Live Virtual Classes: We will be meeting Wednesdays from 6:00pm – 8:00pm on BigBlueButton (opens in new tab).
Virtual Office Hours: Drop-in office hours start September 16, 2024 and will run each Monday (except for recognized statutory holidays) from 4:00pm – 5:00pm until November 18, 2024 on BigBlueButton (opens in new tab).
- We also hold virtual office hours for the TRU community Tuesdays 10am-12pm; Wednesdays 2pm-4pm; Thursdays 10am-12pm in our Teaching Unbound Moodle course (enrolment key: help).
If possible, please complete weekly readings prior to attending each week’s class. (We recognize this may not be possible, and encourage you to come to class whether or not you have completed the readings.)
Call-Out for WordPress Questions: In our first class, someone asked a great question about whether the facilitators would be providing WordPress guidance throughout the course. We would love to do that, and for the WordPress topics we address to be driven by you! If you have a WordPress problem, question, or idea you’d like us to explore in class, please fill out this form (or just email us).
| Date | Topic | Primary Facilitator | Readings | Assignments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 11 class (no office hours this week) | Introduction to course design and expectations Introduction to WordPress and portfolio setup | Jamie, Hilary, and Melanie | ▸ How to Get Your TRU WordPress Site | |
| Sept 18 class (office hours Sept 16) | What is technology? Why teach with technology? Deciding when to use technology | Jamie, Hilary, and Melanie | ▸ Technology is not Pedagogy | |
| Sept 25 class (office hours Sept 23) | Engaging with technology and accessible practice | Jamie | ▸Making Disability Part of the Conversation by Richard H. Godden and Anne-Marie Womack ▸A New Normal in Inclusive, Usable Online Learning Experiences by Christopher Phillips and Jared S. Coton | |
| Oct 2 class (no office hours this week) | Design Strategies for PowerPoint Presentations | Melanie | ▸Please spend your “reading time” this week exploring the Free Images resource to learn about different kinds of images that are available to use for free. | Self-evaluation #1 due |
| Oct 9 class (office hours Oct 7) | Teaching (with technology) philosophy and working time | Hilary | ▸A Pedagogy of Kindness by Catherine Denial ▸Embracing Subjectivity by Maha Bali ▸Read a few of the teaching philosophy statements shared by the University of Calgary’s Taylor Institute. | |
| Oct 16 class (no office hours this week) | Designing Your Moodle Course | Melanie | ▸Please spend your “reading time” this week thinking about your Moodle course(s). Consider your current organizational strategies and reflect on what seems to be effective, what could use improvements, and/or what you want to achieve but aren’t sure how to accomplish it. | |
| Oct 23 (office hours Oct 21) | Break! No class this week. | |||
| Oct 30 class (office hours Oct 28) | Two flexible, fun, and open technologies (Pressbooks and H5P) | Hilary | ▸Explore the Introduction to Pressbooks ▸Browse examples of H5P activities | Teaching philosophy due |
| Nov 6 class (office hours Nov 4) | Learning (for) Fun using Twine and Screencasting | Jamie & Hilary | ▸Check out the introductory tutorials for Twine created by Adam Hammond and/or the Twine manual. ▸Check out LT&I’s Kaltura resource and the Recording with Kaltura Capture screencast | |
| Nov 13 class (no office hours this week) | Portfolio working period: ask the facilitators questions! | Jamie, Hilary, and Melanie | ▸No readings for the portfolio working period | |
| Nov 20 class (office hours Nov 18) | Show and tell: choose one thing you built this term that you’d like to share with your colleagues | You! | ▸No readings for the show-and-tell class | ▸ Course portfolio due ▸ Self-evaluation #2 due |