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08/19/2021
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Fall 2021 Planning Meeting

Thank you to everyone who attended our Fall 2021 Online Studies & IT-Instructional Resources Fall Planning meeting! The media team has put together a post-production of this meeting, including all of the updates and videos that were shown Tuesday, August 18th. Additionally, we've included links to resources below that were mentioned in the meeting, as well as updates.

Presentation Recording

 

Resources

We're here to support you as we continue to promote the development of knowledgeable and innovative faculty and to ensure a high-quality online educational experience for students. As always, we're grateful for your partnership and hard work!

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Cheryl Kohen
Director, Division of Online Studies
cheryl.kohen@daytonastate.edu
386-506-3405
http://www.daytonastate.edu/onlinestudies/ 

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08/16/2021
profile-icon Cheryl Kohen

welcome to dsc fall planning 2021 bannerFall 2021 Planning - Distance Learning Track

We're ready for Fall Planning this week, August 16 - 20. Here is the full Fall 2021 Planning Schedule. You'll notice that most all of the sessions are only available virtually via Teams, though there are some face to face sessions, such as visiting the new Faculty Innovation Center location and HyFlex training. We look forward to seeing you all online and in-person soon!


Monday, Aug. 16

2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

HyFlex Training, Instructional Resources

Location: Nunamann Hall (200), 2nd Floor, Room 204

Notes: This training will cover how to teach in a Hyflex classroom. It will cover the technical requirements, as well as some best practices. This training is face to face. Due to Covid restrictions, each session is limited to 12 attendees to meet social distancing requirements. Masks are highly recommended during the training.


Tuesday, Aug. 17

8:30 - 9:30 a.m. 

Online Studies and Instructional Resources Meeting, Cheryl Kohen & Bill Harrison

Audience: Faculty teaching hybrid and online courses

Notes: This meeting is mandatory for all faculty teaching hybrid and online courses. Please join us to learn about updates, resources, and best practices for digital learning at DSC.


1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Faculty Innovation Center Open House, Cheryl Kohen

Location: Nunamann Hall (200), 2nd Floor

Notes: Join us for the reopening of the Faculty Innovation Center, now in Building 200 on the 2nd floor. Refreshments of cookies, coffee, tea, and water will be served. Come see our newly renovated space, get help with your Falcon Online course shell, and visit with faculty and the staff from the Division of Online Studies and Department of Instructional Resources.


1:30 - 2:30 p.m. or 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

HyFlex Trainings, Instructional Resources

Location: Nunamann Hall (200), 2nd Floor, Room 204

Notes: This training will cover how to teach in a Hyflex classroom. It will cover the technical requirements, as well as some best practices. This training is face to face. Due to Covid restrictions, each session is limited to 12 attendees to meet social distancing requirements. Masks are highly recommended during the training.


Wednesday, Aug. 18

9:00 - 10:00 a.m. 

HyFlex Training, Instructional Resources

Location: Nunamann Hall (200), 2nd Floor, Room 204

Notes: This training will cover how to teach in a Hyflex classroom. It will cover the technical requirements, as well as some best practices. This training is face to face. Due to Covid restrictions, each session is limited to 12 attendees to meet social distancing requirements. Masks are highly recommended during the training.


12:00 - 12:50 p.m.

HB233, Intellectual Freedom, Impact on the Classroom, Dr. Amy Locklear & Brian Babb

Audience: All Faculty

Notes: This session will include a more detailed explanation of the impact of HB233 on the classroom. There are three components of HB233. One, the bill requires the State Board of Education (SBE) and Board of Governors of the State University System (BOG) to select or create a survey to be administered by all Florida College System (FCS) institutions and state universities annually to capture the extent to which competing ideas and perspectives are presented on campus as well as the extent to which those surveyed feel free to express their beliefs and viewpoints on campus and in the classroom. Second, the bill authorizes the video and audio recording of class lectures and clarifies that the nonconsensual recording of video and audio of such lectures recorded in classrooms, subject to the privacy protections provided in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), is permissible. Third, the bill prescribes certain requirements that now must be contained in the codes of student conduct maintained by FCS and State University System (SUS) institutions.


1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Information Technology Listening Session, Roberto Lombardo and Information Technology Representatives

Audience: All faculty and staff (college-wide)

Notes: In this session, Information Technology (IT) wants to take a moment and listen. This is a structured feedback session. We will focus this listening session on ways that you’re using technology and on the strategies to improve this experience.


2:00 - 3:00 p.m. 

HyFlex Training, Instructional Resources

Location: Nunamann Hall (200), 2nd Floor, Room 204

Notes: This training will cover how to teach in a Hyflex classroom. It will cover the technical requirements, as well as some best practices. This training is face to face. Due to Covid restrictions, each session is limited to 12 attendees to meet social distancing requirements. Masks are highly recommended during the training.


Thursday, Aug. 19

9:00 - 10:00 a.m. or 11:00 - 12:00 p.m.

HyFlex Trainings, Instructional Resources

Location: Nunamann Hall (200), 2nd Floor, Room 204

Notes: This training will cover how to teach in a Hyflex classroom. It will cover the technical requirements, as well as some best practices. This training is face to face. Due to Covid restrictions, each session is limited to 12 attendees to meet social distancing requirements. Masks are highly recommended during the training.


2:15 - 3:15 p.m.

Classroom Tech Training, Kathy Clarke and Bill Harrison

Audience: All faculty

Notes: In this session, we will cover the TEC + classroom technology standard that is used by Information Technology at the college. Topics include training resources/how-to guides, classroom technology standards in the new Lemerand Student Center, ways to get help, and best practices.


Friday, Aug. 20

9:00 - 10:00 a.m.

eMentor Committee Meeting, Cheryl Kohen

Audience: Members of the eMentor Committee

Notes: The Division of Online Studies invites members of the eMentor committee to learn about more updates on tools in Falcon Online, and join a discussion on the Community of Inquiry theoretical framework, which assists faculty with cultivating meaningful engagement for students through developing a cohesive social, cognitive, and teaching presence within the virtual classroom environment.


10:15 - 11:15 a.m.

Peer Reviewer Committee Meeting, Cheryl Kohen

Audience: Members of the Peer Reviewer Committee

Notes: This meeting is mandatory for all members of the peer reviewer committee.


11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. or 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

HyFlex Trainings, Instructional Resources

Location: Nunamann Hall (200), 2nd Floor, Room 204

Notes: This training will cover how to teach in a Hyflex classroom. It will cover the technical requirements, as well as some best practices. This training is face to face. Due to Covid restrictions, each session is limited to 12 attendees to meet social distancing requirements. Masks are highly recommended during the training.


For additional questions or one-on-one help, please contact us in the Faculty Innovation Center. You may book a face-to-face or virtual appointment, contact us via email at fic@daytonastate.edu, or call 386.506.3485. FIC office hours are Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM now located on the second floor of Nunamann Hall (building 200). If you found this to be enlightening and useful, please subscribe to our blog! We look forward to seeing everyone virtually and in-person!

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Cheryl Kohen
Director, Division of Online Studies
cheryl.kohen@daytonastate.edu
386-506-3405
http://www.daytonastate.edu/onlinestudies/ 

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08/13/2021
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Best Practices Course Template and Homepage

The EXCITE committee has the goal of recommending alternative approaches to use technology in the academic process. I would like to update you on an initiative we started through our sub-group, Develop Course Shell Templates. Thank you to the following faculty members and instructional designers that provided their insight through their proficiency in the online modality:

  • Jennifer Bell
  • Jasmine Checchi
  • Sarah Desormeaux
  • Bill Harrison
  • Michael Mckeown
  • Dacia Milescu
  • Anindya Paul
  • Diana Tata
  • Richard Vollaro
  • Nabeel Yousef

Our Goal

Our goal was to produce a template that illustrates best practices in online teaching and follows the standards from the Rubric for Online Course Design. The template is a simple starting point for either new faculty that may not have honed these best practices or perhaps, faculty seeking to achieve an exemplary score on a specific standard of a peer review.                  Best Practices

 

Our Focus

We focused on the course homepage and some design options within the Content tool. We created multiple homepages so we could weigh the balance of too much material on the page vs. too little information.  As a result, we decided we would provide you a homepage that has all the bells and whistles and let you determine which layout and communication methods are best for your course.  

Your Choice

You require a design that functions with your pedagogy. So, we present you with the choices for a framework for your content. The examples are in chapter, weekly, and project formats. In addition, there are examples of module outcomes and activities in the description field that reflect standard #5 of the rubric for online course design.  
The following videos:

  1. Introduce the elements of the homepage, the content structure, module outcomes, and potential layout. 
  2. How to:
    1. Import the template file into your course
    2. Copy the Best Practices Homepage Template
    3. Copy and edit the virtual office hours widget
    4. Edit the Best Practice Homepage Template 
    5. Make the Best Practices Homepage Template active  

 

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Aaron Sunday
Instructional Designer, Division of Online Studies
aaron.sunday@daytonastate.edu| 386-506-3209

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