Canada-India Centre Teaching and Learning Program

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  Welcome to the

  Carleton-India Centre's Teaching and Learning Program

  
  

  Table of Contents

  • Friday, June 16th
    
  • Monday, June 19th - Teaching Online: Technology, Skills, Challenges, and Opportunities
    
  • Tuesday, June 20th - Online Course Development: Design, Preparation and Delivery
    
  • Wednesday, June 21st - Engagement, Motivation and Online Learning Communities
    
  • Thursday, June 22nd - Effective Assessment in Blended and Online Learning Environments
    
  • Friday, June 23rd - Online Course Tools / Communication Strategies in Online Environments
    
  • Monday, June 26th - Classroom Teaching
    
  • Tuesday, June 27th - Diversity
    
  • Wednesday, June 28th

  • Program Agenda (Tentative) File

    Please note that we are adjusting the Program Agenda, based on your continuous feedback. Please refer to each upcoming session description on the course page, for a more accurate description.

  • Discussion Forum for Program Participants

    When the Program is over, you might still want to communicate with all participants, share resources or start a discussion. This is the online forum where you can do it. You can subscribe to the forum if you wish, so that you always get an email when someone posts to forum.
    

  • Photos from Canada-India Program Database
  • Please provide a link to your Animoto Video! Database
  • Other Video Files Sharing - Upload Database
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    Open Courses and Materials

    Below are links to the online, open, freely accessible courses, but if you wish to download any of the raw materials to use, please go to www.carleton.ca/cuopen

  • Course: Blended and Online Teaching Program Course URL
  • Course: How to Succeed in an Online Course URL
  • Course: Open Education Resources Course URL
  • Course: Experiential Learning Resources Course URL
  • eTextbook: Teaching in a Digital Age A.W. (Tony) Bates URL
  • Name Forum
• Friday, June 16th
  
  

  Friday, June 16th

  • Introductions, expectations, and housekeeping

  • What do you want to learn? (Exercise Responses) Page
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    Planning effective instruction, exploring teaching methodologies

    This session will present the backwards design model. It will focus on the importance of using learning outcomes to determine the choice of instructional activities and teaching methodologies.

  • Day 1 PowerPoint Slides File
  • Session Feedback Form: Planning effective instruction, exploring teaching methodologies
• Monday, June 19th - Teaching Online: Technology, Skills, Challenges, and Opportunities
  
  

  Monday, June 19th - Teaching Online: Technology, Skills, Challenges, and Opportunities

  • Teaching and Learning with Technology in the 21st Century

    
    This session will begin with a brief history of technology in education, with a focus on a difference between Online, Blended and MOOC-type courses and guiding principles when making choices between modes of course delivery. We will introduce SECTIONS model for tackling a challenge of selecting and applying appropriate media or technologies for teaching. Participants will discuss the primary software and technology options available in online programs today and will use the SECTIONS model to distinguish among features and benefits.
    

  • Participants' Experience Teaching and Learning Online - Survey Results Page
  • Section Model Handout - Ryan

  • Slides for Session: Teaching and Learning with Technology in 21st Century File
  • Morning Session Feedback Form: Teaching and Learning with technology in the 21st Century
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    Carleton Instructor Panel

    A panel of Carleton instructors with a diverse experience in distance education will share their experiences teaching using different modes of delivery and discuss challenges and benefits of each.

    • Robert Burk - Health Sciences, [email protected] 
      
    • Bernadette Campbell - Psychology, [email protected]
      
    • Kevin Cheung - Math & Statistics, [email protected]
      
    • Nandini Sarma - French, [email protected]
    • Bruce Tsuji - Psychology, [email protected]
      

  • Bruce Tsuji's Slides File
  • eCarleton Course: PSYC1001 Open Access URL
  • eCarleton Course: PSYC1002 Open Access URL
• Tuesday, June 20th - Online Course Development: Design, Preparation and Delivery
  
  

  Tuesday, June 20th - Online Course Development: Design, Preparation and Delivery

  • Migrating live lecture into online environment

    This session is intended for instructors with face-to-face teaching experience, who are considering migrating their lectures to online environment. We will focus on online teaching and learning challenges which require a different pedagogy in lesson planning, including storyboarding, modular content, and strategies for student engagement.
  • Glossary of Terms File
  • Learning management system - Wikipedia URL
  • Slides for:Transferring Live Lecture into Online Lesson (note: slides will be updated on Thursday for better visibility) File
  • Morning Session Feedback Form: Migrating live lecture into online environment
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    Video Creation Tools and Tips Including a Tour of our Recording Studio

  • Video at Carleton University - Franks Slides File
  • Screen Recording Examples and Workshop Notes URL
  • Carleton's Media Production Centre Website URL
  • 7 Things You Should Know About Screencasting - Educause File
  • 7 Things You Should Know About Flipped Classrooms - Educause File
• Wednesday, June 21st - Engagement, Motivation and Online Learning Communities
  
  

  Wednesday, June 21st - Engagement, Motivation and Online Learning Communities

  • Motivating Students in Online and Blended Learning Environments

    In this session will tackle the motivational challenges when learning in online environment, and touch on some motivational frameworks such as a Csikszentmihalyi’s Theory of Flow and Keller’s ARCS model for motivational design. We will also demonstrate how to design and produce short professional-quality  video within minutes, by using a cloud-based video creation tool (free trial version).
  • Slides for Session: Motivating Students in Online and Blended Learning Environments File
  • MORNING Session Feedback Form: Motivating Students in Online and Blended Learning Environments
  • Technology Tools for Teachers URL
  • Open Educational Resources URL
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    Keep them Active: Engaging Students in Online/Blended Courses in the 21st Century

    Low motivation, boredom, and fatigue often characterize teacher-centred learning instructions. A strategic approach to counteracting passive learning is active involvement of students in teaching and learning process. This session explores active learning strategies generally, the importance of active learning in higher education, and how these strategies can be incorporated effectively into a variety of teaching and learning settings.

     

  • AFTERNOON Session Feedback Form: Keep them Active: Engaging Students in Online/Blended Courses in the 21st Century
  • Active Learning Discussion Forum
  • Slide session for Keep them Active: Engaging Students in Online/Blended Courses in the 21st Century File
• Thursday, June 22nd - Effective Assessment in Blended and Online Learning Environments
  
  

  Thursday, June 22nd - Effective Assessment in Blended and Online Learning Environments

  • Best Practices for Assessment in Online Instruction

    Assessment is an essential component of learning which guides course design, teaching strategies and student motivation for learning. In this session we will discuss some aspects of why, when and how to assess student learning and what do we need to consider when designing and conducting assessment. The session will showcase examples of some engaging, fair, and effective online assessment strategies, and Carleton’s approach to administering exams for online and distance students.

     

  • Best Practices for Assessment in Online Instruction File
  • Morning Session Feedback Form: Effective Assessment in Blended and Online Learning Environments
  • Instructional Design Tricks for Preventing Cheating in Online/Blended Courses

    There is no single guaranteed method of eliminating cheating in online and blended courses. However, institutions and instructors can protect academic integrity without having to proctor online tests and exams.  The interactive session will discuss signs of cheating, various less-costly and non-proctor alternative instructional design tricks for preventing cheating in online/blended courses.

     

  • Afternoon Session Feedback Form: Instructional Design Tricks for Preventing Cheating in Online/Blended Courses
  • Take this QUIZ
  • Question types in Moodle File
  • Instructional Design Tricks for Preventing Cheating in Online/Blended Courses File
  • Additional Resources Folder
• Friday, June 23rd - Online Course Tools / Communication Strategies in Online Environments
  
  

  Friday, June 23rd - Online Course Tools / Communication Strategies in Online Environments

  • Communication Tools & Strategies in Online Environments

  • Communication tools and strategies 2017 File
  • Online Communication - Challenges and Benifits File
  • Course Design - Aesthetics and Function in cuLearn - 2017 File
  • Digital Feedback - Assessment Workshop 2017 File
  • Student Response Systems 2017 File
  • Student Response Systems - EDC Website URL

    See this page for alternative tools to PollEverywhere

  • PollEverywhere Workshop - Video Recorded Session URL
  • BigBlueButton Winter 2017 File
  • Morning Session Feedback Form: Communication Tools & Strategies in Online Environments
  • Classroom Discussions: Effective Management of Online Group Discussions

    Group discussion is a powerful mechanism for active learning. Organizing an effective structure for group discussions and inspiring learners’ active involvement are perennial challenges instructors face in various instructional settings. In this session, participants will learn about some considerations for forming discussion groups, and have experiential learning experience in creating and facilitating discussion forums using varying strategies for small and large classes.

     

  • Suggestions for dealing with sensitive topics during live or online discussions URL
  • Afternoon Session Feedback Form: Classroom Discussions: Effective Management of Online Group Discussions
  • Group 1 - Debate Discusion Forum

    Not available unless:

    • You belong to Group 1A (Nay)
    • You belong to Group 1B (Yeah)
  • Group 2 - Debate Discussion Forum

    Not available unless:

    • You belong to Group 2A (Nay)
    • You belong to Group 2B (Yeah)
  • Group 3 - Debate Discussion Forum

    Not available unless:

    • You belong to Group 3A (Nay)
    • You belong to Group 3B (Yeah)
  • Debate Open-class Discussion Forum
  • Topic-based Discussion - Group 1 Forum

    Not available unless: You belong to Topic-based - Group (1)
  • Topic-based Discussion - Group 2 Forum

    Not available unless: You belong to Topic-based - Group (2)
  • Topic-based Discussion - Group 3 Forum

    Not available unless: You belong to Topic-based - Group (3)
  • Topic-based Discussion - Group 4 Forum

    Not available unless: You belong to Topic-based - Group (4)
  • Topic-based Discussion - Group 5 Forum

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  • Topic-based Discussion - Group 6 Forum

    Not available unless: You belong to Topic-based - Group (6)
  • Topic-based Discussion - Groups 1, 2, & 3 Forum

    Not available unless any of:

    • You belong to Topic-based - Group (1)
    • You belong to Topic-based - Group (2)
    • You belong to Topic-based - Group (3)
  • Topic-based Discussion - Groups 4, 5, & 6 Forum

    Not available unless any of:

    • You belong to Topic-based - Group (4)
    • You belong to Topic-based - Group (5)
    • You belong to Topic-based - Group (6)
  • Topic-based Open-class Discussion - Forum

    Not available unless: You belong to Topic-based - Group (6)
  • Case Study Discussion - Group 1 Forum

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    • You belong to Topic-based - Group (1)
    • You belong to Topic-based - Group (2)
  • Case Study Discussion - Group 2 Forum

    Not available unless:

    • You belong to Topic-based - Group (4)
    • You belong to Topic-based - Group (3)
  • Case Study Discussion - Group 3 Forum

    Not available unless:

    • You belong to Topic-based - Group (5)
    • You belong to Topic-based - Group (6)
  • Case Study Open-class Discussion Forum
  • Classroom Discussions: Effective Management of Online Group Discussions File
• Monday, June 26th - Classroom Teaching
  
  

  Monday, June 26th - Classroom Teaching

  • Managing the dynamics of small and large classes

  • Morning Session Feedback Form: Managing the dynamics of large classes
  • Afternoon Session Feedback Form: Managing the dynamics of small classes
• Tuesday, June 27th - Diversity
  
  

  Tuesday, June 27th - Diversity

  • Addressing issues of student diversity

  • Session Feedback Form: Addressing issues of student diversity
• Wednesday, June 28th
  
  

  Wednesday, June 28th

  • 11 am - 1 pm  - Visit to Ottawa-Based company Kivuto / Departure 10:30 in front of the Canada-India Centre
    

    3 pm - Carleton University: Graduation Ceremony at the Canada-India Centre
    

• Post-training Program Evaluation Survey
  
  

  Post-training Program Evaluation Survey

  • Post-Training Feedback Form