Monday, June 6, 2022

Here's the summer's upcoming events and resources to support your ongoing professional development. DID YOU KNOW? You can access member benefits and discounts for Online Learning Consortium (OLC) resources through our institutional membership.


Summer 2022 - OLC UPCOMING EVENTS

Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Webinars - Free

  • Blended Learning Symposium 
    Join instructors, designers, and leaders to discuss perspectives on the past, present, and future of blended learning research, what have we learned, what are we doing, and how will we see blended learning impact our future.
  • Access recordings of past webinars

OLC Workshops - Fee-based

Create an account with your UIOWA email to access additional benefits and discounts. 

  • Introduction to LX Design Methods, Part I: Personas - June 27, 2022 - July 03, 2022 
    Drawing from methods used in user experience design, learning design, and service design, this introductory workshop provides a basic overview of what LX Design is, and a taste of how it can help you identify and solve some of the difficulties your students may encounter in your course. 

  • Design with Accessibility in Mind – June 13, 2022 – June 19, 2022 
    The heart of this workshop will focus on ways to meet accessibility criteria through three important components including general universal design practices, creating accessible multimedia, and creating accessible documents. 

  • Strategies to Implement Augmented & Virtual Reality in Education – June 13, 2022 – June 19, 2022 
    Best practices, suggestions, and lessons learned for incorporating AR/VR content in higher education institutions. Practice and evaluate mostly free or low-budget tools and apps that can be used with AR/VR content (with little or no programming) to view on mobile device, Google Cardboard, Oculus, or HTC Vive headsets. 

  • Advanced Online Teaching Certificate - July 11, 2022 - October 02, 2022 
    Enhance and strengthen your current skills to become more effective in the principles and practices of online teaching. 


Resources

Re-imagine Engagement

OLC Foundry Days - Reimagining Engagement 
Engage asynchronously in a set of presentations dedicated to collaborative storytelling, remixing, and transformative action on innovative teaching and learning.

 

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