We partner with OU faculty to integrate digital technologies into courses and programs to promote a better learning environment for all learners.
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We use @wipsters to allow IDs and instructors collaborate with our media team as they create and edit course videos. Learn more about how to use the platform here:
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What is contextualized learning, you ask? Contextualized learning can mean a lot for students!
ALT Word cloud about "What is contextualized learning?" Main words: authentic, meaningful, relevant, learning, experiences, real-world
If you haven't watched @angelagunder's excellent keynote from the 2022 OU Online conference yet, it's on our YouTube channel! In her talk, she shared so much great wisdom about how to center equality in education:
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A great example of an #accessibility feature that benefits everyone is the curb cut. They help people pushing carts or strollers, pulling suitcases, using a wheelchair or walker, or pushing a bicycle. When we talk about Universal Design for Learning, this is what the goal is.
ALT A curb cut allowing a sidewalk to gradually slope to and connect with a city street
When creating learning experiences, we have to remember that every learner is unique. We should design courses and lessons with this variability in mind in order to maximize success for every student.
ALT Learner variability includes preferences and interests, backgrounds and experiences, support needs, and abilities and strengths.
At the OU Online conference last week, one of our IDs co-presented with an OU instructor about what makes a strong working relationships between Subject Matter Experts and Instructional Designers.
ALT The subject matter expert and instruction designer partnership has the following attributes: student/program focused, trust, identification-based trust, connect, communicate, mindset, role-defining, shared vision, long-term collaboration.
Feeling the love from our OU community! Shoutouts to several of our IDs during a conference breakout session yesterday:
ALT A white board that says Stars at the top followed by five lines of praise that mentions four O.D.L. Instructional Designers by name
Really interesting stories from students whose learning was impacted by web content with low #accessibility and how @PortlandCC helped support students with disabilities: youtube.com/watch?v=eks3r-nE…
If you've ever wondered why alt text on images, correct heading tags, and other #accessibility features are important, this video from @UCSF demonstrates what it's like to use a screen reader to access web pages: youtube.com/watch?v=dEbl5jvL…
How can Universal Design for Learning help diverse learners? #UDL youtube.com/watch?v=O_MCvjkd…
Open #educational resources (OER), a solution to rising #textbook prices. Here's how @NorthwesternU is implementing them in classes:
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Our keynote speaker at the @UofOklahoma Academic Tech Expo this year was @brocansky. We've just posted her talk, "Humanizing Online Teaching: Leveraging Relationships to Fuel Engagement & Rigor."
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Our training session on Thurs Jan 21 10am CST will be all about #evaluation! Prepare to learn about the best practices and tools for #assessment.
Register here:
oklahoma.zoom.us/meeting/reg…
How do you orient your students to your online courses? How do you establish your presence as an instructor? Our training session on Wed Jan 20 1pm CST will answer these questions and more!
Register here:
oklahoma.zoom.us/meeting/reg…
As #tech is an integral part of #online teaching, register for our 90min training session scheduled for Wed Jan 20 10am CST to make sure you are tech ready for this semester!
oklahoma.zoom.us/meeting/reg…
Our training session on Thurs Jan 21 10am CST will be all about #evaluation! Prepare to learn about the best practices and tools for #assessment.
Register here:
oklahoma.zoom.us/meeting/reg…
How do you orient your students to your online courses? How do you establish your presence as an instructor? Our training session on Wed Jan 20 1pm CST will answer these questions and more!
Register here:
oklahoma.zoom.us/meeting/reg…
As #tech is an integral part of #online teaching, register for our 90min training session scheduled for Wed Jan 20 10am CST to make sure you are tech ready for this semester!
oklahoma.zoom.us/meeting/reg…
From the Office of Digital Learning at the University of Oklahoma, we present you (drum roll pls) the 2021 series of training workshops focused on #teaching #online!
For more info and to register:
ou.edu/digitallearning/resou…
