the Academic Instructional Designer as well as Faculty for Graduate and Professional Studies (GPS) and Undergraduate Adult Education Program (UAEP) at Nichols College. She is also a doctoral student at Northeastern University in the Organizational Leadership program where she has recently defended her proposal and deep into her research and data processes. Her professional work focuses on improving student learning and experiences in online, HyFlex, and traditional classrooms through faculty development training and pedagogies focusing on issues such as engagement, interaction, and connectedness. She is currently amid the process of merging Academic Instructional Design with Library Services to develop a Learning Commons Library with Digital Repositories while furthering the efforts and goals of moving towards open educational resource (OERs) design and support. Heather is the Chair of the ADA Commission for the Town of Webster, Ma., and she is the co-leader for the Canvas CoP. Her doctoral work focuses on the Community of Inquiry (CoI), instructors’ Social Presence, and Instructor-generated Videos.