Academic Innovation Blog

H5P Synchronous Components Workshops

The Faculty Innovation Center is excited to announce that monthly training on H5P will continue, with the upcoming April training focusing on H5P synchronous components. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about and experiment with features such as The Emoji Cloud, The Word Cloud, and The Chase.

Adding synchronous activities to online courses can be highly beneficial for students, as they offer opportunities to ask questions and build relationships with their instructors and peers. Synchronous lessons promote active student engagement and deeper learning.

Through synchronous sessions, instructors can build rapport with their students and provide valuable opportunities for them to assess their own understanding, ask critical questions, and seek feedback from their peers and instructor. By fostering a collaborative learning environment, students are more likely to stay engaged and motivated, leading to improved outcomes.

We encourage faculty members to attend this upcoming training session and explore the benefits of synchronous activities in their online courses.

The Emoji Cloud

The Emoji Cloud is a live engagement tool. Students respond to a question using an emoji. How can this tool be used? It makes it easy to get live feedback and makes it easy to conduct a poll where learners select an emoji as their response. You could ask students if they understood the material, how they feel about an upcoming assessment, or even how their day is going.  

Try the emoji cloud!

The Chase

H5P's "The Chase" is an online active learning tool where students compete against each other to give the most correct answers in their class. You can use a wide range of question types such as Multiple Choice Questions, Fill in the Blanks, and Drag and Drop. While the Chase is relatively new, the interface is similar to the interfaces of other H5P components, and users of H5P should not have any issues creating The Chase for their classes. It provides an engaging and game-like environment. It can also be used as a review tool since incorrect answers are shown and can be discussed further.

Word Cloud

To be able to gather more detailed feedback from your audience, we’re also offering Word Cloud. With Word Cloud, users may answer a question by choosing between predefined words or typing their own. The results are presented both as a word cloud and as a tabular view.

Try the word cloud!

Lisa Lute
Instructional Designer, Division of Online Studies
lisa.lute@daytonastate.edu | 386-506-4277
Online Studies | Faculty Innovation Center (FIC)

ACUE Spring B & Summer 2023 Cohorts

Daytona State College full-time and part-time faculty members may now register for Spring and Summer 2023 ACUE cohorts. As we announced earlier this year, DSC faculty members have the opportunity to engage in an evidence-based nationally recognized graduate-level teaching certification and the only college teaching credential endorsed by the American Council on Education (ACE). This teacher certification is comprised of four micro-credentials (offered over the course of an academic year) to prepare faculty with evidence-based teaching practices proven to increase student achievement and close equity gaps. 

Enroll by 3/9/2023

Enroll today! All full-time and part-time faculty will be eligible but there is a limit to the number of participants. You can (and are encouraged to) sign up for more than one course. To enroll in the March 27, 2023 cohort, faculty must register by Thursday, March 9th, 2023. 

All cohorts offered through ACUE are fully online and asynchronous. The [Online] designator means that these classes are focused on online teaching and learning best practices; whereas, the classes that do not have the [Online] designator are focused on face-to-face teaching and learning best practices. During the course, faculty will think about their own course, attempt to implement new or expanded skills, and reflect on the effectiveness of those changes. ACUE estimates faculty will spend 2-3 hours per week on coursework.

Enroll in ACUE

Upcoming Cohorts

March 27 - May 7, 2023

• Promoting Active Learning
• Promoting Active Learning [Online]

May 22 - July 2, 2023  

• Designing Learner-Centered and Equitable Courses 
• Inspiring Inquiry and Preparing Lifelong [Online] Learners

Structure of the Training

Modules (25 in total) are combined into four micro-credential courses. Once all four are completed, you will earn your Certificate in Effective [Online] College Instruction. Most of these different micro-credentials are either focused on the face-to-face classroom or virtual learning environments, but all content is provided fully online asynchronously. The four courses include: 

• Promoting Active Learning
• Creating an Inclusive and Supportive Learning Environment
• Inspiring Inquiry and Preparing Lifelong Learning
• Designing Student-Centered Courses

Snack & Share with our Faculty Fellows!

All are welcome! For the last time this year, our Faculty Fellows in Teaching & Learning, Dr. Margie Hensler and Dr. Michael Mallott, will be hosting a Snack & Share session on the Daytona Beach campus in the Faculty Innovation Center (FIC) and online via Teams. Join us for a discussion on what the fellows and other ACUE cohort faculty members have been learning and adopting in their face-to-face and online classes. These Snack & Share sessions are open to all faculty. 

• Where: Faculty Innovation Center, Daytona Beach campus, Bldg. 200, 2nd floor, or via Teams
• When: Tues., May. 2, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Additional Questions

For more information about ACUE microcredentials, please visit the ACUE tab from the Professional Development InfoGuide. As always, please reach out to the Faculty Innovation Center if you have any questions, or feel free to schedule a one-on-one appointment with an instructional designer for help. Also, if you haven't done so already please consider subscribing to this blog (top right) to stay up-to-date with the latest tips and news from your friendly neighborhood Division of Online Studies!

Dr. Cheryl Kohen
Dean, Division of Online Studies
cheryl.kohen@daytonastate.edu
386-506-4305
Division of Online Studies