Unlock the Power of AI: Tools for Teaching & Learning
March 2025
Watch this workshop for a quick tour of AI tools designed to enhance productivity and student engagement in your classes. Presenters Dr. Xin Wang, Sarah Peterson, and Kevin Harris explore user-friendly tools that can be helpful to streamline lesson planning, generate engaging content, and create and edit media (images, videos, and audio). Whether you’re looking to save time or elevate your learning activities, this session discusses practical AI solutions that could help make your work easier and more impactful.
Canvas Course Link: https://utahtech.instructure.com/courses/1030033
Ask Us Anything: Learning Design & Online Instruction Edition
February 2025
Whether you’re teaching face-to-face, online, or using a flipped classroom, Canvas is at the heart of your daily instruction—but it doesn’t have to be a headache! Join us to discover how to make Canvas work for you and your learners. This unique Ask Me Anything (AMA) panel puts our experienced Learning and Media Designers in the hot seat, ready to answer your questions and offer recommendations for your teaching challenges.
Part III: Building Dynamic Student Discussion in Online Courses
November 2024
This is the third in a 3-part series exploring ways to help students connect in online courses. Ideal for educators seeking to cultivate deeper, more authentic discussion experiences, this workshop offers strategies around setting objectives, selecting discussion board activities, and designing AI-resistant prompts. Presented by Dr. Xin Wang and Sarah Peterson, Learning Designers at UT Online.
In addition, you can engage with the Canvas Course Demo:
> Canvas Course Demo (self-enroll): https://utahtech.instructure.com/enroll/G88XD7
Part II: Instructor-Student Interaction
November 2024
Do you ever feel your teaching voice is “lost” when you teach online? Do you miss the experience of mentoring your students? It doesn’t need to feel that way. Great teaching (and mentoring!) experiences happen online every day, and they can happen in your class, too. In this 30-minute discussion of the critical role of instructor-student interaction in online learning environments find research relating to instructor-student interaction, how to implement more of your mentoring self into your course, and how it will help your students to become more engaged both with you and the learning process!
Part I: Engaging Online Learners through Mastering Student-Content Interaction
October 2024
We sometimes hear from faculty: “My students don’t read the required material…” or “They skip over my lecture videos and jump to the assignment…” So, why is this happening? And what can we do to fix this? Join Huck Stewart, Learning Design Manager, to delve into research-backed strategies to enhance engagement, foster deep learning, and improve student outcomes through thoughtful content design and delivery. Access the slide deck to the presentation here and access the guided notes here.
In addition, you can engage with the Canvas Course Demo:
> Canvas Course Demo (self-enroll): https://utahtech.instructure.com/enroll/G88XD7
> Canvas Course Demo (Canvas Commons): https://lor.instructure.com/resources/cf2ef7c46f1c4965874294f085e023a7?shared