These series of MicroCourses will introduce the essential Blackboard tools, but the primary objective of these MicroCourses is the pedagogy behind the tools and how they can be used to:
- Achieve learning objectives
- Promote student engagement
- Collaborate among peers and instructors
- Creative easy-to-navigate course design
- Assess student learning
- Offer support to students
- Create an online learning community.
Delivery — Each MicroCourse will be delivered in a one-hour scheduled synchronous session and an additional Blackboard course and asynchronous activity/ reading/ resource/ that would take about one hour. Sessions will be recorded for reference in the asynchronous courses.
All sessions will be open to UFV employees only. Each MicroCourse aims to require 1, 1.5, or 2 hours to complete, in-line with Lynda.com (LinkedIn) and Mentor Commons online courses. A synchronous component may be necessary in the Synchronous MicroSource.
Feedback will be on a facilitator and peer feedback basis. Participants must create an activity, ILO, or assessment to complete the MicroCourse and receive a credential.
Access — Each MicroCourse will reside in its own Blackboard course shell. Faculty and staff will be enrolled on request (after registration).
Full MicroCourse series listing:
Schedule:
Micro1 — Course Organization – Starting Tues, April 7 at 11 am
Micro2 — Adapting Instruction in Times of Crisis – Starting Wed, April 8 at 2 pm & Tuesday, April 14 at 11 am
Micro3 — Assessments – Starting Thurs, April 9t at 2 pm
Micro4 — Create a compelling discussion forum – Starting Tues, April 7 at 2 pm & Wednesday, April 15 at 11 am
Micro5 — Make Your Course Videos – Starting Wed, April 8 at 11 am & Thursday, April 9th at 11 am
Micro6 — Virtual Synchronous Teaching – Starting Tues, April 14 at 2:00 pm & Thurs, April 16 At 11 am
Micro7 — Inclusivity Online – Starting Thurs, April 16 at 2 pm
More info on the individual courses available here: https://ufv.ca/tlc/
For more information, contact Leah Lyon at tlcevents@ufv.ca
04/16/2020